Eight essays outlining the case for and against independence and published in the Scotland on Sunday earlier this year are compiled in this handy pdf pamphlet for your iPad

The Scottish Parliament votes in favour of independence but, watching from the media gallery, David Torrance witnessed not an historic occasion but the usual tired old lines.

How has the nation's view of Scotland's constitution changed over the last ten years?

As a House of Commons Select Committee launches an inquiry into the need for a UK constitutional convention, David Torrance ponders its possible role in the referendum "no" campaign.

Read the consultation document from the Secretary of State for Scotland...

Andrew Wilson's speech setting out a vision of a kind of Scottish nationalism that was compatible with a British identity was prescient in many ways, and still makes instructive reading now, 13 years on

Bookmaker Paul Petrie gives his thoughts on the biggest gamble in Scotland's history…

With all this talk of Scotland leaving the "United Kingdom" but remaining part of a "united kingdom", David Torrance is beginning to wonder if anyone understands the history of the country we currently inhabit.