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Velvet Engine:

By Heather Pearson

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

This charming man:

An appreciation of William McIlvanney, by Alistair Braidwood

The gift:

By Wayne Connolly

From the archive

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

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

Call for submissions:

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

Film

Buffalo stance:

The End of the Game has been picked up by BBC World, injecting more irony into this fascinating portrait of an ageing hunter out to bag his final trophy, writes Hugo Fluendy

Ideas

Taste and expectation:

Amelia Bayler on things we need to think about when we think about food

Music

Here comes the summer:

Neil Cooper on the year’s most unashamedly joyous record

New Writing

The Necessary Lie:

A short story by Taryn McDonnell

Poetry

Tea and smoke:

By Regine Ebner