The recent independence march restarted a debate about the politics of flags in Scotland – CommonSpace columnist David Jamieson argues that the critique of Scottish nationalist identity and ideology in the media is confused and often hypocritical because of a poor grasp of grassroots, social movement politics

THE royal wedding is the acme of the kind of nationalism liberal minded people claim to detest. It is a deeply irrational display of public deference and adherence to the class system, that openly eschewes the concept of human equality.

CommonSpace film critic Scott Wilson was at the Glasgow Short Film Festival’s strand on sovereignty, nationhood and identity

A WEEK is a long time in politics, so imagine meticulously curating a politically-charged strand of short films about sovereignty, only for Nicola Sturgeon to announce a second independence referendum a few days prior to the screening.