A network of oil companies arond Mayfair, but registered in Britain's offshore tax-haven network, provides a snapshot of the new imperialism.

New Scots and Gaelic strands of Bella Caledonia's publishing will contribute to a cultural and linguistic revival in Scotland.

It is time to disassociate Thatcher from liberty. Look at her era of repressing dissent, protest and freedom of expression. She must not go down in history as a 'champion of freedom and democracy'. 

The unavoidable profusion of Union Jacks currently propagandising public space across the UK serve to feed a momentary diversion from fundamental political and constitutional problems in Britain. But as the Scottish voices of civic nationalism compete for space with the disjointed pro-union rhetoric of Ed Milliband, this smokescreen is increasingly being revealed as such. 

A campaign has been launched calling on Scottish citizens to hijack the AV referendum in order to vote for independence. Newsnet Scotland have joined forces with polemic online magazine Bella Caledonia to urge people to spoil their ballots in May.