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Pond master:

Audio version of a new short story by Lisa Jones

Everybody hurts:

Suzanne Latre on the healing power of art

Was it Shakespeare or Dorothy Parker

Was it Shakespeare or Dorothy Parker:

A poem by Ben Mitchell

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Charming:

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

Photo by Stewart Bremner

The black bough:

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

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Onion Rings:

By Ben Mitchell

How to make friends:

A poem by Maxine Rose Munro

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Reflective Landscapes:

Artist Tet Speirs photographs sunsets through glass to stunning effect.

Books

Books of 2019:

Alan McCredie on a truly timeless classic

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We publish original art and invite writers to submit stories inspired by the work

Film

Illustration by Stewart Bremner

Shot by both sides:

Following an explosive documentary about Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez, Alastair McKay picks through impassioned arguments about propaganda, cinema vérité and the ethics of storytelling

Ideas

The chips and the fury:

Anger over The Glasgow Effect opens up a raft of issues for modern Scotland, writes Neil Cooper

Music

Here comes the summer:

Neil Cooper on the year’s most unashamedly joyous record

New Writing

How I write:

By Kirsti Wishart

Poetry

Going to Vancouver:

A new poem by Ben Horrobin