1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (382+ words) Call for Applications: Crossing Tongues Poetry Residency The residency will create space for the poet to encounter Hausa literary and oral traditions, work collaboratively with a Nigerian Hausa–English poet, and explore how poetry moves between languages, cultures and forms....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (402+ words) A landmark celebration of over 1000 years of Gaelic poetry This unique event will weave together Gaelic voices of the past and the words of our greatest living poets, presented through live performance, music, and visual projection. Welcoming Gaelic speakers and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (52+ words) Bella Caledonia Help to support independent Scottish journalism We don’t take any advertising, we don’t hide behind a pay wall and we don’t keep harassing you for crowd-funding. We’re entirely dependent on our readers to support us. Our new website…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (238+ words) Bella Caledonia Handsel by Robert Crawford 2026 marks the centenary of Hugh MacDiarmid’s A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle — a foundational work for contemporary poetry in Scots, and a poem without which, it’s no exaggeration to say, much of the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (227+ words) Happy birthday Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) – born #OnThisDay, 11 August, 1892. Here’s a small collection of films and essays about the great writer. This is a more accessible film from the same year from the BBC, Hugh MacDiarmid ‘Rebel Poet’: On…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (172+ words) A new poetry collection has just been published by Mohammed Moussa of the Gaza Poets Society. It’s available now in the Gaza Poets Society shop. Where to Lay This Heart features over 200 poems. These are elegies, poems mourning a lost…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (563+ words) Sunday night marked the end of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games in the Hydro, with a sparkly, hyper-saturated display of national pride. Unicorns, traffic cones, bagpipes and a range of talent from different artists hit the stage and the screens. The…...

1+ mon, 56+ min ago   (129+ words) Help to support independent Scottish journalism Perhaps we could consider a similar approach to our publicly funded arts organisations. Often Scots-born or raised members of these are very much in the minority. Check out the change in personnel in the…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (446+ words) Now in its third year, the Falastin Film Festival Scotland brings Palestinian cinema, culture, and art to Scotland, raising awareness of Zionist colonization. They strive to “highlight Palestinian resistance, cultural pride, stories of love, and, in the words of poet…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (322+ words) Most people who pay for music do not pay the musicians they listen to. They believe they do. The system is built so we cannot easily tell. And that is the position of the people who pay. Most do not....