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Culture

Books, theatre, music, film, festivals, and the everyday culture of Scottish life. Reviews, essays and reporting.

Edinburgh Fringe 2026: the venue availability crisis nobody at the Society wants to call by its name

Eilidh Tait · 1 May 2026

Scottish Cup final 2026 and the Old Firm question that won't go away

Eilidh Tait · 17 April 2026

Review: Shuggie Bain

Andrew Hook · 2020-11-01

Review: Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps, A Life of John Buchan

Andrew Hook · 2019-08-18

In the past, British children's books featured little violence

Bill Paterson · 2021-01-22

Shona and Luke had lived in Symington for almost two years now

Alastair Osborne · 2019-10-14

Most of the other new students seemed equally nervous and excited, but most…

Bet Lowannalsa · 2018-06-27

Dead Presidents don't tweet

Alan McIntyre · 2020-09-19

The German occupation of Norway ends after five years on May 8 1945

Alastair Osborne · 2021-10-06

Review: Landmarks: Hugh MacDiarmid: The Brownsbank Years

Andrew Hook · 2022-01-26

A new year, but the conflict which has dominated world events for the past 60…

Alan Fisher Monthly · 2017-11-09

Many years ago Sir Alec Guinness appeared in the West End production of John…

Arnold Kemp Monthly · 2023-09-22

I never met my father-in-law

Barbara Millar · 2018-06-27

I guess we all have a hot topic: a burning issue or area that furrows our…

Bill Magee · 2023-06-07