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    Podcast: Everybody Wants to Play the Hits

    Everybody Wants to Play the Hits is the new Scottish music review podcast, brought ...

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    SNACK Bits (April 2026) Scotland’s Essential New Music Guide

    It’s April, the clocks have recently gone forward, we’ve lost enough time without messing ...

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    SNACK magazine Spring/Summer 2026

    SNACK magazine is Scotland’s national, independent A5 What’s On, Arts & Culture magazine Curated ...

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    SNACK magazine: digital archive

    SNACK is Scotland’s vibrant A5 independent, monthly, arts & culture magazine. Each print edition ...

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    The Palm House: a meandering characterisation deep dive, exploring family and the significant others that come and go

    Gwendoline Riley’s The Palm House, recently awarded one of the Windham-Campbell Prizes for Fiction, ...

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    Keira Brown

    Strangers on the Shore – embracing middle age and navigating the grief of not realising your life ambitions

    Author of The Giro Playboy, Michael Smith has produced part-memoir, part-autofiction in his new ...

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    Keira Brown

    Bikini Body Make Post-Gutter-Skunk-Funk For The People

    The volume of Scottish bands built upon seratingly funny lyricism truly makes one wonder ...

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    Serenna Zingg
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    Interview: How Gurry Wurry Packaged the Heavy Metaphors of ‘Glue’ into Accessible Pop

    Ever-charming crooner Gurry Wurry returns with his usual mix of off-kilter pop and excellent ...

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    Chris Queen
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    Interview: Frances Crawford on Giving the Victim a Voice in ‘A Bad, Bad Place’

    Often, the best debut novels introduce readers to people and places you may have ...

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    Alistair Braidwood

    Middle-Class Guilt Release ‘Their King of Comedy’ (Album Review)

    I first became aware of Middle Class Guilt at a Rum Shack showcase in ...

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    Serenna Zingg
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    Interview: OOSOOM on Saving Lives, Found Family, and the Fight for Future Funding

    In its 13th year, celebrating the work of almost 400 people, the Edinburgh- based ...

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    Beth Primrose
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    Interview: SHHE on ‘THALASSA’, Sinking Cities, and Giving Voice to the Mediterranean

    Dundee-based sound artist and producer SHHE, otherwise known as Su Shaw, has a new ...

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    Keira Brown