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Keara Murphy: The Bard and I

25 January has long since marked the day when the life and works of Scottish poet Robert Burns is celebrated. Whilst Keara Murphy’s ‘The Bard and I’ participated in this…

The Spook School look on the bright side of life on ‘Could It Be Different?’

4/5 stars Edinburgh four-piece The Spook School do not disappoint with their third full-length album. It is a record captivated by a delightful optimism which hangs on to the band’s…

Sexual violence: supporting Edinburgh university students

Content warning: sexual violence. Never before has the conversation around sexual violence been so prevalent in the media. In the past few months, following the #MeToo blow up on social…

Album review: Sun Ra, Gershwin, and the symbiosis within American jazz

4/5 stars The essence of jazz lies in the merging of two different Americas – one European and one African, one in Tin-Pan Alley and one in Harlem. It is…

Making moves: ‘Roxanne’s Revenge’ and the rise of the female rapper

Back in the day when rappers used to wear tacky outfits, hip-hop experienced one of its greatest feuds. 1984 marked the year of the first ever rap beef, when the…

Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show 2018: Meet the models

Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the greatest show on Earth. 31 January brings around another event for your diaries. Following the success of the launch party in November, there is…