The Equal Right to be Seasick
Dylan Brewerton-Harper talks to Janice McGarry about joining Glasgow’s shipyards, her trail-blazing career, and her battle with - and victory over - a sexist and harassing boss.
Uncertain Victories
What Did we Win in the General Strike?
100 years since the General Strike, Amber Ward reviews books by David Torrance, The Edge of Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2026) and Callum Cant and Matthew Lee, The Future in Our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026 (Verso, 2026).
The Old Red Thistle Quest
A History of the Scottish Labour Party, by David Torrance (Edinburgh University Press, 2026) reminds us that Labour's woes in Scotland run deep through its history, finds Finn Smyth.
Freedom and Guilt in Ireland and Scotland
The Union Theatre Company delivers a thought-provoking debut in their production of Shall Roger Casement Hang? at the Hill Street Theatre, Edinburgh, finds Allie Kerper.