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This book addresses how Scottishness is enacted, and therefore represented and asserted, in a wide number of spaces–including historical manifestos, public and social events, urban architecture, dress, literature, theatre, television and film. The text also discusses Anglo-Scottish relations, language, the Scottish diaspora and concepts of nation, borders and hybridity. This is remarkably ambitious for a 283-page volume, and it is clear that such a wide-ranging scope imposes limitations in its approach. In this respect, probably the main critique of this text from a media perspective is that performances from conventional mass media are not covered with the sufficient scope and depth–for instance, there is no analysis of how Scottishness has been represented by the press. This is particularly lacking given that the role of the press is at least as equally important as that of other examples included in the book; as it is …