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By Emma Naismith

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The Tale of the Crail Crab, Tae a Fisherman He Speak Wi:

A new poem by Lauren Clarke

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The Dead Hours:

By Emma Grace Manno 

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In the water:

By Emma Grace Brankin

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See no evil:

Most of us turn a blind eye to the anti-social practices of Amazon, writes Peter Burnett

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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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Art
Picture this:

Artist Calum Colvin on creative invention, what to say to painters when they pick on you, and how to glue a tortoise to an ironing board

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Books
Mister Malcontent:

Bill Hicks has been derided as an anti-corporate fanatic, UFO devotee and gun fetishist. But what he would really have hated is being described as the lost saviour of stand-up, writes Allan Brown

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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’.

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Film
Down the rabbit hole:

As Halloween looms, DTRH looks at the scariest monsters in animation. Quivering behind the sofa: Nathanael Smith

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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
Here comes the sun:

Sound of Yell’s third release is a woozy slice of summer joy, writes Neil Cooper

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New Writing
No vacancies:

Part One. By Heather Pearson

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Poetry
Day One:

A poem by Stuart A. Paterson

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