Jeremy Corbyn’s recent tour of Scotland highlights an alarming ignorance of the United Kingdom’s constitutional makeup, and one that can only discredit the true value of any so-called ‘federal’ arrangement the Labour party may so wish to conjure.The biggest gaffe of Corbyn’s five-day stint, much reported by the press (and most glaringly omitted by The Scotsman) was his … [Read more...] about Resonance: Jeremy Corbyn in Scotland
Nothing to see, and nothing to say: Marlie Mul at GoMA
Marlie Mul’s first non-exhibition in Scotland, at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), is an extraordinary descent into the depths of non-existence.Any visitor to the GoMA’s centrepiece Gallery One, from now until the end of October, will find a room unoccupied by art. The lights will be switched off. The windows will be covered with stylised posters bearing the words … [Read more...] about Nothing to see, and nothing to say: Marlie Mul at GoMA
Hunting for elephants
For all the accusations that the SNP is but a party of grievances, the reality is that grievance has benefitted the Conservative party above all others—not to mention being gleefully utilised by it.From the very outset of Theresa May’s calling of an early general election, fingers were pointed at everyone they could be pointed at—including the ‘unelected’ House of Lords—for … [Read more...] about Hunting for elephants
T2 Trainspotting: back to what future?
The problems with sequels are well trodden; and for a sequel to a film like Trainspotting, they are magnified tenfold.Trainspotting defined an era. A fin de siècle of those that could be summarised down to a 12-song playlist, with some level of accuracy. Of a century at large that was marked with identifiable trends and movements split into convenient, decade-long chunks. … [Read more...] about T2 Trainspotting: back to what future?
The relentless present of the future
Among my peers there is a growing sentiment that we are living in the end days.Or at least it feels as though things are quite bad. The sort of bad where I peer down, from my third floor flat, at the tenement houses adjacent and with envious attention survey the spots of back garden prime for Anderson shelters.Considering the end of humanity should only come once, it … [Read more...] about The relentless present of the future