The audience falls silent as Alloysius Massaquoi takes the mic. ‘You’re hearing right,’ he says with a smile, ‘I’m a black guy with a Scottish accent. I’m not here to take your jobs, or steal your women…’ A pause, the smile grows wicked… ‘Well...we’ll see.’ Laughter, whistles and loud applause. Young Fathers have won the Scottish Album of the Year Award 2018 and both the … [Read more...] about Young Fathers: touching the heart of Scottish creative diversity
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Zaha Hadid’s radical geometries
Some time in the mid-1970s a student came to London from Iraq with a vision of how architecture could remake the world. Remarkably - and eventually - she succeeded.Zaha Hadid's untimely death deprives the profession of one its most belligerent, brilliant and fascinating talents at the height of her powers.After decades of failing to get any of her radical designs built … [Read more...] about Zaha Hadid’s radical geometries