
Severin Carrell
Scotland Editor at The Guardian
Scotland editor for The Guardian. Chiefly now @severincarrell.bluesky.social Likes/retweets ≠ endorsements
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Severin Carrell
The former judge leading a public inquiry into the death in custody of a black man has been accused of “apparent bias” by Scotland’s deputy chief prosecutor, throwing the hearing’s future into doubt. In an unprecedented intervention, Ruth Charteris KC, the solicitor general for Scotland, has sided with the Scottish Police Federation by calling for Lord Bracadale to resign as chair of the inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Severin Carrell
The Edinburgh book festival is to champion the positive power of hope later this summer with events involving Hanif Kureishi, the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish and an exiled Brazilian tribal leader. The core theme for this year’s festival will be the “expansive” concept of repair, and offering solutions and optimism at a time of crisis and conflict, said Jenny Niven, the event’s director. “I think it’s an act of hope,” Niven said.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Severin Carrell
Labour’s victory in Hamilton is both a surprise and a vindication – a demonstration that in a byelection, shocks can take different forms. It is a surprise to those of us in the outside world who felt certain of a Scottish National party victory, who saw Labour support plummet in the Scottish opinion polls, and the same polls showing Reform’s steeply rising.
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3 weeks ago |
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Severin Carrell
One of the UK’s most famous independent cinemas, the Filmhouse in Edinburgh, is banking on a surge of interest in celluloid film screenings when it reopens after a three-year closure. The Filmhouse reopens later in June with a promise to put on 70mm film versions of the recent blockbusters Oppenheimer and The Brutalist, and other major films, to capitalise on growing interest in analogue screenings.
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