Mhairi Collie on Fiction, Fistula, and The Bright Fabric of Life
Taking inspiration from her work as a consultant surgeon, Mhairi Collie’s debut novel, The ...
Edinburgh Festivals 2025: SNACK’s Early Picks
Noisy and bewildering; baffling and brilliant. It’s Edinburgh in August, and it’s just around ...
SNACK Bits (July ’25) Scotland’s Essential New Music Guide
‘I feel it burning right here in my heart, don’t you know it’s like ...
Liminal: The Rave Collective Redefining Outdoor Culture in Scotland
From drum and bass sets on Arthur’s Seat to blues guitar solos on white ...
Michael Pedersen on Muckle Flugga: Isolation, Grief & Lighthouses
Michael Pedersen’s writing truly sparkles with energy and originality. He has published three acclaimed ...
Sexual, gender, and class tensions: Lucy Ribchester on her Edinburgh novel ‘Murder Ballad’ (interview)
Lucy Ribchester is an Edinburgh-based writer whose novel Murder Ballad (also set in Edinburgh) ...
Rebecca Vasmant – Who We Are, Becoming (album review)
Music for the inside of a lava lamp, expanding on the boundaries of traditional ...
SNACK has a clear commitment to equality: we were the first, and still the only, Scottish publication to make a Keychange pledge committing to take positive action for a representative music industry.
We committed to a 50/50 gender balance in our coverage in 2021 and have exceeded this pledge annually since.
