Big thanks to @thequietus.com for entrusting me with this month’s Low Culture Essay 🥰 I wrote about how instrumental the @tonyhawkproskater.bsky.social soundtracks have been to my entire musical identity 🤙

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Next show is a big one! 😍 don’t miss it: www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/amp...

Last night, we had another incredible Amplifi at @thequeenshall.bsky.social 🥳 Big thanks to Lucian Fletcher, Kevin Leomo and Bell Lungs!

"Scotland's music scene exists in conversation with the world, not in isolation" We hear from the creators and stars of the fourth season of AMPLIFI, including @arusa.bsky.social and @brownbearofficial.bsky.social, about taking over The Queen’s Hall

Announcing our McIlvanney Prize finalists: @tariqashkanani.bsky.social - The Midnight King @liammcilvanney.bsky.social - The Good Father @callummcsorley.bsky.social - Paperboy @damedenisemina.bsky.social - The Good Liar @ianrankin1.bsky.social - Midnight and Blue Winner revealed next Friday! 👏👏👏

They only like you when you're... SEVENTEEN! Happy birthday to The Quietus! Please, please, please consider taking out a sub. We've introduced a new playlist perk. Sign up today and get 45 this month! Pls share & ask sugar mummies & daddies to dig deep. thequietus.com/news/the-qui...

Just perfect. 🖤🖤🖤🖤

"No Apologies delves into the act of wishful thinking, deftly questioning the impact of what might have been." @notyetarobot.bsky.social brings a defiant show to @pleasance.co.uk this #EdFringe – read @arusa.bsky.social's review

The Fest preview issue is out NOW! Our top picks for comedy shows this #EdFringe include @barryferns.bsky.social, @kimblythe.bsky.social and more!

💪💪💪 2025 #EdFringe preview issue out TODAY; #polytoxic on the cover, 148 pages of interviews, previews and our top picks from across the festivals festmag.com

MUSIC JOB with me and my lovely team @scottishmusic 📯 I'm looking for a part-time Membership Officer to join us in our Candleriggs office, working directly with composers, musicians and music organisations. Deadline Sunday July 27th, details are here: www.scottishmusiccentre.com/membership-o...

In case you miss it amongst the news, we're delighted that @saraband-books.bsky.social will be continuing the Inklings series and they open for submissions in August! The process is very similar to our own but check out the guidelines and get your pitches ready. saraband.net/2025/07/11/i...

There’s a lot going on at the moment but here’s a future thing me and @halinarifai.com are super proud of at @thequeenshall.bsky.social www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/amp...

Happy to be back once again judging the McIlvanney Prize for @bloodyscotland.bsky.social 🗡️ Congrats to everyone on the longlist!

Another brilliant Amplifi at @thequeenshall.bsky.social 💫 Next one is Mon 15 Sep! www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/amp...

Thank you to @portypride.bsky.social for inviting me to DJ at the Porty Pride Ball – it was the best night! What a great team 🌈

This was so good, I can’t recommend it enough! Congrats to everyone involved @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social I’ll be thinking about this one for a long time!

"Fair work means fair work. It doesn’t mean, as our report found, hundreds of workers being subject to bullying, sexual harassment and abuse within a sector built upon precarity and inequality." www.heraldscotland.com/news/2520882...

I am sadly not in Edinburgh the weekend of 13 June but I would encourage everyone that's free to check out the Positive Stories Festival at @traversetheatre.bsky.social. The team at @wonderfools.org are continuing to do great work with and for young people 👏 www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

It's our final #firstdatefest event this evening: celebrating contemporary romance! Sadly @sareetadomingo.bsky.social can't join us but the event will go ahead with Eleanor Pilcher and @arusa.bsky.social, 7-8pm followed by a complimentary drinks reception! lighthousebookshop.com/events/the-b...

CARDIFF, TOMORROW! An evening with Francesca Sobande and layla-roxanne hill, talking about Look, Don't Touch. When: 28th May, 18:30 start Where: @bookspacecardiff.bsky.social, 26a Crwys Road, CF24 4NL www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/loo...

At barely twelve minutes long, the twenty-four year-old Spanish rapper's latest eight-song suite may be the shortest album we've ever reviewed – and certainly one of the most addictive Bb trickz - 80’z buff.ly/ksdeoaD

If you want to do a practical thing for trans people, please support and share this fundraiser. We're organising blood tests for trans people excluded by healthcare. This is the work I wrote about yesterday! Thank you so much for you kind words and help. www.gofundme.com/f/blood-test...

Really looking forward to taking part in this event at @portybooks.bsky.social next week! Especially excited to hear from my fellow @404ink.bsky.social writers, who are all brilliant 🙌 www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...

Spoke to the wonderful @brookecombe.bsky.social for @scotnational.bsky.social 💙 www.thenational.scot/news/2508548...

Out today: Christina Neuwirth’s report on gender inequalities in the Scottish literary landscape The report developed from a @sgsah.bsky.social funded PhD at Stirling @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social & Glasgow; in partnership with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social quinereport.com

Presenting our new Inklings Showcases with @portybooks.bsky.social! We'll be doing a couple of these and our first one features Casci Ritchie, Arusa Qureshi, Xuanlin Tham and Thom James Carter! Tues 22nd April 2025, 7pm Tix (in-person and online): www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/an-in...

It was a real pleasure to interview Liam Shortall about corto.alto for @scotnational.bsky.social ⭐️

Wrote about the new Brian Ennals & Infinity Knives for @thequietus.com ⭐️

DIY Artists! We still have a few free places for our upcoming flock sessions event all about marketing yourself as a musician/songwriter. Get top tips from leading writers, editors, PRs and musicians on how to get your work out there and grow your profile. 🎟️ buff.ly/ytl6YId

The @weareherescot.bsky.social Creators’ Showcase is tomorrow at Edinburgh’s Assembly Roxy ⚡️ Feat. a full day of performances, talks and food, it’s going to be so good! Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/we-are-her...

Wrote about the wonderful new Sacred Paws album for @thequietus.com 🧡

Last week, I did a guest lecture at Cardiff Uni on my book and women in hip-hop. Was anxious but proud of myself for doing it! Huge thank you to @francescasobande.bsky.social for inviting me and for always being such a wonderful and caring friend 🧡

This month’s Amplifi at @thequeenshall.bsky.social was perfect ❤️ thanks to Liz Pretty Sweet, Segun Aniyi and Gaia for sharing their talents @weareherescot.bsky.social

Here’s everything I played on my EHFM show today ⭐️ Listen back here if you’re interested: www.mixcloud.com/ehfm/flip-th...

Enjoyed Wild Rose at @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social so much! A really beautiful show ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My #sotw, from 2003 (I was 10!) for no reason other than I keep singing it to my cat youtu.be/wUOcQnWbk_U?...

Things are generally terrible but this guy…

"I’m being held hostage by Hedwig – she’s just pulling me in the back of her car and going full throttle." @arusa.bsky.social speaks to Seann Miley Moore as they prepare to take on the title role in cult rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch this @adlfrin.ge

"When we did our first show, it ran five minutes longer than I thought it would because everyone was laughing so much" Eva O'Connor tells us about her award-winning show Chicken, at the Courtyard of Curiosities this #ADLFringe

A very important event this Tuesday (4 March) for a very important cause 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/repli...

My #sotw is Hammer by @briasalmena.bsky.social, from her upcoming debut solo album youtu.be/AQsBTAg6doM?...

Looking forward to hosting two Q&As at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social next week with Jean-Cosme Delaloye, the director of Desire: The Carl Craig Story www.glasgowfilm.org/movie/desire...

Look, Don't Touch, the next Inkling, is published today! What does the command “look, don’t touch” suggest about the (lack of) freedom to feel in society? www.404ink.com/store/p/inkl...

Best news 🥲 love you @heavyweight.bsky.social!

Looking forward to Granite Noir this weekend 🗡️ Catch me DJing tomorrow at 9pm www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gra...

Good to be back on EHFM today 📻 Below is everything I played and you can catch up here: www.mixcloud.com/ehfm/flip-th...

As someone also living with Crohn’s disease, I resonated really strongly with Adam’s story in the latest episode of A Sonic Hug, from shielding during Covid to the stress of freelance life with a chronic illness. Thanks for sharing @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social and @halinarifai.com 💙

This week’s #sotw from the excellent new L.S. Dunes album youtu.be/vYTHCUJNZL8?...