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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

Sekai Machache

The Divided Self:

Artist Sekai Machache explores ideas of identity and self.

Books

World Book Trip:

Which one novel would you recommend to represent your country’s literature? The next stop on our tour is Turkey, where Ayla Douglas champions Sabahattin Ali’s modern classic Madonna in a Fur Coat

Collaborations

Call for submissions:

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

Film

Flowers in the dustbin:

Robert Gallacher enjoys Andrea Arnold’s touching road movie about millenials at the bottom of the pile

Ideas

Draw you in:

Graham Domke previews the new Rob Churm show at Glasgow’s CCA

Music

More Viking than you:

Haftor Medbøe and friends have created a fearsomely fine album, writes Neil Cooper

New Writing

Write here, write now:

Free mentoring for new and early career writers

Poetry

Cardigans c. 1962:

By Anne Leigh Parrish