Smokies Walk With Me is a media appreciation collective focusing on art that is radical, speculative, dark or mind expanding. We organise film screenings, discussions and cultural events. For more ...

Disney+ might not be the first place you’d expect to be provided with razor-sharp political drama drawing on real-life ...

The optics of the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march in London yesterday were interesting. The flags were predominantly the St ...

In this city, everything has stopped, a new poem by Mohammed Moussa. In this city, everything has stopped. The birds have gone silent, as have the voices of the living and the dead. My ...

If you didn’t know who Charlie Kirk was until this week, you probably don’t know who Nick Feuntes is. You should. Having ...

Last year we featured the Kabin Crew’s anthem for Cruinniú na nÓg (Gathering of Youth), The Spark, which was a big viral hit [The Spark, by the Kabin Crew – Bella Caledonia]. Now young ...

The first thing to say is that I’m sorry a human being has died. I’m sorry for his family. The second thing to say is that nothing can justify this violence. But these aren’t the only things that need ...

In September 2025, Scotland parted company with the UK. This has happened before.  It happened during the cruelty of the ...

Gary West’s portrait of one of Scotland’s most enigmatic and influential artists comes at a welcome time in contemporary music, reminding us as it does that music is a profoundly human endeavor, one ...

The Scottish Highlands have the most concentrated land ownership in Europe. Absentee owners of large sporting estates monopolise land that prevents and discourages economic growth for local ...