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2021: cause for celebration the year live music came back

December 12, 2021 by Craig Angus 2 Comments

“It’s good to care about something. Whatever way the world changes in the next few years, I hope the infrastructure that makes all of these events possible remains strong.”

Postcard from anti-vax France

April 8, 2021 by Frances Allen 1 Comment

Danser Encore: Frances Allen

A doubly vaccinated Frances Allen ventures into the market place to meet the complex cultural attitudes of her adopted home: ‘a country which has a historic mistrust of vaccines.’ 

More real than reality TV – the virtual community kitchen

March 30, 2021 by Jonathan Trew Leave a Comment

Noura in the Virtual Community Kitchen. Picture Jonathan Trew

It’s not all doom and gloom. Local communities have found inspiring new opportunities in lockdown. For Sceptical Scot, food writer Jonathan Trew ventures into the heat of a a virtual kitchen bringing cultures together

Covid inspires a can-do response to old problem

March 6, 2021 by Fay Young 3 Comments

Setting up show: the QMU Food Pantry – picture courtesy @QMSU twitter post

Brace yourselves for good news. A ‘can-do’ story of enterprise, ingenuity, and kindness. Though, there is a familiar theme – how Covid has exposed the faultlines of our society. Who knew so many university students would be going hungry?

Look after yourself: a personal story of mental health

March 6, 2021 by Craig Angus 4 Comments

‘The lows have been crushing. I have to be honest and say I didn’t actually think I was capable of hitting them and it’s been frightening.’ Craig Angus unflinchingly writes about tackling his mental health

Emergency: close the gap between real life and government ‘FACTS’ 

February 10, 2021 by Fay Young 5 Comments

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at COVID-19 press conference - 14 May 2020. CC by 2.0

“Too many lives have been lost or destroyed. Integrating equitable support services for those most at risk for covid-19 is a national emergency and governments should act accordingly”

We will dance, oh how we will dance!

February 6, 2021 by Craig Angus Leave a Comment

View from the stage of the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA where Stop Making Sense was made. By Christian Dionne  in the public domain 

“There’s nothing that can quite live up to the thrill of live performance. I realise now that it was something I took for granted.” Craig Angus finds liberation in a film that seems made for our time. ‘Stop Making Sense’ fills a void where live music once was.

Doses of compassion from the doctor-poet

January 16, 2021 by Fay Young Leave a Comment

Melting ice drips into a foaming stream. Pond Cottage image Ray Perman

“If it is our mission…to alleviate suffering as well as to preserve life …” 
The crystal-clear words of doctor-poet Gael Turnbull feel like a timely gift in our time of need.

Why do we need a Year of Childhood?

January 9, 2021 by Sue Palmer Leave a Comment

Scotland – like the rest of the UK – is experiencing an epidemic of mental health problems among children and young people.  An epidemic that, thanks to COVID19, is now a terrifying threat to the long-term health of the nation. But there is hope – if we can seize the opportunity, writes Sue Palmer

On the threshold: songs and poems for a Covid-safe Christmas

December 6, 2020 by Fay Young 8 Comments

Covid has closed the doors at least for now.  But, there’s death-defying joy in Michael Marra’s song, a lockdown escape to be played loud and long.  Here’s Frida Kahlo cutting an intoxicatingly exotic dash dancing to Perdido among the locals in the singer’s favourite bar.  

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