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Director warns social media is rewriting fascism's history ahead of film screening
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (882+ words) IT SCARES Catalan director Judith Colell that many people now appear to believe that Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and even the Nazis were “not so bad”. That’s one of the reasons she has made a film based on a little-known…...
Leavin Eden tells the moving hour‑by‑hour story of a farm sale
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (1856+ words) This week, I’m giving my column over to the Glasgow Poet Laureate Jim Carruth’s moving short story Leavin Eden. To introduce it, Jim said: "It is a story set on the day of a farm roup. The day is tracked…...
Andy Burnham teaches Ukrainians how to cringe with Smiths guitar serenade
2+ week, 5+ day ago (363+ words) SPARE a thought for the poor people of Ukraine. For more than four years now they have suffered an onslaught from the invading Russian army. And it seems help from the west comes with some pretty significant strings attached. We’ve…...
The history of kissing is more complex than you might think
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1075+ words) KISSING is a serious business for Professor Katie Barclay. A native of Lanarkshire working in Australia, her new popular history, The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power, published this month, gives readers an overview of 1000 years of the cultural…...
Arab Strap switch up their live shows to finish with a happy ending
3+ week, 1+ day ago (799+ words) TO celebrate their 30th anniversary, Scottish band Arab Strap will mark the occasion with their ninth album, Half-Told Tales. Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton – born and raised in Falkirk – rose to fame in the 90s with their breakout single The First Big…...
From weight loss to sex work, the Fringe shows tackling scrutiny of women’s bodies
3+ week, 1+ day ago (397+ words) THE objectification of women’s bodies is an issue that has been drawing audiences to several shows during this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Brought to the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the São Paulo Showcase 2026, is a show based on Brazilian…...
Keir Starmer donates biography of himself to Downing Street
3+ week, 2+ day ago (365+ words) KEIR Starmer has donated a biography of himself to Downing Street's library. The former prime minister has added a copy of Keir Starmer: The Biography, written by journalist and former Labour adviser Tom Baldwin, to the collection, which is partly…...
Historian tears into BBC documentary for portraying Glasgow as 'backwater of drunks"
3+ week, 6+ day ago (885+ words) A LOCAL historian has torn into BBC Scotland’s documentary of Glasgow, saying the programme shows the broadcaster views the city as a “backwater of drunks and stereotypes”. The BBC’s Disclosure documentary, which aired on Monday evening, claimed to delve into…...
Meet the viral Lebanese comedian taking on the Fringe in his third language
3+ week, 6+ day ago (660+ words) JOHN Achkar is used to performing in front of thousands of people in the Middle East. At the Edinburgh Fringe, he is starting from scratch. “In Beirut, I play to 2000 people,” the Lebanese comedian tells a sold-out crowd crammed into…...
European TV anchor hits out at BBC over 'selective' Glasgow film 'using darkest lens"
3+ week, 6+ day ago (690+ words) A EUROPEAN broadcast journalist has hit out at the BBC, accusing the corporation of reducing Glasgow to a “dossier of its worst moments” and saying the city “deserves better”. News producer and anchor Ika Ferrer Gotic called out the BBC…...