Events in context

Rallies, observation missions, assemblies and the way campaign groups organise, set against the record.

• Constitutions, AGMs and office bearers: how Scotland's campaign groups govern themselves

  Many groups formed for the 2014 referendum later adopted written constitutions and held annual general meetings. What legal forms are open to political campaign groups in Scotland, why charity status is usually out of reach, and what referendum law requires of campaigners.

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  Dumfries and Galloway and the independence question: a border region's politics

  Dumfries and Galloway voted No by almost two to one in 2014 and is home to many people born in England. How the region votes, who represents it, and why campaign groups on both sides have long seen it as a test.

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  Edinburgh in 2017: how local independence groups campaigned between referendums

  Edinburgh voted 61% No in 2014 and 74% Remain in 2016. How local pro-independence groups in the capital worked in the summer of 2017: street stalls, the Festival, hubs and alliances, and the political map they faced.

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  The Hope over Fear rallies and the 'tale of two referendums' in September 2017

  Each September from 2015, independence supporters gathered in Glasgow's George Square to mark the anniversary of the 2014 vote. What the rally of 16 September 2017 was about, and why the EU (Withdrawal) Bill dominated its speeches.