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Exactly. The relish with which media covers these stories ...

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SNP pledges roll-out of 'minimum income' for Scottish artists, writers and musicians Pilot project backed in the wake of calls to reduce financial pressures and remove barriers for freelances.

The prospect of a minimum income for artists in Scotland being introduced has taken a major step forward, months after Ireland confirmed its pilot project would be made permanent.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2601829...

Eyal Weizman · All they will find is sand: Gaza’s Yellow Line Most of the Gaza Strip – cities, refugee camps, schools, universities, mosques, the health infrastructure, agriculture...

‘Throughout​ the past two and a half years, Gaza has not only been a demolition zone but a construction site, reshaped according to Israel’s blueprint.’

Eyal Weizman on the demolition of Gaza, online early from the next issue.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Scottish Labour pledges £30m to top up artists’ income to a living wage Anas Sarwar says scheme would be part of overhaul of arts funding in Scotland

Scottish Labour pledges £30m to top up artists’ income to a living wage, similar to Ireland's basic income for artists
👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎨🎤 #Holyrood26 #artsfunding

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A metal plaque with raised letters that spell out the phrase "It's hard to know if you're crazy if you feel you're in danger all the time now."

Jenny Holzer, "It's Hard to Know...," from The Survival Series, 1983-85

In search of Gertrude Stein | The Observer Novelist Deborah Levy visits the Parisian cemetery where the eccentric writer is buried in an attempt to understand the transformative impact she had on modern literature

In search of Gertrude Stein

Novelist Deborah Levy visits the Parisian cemetery where the eccentric writer is buried in an attempt to understand the transformative impact she had on modern literature
https://bit.ly/4cs4P0k

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (Live Newcastle 1982, HD) YouTube video by dexbam

At this very moment, they were the greatest band in the world. No contest 🙏

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NL...

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Art school warns of 'significant risk' to Glasgow arts scene over Trongate 103 row Director demands 'renewed commitment' for cultural sector amid fears for city's 'international standing'.

Good to see that GSA has finally commented on this - all part of the same ecology in the city.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2599010...

Same

Due to be -1° tonight 🙄

It is outwith my comprehension how you could operate without it!

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As Cllr Mearns of @glasgowgreens.bsky.social says "Trongate 103 should never have been passed over as a purely commercial asset" - and several of the organisations affected were in the building long before it was developed into Trongate 103 or given over to City Property.

Placard of the day by Gregor Wright at protest today against City Property's attempt to increase rents by 400% on cultural tenants in Trongate 103.

Helped along by perfect music by @barry.mogwai.scot 👏

Fight the power – in your pyjamas: the film about the day Glasgow kicked out immigration enforcers A neighbour in nightwear, a local imam, a schoolkid, the activist known as Van Man – they and many more stood firm. The director of a prize-winning film about the battle of Kenmure Street reveals how ...

Go and see this if you can: it's totally heartening. Always a little odd to watch something that tells the story of something I which you had even a tiny part, (we were there) but I think it does justice to the whole and is a good fiom to boot www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

A call to join the campaign to save Glasgow's last remaining city centre art production spaces, under threat of eviction despite having a 25 year lease, terms of which are being summarily rewritten by the council.

The fate of Glasgow's last city centre arts production building is crucial to the city and to the role of art in it. Eviction could happen from this Friday. Please sign the petition www.change.org/p/save-trong...
Join the protest on Friday. Write to your MSP, MP, councillors. Resist!

Well it's worth every penny. I've been several times since September and it's been packed every time. And if ever Glasgow needed a vision of what positive cultural commitment can be, it's now.

Absolutely heart-breaking. And so pointless.

Some good news.

Langside Halls set to reopen at last A Bell exclusive. Plus, Glasgow’s peregrines have moved house and a funding boost for Union Corner

Sounds like some long overdue good news for Langside Halls - but my, it's been a litany of carelessness: "In 2019, after the £100,000 boiler was installed, reopening was postponed after it was discovered there was no working gas supply" 🙄 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/langside-hal...

Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip

Sickening. A crime. And no one will be held to account.

Love this recipe - a winner every time!

🙄 France has a 'wealth tax' (IFI) - a percentage on total assets paid annually.

Rain like stair-rods in Glasgow today adding quite something to general gloom and doom.

Oh this is an enjoyable read! Andrew o'Hagan on top form.