Understanding Scotland
18 April 2013
Christopher McLean discusses the development of our Scottish Public Opinion Monitor infographic, avoiding Scottish stereotypes and the likeness to iChalky.

What does it mean to be British?
9 January 2012
The public can see how Britain has changed in sixty years, but we seem less sure about what it means to be British in the present

What is "Britishness"?
31 March 2000
What is "Britishness"? Is there some common national identity that all of us, or most of us, in these islands share? And are there common characteristics which we tend to assume other Britons are likely to have? The question poses itself in the week in which Tony Blair and William Hague, in their own ways, tried to make political capital by appealing to British voters' instincts of national identity.

Where are all the cyclists?
13 September 2012
Steven Hope explores SHS data to estimate Scotland's cycling potential

Where now for Labour in Scotland?
8 September 2011
Mark Diffley outlines the challenges facing the Scottish Labour Party in its attempts to reconnect with the electorate.