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Book Review: The Flames by Sophie Haydock

From erotic figurative pieces to explicit self-portraits, early 20th century Austrian painter Egon Schiele is…

J. L. Worrad: A City Of Cats

Have you ever seen a large group of cats just hanging out together? I’m talking…

Glasgow Film Festival 2022 – The Best of the Rest of the Fest

Here are five highlights from another excellent edition of the Glasgow Film Festival: Asteroid There…

Murina – Glasgow Film Festival 2022 Review

Look how she bit her own flesh to set herself free. Teenage Julija (Gracija Filipović)…

Moon, 66 Questions – Glasgow Film Festival 2022 Review

After her estranged father Paris (Lazaros Georgakopoulos) suffers a debilitating stroke, his grown daughter Artemis…

Don’t Interrogate Inspiration, Just Grab It

Shady Hollow takes place in a charming community made up of woodland creatures who all…

Marina McCarron on love and never being in love with a person

I have never fallen in love. Not with a person, at least. Yes, I have…

Book Review: The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry

Freya Berry’s debut novel, The Dictator’s Wife, is a book fraught with uncomfortable realities buried…

Anaïs in Love – Glasgow Film Festival 2022 Review

‘Who are you Anaïs? Where did you spring from?’ Anaïs (Anaïs Demoustier) is always running…

Silent Land – Glasgow Film Festival 2022 Review

Adam (Dobromir Dymecki) and Anna (Agnieszka Żulewska), a rich and beautiful Polish couple, rent a…

Zoë Somerville on folklore and superstition in The Marsh House

When I was at infants school I vividly remember listening to an oral storyteller tell…

G.R. Macallister’s Top 10 Fictional Queens

From C.S. Lewis to Lev Grossman, writers across the years have created memorable female monarchs…