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Lucia Hodgson asks why the debates surrounding immigration and asylum are ignoring the human realities
The past few weeks have seen our prospective leaders battling it out over policy details, every last penny of their budgets, and the pressing question of political and parliamentary reform.
But there is one subject that craves immediate attention: immigration and asylum, [...]
Master of shadow play
Multi-award winning poet Don Paterson discusses life and death, hardcore scientific materialism and his latest collection of poetry, Rain, with James Maxwell
Propped against the glossy white wall of the Mitchell Library’s top floor corridor, Don Paterson looks to me every bit the stray musician and vagabond poet. Having discarded his scratched and battered guitar case [...]
The age of conspiracy
Journalist and author David Aaronovitch introduces James Maxwell to the curious world of the conspiracist
Dramatically speaking, successful conspiracy theories — those that linger in the public consciousness long after the event that inspired them has actually occurred — are composed, in roughly equal measure, of the absurd and the sinister.
Take, for instance, the common belief [...]
Greenhouse gassing
James Maxwell talks to Patrick Harvie MSP, co-convenor of the Scottish Green party, about the state of cross-party environmental politics Greenhouse gassing
Prior to the implosion of the international banking system, Britain’s largest parties poured their efforts into trying to demonstrate the purity of their environmental credentials.
David Cameron shamelessly staged an Arctic escapade, complete with huskies, [...]
