Remembering Paris: A student’s recollection
It was at 21:32 one year ago on 13 November when a dozen gunshots were fired into café ‘La Bonne Biére’ and the restaurant opposite on Rue de la Fontaine-au-Roi…
CEIBA and A Festival of Ian Smith: A Celebration of Death
CEIBA and the four-part collection on Ian Smith are two separate exhibitions in Summerhall’s Festival of Ian Smith: A Celebration of Death. While there are more than two exhibitions in…
Colour And Light
Colour and Light is a powerful exposé on the use of colour in tapestry and weaving. Based in Dovecot Studios, it explores the work of seven weavers, and two gun…
World leaders should not turn a blind eye to Trump’s campaign
Donald Trump’s election as President has prompted a variety of reactions as mass protests across the US to shock from the President-elect himself. Naturally, a political event of this magnitude…
Dirt Road
An introverted yet adventurous 16-year-old, musical-minded Murdo is ready to fly what remains of the nest, following the successive losses of his mother and sister to a hereditary form of…
How should the Left respond to right-wing populism?
Let’s make it clear. I am in no way under the impression that I have the authority to tell any single person what to do, let alone the sheer mass…
Unbound: A New Way to Publish
Getting a book published is a notoriously difficult task. Each year thousands of prospective writers have their work rejected by publishing houses for a variety of reasons: be it that…
Blackwell’s Presents: Gerry Hassan – Scotland the Bold
Gerry Hassan is one of those few people aspiring to, and maybe even capable of, seeing events as they unfold within the context of history. He attempts to do just…