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Foodies Festival holds public to ransom

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Andy Wightman

The above photograph was taken earlier today (Saturday 10 August 2013) in Inverleith Park, Edinburgh. It shows members of the public queuing up to pay money to enter a part of the park that has been fenced off for a

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Democracy, Edinburgh, Land Rights, Legal affairs
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The King’s Park is now the Scottish Ministers’ park

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Andy Wightman

Image: The British Army on exercises, King’s Park, Stirling. Pastel by William Kennedy 1889 On 15 August a ceremony will be held in Stirling to mark the transfer of ownership of the King’s Park from the Crown to Scottish Ministers.

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Crown Estate, Democracy, Environment, Land Rights, Politics
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Scottish Liberal Democrat conference land reform motion

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Andy Wightman

The Scottish Liberal Democrats hold their Autumn conference on Saturday 14 September as part of the UK federal conference. An interesting motion on land reform has been tabled by Hugh Andrew – Motion SC2 on page 10 of the Conference

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Democracy, Land Reform, Politics
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Land reform debate moves up a gear

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Andy Wightman

Photo: Roxburghe Estate Photo reference Library Scotland’s landed class made the front page of the Scotsman yesterday under a headline “Lairds in warning over new buy-out powers”. The story is based around submissions of evidence to the Scottish Government’s Land Reform

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Democracy, Freedom of Information, Land Reform, Land Reform Review Group, Politics
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Scotland’s environmental policies governed by the rich & powerful

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Andy Wightman

In this Guest Blog, poet & novelist John Burnside reflects on the land, nature, folk and elite power. John’s most recent book is a collection of short stories, called Something Like Happy (Jonathan Cape). This essay was first published in The

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Environment, Farming, Land Reform, Land Use, Land Values
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Allan Macrae 1939 – 2013

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Andy Wightman

Image © John Paul Photography Allan Macrae 1939 – 2013 Allan Macrae was the crofter who led the campaign by the Assynt Crofters to reclaim their land in 1992. His family had been in Assynt for generations and his great

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Announcements, Land Reform, Land Rights, Who Owns Scotland

Let’s have a mature debate that does not demonise landowners

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Andy Wightman

I am delighted to publish this Guest Blog by Douglas McAdam who is chief executive of Scottish Land & Estates. The article first appeared in the Herald newspaper today. It is published here in the spirit of a mature debate and

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Land Reform, Land Reform Review Group
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Capping the Cap 3

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Andy Wightman

The tortuous negotiations over the next Common Agricultural Policy reached a conclusion of sorts today although some of the details remain unclear. This morning BBC Radio Scotland invited me to speak about the implications of “capping the CAP” – an

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Farming, Land Reform, Land Use, Land Values, Politics
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If you don’t get out of here I’m going to call the police

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Andy Wightman

At the weekend we got back to the hills after a period of enforced confinement due to work and school exams. We decided to camp high on the Lochngar plateau and stravage around the hills on Sunday before returning home.

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Environment, Land Reform, Land Rights, Land Use, Scotland's hills
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The back of the envelope duly arrived in Sleat last weekend

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Andy Wightman

Image: Commander Chris Hadfield With kind permission of the West Highland Free Press, this Guest Blog reproduces Brian Wilson’s column in today’s paper. The back of the envelope duly arrived in Sleat last weekend Brian Wilson, 14 June 2013 The back

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Land Reform, Land Reform Review Group, Politics
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