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Christopher Silver

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Living Proof still from film
Culture Posted on25th October 20213rd January 2022

Living Proof, the Landscape of an Orphaned Nation

When I began writing these columns in July, I started out with the idea that we are living out a kind of national orphanhood – […] Read More

Edinburgh Book Festival
Culture Posted on6th September 202117th November 2022

Time, travel and the fading magic of Edinburgh

There’s something magical about living in Edinburgh as the festival draws to a close – something far more poignant than mere relief that the bins […] Read More

Culture, Politics Posted on30th August 202130th August 2021

To move beyond the culture wars, we must tackle the loneliness of capitalism

Whatever stage of life it hit you at, the pandemic has accentuated the process of ageing.  Whether you’re seventeen or seventy-one, there is a sense […] Read More

Coronavirus, Culture Posted on30th July 202125th August 2021

Tiny Universities of Solidarity

In a recent analysis of ‘Generation Left,’ James Meadway pointed out that, with 50% of 18 – year-olds attending university, ‘education is no longer a marker of […] Read More

Culture Posted on5th April 202116th July 2021

Hollowing out Glasgow

Glasgow’s arts and leisure quango, Glasgow Life, recently sparked outrage when it released a list of 90 venues—from bowling clubs to a museum of religious […] Read More

Culture, Politics Posted on11th March 202116th July 2021

Pissing in Thatcher’s coffee is not enough

The critical and popular success of Russell T Davies’ ‘It’s a Sin’ is a moment of triumph for its portrayal of queer lives on screen […] Read More

Jenny Holzer
Climate Change, Culture Posted on7th September 20209th September 2020

You Don’t Get to Grow Up in the World You Imagined

We all felt a pang of the immediacy and excitement of youth when lockdown came around, in those first days when it seemed like everything […] Read More

Edinburgh old town from Salisbury Craigs
Culture, Scottish Politics Posted on1st March 20209th September 2020

Capital of amnesia

“Nostalgia doesn’t create good policy. Nostalgia dragging you back to a year that is gone and a place and time that is gone doesn’t give […] Read More

Climate Change, Culture, Politics Posted on25th March 201828th March 2019

In Search of Post-Carbon Scotland

In October 2017 the Scottish Parliament voted overwhelmingly to support an indefinite ban on fracking. The move was, correctly, deemed historic. For the first time after […] Read More

Culture Posted on26th September 201729th July 2018

Expiring Capital – on leaving Edinburgh

Squint your eyes when looking at Edinburgh from most angles and you can still, despite the uniquely layered density of spires and rooftops, imagine it […] Read More

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