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Scottish Hallowe’en 2026: for our Fierce, Strong Women!

By “Gael” Reclaiming October 31st a Day for the Fierce Women of Scotland ​Last night when I was out walking our firework frightened dog, I watched women (mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts) and some men,  trailing after children knocking doors for candy- doors sometimes decorated with those cheap hangings that are becoming the symbols of what […]

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Scottish Independence: Freedom for ALL of the British Isles

By Gael. A Beacon in the Storm: Why a Fair Scottish Republic is a Shield Against the Rising Tide ​The air in these islands is thick with a disquieting hum, a low, guttural growl that speaks of fear, division, and a retreat into the suffocating embrace of a narrow, exclusionary nationalism. We hear it from […]