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

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Part 2. By Heather Pearson

Twilight:

A poem by Fiona Ritchie Walker

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Cyanotypes by Eleanor Buffam

The Carry Out:

A true story by Carolyn Roberts

Letter to the editor:

By Phil Wilson

On film:

By Gerry Stewart

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Art

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Street life:

A new collection of photographs by Ruth Orkin celebrates one of the most perceptive chroniclers of the post war era

Books

Tracks of my tears:

Simon Frith salutes a brilliant piece of music writing which returns the song to centre stage

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

Film

Down the rabbit hole:

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

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Valley of the malls:

A small sales outlet in Leith could challenge the power of Big Retail, writes Peter Burnett

Music

Take 5:

Callum Easter chooses his favourite records. By Hugo Fluendy

New Writing

Outside in:

A short story by Shirley Gillan

Poetry

I Have Fallen In Love With The Forth Bridge:

A poem by Keith Armstrong