Talking Politics with Malcolm Combe, Annie Tindley, Stephen Gethins and Angie Zelter / Chaired by Ruth Wishart

We’re living in a time of flux and with great uncertainty over the future. As we gradually emerge from our year of lockdown, and navigate the new landscape of a post-Brexit UK, we also see new drives towards a second independence referendum. It seems a fair time to wonder: what next for Scotland?

This Scottish Books Long Weekend panel brings together expertise in land reform, international politics, and activism on nuclear power, sustainability and other green issues to assess the future of Scotland’s policies at home, and their place in the international community. Join Malcolm Combe and Annie Tindley (Land Reform in Scotland: History Law and Policy), Stephen Gethins (Nation to Nation: Scotland’s Place in the World), Angie Zelter (Activism for Life) and chair Ruth Wishart as they explore the possibilities in Scotland’s politics for now and the years ahead.

Tickets are FREE. 

All events in The Scottish Books Long Weekend will be recorded and will be uploaded to the Publishing Scotland YouTube channel with closed captions on Tuesday 15 June.

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Malcolm Combe is Senior Lecturer in law at the University of Strathclyde and a non-practising solicitor. He has edited Land Reform in Scotland: History, Law and Policy with Annie Tindley and Jayne Glass.

Annie Tindley is Professor in History at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. She has edited Land Reform in Scotland: History, Law and Policy with Malcolm Combe and Jayne Glass.

Stephen Gethins was appointed the SNP’s Europe Spokesperson in 2015, and subsequently Foreign Affairs and Europe Spokesperson at Westminster in 2017. Before this, he worked in democratisation and peace-building overseas. Stephen was a Special Adviser to Scotland’s First Minister from 2009-2013, focusing on energy, climate change, rural affairs, Europe and international affairs, and is currently a Professor of Practice at the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews.

Angie Zelter has been an active campaigner for most of her life. Her protests have been for a nuclear free world, that shares global resources equitably and sustainably while respecting human rights and the rights of other life forms. Angie has been arrested around 200 times across the world, and has spent over two years in total in prison awaiting trials on remand or serving sentences, all for nonviolent resistance protests. She is the author of several books and continues to actively confront the abuses of corporations, governments and the military.

Ruth Wishart is a journalist and broadcaster, writing primarily about Scottish and UK politics, and a diverse range of social issues. Glaswegian born and bred, she currently lives in Argyll.

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This event is part of the Scottish Books Long Weekend 10 to 13 June. For the full programme, see BooksfromScotland.com/scottish-books-long-weekend/.

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