A poem by Dorothy Alexander

Editorial volunteer Aimee Robbins chooses her favourite stories from the magazine

By Ben Mitchell

Neil Cooper tries to work out what Bowie meant to him

A poem by Maxine Rose Munro

A new series of flash fiction by Naomi Ronner

Artist Philip Braham discusses his photographic series which recalls an old master and looks at where photography as a medium is heading

Which novel would you recommend to someone who had never read a word written in your country? The first stop on our tour is Scotland, where Alan Warner highlights James Kelman’s astonishing Kieron Smith, boy

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

As the Africa in Motion Film Festival opens, Nathanael Smith celebrates the rise of African animation

An appreciation of William McIlvanney, by Alistair Braidwood

Ex-Banshee releases another slice of bass-heavy ambient exploration, writes Neil Cooper

Editorial volunteer Aimee Robbins chooses her favourite stories from the magazine

A poem by Dorothy Alexander