“Scotland” is another essential issue from Irish Pages, the island’s leading literary journal. Ten years after the Independence Referendum, Irish Pages asks Scottish writers of distinction to think about their country, and take stock of the current state of its culture and polity, language and literature, ecology and environment, while a specially curated selection of Scotland’s emerging poets offer a younger perspective. How will Scotland fare in an era of momentous and unpredictable political change? Stands Scotland where it did?