Arts
Absurd Modernity and the nuclear bomb
Author / Creator: Pat Kane
Media type: Video
Date published: 2024
as Pat Kane communicated at the Scottish CND AGM, there is a sinister side to technology. A drone can be used for the magnificent artistry of landscape videography. But the same technology is also used to destroy.
Though many live lives of near-utopian modernity, we are all overshadowed with the threat of nuclear annihilation.
It’s no surprise that in the face of this incongruous horror, many of us turn to the arts express it.
To create is the ultimate rebellion against the threat of total destruction.
Seven steps to save Scotland’s creative economy
Author / Creator: Dougal Perman
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The creative economy, attacked from all sides in recent years, is stagnant. Without investment it would contract. Job losses would be particularly severe in fragile areas such as grassroots music venues
Building a New Scotland: Culture in an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
ulture is central to building diverse, inclusive and prosperous communities.
Demarco's Edinburgh
Author / Creator: Richard Demarco
Media type: Book
Date published: 2023
Can the Edinburgh Festival survive?
Digging deep with Demarco
Author / Creator: Charlie Ellis
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Demarco on Edinburgh Festival and arts.
Demarco’s Edinburgh
Author / Creator: Richard Demarco
Media type: Book
Date published: 2023
Now in its seventy-sixth year, can the Edinburgh Festival survive?
Renew: Six policies that can refresh the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Policies to renew the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda:
- Create a Scottish National Investment Bank
- Build the homes and infrastructure that people need
- Create a world-class childcare system.
- Give more power to citizens.