McSmörgåsbord

The unique combination of personal experience and experts’ insights give this book its hands-on character: pragmatic and thought-provoking, challenging and instructive, full of amazing stories and useful comparisons, enriching the debates about Scotland’s post-Brexit future as a Nordic neighbour.

Lesley Riddoch Lesley Riddoch is a Sony award-winning journalist and broadcaster. She was involved in the Isle of Eigg buyout with the local community and became a trustee of the Isle of Eigg Trust. She was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2006 for her columns in The Guardian and The Scotsman. Lesley currently runs her own independent radio, podcast and TV production company known as Feisty Ltd.

Eberhard Bort

EBERHARD ‘PADDY’ BORT, a graduate in English and German of Tübingen University, was a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh and the Academic Coordinator of the Institute of Governance. His teaching  included Scottish Society and Culture, Contemporary Irish Politics and British Studies. He was also the Book Reviews Editor of Scottish Affairs and ran the Edinburgh Folk Club.