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The Sugar Hotel:

A short story by Amy Jardine

Mentoring for new writers:

Revise and perfect your story for publication this autumn

Every mouth needs filling:

Lilly Markaki on why Hilton Als’s White Girls still matters

How to make friends:

A poem by Maxine Rose Munro

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Books

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A former UK ambassador to the EU lays out the clusterfuck that follows a retreat from reality, writes Ronnie McCluskey

Collaborations

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The pipeline:

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

Film

Sheila take a bow:

Aidan Moffat’s foray into traditional music began mischievously but ended up being very moving, writes Alistair Braidwood

Ideas

Beast of all saints:

It’s time for a new patron saint of Scotland, a fearless champion who could see off the doomsters and austerity bullies. Ron Ferguson knows the very man.

Music

Urban shuffle:

Hilarious, profound, prolific and uncategorisable, Giant Tank are an underground treasure, writes Neil Cooper

New Writing

Outside in:

A short story by Shirley Gillan

Poetry

Silk:

A poem by Jesica Malen