Alistair Braidwood salutes Michel Faber’s ambitious take on how music affects us at the deepest level

A story by Shane Johnstone

Malachy Tallack is the author of four award winning books. His latest, Illuminated by Water, was shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies prize for nature writing in 2022

Malachy Tallack is the author of four award winning books. His latest, Illuminated by Water, was shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies prize for nature writing in 2022

By Ben Mitchell

A short story of lust and longing in the Old Town, by Lisa Locascio

By Jean Findlay

In the ‘Edgelands’ project, photographer and illustrator James Sinfield explores the hinterland between urban areas and the ‘proper’ countryside.

Alistair Braidwood is charmed by a book of recollections from Bowie fans and collaborators

A short story by Frank Rennie, inspired by Alison McGill’s painting ‘Coastal Aerial View’.

Hollywood still uses women as adornments, but 2019 saw a raft of believable female characters light up our screens, writes Stephanie Provan

Have pro-independence arguments been marginalised in the run-up to the referendum?
Iain MacWhirter examines charges of media bias – and why more editorial and
political diversity is needed.

Creeping Bent stalwarts return with a sublime collection of shimmering indie pop, writes Neil Cooper

Part 2. By Heather Pearson

A new poem by Lauren Clarke