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The Tale of the Crail Crab, Tae a Fisherman He Speak Wi:

A new poem by Lauren Clarke

The Dead Hours:

By Emma Grace Manno

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Books

The Best Non-fiction Books of 2024:

From Bram E. Gieben’s scattergun philosophical essays to Carina Contini’s rich celebration of Scottish Italian culture, Alistair Braidwood sifts through the year’s most compelling titles

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Island of no return:

Sibylla Kalid on the Glasgow project seeking short filmic responses to Brexit

Ideas

Shrink the state:

Neil Cooper finds Jimmy Cauty’s miniaturist celebration of dissent strikingly apposite

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Album review: Usurper:

Neil Cooper gets lost on a sonic safari of bizarre out takes and playful hidden meanings

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Free mentoring for new and early career writers

Poetry

Going to Vancouver:

A new poem by Ben Horrobin