Christopher Harvie is a historian and professor of British and Irish studies at Tübingen University, Germany. His homepage is here

Among Christopher Harvie's many books are Scotland: A Short History  (Oxford University Press, 2002), Deep Fried Hillman Imp (Argyll, 2004) and Mending Scotland (Argyll, 2005).

Christopher Harvie was elected a member of the Scottish parliament, representing the Scottish National Party (SNP), in the elections of 3 May 2007. He is an adviser to the SNP leader, Alex Salmond

Recent articles

The corrosion of Gordon Brown's London government increases the chances that Alex Salmond's Scotland - fuelled by a renewable-energy revolution - may take its leave of Britain, says Christopher Harvie.

Britain will pay the price for years of financial excess - and Scotland's Alex Salmond should exert it from Gordon Brown, says Christopher Harvie.

The historian Christopher Harvie is a candidate in the election to the Scottish parliament on 3 May 2007. He sees his target seat embodying the conflicting currents of the country’s long political journey.

The distinctive quality of Scotland's educational philosophy was defined by George Davie (1912-2007) as the "democratic intellect". The idea has helped form the country's search for autonomy, says his former student Christopher Harvie.

Britain is a globalisation success story, says the "Economist". Decay and corruption have brought the country's economic model nearer collapse, replies Christopher Harvie.