en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:10:12 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Magnus Linklater, Comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-10-25T11:50:58Z The Lockerbie investigation has never been formally closed off, but until now there had been little evidence that it was active. For the victims’ families, the news that the Scottish authorities are reassessing the evidence will be welcome. At the very least it tells them that the search for the truth has not been abandoned. Magnus Linklater Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-10-14T07:40:26Z Hanging on my wall is a brave manifesto proclaiming the virtues of independence. Nationalism and freedom, it says, go together. A country that is in thrall to a larger power will never realise its full potential. “In certain quarters, this policy is said to be revolutionary in its intention, narrow in outlook and likely to be dangerous in practice,” it runs. “May I say that it is only revolutionary in its hope of regaining that nationalism which is synonymous with boldness, vigour and strength . . .”