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+2.4º Coral reefs almost extinct:

A poem by Dorothy Alexander

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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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The last living piece of you:

A short story by Philip Wilson

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To a blossom world:

Brian Wilson’s achievement was in capturing the untutored brilliance of his sonic imagination on record, writes John Cavanagh

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Valentina:

by Caroline Copeland

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Eleven eyes:

A short story by JD Allan

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Wurl o’ Seamus:

A story by Shane Johnstone

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World book trip:

Which novel would you recommend to someone who had never read a word written in your country? The first stop on our tour is Scotland, where Alan Warner highlights James Kelman’s astonishing Kieron Smith, boy

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Art
Dance away:

Jannica Honey met strippers on their way to and from work in their dressing room

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Books
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Lost girls:

Author Mick Kitson tells Sibylla Archdale Khalid how he conjured Sal, one of the most compelling literary characters of 2018

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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
Best of EIFF:

Victor Eaves surveys the festival’s short film strand

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Ideas
Carbon no more:

It’s time to stop indulging Big Oil and shift to a clean energy economy, writes Patrick Harvie

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Music
Sing choirs of angels:

Communal singing is uplifting and radical, veteran post punk Boff Whalley tells Neil Cooper

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New Writing
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A show of beasts with wrath:

A short story by Peter Burnett

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Poetry
Ivy:

By Margaret Poynor-Clark

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