Category: Regional News

Bella as Lab and Testing Ground

Speymouth February 23, 2025

I like the idea of Bella as a Sandbox, a lab for ideas, a space where people can run with things and try them out. This has had a few practical examples of writers trying things out that then went on to become fully fledged (& brilliant) books. One such is Dougald Hine who’s a […] Source

The vile, gruesome people in charge of the Labour party

Speymouth February 23, 2025

Labour held its Scottish conference in Glasgow over the weekend. Naturally, it featured U-turn Sarwar and the pantomime Dame misrepresenting NHS Scotland, never mind that Labour is making a far worse job of running the NHS in Wales. Anas Sarwar is his own man, he makes his own decisions, and it’s…

Starmer’s greatest betrayal, pandering to the far right

Speymouth February 21, 2025

This weekend sees the Labour party’s Scottish conference in Glasgow, when it was planned, it was going to be a triumphal occasion when Labour gloated about the destruction of the SNP, Labour’s impending return to power in Holyrood with Anas Sarwar as the next First Minister, and the final putting to…

Beyond Corporate Media

Speymouth February 21, 2025

Corporate media in Scotland is bland and uniform. Not only is it overwhelmingly, disproportionately male pale and stale (Pass the Mic report that only 2.1% of those quoted or interviewed in the news in Scotland were women of colour) but it represents the same politics over and over again. Right now, below radar a campaign […] Source

The One True Faith

Speymouth February 18, 2025

There’s an idea of ‘growing old disgracefully’ that I’d like to adhere to when it comes. Not long, I know! The idea of not giving a shit anymore, of throwing off the shackles of conformity, and not caring what anyone thinks about you is a great philosophy we’d all be better adopting earlier. But there’s […] Source

Art Workers for Palestine Scotland Open Letter to Glasgow Film

Speymouth February 17, 2025

Art Workers for Palestine Scotland initiated an open letter calling on Glasgow Film to heed the call of Palestinians and boycott Israel through adhering to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and endorsing the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. The letter has now been supported by over 600 filmmakers, actors, public figures, […] Source