“Clearly, if it is sensible to hold a referendum on independence, it is crucial that we have one on marriage. It is the only way the country can move forward on this issue. Let all those who have a view on this subject place their trust in the Scottish people and let Scotland decide.” PeopleIfsWayCountryMovingViewsIssuesSubjectsIndependenceMoving ForwardCrucialSensibleScotlandScottishReferendums Author:Keith O'Brien
“Scotland is a great country and many wonderful things have come out of this country, however England gets the glory.” CountryWonderfulGloryEnglandScotlandWonderful ThingsGreat Country Author:Joseph Hume
“When Tony Benn became a minister in the 1960s -- and I think this must be apocryphal -- he had a huge map of Britain hung upside down in his office, so the channel was at the top and Scotland was at the bottom and, apparently, he said, "This is how we need to look at this country, with the money and the power draining by force of gravity out of the south east." That was a great idea. I rather liked him for that. I don't know if it's actually true or not.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsLooksSaidIdeasCountryForceHugeOfficeSouthBottomEastMinistersBritainMapsGravityHungScotland1960sGreat IdeaUpside DownDraining Author:Neal Ascherson
“I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go back from country into American music...and you end up in Scotland and Ireland eventually.” ChildrenEndsCountryRocksRock N RollIrelandToysScotlandAmerican Music Author:Elvis Costello
“It was beguiling to live in a country, Scotland, that didn't look enough like itself to be a location for its own movies... I remember consulting a film book and discovering that Arthur Freed decided to shoot Brigadoon in Hollywood because nowhere in Scotland looked Scottish enough.” LooksBookCountryEnoughRememberFilmDecidedHollywoodDiscoveringLocationScotlandScottishArthurConsulting Author:Andrew O'Hagan