Professor Tom Devine, Senior Research Professor in History and Director of the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies, delivers his lecture entitled "In bed with an elephant: why has the Union survived for over three centuries?".

The lecture is followed by a debate, on the subject "Is the UK falling apart? Scotland and the future of the Union". Professor Charlie Jeffery, Director of the University’s Academy of Government, chairs a panel debate on the future of the Union.

Recorded on 22 June 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's McEwan Hall.