The Catalans have no trouble telling their story of oppression through culture. The Scots find it trickier.
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After the Scottish bard mixed with Edinburgh high society, he started dabbling with Beethoven.
Scotland’s new deprivation figures confirm a wider trend towards suburbanising poverty.
Now in its 70th year, the Scottish capital’s arts spectacular is almost as big as the Olympics.
Richard Demarco, aka Mr Edinburgh Festival, has been fostering vital UK links with artists around the world for decades.
The fears about the City don’t look overcooked – here’s why.
The Private Finance Initiative was meant to be the solution to 21st century public buildings. Edinburgh’s school problems are far from unique, however.
There’s something every Scot should know about those caterwauling pipes.
The great Scottish ode to the passing years may never have become a global hit had an Edinburgh lothario not changed the recipe.
From the unique dwellings of Omigachi in Japan to the ruined temples of Angkor, Cambodia, UNESCO status brings great value. Here’s why Edinburgh needs to take its status more seriously.
Danny Boyle’s pop heroin fable defined an era and made the careers of everyone involved. Here are a few reasons to be wary of the sequel - and a possible happy ending.
Thick of It satirist’s MacTaggart lecture was a call for unity to secure British public broadcasting.
Bold programming at the Edinburgh Fringe challenges the engrained tick-box culture, which at its worst, serves only to pay lip service to diversity.
Far from supporting risk, the environment of the Fringe is increasingly one in which playing safe is the best way to avoid losing out.
Edinburgh, recently voted fourth-most-beautiful city in the world, is one of many having problems with the coveted UNESCO status. It’s time for change.
Housing tends to be seen as a human right, but here’s something to make you pause this winter: very few countries give homeless people any entitlement to emergency shelter. Scotland goes further and gives…
An Orange Order march in Edinburgh on Saturday in support of the Union has been widely viewed as likely to be counter-productive and to provide a further boost to a currently buoyant Yes campaign. Commentators…
Finally the Edinburgh tram has opened – more than three years late and significantly over budget. Disputes with contractors caused long construction delays. The disruptive construction work was unpopular…
There is nothing intrinsic to pandas that makes them bad at breeding. It is true that they only have one menstrual cycle each year, but this is true of many creatures. Animals that have multiple cycles…
A major factor shaping urban life is the quality of the workforce, particularly the presence of highly skilled and educated workers. Urban policymakers often argue that graduates are a driver of economic…
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Tourism Management, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Scottish Literature and Song Culture, University of Glasgow
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Research Fellow, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
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Head of Specialised Assay Service, The University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in European spatial planning, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Scottish History, University of Dundee
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Associate professor, urban planning, Sorbonne Université
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Professor of Political History, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor, Psychology, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Work and Employment, University of Stirling
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Teaching Professor, Northeastern University
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Former Research Officer, Bangor University
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Director, Centre for Media and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor Emeritus, Lifelong Learning, University of Stirling
