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Green E142:

This short story by April L Ford was inspired by Hazel Gore’s painting ‘Living Alone in Paradise’. It comes with a trigger warning for rape and sexual assault.

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Velvet Engine:

By Heather Pearson

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In the water:

By Emma Grace Brankin

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See no evil:

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

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Most read this week:

How to trim your beard:

A short story by Heather Pearson

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Legoland Budapest:

A short story by Scott Fleming 

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This charming man:

An appreciation of William McIlvanney, by Alistair Braidwood

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The gift:

By Wayne Connolly

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Shadow of Spheres:

Photographer Yaz Norris explores the world of light and shadow.

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Books
How I write:

By Jean Findlay

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Collaborations
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The pipeline:

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

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Film
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The man whose head expanded:

The follow up to You’ve Been Trumped illuminates the transglobal fight between Big Money and local communities, writes Patrick Small

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Ideas
Dinner with my No voting friends:

For years, Scots reacted to right wing Westminster policies by saying: “I didn’t vote for that.” If they win on Thursday, No voters won’t have that luxury, writes Peter Arnott.

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Cloth guitarist Paul Swinton on the songs that influenced him

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New Writing
The One That Got Away:

A short story by Anne Leigh Parrish

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Poetry
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A poem by Anna Blainey, inspired by Rudyard Kipling

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