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Isabelle Stroud salutes the comic creators fashioning a new wave of female characters

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Twilight:

A poem by Fiona Ritchie Walker

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Art

Eileen Budd:

Eileen Budd is an an artist, scuba diver and surfer based in Edinburgh.

Books

The Best Non-fiction of 2023:

From Rebecca Smith’s enthralling memoir to Michel Faber’s love letter to music, Alistair Braidwood sifts through the year’s most compelling titles

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We publish original art and invite writers to submit stories inspired by the work

Film

Morning in America:

Linklater’s Dazed and Confused sequel is short on plot but big on laughs, writes Robert Gallacher

Ideas

The chips and the fury:

Anger over The Glasgow Effect opens up a raft of issues for modern Scotland, writes Neil Cooper

Music

Take Five:

Oliver Kass chooses his favourite songs. By Hugo Fluendy

New Writing

Valentina:

by Caroline Copeland

Poetry

Ivy:

By Margaret Poynor-Clark