Twins’ peak practice
	12:09am Thu 15 May 08
	Acclaimed traditional music siblings Ali and Mike Vass begin their first major tour this week. By Rob Adams.
	By ROB ADAMS

Droogs are brought into the age of girl power

12:09am Thursday 15th May 2008

The head of Telford College’s drama course, Scott Johnston, has cast his new production of A Clockwork Orange with a female set of Droogs and, with girl gangs high on the list of society’s apparent ills, it’s a relevant reinvention of Anthony Burgess’s future-­shocker.

	Could the stage be set for a velvet divorce?
	12:48am Thu 15 May 08
	Forget Scottish Nationalist agitation – the break-up of the UK may only await the appearance of a power-hungry English politician. By Neal Ascherson

How SNP’s pressure for change just might backfire

12:46am Thursday 15th May 2008

A clear majority of Scots want to stay in the union, but challenges lie ahead, says John Curtice

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Romeo and Juliet, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

12:09am Thursday 15th May 2008

Review: Apparently Prokofiev’s ­original score for Romeo and Juliet had a happy ending. No such optimism derails the final, tragic conclusion in this compelling new production, premiered by Scottish Ballet on Tuesday.

By MARY BRENNAN

	Power house to poor house in imperial Scotland
	12:37am today
	The British Empire generated great wealth in Scotland, but not everyone got their share. By Tom Devine.
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Get rich quick: How the Union made Scottish fortunes

12:40am today

An empire of trans-oceanic Scottish trade would not have existed but for the Union of 1707 that resulted in Scottish inclusion within the English system of tariff protection.

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	Fest with sax appeal
	12:32am today
	This year’s Glasgow International Jazz Festival looks all grown up with stellar names heading a programme that still plays up local talent. By Keith Bruce.
	By KEITH BRUCE, Arts Editor

The Blackbyrds, Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh

12:32am today

Review: It’s said that if you wait long enough, then every band from your youth – with certain obvious exceptions – will come around again. The Blackbyrds appear never to have gone away.

By ROB ADAMS

	Who was her real enemy... Scotland or herself?
	12:52am Tue 13 May 08
	When the growth of the home rule movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s is charted, civic nationalism tends to be cited as the key factor.
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