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Silk:

A poem by Jesica Malen

Helping Hand:

A short story by Emily Christie

Take five:

Angus McPake selects his favourite Scottish instrumentals

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Everybody hurts:

Suzanne Latre on the healing power of art

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Was it Shakespeare or Dorothy Parker:

A poem by Ben Mitchell

Some things I ought to throw away:

A poem by Eileen Farrelly

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The second instalment in a new series of flash fiction by Naomi Ronner

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Art

Brandalism Subverts Shell Campaign

Earth for sale:

A protest group use visual satire to call out the double speak of a major global oil corporation and the celebrities who endorse them

Books

How I Write:

A series of health scares helped Kirsti Wishart reassess her judgment of others and find the road back to writing

Collaborations

Coastal Aerial View by Alison McGill, Oil and wax on board

The pipeline:

A short story by Frank Rennie, inspired by Alison McGill’s painting ‘Coastal Aerial View’.

Film

Illustration by David McCue

Pretty green:

Director Anthony Baxter on the unexpected global appeal of You’ve Been Trumped

Ideas

don mclean american pie

The day the music died:

A manuscript of original lyrics to Don McLean’s epic American Pie was recently auctioned in New York. Simon Warner explores the backdrop to the song’s conception and the hidden meanings behind its much-coveted words

Music

Take 5:

Dave MacLean of Django Django chooses his favourite songs. By Hugo Fluendy

New Writing

Sasha:

A short story by Lisa Locascio

Poetry

The formula for grief:

A poem by Gerry Stewart