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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 

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This charming man:

An appreciation of William McIlvanney, by Alistair Braidwood

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Tales of the Hidden People:

Photographer Christina Kernohan travelled to Mongolia and discovered a land of wild beauty and stark contrasts

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Books
Word up:

Sally Huband lives in the Shetland Islands and is the author of Sea Bean.  A recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award, she holds a PhD in ecology and anthropology from the University of Edinburgh

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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
Down the rabbit hole:

Pixar’s mix of  invention and creative intervention looks to have paid off again in The Good Dinosaur, writes Nathanael Smith  

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Those to whom evil is done:

Chris Harvie on warnings from history and the shitstorm to come

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Room 29:

@King’s Theatre, Edinburgh. August 24. By Neil Cooper

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Sending love to the universe:

By Luca Serra

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I Have Fallen In Love With The Forth Bridge:

A poem by Keith Armstrong

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