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Edinburgh’s air pollution highest in Scotland: plans to tackle it

A recent report has revealed that air pollution caused more than one in 29 deaths last year in Edinburgh, which is higher than any other Scottish city. The report by…

Scottish Government’s index finds Scotland’s most deprived areas

More than one in ten Edinburgh neighbourhoods are considered areas of multiple deprivation, a new Scottish Government report has found. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is compiled by…

Second round of UCU strikes scheduled for February and March

On Monday 3 February, the University and Colleges’ Union (UCU) announced a second round of strikes beginning on 20 February, following strikes last year in November and December. There will…

Christine Jardine: Interview with the MP for Edinburgh West

Christine Jardine, the MP for Edinburgh West, was first elected in the 2017 general election, one of only four Liberal Democrat successes in Scotland, and increased her majority in December’s…

Male makeup – gender equality or social regression?

Let’s assume that I fast-forward past the explanation of how male makeup is a symbol of progression. This is the Greggs vegan sausage-roll debate all over again; does a greater…

Should architects work for repressive regimes?

Bjarke Ingels is one of the most famous and most celebrated architects of today, producing distinctive contemporary buildings focused on utilising space and light in novel ways. Over the last…

Celebrating LGBT+ literature: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous & Giovanni’s Room

Jakob Tynan and Rory Biggs O’May share two unmissable works celebrating queer identities and relationships for LGBT History Month. Jakob Tynan, on On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous So very occasionally…

Poem of the Week: Having a Coke with You

To read Frank O’Hara’s ‘Having a Coke with You’ is to infatuate yourself with the beautiful impermanence of the everyday. Included in his 1965 collection Lunch Poems – a series…