Kinetic Capital
Beautiful short film of the capital by Walid Salhab
Beautiful short film of the capital by Walid Salhab
By Callum McCormick By all accounts it has been a good couple of months for the Unionist campaign. Polls showing a decrease or at least no increase in support for Continue reading
By Mike Small Gordon Asher and Leigh French’s ‘Crisis Capitalism and Independence Doctrines’ is a critique of the independence movement seen as one that is reformist and shallow in it’s Continue reading
By Gordon Asher and Leigh French The interest of the oppressors lie in changing the consciousness of the oppressed not the situation which oppresses them.” (Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Continue reading
by Kevin Williamson The Julian Assange controversy rumbles on and will continue to do so for as long as he is holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy. Which could Continue reading
After the hue and cry of the close season, the slow torturous death of the football club once known as Glasgow Rangers FC, the hand-wringing and SFA stitch ups … the Continue reading
by Marc Savlov Aspiring filmmaker? Don’t go back to school. Seriously. No matter how much your parents plead with you, it’s no longer necessary. Instead of amassing the soul-crushing mountain Continue reading
This Saturday afternoon, as part of The Festival of Politics, Aonghas MacNeicail, Janet Paisley and regular Bella columnist George Gunn – three highly regarded writers, poets, playwrights and broadcasters – Continue reading
By Fiona MacInnes Strange things can occur when you enter the world of grown up work as a late starter. I used to live in a place called ‘Orkney’ which Continue reading
by Irvine Welsh I’ve always considered myself belonging to the school of writers who should be read but not heard, so I don’t know what set of circumstances leads me Continue reading
Due to ongoing media distortion and the inability of the MSM to report this case adequately, we publish this from Occupy London…
Recommending a novel is a big deal (writes Kevin Williamson). In an age of the Great Information Skim it takes time and commitment to read a book, not to mention Continue reading
The Hugh MacDiarmid memorial near Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Dear Angus Now that both sides in the Indy debate have launched their respective campaigns you would think Scots would now be engaged in intelligent respectful debate, explaining what Continue reading
Women may have won the vote but they still struggle to be heard. It’s been frustrating to watch mainly men, representing political parties, slog out the questions in a generally polarised, aggressive way. Not always – but it has certainly been the main prism through which the hugely important question of our country’s future has been directed through.
There’s a split decision at Bella Towers over UK Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s newly published Olympics poem. Kevin thinks it is “no bad” while Mike thinks it is “shit”. We’d Continue reading
This concise thoughtful letter by Labour MP, Michael Meacher, was first published in The Guardian two months ago (2nd May 2012) but is still doing the social media rounds. Its Continue reading
Ian Davidson loses the plot on live television.
By Michael Greenwell I got up early this morning to watch what, from every angle you look at it, was a triumph. However, I am not going to say it Continue reading
By Doug Daniel The referendum in 2014 will be about much more than just whether political decisions affecting Scotland are made in Edinburgh or London. Well, in some ways this Continue reading
Part one of a new Bella series looking at innovation and forms of protest. Crowdsourcing ideas for the independence movement and exploring social media and social change. First up: Casseroles, Continue reading
In case you missed it in The Scotsman last week we’re reprinting this perceptive essay on the challenges facing Scottish film-makers. by Robin McAlpine ‘There’s only one casting call in Continue reading
by Kevin Williamson Tonight’s the night. Its the grand opening of the new Summerhall arts complex‘s festival programme, in conjunction with The List magazine’s annual festival shenanigans. This will be Continue reading
Loving this collaboration between Cargo and McSweeney’s: four-book collection entitled “Elsewhere” is created from stories of leading authors commissioned by the Edinburgh International Book Festival including Roddy Doyle, Amy Bloom, Continue reading
Andy Wightman explores ideas to combat the feral elite who have wrecked havoc on our economy for their own personal aggrandisement…
by George Gunn The future of Scottish politics, the future of our little country, is like an un-spliced rope blowing flayed in the wind. It would take a rope worker of Continue reading