Mike Small
@bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007.
Bylines at the Guardian, Open Democracy, Herald, DeSmog, Bella Caledonia, Sunday National.
Bylines at the Guardian, Open Democracy, Herald, DeSmog, Bella Caledonia, Sunday National.
The Parallel Universe of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), Scotland’s Place in the Narrative bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/08/t...
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Parallel Universe of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), Scotland’s Place in the Narrative bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/08/t...
Decolonising the Mind - the work of the great Kenyan writer and activist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who insisted that erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Brilliant essay by Alan Riach as part of our identity language and power series
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/27/d...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/27/d...
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Decolonising the Mind - the work of the great Kenyan writer and activist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who insisted that erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Brilliant essay by Alan Riach as part of our identity language and power series
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/27/d...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/27/d...
Here’s the lowercase top ten recommendations for analogue magazines, literary journals and publications of great new writing from all over… including @mcsweeneys.net.web.brid.gy @gutter.bsky.social @extrateethmag.bsky.social @irishpages.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/26/b...
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s the lowercase top ten recommendations for analogue magazines, literary journals and publications of great new writing from all over… including @mcsweeneys.net.web.brid.gy @gutter.bsky.social @extrateethmag.bsky.social @irishpages.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/26/b...
Writing tomorrow on how the victory at Hampden was a 'luminous moment' and the most important victory against Scandic forces since the Battle of Largs in 1263
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Writing tomorrow on how the victory at Hampden was a 'luminous moment' and the most important victory against Scandic forces since the Battle of Largs in 1263
This was a redemption story bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/19/s...
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This was a redemption story bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/19/s...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Bella is supported only by its readers. We don’t have corporate backers and we don’t take advertising, so we rely entirely on your support. Please give whatever you can. Make a small monthly donation and support independent Scottish journalism:
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November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Britain’s inability to imagine itself as anything other than a feudal relic is being brutally exposed, not by Andrew’s disgraceful behaviour but by the response to it.
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Britain’s inability to imagine itself as anything other than a feudal relic is being brutally exposed, not by Andrew’s disgraceful behaviour but by the response to it.
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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This is Suella's hot take
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is Suella's hot take
Thoughts on this? @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social @ballotbox.scot
NEW | Poll points to SNP Holyrood MAJORITY
🟡 SNP – 66 seats (+2)
➡️ REF – 16 seats (+16)
🟢 GRN – 15 seats (+7)
🔴 LAB – 14 seats (-8)
🟠 LD – 9 seats (+5)
🔵 CON – 9 seats (-22)
NEW | Poll points to SNP Holyrood MAJORITY
🟡 SNP – 66 seats (+2)
➡️ REF – 16 seats (+16)
🟢 GRN – 15 seats (+7)
🔴 LAB – 14 seats (-8)
🟠 LD – 9 seats (+5)
🔵 CON – 9 seats (-22)
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Thoughts on this? @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social @ballotbox.scot
NEW | Poll points to SNP Holyrood MAJORITY
🟡 SNP – 66 seats (+2)
➡️ REF – 16 seats (+16)
🟢 GRN – 15 seats (+7)
🔴 LAB – 14 seats (-8)
🟠 LD – 9 seats (+5)
🔵 CON – 9 seats (-22)
NEW | Poll points to SNP Holyrood MAJORITY
🟡 SNP – 66 seats (+2)
➡️ REF – 16 seats (+16)
🟢 GRN – 15 seats (+7)
🔴 LAB – 14 seats (-8)
🟠 LD – 9 seats (+5)
🔵 CON – 9 seats (-22)
The Polanski Effect bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...
October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Polanski Effect bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/23/t...
Either of you have a view on this polling? @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social @ballotbox.scot
October 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Either of you have a view on this polling? @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social @ballotbox.scot
This week on Bella Caledonia read Khutso Dunbar, Mark Perryman, Stewart Bremner, DJ McDowall, Mark Hackett, George Gunn and many more, Support independent Scottish journalism here:
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October 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This week on Bella Caledonia read Khutso Dunbar, Mark Perryman, Stewart Bremner, DJ McDowall, Mark Hackett, George Gunn and many more, Support independent Scottish journalism here:
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The grotesque spectacle of those who have waged and financed genocide gathering to engage in sycophancy and backslapping is nauseating.
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The grotesque spectacle of those who have waged and financed genocide gathering to engage in sycophancy and backslapping is nauseating.
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
In squeaking wins against Greece and Belarus we are papering over the cracks of a disastrous team presided over a manager who is past his sell-by-date. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/13/c...
October 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In squeaking wins against Greece and Belarus we are papering over the cracks of a disastrous team presided over a manager who is past his sell-by-date. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/13/c...
In non-Bella news I'm doing a talk at the Edinburgh Futures Institute 'Patrick Geddes and the Anarchist Strain of Town Planning' is on 30 October. It's free and open to all - but book your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patrick-ge...
October 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In non-Bella news I'm doing a talk at the Edinburgh Futures Institute 'Patrick Geddes and the Anarchist Strain of Town Planning' is on 30 October. It's free and open to all - but book your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patrick-ge...
Ultimo Democracy {2015] How has she still got a knighthood? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2015/08/28/u...
October 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ultimo Democracy {2015] How has she still got a knighthood? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2015/08/28/u...
Design testing for feedback. Which graphic do you prefer? 1,2,3?
October 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Design testing for feedback. Which graphic do you prefer? 1,2,3?
The Starmer Symptom edited by @MarkPerryman, reviewed by Jim Sillars bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/29/s...
September 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Starmer Symptom edited by @MarkPerryman, reviewed by Jim Sillars bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/29/s...
In this city, everything has stopped, a new poem by Mohammed Moussa @gazapoets.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/14/i...
September 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In this city, everything has stopped, a new poem by Mohammed Moussa @gazapoets.bsky.social bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/09/14/i...
This week read Douglas MacMillan on Land Reform, Alan McClure on Martyn Bennett, Clair McNab on Angela Rayner's departure, Justin Kenrick on Gaza solidarity & much more.
Support independent Scottish media here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate
Support independent Scottish media here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This week read Douglas MacMillan on Land Reform, Alan McClure on Martyn Bennett, Clair McNab on Angela Rayner's departure, Justin Kenrick on Gaza solidarity & much more.
Support independent Scottish media here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate
Support independent Scottish media here: bellacaledonia.org.uk/donate
Bella is supported only by its readers. We don’t have corporate backers and we don’t take advertising, so we rely entirely on your support. Please give whatever you can and support independent Scottish journalism:
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September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Britain's Broken, Now What?
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
September 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Britain's Broken, Now What?
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...