From Islay and Skye outposts to a riverside spot in Perth and Kinross, here’s where to sweat it all out in front of a smashing view

The first Scot to enter New York’s legendary Juilliard School, Gayle Rankin has been on a steady track to stardom ever since. With an impressive selection of st

Claire Sawers speaks to curators and artists involved in Tonic Arts, a creative programme designed to enhance health and wellbeing for staff and patients in Edinburgh's hospitals.

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Brian McFeely, the renowned street artist and illustrator known to many as Elph, has died aged 48.

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There’s something appallingly physical about the language that’s used to describe the radical changes that are affecting every aspect of our culture. AI slop. Enshittification. It’s all rather revolti...

Brìghde Chaimbeul won BBC Radio 2's Young Folk Award ten years ago at the age of 17, and has collaborated with acclaimed musicians and high-end…

Born in Russia and raised in Israel, Ocher rejected the IDF draft for a life in Germany. As she releases an album inspired by the Weimar period, she discusses nationalism, AI and the future of humanit...

An interactive discussion to explore what a basic income would mean for artists in Scotland and their creative practice.

We all touch music. We all know music. Despite music being largely considered an aural sensation, we all experience sound through touch, muscle, and bone, as well as hearing. There is an argument that...

Providing an alternate narrative of sex work to the binary ‘exploitation versus empowerment’ discourse, Objects of Desire platforms the true stories behind the sex work industry, as experienced by wor...

This rare phenomenon, which has captivated visitors for generations, marks the shortest day of the year

Bollywood meets Glasgow in this interdisciplinary artist’s searing work. Claire Sawers talks to Aqsa Arif about her breakout year

Hi! Here’s the final guide of 2025.

Please come and join us for Flora Shedden - Winter in the Highlands on 16th October, at The Portobello Bookshop

We are glad to share Clare Sawers text on the SSW X Counterflows Caregivers residency. Last May Claire took part in a 1 week residency with her son at SSW to write about hers and other artists’ experi...

“If you look at photos of him before and after coming out, he’s so fucking happy now!”