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Indelible Ink: Rodge Glass’ ‘No Fireworks’
When these columns started in November 2009 I suggested that there was a noticeable change happening in Scottish writing, and attempted to answer why. Here’s a short excerpt to give you a flavour: ‘You can argue the reasons for this new confidence in Scottish writing, when it began, or even if it exists at all, […]
Alistair Braidwood
January 2, 2012
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The SPL and SFL Are Dead; Long Live the SPFL!
Millions of kids all over the world opened their Santa stockings on Sunday morning to find football gifts of joy: Leo Messi’s garish yellow boots, FIFA ’12 for the X-Box, a new Dundee top. Me, my Xmas football gift came a few days early this year, and the Santa wasn’t a fat man with a […]
Billy Williamson
December 29, 2011
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Back To The Future
The Scottish Premier League’s rule change to allow the re-introduction of terracing at football grounds is just the first in a series of announcements to be made under a “Back to the Eighties” initiative to reinvigorate, revitalise, and revivify top-tier Scottish club football. Over the next 18 months, soccer casuals, football specials, and genuine competition […]
Billy Williamson
December 22, 2011
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The Dear Scotland Christmas Animation
It’s that time of year. Happy Christmas folks. Here is our very own Christmas video, featuring a very Scottish Santa….
Swatrick Payze
December 16, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway – Edinburgh’s Hogmanay with Primal Scream and Vic Galloway!
If you want to be free to do what you want to do, to get loaded and to have a good time this Hogmanay then there is only one place in the world to be – Edinburgh. Once again Vic Galloway will be MC’ing the party, and he has more on the musical line-up featuring […]
Vic Galloway
December 13, 2011
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All I Want For Xmas Is… A Gift for a Scottish Football Fan
Having read that the new Scotland kit was launched with “augmented reality,” I was hopeful that we’d be augmenting the new kit’s reality with a better football team. Alas, we’re stuck with Gary Caldwell for the time being – the reality augmentation for this kit’s launch was a clever video installation in Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries […]
Billy Williamson
December 8, 2011
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Scottish Bands at SXSW 2012 – Early Announcements and Rumours
Earlier today the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) updated its list of showcasing artists for the 2012 music event. Included in that announcement are the first two Scottish bands who are expected to make the trip to Austin next March – Laki Mera and Three Blind Wolves. More below.
Pete Reid
December 6, 2011
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Indelible Ink: Agnes Owens’ ‘Bad Attitudes’
There are a few Scottish novelists I would recommend to any aspiring writers who are looking for inspiration in terms of style and technique. These include A.L Kennedy, James Kelman, Alan Warner and Ali Smith. But top of that list would be Agnes Owens. If you want an example of how to tell stories simply […]
Alistair Braidwood
December 5, 2011
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Pie in the Sky
Last week, Sky and ESPN extended their current deal for TV coverage of Scottish Premier League matches for the next five-and-a-half seasons, and at a higher price: £16m per season, 25% above the current rate. The Scottish Premier League’s chief executive, Neil Doncaster, hailed the package as “excellent news” for Scottish football clubs. I disagree.
Billy Williamson
December 1, 2011
