The Sounds of Silence in Scotland
The Sounds of Silence in Scotland Gerry Hassan Sunday Mail, August 23rd 2015 Scotland is a land of tolerance and friendliness. Glasgow is the friendly city, Scottish people chat to strangers, and we are, many think, more convivial than the English. Some believe this the product of tenement living. There are moments which jar with this. There was the Section 28/Clause 2A battle on ‘promoting’ homosexuality in schools more than a decade ago. There was the revelation of the Catholic Church’s systemic covering up of child sexual abuse in its ranks, for which it apologised this week in the McLellan
The Scots and Power: The Cardinal, John Haldane and Glasgow Rangers FC
The Scots and Power: The Cardinal, John Haldane and Glasgow Rangers FC Gerry Hassan Scottish Review, March 5th 2013 Scotland has a strange relationship with those in power and authority. We tend to buy into the romantic stories that we are a radical, restless nation, who fear no one and question and challenge everything. The truth is very different. To some there is a suspicion of those in power; but across society, the political spectrum, and mainstream media, there has consistently been in Scotland a lack of curiosity about who has power, and a near-complete absence of a
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