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The Sexy Lamp problem revisited:

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

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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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In the water:

By Emma Grace Brankin

See no evil:

Most of us turn a blind eye to the anti-social practices of Amazon, writes Peter Burnett

How to trim your beard:

A short story by Heather Pearson

Lego

Legoland Budapest:

A short story by Scott Fleming

From the archive

Art

Lost Ghosts:

Janeanne Gilchrist journeys into the deep with ethereal, otherworldly images captured beneath the waves

Books

Seize the day:

Robin McAlpine’s latest book urges Scottish independence campaigners to grab the initiative and win the big arguments, writes Paddy Bort

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’.

Film

Down the rabbit hole:

Happy 20th birthday Toy Story! Nathanael Smith on the movie which changed animation forever

Ideas

This charming man:

An appreciation of William McIlvanney, by Alistair Braidwood

Music

Pop tarts:

Post songs, win books

New Writing

Uncle Martin’s Wake:

by Ian Johnson

Poetry

Highway of tears:

By Margaret Poynor-Clark