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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

Charming:

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

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“Scotland is a visually rich repository of endless possibility.” – Damian Shields

Books

Taming the the Selfish Giant:

It’s time to protect books and those who create them, writes Jean Findlay

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

Sheila take a bow:

Aidan Moffat’s foray into traditional music began mischievously but ended up being very moving, writes Alistair Braidwood

Ideas

Back to Black:

Lucy Parker’s moving exhibition chronicles the experience of blacklisted construction workers, writes Neil Cooper

Music

Lost in music:

Daniel Patrick Quinn’ s return is full of brilliant quixotic invention, writes Neil Cooper

New Writing

Photo by Stewart Bremner

The end of the habitable world:

A short story by Tracey Emerson

Poetry

Growing pains:

By Angela Yausheva