Scotland’s new newspaper

The National, published daily from Monday to Friday at 50p, has arrived with astonishing energy and expertise, born of the Yes campaign and continuing its robust pressure for Scottish independence. Its tabloid format is well designed and thoroughly professional, with good photographs and lively writing, and it found a ready readership at once. The four days of December gale prevented it (or anything) from reaching Arran, but no doubt its success is continuing on the mainland.