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A major air exercise concludes today in the United Kingdom. ‘Exercise Cobra Warrior’ has ranged over a two and a half week period since the 4th of September. In that time areas in Wales, Scotland and over the Irish Sea have borne the

Wendy Wood (29 October 1892 – 30 June 1981) was a great figure in the history of Scottish nationalism and a founder member of the National Party of Scotland which grew into the SNP. She’s typical of the heroic women in terms of

“Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!” (Walter Scott) From 1939 until 1951 the Calf of Mann was owned by the English National Trust. In 1951 they ‘rented’ it

There is a difference between separatism and secession. I suppose the most marked example of a national group carved off from their homeland by an arbitrary ‘treaty’ are the nationalist community of the North East of Ireland. The six counties were created to

The one issue that has caused discord and nationalist discontent for over fifty years in the Celtic countries is the question of inward migration, property prices and second homes. In Mann in the 70/80s there were arson attacks over the issue, In Cymru

In the past decade or so the main publicity in Europe has been on the aspirations of the Catalans and Scots to achieve independence. However there are a broad range of separatist groups from the Urals to the Atlantic. The wish of nations

Touring Western Ireland with my late wife Dee well over forty years ago we headed into Connemara. Late in the day and just fair enough past the bustle of Salthill we found a large but fairly quiet hotel called ‘Teach Furbo’ (if my

Saturday September 16th is Owain Glyndŵr Day and the Welsh hero will be remembered at a variety of events including a wreath laying in Corwen where his statue is and also celebrations at Harlech Castle which he famously wrested from the English in

MEDICAL SOCIETY SOLIDARITY AS MANX NURSES STRIKE! The Isle of Man Medical Society which is effectively the Manx body that includes the Isle of Man Division of the BMA has issued a strong statement in support of Nursing colleagues as they press forward

The delivery of depleted uranium (DU) munitions to Ukraine has once again highlighted the toxicity concerns of the weapons and their use. Closer to home about thirty years ago this was also a concern as the main weapons training area where live firing