…the blog and website of Andy Wightman
(This is a quick blog written at launch of Crown Estate report). The Scottish Affairs Committee of the House of Commons has published its report into the Crown Estate in Scotland. The report is brief, concise and to the point.
Continue readingOne of the first serious books I ever read (my 1982 John Donald hardback edition sits on the shelf beside me) was James Hunter’s The Making of the Crofting Community. It is a mark of Hunter’s brilliance that his
Continue readingI will be giving a public lecture hosted by Loreburn Community Council in Dumfries on Tuesday 27 March 2012 at 7pm in Grefriars Church. All welcome. Download a LARGE poster here (5.94Mb pdf)
Continue readingI will be giving a public lecture in Hawick on Monday 26 March 2012 at 7.30pm. All welcome. Download a LARGE poster here (5.94Mb pdf).
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Why on earth is an ancient Scottish Royal Park about to be flogged off for a million quid? King’s Park in Stirling dates back to the 12th century and is a landscape of inestimable historic and cultural importance. If you
Continue readingI will be giving Public Lectures on the following dates Tower Mill, Hawick Monday 26 March at 7.30pm Tickets on the door £5 Greyfriars Kirk, Dumfries (to be confirmed) Tuesday 27 March evening
Continue readingAmong my emails this morning was one claiming that statements I have made on my blogs on the GlobalScot programme are “inaccurate and libelous” and that “you are now on notice”. For the record, libel is not a civil wrong
Continue readingDAY 2 Donald Trump is still a GlobalScot (see my post of yesterday). Early days though. A motion lodged in Parliament today by Patrick Harvie seeking support for revoking Trump’s membership now has three signatories. And the past 24 hours
Continue readingAlex Salmond met Rupert Murdoch today for lunch. They talked about future investment in Scotland. I am prepared to give Mr Salmond the benefit of the doubt in terms of the wisdom of aligning himself with Mr Murdoch and I
Continue readingWestwater plantation in Dumfries-shire – owned by a landowner in Surrey and granted over £1 million in Scottish forestry grants. Last year I was commissioned by the Forest Policy Group to undertake research into who owns Scotland’s forests. The report
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