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Christopher Silver

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30th December 2023

Alison Balharry 1962-2023

12th November 2021

COP Resistance Report 6: ‘We will outlive these empires’

8th November 2021

Welcome to the new world of Govan

Brexit, Politics Posted on25th March 201922nd April 2019

Brexit, the people and the politics of loss

Where does the mind of the prime minister wander to when what little sleep she is afforded just refuses to arrive? Is there an essential […] Read More

Uncategorised Posted on25th November 201817th February 2020

Just Transition

In late 2018 I was commissioned alongside photographer Alan McCredie to look at the concept of how Scotland can achieve a ‘Just Transition’ away from […] Read More

Brexit, International, Politics Posted on29th July 201817th February 2020

The planes will be grounded anyway … Brexit, climate change and the power of disruption

As the moment when both climate change and the true cringing absurdity of Brexit became tangible and unavoidable – the summer of 2018 seems weighted […] Read More

Scottish Politics Posted on2nd June 201817th February 2020

Beyond the normal: why the technocrats won’t set you free

“Stop the world, Scotland wants to get on” is an odd rallying cry for a national movement. It is not a “free or a desert” […] Read More

International, Politics Posted on29th March 201828th March 2019

Scotland as Sanctuary

To find the repressive machinery of the state you happen to live in marshalled against you is a terrifying prospect. Most of us will never […] 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

Politics Posted on14th February 20189th April 2019

Dealing with the fundamentals: why we need to talk about place and populism

What does it mean to live a life tied to a particular place? To feel your fate inescapably tied to it? Is it to be […] Read More

International, Politics Posted on3rd November 20173rd February 2018

New republics, old monsters: Catalonia and Europe hang in the balance

In an age when borders are supposed to be fading, most people remain stubbornly fond of the ideal of the nation. It offers comfort: a […] Read More

Politics Posted on15th October 20173rd February 2018

Meanwhile in Scotland: independence is a long game that can’t wait

Party conferences are strange beasts. At a time when politics is hobbled by a constant need to respond to the surreal and the unexpected, the […] 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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