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Product Events

This summer, Product will be hosting a series of events with some of Scotland’s finest speakers, writers, film makers and artists. The first one is held next Tuesday in Edinburgh.

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The day the music died

A manuscript of original lyrics to Don McLean’s epic American Pie was recently auctioned in New York. Simon Warner explores the backdrop to the song’s conception and the hidden meanings behind its much-coveted words

Carbon no more

It’s time to stop indulging Big Oil and shift to a clean energy economy, writes Patrick Harvie

Dinner with my No voting friends

For years, Scots reacted to right wing Westminster policies by saying: “I didn’t vote for that.” If they win on Thursday, No voters won’t have that luxury, writes Peter Arnott.

We need to talk about leadership

Laura Eaton Lewis on how to overcome subtle, recurrent gender bias

Democracy in the Dark

Have pro-independence arguments been marginalised in the run-up to the referendum?
Iain MacWhirter examines charges of media bias – and why more editorial and
political diversity is needed.

The Observer - The Forgotten Prisoners

I see my light come shining

Siobhan Reardon on 50 years of Amnesty International