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The earth is at the heart of the struggle for Palestine
Today, in the Middle East, the lives and health of people in Gaza, Palestine are being systematically obliterated. The Israeli military have bombed hospitals, homes, refugee centres, schools, and places of worship. At the time of writing, 25,700 Palestinians have been killed and 1.7 million people, nearly three-quarters of Gaza’s population, have been displaced.1 Many…
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Documentary Short: Torry: Lost to the Harbour?
I’m pleased to announce the completion of a new documentary short film ‘Torry: Lost to the Harbour?’ It premiered an event with the Friends of St. Fitticks Park at the Old Torry Community Centre on Saturday and is now available online. Further reading The film features the campaign to save St. Fittick’s Park, Torry, which…
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“I began to feel a little bit shaky”: Charles Lander in the Somme, 100 years ago
Painting above: ‘We Are Making a New World’ by Paul Nash 100 years ago today began the Battle of the Somme. Few episodes in human history are remembered with such a grand sense of supreme awfulness. But with this grandeur comes distance and incomprehension. As time passes the gulf widens: we need personal stories to…
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Comment: Scottish Government scraps climate targets
Don’t worry about climate targets. They’re just numbers, “nothing more meaningful than a straight line on a graph”, to quote a Scottish Government source this evening explaining away the scrapping of climate goals. What a way to miss the point. And oh boy, by a long long way. Statistics are worth being angry about. Numbers…
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Uncovering Edinburgh’s festive radical trail
In December 2023 I took a series of tour groups around key sites in Edinburgh’s surprisingly bright history of festive protest. Our first stop was St. Andrews Square where we celebrated Occupy Edinburgh’s taking of Scotland’s historic financial centre in the winter of 2021, a protest which included, on Christmas Day 2011, the raising of…
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EVENT: Peace, joy and protest – a festive walk on Edinburgh’s hidden radical side
🎄 FINAL DATE ADDED: WED 20th @ 6.30pm 🎄🎄 Please join the waiting list if your chosen date is full 🎄 🇵🇸🏥 £325 already raised for Medical Aid for Palestinians 🇵🇸🏥 thank you! ✊🏻 BOOK NOW VIA EVENTBRITE I’m pleased to announce the walking tour I’ve been researching for some months is now open for…
Previous posts
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Cornwall, Nottingham and Normandy: the Eddowes family story
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A walk to Torness
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Canada’s climate crisis by coach: a photo story
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Oily sponsors come home to Scotland at the World Cycling Championships
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My tips for taking good protest photos
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Preview Clip: Around St Fittick’s Kirk
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Cycling through Spaghetti Country
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The science of Edinburgh’s gloaming
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Fossil fuel industry spills money and power in year of tumult
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Just & Green Recovery letter sent to the First Minister
