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8th December 2014

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Keep Your Eye on Paisley – Catriona Macdonald reflects on Paisley, the Labour Party, and its inevitable post-Ref reckoning.

From Issue 50, Winter 2014/15. On 5 September, sitting in Greyfriar’s Kirkyard in Edinburgh, I exercised my right to vote, resting my ballot paper on my knee, as I sat […]

1st May 2014

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Jean Toomer’s “Reapers” and Robert Burns – Justin Mellette

One aspect of Scottish literature that has been receiving renewed attention is the widespread influence of Scottish writers within other cultures. From its first publication, Jean Toomer’s novel Cane (1923) has been recognized […]

4th February 2013

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The Spiritualists – An extract from THIS ROAD IS RED, by Alison Irvine

They stood in front of her mirror, Pamela and Nicola, and behind their reflections was the open window and beyond that, all of Glasgow, it seemed...

2nd October 2010

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LALLY PALAIS BULLY – A Case of Political License? By Johnny Rodger

A typical definition of the concept ‘Artistic License’ would outline the notion that the artist may be perceived as having freedom to distort some aspect of their subject in order to bring attention to, criticise, or satirize it...

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Keep Your Eye on Paisley – Catriona Macdonald reflects on Paisley, the Labour Party, ​and its inevitable post-Ref reckoning.

Jean Toomer’s “Reapers” and Robert Burns – Justin Mellette

The Spiritualists – An extract from THIS ROAD IS RED, by Alison Irvine

LALLY PALAIS BULLY – A Case of Political License? By Johnny Rodger

Keep Your Eye on Paisley – Catriona Macdonald reflects on Paisley, the Labour Party, and its inevitable post-Ref reckoning.