'Imagine such a thing: a musical about the traditional ceilidh directing Scottish critics to stay away days before opening'

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'The recent tyranny of the phone speaker is a small quirk of something wider that's occurring - a disregard for the previously established social order'

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'For half a century or more, key parts of Scotland's artistic and visual history have sat in private drawing rooms, completely inaccessible to the public, waiting for a tax write-off to bring them home'

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One in six museums and galleries under threat of closure. Ageing buildings, soaring costs and the impact of climate change have brought attractions across the country to the brink, according to new research. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2658020...

Scotland’s galleries cannot forever be held to ransom by wealthy collectors

For decades, public institutions starved of acquisition funds have sat on hands while our artistic lineage has been snapped up by private wealth.

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The demise of The Skinny serves as a warning about the fragility of the infrastructure for independent cultural thought, says @derekmcarthur.bsky.social
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'This is positive revisionism based on the fact that he seems to be, at least, a nice and empathetic person who stands on principle'

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For the low price of a month’s rent and utilities, you too could own Beyoncé's new empty pine box.

It is now typical, nay, expected, for huge mainstream musicians to cynically extract and squeeze every penny from their large, endless fanbases.

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'Powerful people cosplaying relatability will always be inherently uncomfortable and cringe-inducing owing to the huge disconnect between the person wielding political power and the reality of the citizens they govern'

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