Nan Spowart

4 days ago | thenational.scot | Nan Spowart

The production arrives in Glasgow at a time when women’s voices are increasingly under threat worldwide A POWERFUL new play by an Iranian artist reflecting on the oppression of women, non-binary and trans people is coming to Scotland next month. Drawing on her own experiences both in Iran and the UK, Sara Amini explores what it means to raise your voice, both literally and metaphorically, in the face of oppression.

4 days ago | thenational.scot | Nan Spowart

The Quine Report also found that ideas of what Scottish literature should or could be are limited and the sector is dominated by male, white men SEXISM exists throughout the Scottish literary sector, a new report has found, with some women experiencing sexual harassment, intimidation and discrimination in their literary workplaces. The Quine Report also found that ideas of what Scottish literature should or could be are limited and the sector is dominated by male, white men.

4 days ago | thenational.scot | Nan Spowart

Scottish Wild Food Festival has become a focal point for the UK’s wild food scene and this year moves for the first time from its traditional autumn slot to spring SCOTLAND’S natural larder will be celebrated next month with events including a Drunken Botany Safari. It is part of the country’s annual wild food celebration which returns this year with a focus on responsible foraging, boozy botany and coastal flavours.

2 weeks ago | thenational.scot | Nan Spowart

At 85 minutes, the Passacaglia On DSCH is thought to be the longest one-movement piano piece ever composed A RECORDING of a work by innovative Scottish pianist composer Ronald Stevenson has been awarded a Swedish Grammy 10 years after his death. The accolade has been welcomed by his family, who include actor, writer and director Gerda Stevenson, clarsach player Savourna Stevenson and Gordon Stevenson, a luthier.

2 weeks ago | thenational.scot | Nan Spowart

There is still much nostalgia in Russia for the Soviet period FROM a Western perspective, it’s often hard to understand why the Russian people would support a man like President Vladimir Putin and fail to protest the mounting death toll caused by the invasion of Ukraine. Some say it’s because they’ve been brainwashed by propaganda, while others claim it’s because Russia has always been totalitarian and is destined to stay that way.