The show must go on: The fight to save the last of the Scottish fairs
Fairs are more than a mish mash of rides and stalls plonked on any old spot that keeps them out of the way, writes Dani Garavelli, they are anβ¦
βFairs are an accretion of centuriesβ of collective memory, their identities bound up - historically, aesthetically, emotionally - with the land on which they stand." I loved writing this @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on fairs & the fight to save them. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2509695...
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Delighted to announce Episode 1 of my podcast Beyond The Cringe is out now. I caht about Scottish culture with guests @grantmcphee.bsky.social @kirstininnes.bsky.social and @kevinpgilday.bsky.social
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Twitter isn't the world's town square, it's a pub. Great when we all met up for a drink and a catch-up every week. Then a new landlord arrived, put a big England flag and his golliwog collection behind the bar and it was a magnet for his horrible EDL mates. Fuck that. We've found a better pub.
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As soon as I read about the guy with the glove I thought of your Arab prince in Kill 'Em All
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Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
They say don't kick a man when he's down. Show me a better time.
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academic, public health dentist, cancer epidemiologist, chair Socialist Health Association in Scotland
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