Mike SmallPolitical Amnesia as Trauma ResponseI started the review of the year a few days ago, but I couldn’t remember anything that had happened. A friend told me this was a ‘trauma…11 min read·Jan 4, 2023----
Mike SmallDoune the Rabbit Hole of Succulent Lamb JournalismThere’s a problem in Scottish media that goes beyond perceived or actual bias on constitutional or political issues and that is what’s been…5 min read·Dec 28, 2022----
Mike SmallThe Misogynoir of Jeremy ClarksonWhether it was Isabel Oakeshott being given a platform by the BBC to explain how she ‘doesn’t believe in strikes’ or Stephen Kinnock…5 min read·Dec 28, 2022----
Mike SmallThe State We’re InOver the coming weeks over the holiday period we’ve commissioned a series of writers and activists to reflect on where we are and review…6 min read·Dec 28, 2022----
Mike SmallGrowing into your sense of defeatFor long enough — 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, oh how they trip off the tongue — I have comforted myself with the notion that my sense of…8 min read·Dec 28, 2022----
Mike SmallCoal, Coups and ConspiraciesAs the Troll from Trondheim brings some unheard-of seasonality to December, the year ends with a new surge of weirdness. Whether it’s the…5 min read·Dec 28, 2022----
Mike SmallWe’re Still HereThis really wasn’t supposed to happen. After the Supreme Court ruling the blizzard of self-congratulatory editorial and op-ed flooding from…6 min read·Dec 9, 2022----
Mike SmallFrom Liminal Land to LimboI am not prone to despair. In fact, the overwhelming, and to be frank ridiculous characteristic I suffer from is an overbearing optimism…5 min read·Dec 4, 2022----
Mike SmallA Reverie for the FutureI used to write a lot about nostalgia. You probably preferred the earlier stuff. But now, as we look across at the unspooling shambles in…7 min read·Nov 13, 2022----
Mike SmallMind Your LanguageLanguage is power, and powerlessness. The best fightback is to use it with glee, celebrate and play with it.4 min read·Nov 13, 2022----