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Writing inspiration: channelling the motherload

Writer and critic Cyril Connolly’s infamous pronouncement, ‘There is no more sombre enemy of good…

Jacqueline Winspear on Eleanor Roosevelt and the British Women Ferry Pilots

For twenty years I have kept a notebook with themes, ideas and events I wanted…

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…