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Culture Posted on2nd October 201527th June 2017

At Belgrade Pride

On stepping off the airport bus it was clear that central Belgrade was in lock down. A vast chunk of the city centre was off-limits. […] Read More

Culture, Media, Scottish Politics Posted on22nd June 201527th June 2017

Podcast: The Case for a Scottish Media

In this podcast to accompany The Case for a Scottish Media (out September 2015) Christopher Silver explores the key issues that Scotland will have to […] Read More

Culture, Politics Posted on14th May 201527th June 2017

What Next?

I’m too young to remember the 1980s, though given the result of last week’s election that might not actually matter. What I want to talk […] Read More

Culture, Politics, Scottish Politics Posted on1st May 201527th June 2017

The revolution will be improvised

When I found myself, somewhat unexpectedly, in the midst of a referendum campaign for Scottish independence, the above phrase became a kind of mantra. I’d […] Read More

Culture, Scottish Politics Posted on7th April 201527th June 2017

Changing Scotland’s State of Mind

Scottishness and Britishness are not the constitution. They are cultural ideas and they have meaning, positive or negative, today, just as they would under a […] Read More

Culture, Scottish Politics Posted on3rd January 201527th June 2017

2014: From the personal to the universal

For many, 2014 will be remembered for little that is astonishing or newsworthy. Instead a year may or may not be recalled based on the […] Read More

Culture, Politics Posted on17th September 201427th June 2017

Dear Scotland…

Dear Scotland… When you wake up on Friday, don’t change. A lot will have changed by then, obviously. A line will have been crossed, you’ll […] Read More

Culture, Indyref Posted on7th November 20131st July 2017

Making things: culture, industry and independence

For these new ideas we need people who work with their hands. Who else wants to learn about the origin of things? Those who see […] Read More

Culture, Indyref, Media Posted on7th October 20131st July 2017

Nothing interesting here: changing Scotland’s media desert

Scotland is bristling with a will to experiment. It’s shrugging off an older, staler incarnation of itself and tentatively seeking out new possibilities. This process […] Read More

Culture, Indyref Posted on18th August 20131st July 2017

Let’s keep Edinburgh’s festivals international

The biggest challenge that the Yes Campaign faces, in every sector, is that of not casting Scotland,  or Scottish culture, as victim. In an effective […] Read More

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