As noted by Scottish historian Michael Lynch, there has been a ‘remarkable advance of knowledge [on Scotland’s history] over the course of the past generation’. Equally notable have been the efforts made by leading historians such as Lynch to make this knowledge
accessible to the wider public. Such efforts have led to the publication of several excellent one-volume histories of Scotland, including Lynch’s own Scotland: A New History (first published in 1991), R. A. Houston and W. W. J. Knox’s New Penguin History of Scotland (2001)
and the updated edition of Christopher Harvie’s Scotland: A Short History (2014). Concerning Scotland’s history since its Union with England, Tom Devine’s The Scottish Nation: A Modern History (2012) is invaluable. Much less numerous are the one-volume editions of Scottish
primary sources, on the model of Gordon Donaldson’s Scottish Historical Documents, first published in 1970. Christian Auer’s recent volume entitled Scotland and the Scots 1707-2007
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Alex Salmond has launched an extraordinary personal attack on Nicola Sturgeon, describing her testimony to the inquiry into sexual assault claims made against him as “simply untrue”.
In his submission to the inquiry, the former first minister said that Ms Sturgeon had misled
the Scottish parliament and broken the ministerial code which, if he is proven to be correct, would almost certainly spell the end of her political career.
Mr Salmond said that the breaches included a failure to inform the civil service in good time of her meetings with
him, and allowing the Scottish government to contest a civil court case against him despite having had legal advice that it was likely to collapse.
The allegations against Ms Sturgeon, who replaced Mr Salmond as first minister and leader of the SNP after the 2014 independence
I WAS born at a place called Plean, in the parish of Ninians, in the shire of Stirling, where my mother's forbears were residenters for generations unknown, although I can only trace them to the days of Charles the Second. The name of my mother was Paterson, her mother's name
was Square. She was the daughter of Ellshander, or
Alexander Square, the companion of John Balfour of Burley in his Covenanting campaigns; My father's name was Dugald Cameron, he came from a place called
Braemar; his mother's name was Stewart. The earliest account I can give
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband suggested that pressure should be brought to bear on police investigating Alex Salmond, according to leaked messages.
In a copy of a WhatsApp exchange seen by The Times, Peter Murrell, chief executive of the SNP, said that prosecutors having brought
charges left detectives in Scotland “twiddling their thumbs”.
The messages suggested that questions should be asked of the Metropolitan Police, who had been passed complaints about the former first minister’s alleged behaviour in London.
In one WhatsApp message sent on
January 25, 2019, the day after Mr Salmond was first charged with multiple sexual assaults, Mr Murrell said: “Totally agree folk should be asking the police questions . . . report now with the PF on charges which leaves police twiddling their thumbs. So good time to be