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The Complete Scottish Sketches of R. B. Cunninghame Graham
Read more: The Complete Scottish Sketches of R. B. Cunninghame GrahamCunninghame Graham's great-grandnephew reveals his favourite sketch of the celebrated Scottish writer
Palestinian lives matter
By Ronit Lentin When the announcement of the candidacy of Israeli lawmaker and retired general Efraim ‘Effi’ Eitam as director of the Jerusalem Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial was made in November 2020, many Israeli leftists and intellectuals protested, claiming it…
The War against the BBC, Part Two: Vox Populi or Voice of the Press?
By Julian Petley Note from the editors of Journal of British Cinema and Television: Given the current state of culture war, the Journal of British Cinema and Television is extremely keen to encourage further discussion of the sort of topics covered in this…
The War against the BBC, Part One: Fear and Loathing of Saturday Live
By Julian Petley Note from the editors of Journal of British Cinema and Television: Given the current state of culture war, the Journal of British Cinema and Television is extremely keen to encourage further discussion of the sort of topics covered in this…
Writing Letters, Writing Lives: Dash & Lily and Born in Exile
By Tom Ue Dash & Lily (2020-), Netflix’s charming new adaptation of Rachel Cohn’s and David Levithan’s popular YA series (2010-), has achieved an enviable 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics lauding its performances, story, and festive mood. The first…
Incorporating ACEs in relationship-based social work practice: The ‘Family Life Stories’ Workbook
By Suzanne Mooney, Lisa Bunting and Stephen Coulter If you work in the helping professions across the UK and Ireland, there’s no escaping talk about adverse childhood experiences or ACEs. This discourse has taken hold, shaping policy and practice not…
New Blood in Contemporary Cinema: Women Directors and the Poetics of Horror
by Patricia Pisters Watching horror movies Previously, I truly disliked horror films. In the late 1980s Brian de Palma’s Carrie (1976) was shown on television. I did not want to see it, but my friends and sister convinced me that…
Making the Census Count: Edinburgh 1760-1900
By Richard Rodger You might think that with a commitment to Open Data and Open Access from the Scottish Government and Local Councils that you would be able to consult Census records from 150 years ago. You might think that…
Opium in Afghanistan, a glimpse from the past
By Sara Peterson In recent years, the cultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan has become a news item, with reports from the United Nations and the United States Government documenting record highs (no pun intended) in opium production. Now we…
How COVID-19 crisis measures reveal the conflation between poverty and adversity
By Morag Treanor Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are defined as stressful events in childhood argued to have devastating consequences on education, employment, health, wealth, family life, parenting and lifespan, as well as leading invariably to ACEs in the next generation…