Green E142:

This short story by April L Ford was inspired by Hazel Gore’s painting ‘Living Alone in Paradise’. It comes with a trigger warning for rape and sexual assault.

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Velvet Engine:

By Heather Pearson

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In the water:

By Emma Grace Brankin

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How to trim your beard:

A short story by Heather Pearson

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Legoland Budapest:

A short story by Scott Fleming 

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This charming man:

An appreciation of William McIlvanney, by Alistair Braidwood

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The gift:

By Wayne Connolly

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Art
free floating
Free, floating:

Glasgow-based artist and filmmaker Rachel Nolan uses photography to abstract the mundane.

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Books
You are the product:

Shoshana Zuboff’s treatise “Surveillance Capitalism” warns how big data commodifies us all, writes Nik Williams

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Collaborations
Call for submissions:

We publish original art and invite writers to submit stories inspired by the work

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Film
Redoubtable:

Godard’s haters rub it in and run away, writes Victor Eaves

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Ideas
Photo by David Gallagher
Valentine’s day is over:

Is love past its sell-by date? Hannah McGill (part one) thinks she’s better off without it, while Tom McLean (part two) skips through a buttercup meadow hand in hand wi’ his gie bonnie lass.

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Music
Live review:

PJ Harvey: The Hope Six Demolition Project. Playhouse, Edinburgh. By Neil Cooper

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New Writing
Night on the moor:

A short story by D.B. MacInnes

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Poetry
Going to Vancouver:

A new poem by Ben Horrobin

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