Now available direct from the publishers Scotland Street Press and all good bookshops, price £24.99 (December 2023).
“A wonderful biography’ Melanie Reid,’ The Sunday Times
‘Don Roberto is there before us in all his glory.’ Alexander McCall Smith
‘Casts fascinating new light on a man driven by almost implausible energy, purpose and passion.’ Magnus Linklater, The Times
‘I know him better and admire him more after reading this biography.’ Alan Massie, The Scotsman
… and why we need to let it go for good. Third in a weekly series of thoughts on Independence and the forthcoming Holyrood elections.
Following the quite unexpected success of last week’s video, here are some more thoughts on the elections and Scotland’s prospects as an economically successful independent nation. I’ll post as often as I can between now and May 6, so please keep sharing!
All last week, working in my garden under clear blue skies, I watched the geese streaming north, high overhead, making for their summer grounds in Greenland. I wondered if they had registered any new strangeness in the place they were … Continue reading
What on earth would Don Roberto be making of Johnson (I take my cue from the commentator who advises against prefixing the B-word on the grounds that it serves to reinforce the brand)? What would he make of the pseudo-Churchillian … Continue reading
Don Roberto & Me 