Green E142:

This short story by April L Ford was inspired by Hazel Gore’s painting ‘Living Alone in Paradise’. It comes with a trigger warning for rape and sexual assault.

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Velvet Engine:

By Heather Pearson

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In the water:

By Emma Grace Brankin

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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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The gift:

By Wayne Connolly

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Art
Yunnan Matriarchy:

Documentary photographer Mariusz Bogacki explores the role of women in the Yunnan province of China

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Books
History Maker:

Alistair Braidwood who worked as a secretary for Alasdair Gray, and was an editor on ‘Of Me & Others’, pays tribute to a brilliant, kind and peerless polymath

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Collaborations
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
Illustration by David McCue
Pretty green:

Director Anthony Baxter on the unexpected global appeal of You’ve Been Trumped

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Ideas
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Scotland The Fat:

A casualised economy, sold-off sports fields and an over- reliance on cars has produced an obesity epidemic. Chris Harvie on how we might shed some lard

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Music
Take five:

Law Holt choose her favourite songs. By Hugo Fluendy

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New Writing
Charming:

The second instalment in a new series of flash fiction by Naomi Ronner

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Poetry
Day One:

A poem by Stuart A. Paterson

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