Archive - E2: The Future (& Scotland Too)

May 2025

PK in The National: Has Robert De Niro found his most important role: taking on Trump?

De Niro's exploration of broken masculinity across his career qualifies him well for the job

May 17 •

PK in The National: Is there any escape from Donald Trump? It's complicated for Scotland

Scottish self-determination is a way to keep a distance from Mr. Crazy Town

May 10 •

PK in The National: Glasto and TRNSMT - please hold your nerve and keep Kneecap

If they're a successor to the Sex Pistols, the Belfast band are both more rooted - and more slickly branded

May 3 •

April 2025

PK in The National: Scotland's 'independence cohort' have a lot of work to do

Is the case that demographics alone - Yessers getting older and staying indy-minded - will be enough to deliver a Scottish nation-state?

Apr 26 •

PK in The National: Christopher Nolan's Odyssey could do modern Scots a service

The classics were born out of turbulent times like our own

Apr 19 •

PK in The National: Language really matters if we're to save ourselves from Al overlords

My use of Al chatbots is becoming a matter of domestic outrage

Apr 12 •

PK in The National: Techno-Christians are less long-haired radicals and more ironic arms dealers

'End Times' will be imminent if this newly emerging alliance fully coheres - and we must be alert to the potential dangers

Apr 5 •

March 2025

PK in The National: A cupboard full of baked beans isn't the way to prepare for a food emergency

A resilient food culture doesn't hoard, it weaves together knowledge, relationships, resources and agency

Mar 29 •

PK in The National: River City is scrapped but Scots can set bar much higher

I've graced the streets of Shieldinch myself but this decision by BBC doesn't have to spell end of television industry in our nation

Mar 22 •

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