Now in his late 70's, and as far as I can see, Scotland's most original political thinker of the 20th century shows no signs of slowing down. As Gerry Hassan said the other day, "I kind of think of people like myself from my generation – left and nationalist or post-nationalist – as ‘Tom’s children’ intellectually." Very true. Where I think Tom's great legacy lies is his battle, at the highest intellectual levels, to factor the experience and history of small-nation civic nationalism into the deep mechanics of global history - and to base this in a stunning multidisciplinary reach, across the natural and human sciences. Tom's place in the current infosphere of Thoughtland is a bit scattered, but you'll read his latest writings in the archives of Open Democracy (from them, a tribute on his 75th birthday), London Review of Books, New Left Review and New Statesman. Tom is currently a Lecturer in Globalisation at RMIT in Melbourne.