Columnist and theatre critic writing mainly for The Scotsman, living and working in Edinburgh and around Scotland. Interested democracy, human rights.
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Extremely exciting. Had a tour a week or so ago, the artisan and painstaking heritage restoration work by local skilled craftspeople is INCREDIBLE.
A real gift to the city and development done well 👏
The Jenners Building will shine once again this winter as external scaffolding is removed, revealing the extent of a major restoration project.
@heraldscotland
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"They killed us." With these words Novaya Gazeta, Russia's most famous independent newspaper, announced it is closing. Six of its people were murdered under Putin.
🧵Here is what Russia is losing. [1/12]
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This is the antithesis of devolution
Four nations must ‘move at same pace together’, Burnham says on devolution
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Gentleman with a Trumpet
He played today at his usual spot near the Golden Gate in Kyiv.
Something about him made my heart ache.
He has been playing in all kinds of weather during these long years of war.
If you ask me what the symbol of resistance is to me, I’ll answer: Gentleman with a Trumpet.
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The ebook/ kindle promotion ends this weekend. #TheLightlessSky amzn.eu/d/0gN7pW6W
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Russia was never in any danger of being invaded. All of those russian soldiers aren't dying to protect their country, they're dying for their country's right to invade and control other countries. They're dying for nothing.
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Good morning to everyone who hasn’t forgotten us.
You have no idea how much it means to know Ukraine isn’t alone. 💙💛
#ukraine #ukrainian #ukrainians #war #ukrainiangirl
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The incessant political lobbying from fossil fuel giants has shattered the climate consensus and undermined the move towards net zero. They've even tried to convince us that new drilling is 'good' for the environment. I wonder what's been behind it........
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Man To Man, Edinburgh review: 'Tilda Swinton's performance is desperately poignant' writes @joycemcm
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Opening today...
Tilda Swinton and Stephen Unwin on reviving Man To Man at the Traverse in Edinburgh: 'it's been astonishing'
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Off the Record
Exclusive: The Bell has learned political editor of the Daily Record, Paul Hutcheon, has quit, after an alleged affair with Labour MP for East Kilbride, Joani Reid.
As reported by Private Eye, Hutcheon oversaw favourable exclusives of Reid at his paper in past few months.
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The greatest respect for the people of Georgia 🇬🇪
Georgia's mass protests against the Russian backed oligarch takeover of their government has reached 700 days, uninterrupted. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
The people call for:
1. New, free and fair elections
2. Free political prisoners
3. An end to impunity
#GeorgiaProtests
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My long reported feature in Prospect Magazine, 'What Makes a Traitor?', about POWs and conscription in occupied Ukraine, is shortlisted in the British Journalism Awards.
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“Scotland’s identity did not simply emerge: it was written. Scott created the myths, Burns was mythologised and MacDiarmid was both mythologised and demonised" says @GerardCarruthe2
Nice clip in @LesleyRiddoch podcast, "Politics from a Scottish Perspective"
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Lessons from the creation of Police Scotland. “Too often, public-sector reform is judged by what it saves, how it reorganises and how efficiently it claims to operate, rather than by whether the public gets a better service.” heraldscotland.com/politics/…
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Lula "We cannot have monstrously huge corporations earning millions & billions, paying no taxes to this country & trying to steer this country's election results."
So many countries have this problem and need to slay this beast.
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The supertalented @stefsmith, once a @QMUniversity student of mine, on her new stage adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 ghost story The Haunting Of Hill House, coming soon to @lyceumedinburgh!
'Ghost stories are having a bit of a moment' – Stef Smith on bringing a haunted house classic to the stage
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Do not let the passing days make us forget Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the physician who continued fulfilling his humanitarian duty in Gaza amid war and danger, refusing to abandon his patients despite the pain and threats surrounding him.
Hussam Abu Safiya is not just a name that appeared in the news. He is the story of a doctor who chose to stand by his people when staying meant risking his life.
Do not forget him. Do not let his case fade into silence. Keep demanding his freedom. Behind this name is a human being who deserves to remain in our conscience until the day he is free.
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joycemcmillan retweeted
Lula no venció a Bolsonaro, él era solo un títere, le ganó a Trump, a Meta, a los algoritmos, a la tremenda ola de derecha que pretende apoderarse de Latinoamérica, a la iglesia evangélica, a las élites.
La victoria de hoy pasa a la historia. Lula un grande.
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