Index of Public Letters by Alastair McIntosh
Writing to the press is
thought a bit "infra
dig" by some, but to me it tests and places ideas in an exposed public domain - a kind of democratised peer
review that reaches out more widely than articles in specialist journals. Dates
shown are date of publication and only published letters are posted here. The
Herald, for those not familiar with our media, is the former Glasgow
Herald, one of Scotland's two newspapers of record. (Owing to the decline in
newspaper usage, I have been doing less by way of letter writing in recent years
and more using Twitter (@alastairmci) and guest blogs for commenting on current
issues.)
Chronological
Index with Subject Description
Stornoway
Gazette, 28 June 2018, Imagine Life Without the Interconnector (Lewis
wind farm debate)
West Highland Free
Press, 17 July 2015, Support as a "critical friend" towards Professor
Macleod
West
Highland Free Press, 29 May 2015, Solidarity with Muslim
communities
The Herald, 23
June 2014, Lost lexicon of piety recovered (Carmichael Watson
UNESCO)
The
Friend, 11 April 2014, Religious views on copyright
Scotland on
Sunday, 30 March 2014, Political cartoon caricaturisation
West Highland
Free Press, 14 June 2013, The furrowed brows of damaged youth
The Stornoway
Gazette, 20 Sept 2012, Wind farm interconnecter from Lewis
West
Highland Free Press, 2 Dec 2011, In defence of Reverend Kenneth
Macleod
West
Highland Free Press, 8 July 2011, Gay ordination and the use of
Scripture
The Herald,
11 June 2011, Strathclyde University cuts and the Democratic
Intellectual Tradition
The Herald, 9
November 2009, the play - Jesus, Queen of Heaven
West
Highland Free Press, 23 Oct 2009, crofting tenure, Clare Island
proprietorship & Nobel Economics
West
Highland Free Press, 11 Sept 2009, on local food security and croft
land speculation
Stornoway
Gazette, 2 July 2009, on Weston Price's 1930s Hebridean Dental &
Nutrition Study
Stornoway
Gazette, 28 February 2008, on Hebridean indigenous belonging
The Scotsman,
7 November 2007, on feminism, Bhrighde, and Scotland's winter festival
The Herald, 20
August 2007, on the Schucksmith Committee of Inquiry on Crofting
The Herald, 23 July
2007, a speech for the Prime Minister on climate change and the English floods
Stornoway
Gazette, 1 February
2007, on opposition for Lewis wind farms where not in control of
communities
The
Herald, 31 January
2007, on the need for Lewis's renewable energy to be on a community scale
The
Herald, 26
December 2006, on Tunnock's charitable giving
The
Herald, 24 July
2006, Joint letter with Bashir Maan on Abrahamic faith exegesis
Stornoway
Gazette, 15 June 2006,
Riposte on energy issues letter
Stornoway
Gazette, 1
June 2006, Living within our energy means - windfarms and community
The
Herald, 12
April 2006, Sunday ferry sailings, community and Hebridean religious rights
The
Herald, 31 Mar 2006, Land
speculation, reform, and the CKD Galbraith report claims
The
Herald, 6 Feb
2006, Tony Blair's heresy, Iran, and Britain's constitutional theocracy
The
Herald, 6 Feb 2006,
Debt as usury - the canonisation of avarice
West
Highland Free Press, 13
Jan 2006, Crofting law, land reform, and the mandarins
The
Herald, 28
Nov 2005, Stopping torture flights through Scottish airports
The
Herald, 23 Nov
2005, Nuclear power and nuclear weapons
The
Herald, 8 Aug 2005,
Multiculturalism, holiness & fascist identity
The
Herald, 14 July
2005, The London bombings, neocolonialism & empathy
The
Herald, 14 April
2005, Duty Free as an airport security inconsistency
The Herald,
18 Mar 2005, Reconciling English identity in Scotland
The Herald,
16 Mar 2005, The tragedy of mainstream English identity
The Herald, 25
Feb 2005, Jeremiah and today's Middle East crisis
The Herald, 22
Feb 2005, John Bell's Radio 4 "Thought for the Day"
The Herald, 11
Feb 2005, The tsunami, the Devil, and process theology
The Herald, 1
Dec 2004, Land reform, planning & affordable rural social housing
Stornoway Gazette, 1
July 2004, Windfarms on Lewis
The Herald, 6
June 2004, The origins of violence in childhood
The Herald, 24
May 2004, GalGael on Scotland's Cultural Policy Statement
The Sunday Herald, 11
April 04, Acknowledgement of unsung superquarry actors
The Herald,
6 April 04, Transmogrification and the housing land question
The Herald, 6
April 04, Provision of affordable rural housing
The Herald,
24 March 04, The exoneration of the "Glasgow Two" - T C Campbell
The Herald,
27 Feb 04, Insight into Attorney General's counsel on legality of Iraq War
The Herald,
14 Feb 04, Cameos of strong but inclusive Scottish identity
The Herald,
23 Jan 04, Opera, traditional music and cultural imperialism
Stornoway
Gazette, 6 Nov
03, Tribute to the late Alan Whiteford
The Herald,
8 Oct 03, on mutual respect between incomers and locals
The Hebridean,
25 Sept 03, on wind turbine foundations and site restoration
The
Herald,
9 Sept 03, on British immigration policy and Scots Internationalism
The Herald,
27-6-03, on "Campbellism" and the Sioux - caricature and cultural
reconciliation
The Herald,
18-4-03, on culture, "race" and belonging in Scotland
The Herald,
15-4-03, on Scotland, Gaelic culture and racism
The Herald,
11-4-03, on Saddam and the West's colonial legacy
The Herald,
24-3-03, on Dr Johnson's take (1773) on war with Iraq
The
Herald, 14-2-03,
on Scottish Church leadership and war with Iraq
The Herald,
6-2-03, on the leadership of the Conservative Party
The Herald,
23-1-03 on the constitutionality of war with Iraq
The Herald,
14-9-02, on media independence and the sale of The Herald
Stornoway Gazette,
5-9-02, on the Hebridean Sabbath and community cohesion
The Herald, 4-9-02,
on Brian Quail, breastfeeding, and Trident nuclear submarines
The Herald, 12-7-02,
on returning Eigg's Old Master, The Lamentation
The Herald,
7-2-02 on Lord Prosser's wigless Trident ruling
The Big
Issue in Scotland,
2-5-02, Christian-Muslim open Letter to Tony Blair
The
Herald, 18-3-02,
on Rabbi Tobias' criticism of Ariel Sharon's policies
The
Herald, 14-3-02,
on Biblical history of Palestinian "slow holocaust"
The
Herald, 9-2-02,
on Trident submarines, fox hunting and the "Rural Rebels"
The
Herald,
6-2-02, on land reform, land gifts and landowner-community relations
The Herald,
1-12-01, on the introduction of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
The Scotsman, 9-10-01,
on "Just War" comparisons between Qu'ran and Bible
The Herald, 15-2-01,
on Faslane blockade and Gulf War media manipulation
The Herald, 9-2-01,
on Trident nuclear submarines as treasonable
The Scotsman, 7-11-00,
on Scottish Executive's superquarry rejection
The Herald,
6-11-00, on Scottish Executive's superquarry rejection
West Highland Free Press,
27-10-00, on privatisation of the seabed
The Scotsman, 25-10-00,
on Lord Hardie and Lafarge Redland "human" rights
The Stornoway Gazette, 21-9-00,
on Lafarge Redland and the nuclear waste dumping issue
The Herald, 18-9-00,
on constitutional implications of Redland's human rights lawsuit
The Herald,
3-8-00, on Lafarge Redland funding of superquarry supporters' group
West Highland Free Press, 28-7-00,
on people & conservation in Harris
The Herald, 25-7-00,
answering Ian Mitchell (Islay) & Lord MacKay on eagles and social cohesion
Sunday Herald,
23-7-00, on need for Harris people to control conservation status
The Scotsman,
17-7-00, on superquarry background
The Herald,
15-7-00, on significance of SAC conservation designation for Harris
The Herald, 12-7-00,
on the Crown Office and the "Glasgow Two"
The Herald, 6-6-00,
on contesting ballot claims about Harris superquarry opinion
The Herald,
1-6-00, on Keynes and the Biblical injunction against usury
The Herald, 4-5-00,
on Section 28 and sex education in schools
The Herald, 17-4-00, on
Christianity and sexual toleration
The Herald,
4-4-00, on Scots constitutional theology of the public interest in feudal land
The Herald, 31-3-00,
on globalisation, factory farming and the agriculture crisis
The Herald, 3-2-00,
on agricultural history and its insights for a sustainable industry
Stornoway Gazette,
13-1-00, on Mammon, Moloch, and the Harris Superquarry
The Herald, 30-11-99,
on land reform, Community of the Realm and constitutional law
The Herald, 8-11-99,
on the Act of Settlement and the Scots Constitution
West Highland Free Press,
29-10-99, challenging Ian Wilson to come clean on Durness
The Herald, c.
28-2-99, on "just war" theology and the Kosovo War
The Herald,
5-3-99, Monsanto admit subjecting public to uninsurable risk
Stornoway Gazette,
3-4-97, colonial destruction of Gaelic cultural identity
Note
- the above letters are presently spread over 3 web pages as follows:
a) Letters
1999 - 2000
b) Letters
2001 -
2003
c) Letters
2004
onwards
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