Why steal from religion to refashion ourselves and society, as Alain de Botton suggests in his new book, when a tailor-made 'religion for atheists' is already available?

Could Scotland be a model - and independence a catalyst - for bringing about a better, more connected society in England, after decades of individualism and fragmentation?

Let's hope our leaders fully embrace the values enshrined in the UK's new National Music Plan. Only then can we become the sort of society that an orchestra, in full flow, represents.