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A crime thriller in a turbulent period of history

Scottish crime fiction is a wonderfully rich and diverse area, as authors all over the land create their own characters and scenarios, with murders to...

A moving novel with a forgotten Scottish shame

In 1950s Scotland, thousands of children were removed from their families for a ‘better life’ in the rural idyll of the Scottish Highlands as ‘boarded-out’...

Finding what it means to be Scottish post-Brexit

What does it mean to be Scottish? According to the film Trainspotting (and I'll paraphrase by removing the expletives)... It's not great being Scottish. We're...

Scottish Field podcast returns with Joyce Falconer

It's back - the Scottish Field podcast has returned after a short summer break. In our 18th edition, Scottish Field chief sub Rosie Morton and...
DOP Saul Gittens filming a short on the ARRI Alexa Mini camera (Photo: Claire Maxwell)

Scotland’s promising short film makers are revealed

EIFF Youth – the youth programme of Edinburgh International Film Festival – has announced the winners of their film making competition – the New Visions...

A fascinating fiction on the power of objects

Set in a shared flat where two of the novel’s three narrators reside, Bitterhall is a tantalising deepdive into the characters’ lives. As the consequences...