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    Boxing Clever: A Review of Stuart Cosgrove’s Cassius X: A Legend In The Making…
    • Jan 7, 2021
    • 2 min

    Boxing Clever: A Review of Stuart Cosgrove’s Cassius X: A Legend In The Making…

    Stuart Cosgrove’s ‘Soul Trilogy’ (Detroit 67, Memphis 68, Harlem 69) offered readers an alternative history of the USA in the late 60s...
    2020 Vision: Looking Back At The Cultural Year…
    • Dec 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    2020 Vision: Looking Back At The Cultural Year…

    A wee bonus SWH! podcast for the end of the year… Earlier this year we recorded podcasts with Ali and his brother Andy (right) where they...
    20 for 20: Scots Whay Hae!’s Albums of The Year…
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 8 min

    20 for 20: Scots Whay Hae!’s Albums of The Year…

    In what was a quite incredible year for Scottish music, against all the odds, we have managed to whittle our favourite releases down to a...
    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Music…
    • Dec 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Music…

    The last of our roundups of 2020 looks at the year in music, with Ali joined by Richard Bull, the producer of BBC Radio Scotland’s Roddy...
    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Films…
    • Dec 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Films…

    In the year when cinemas were closed for most of it, and film release schedules were pushed back to who knows when, you might think it...
    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part II)…
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part II)…

    This year was such a great one for Scottish writing that we had to split our Best Books of 2020 podcast into two parts to fit in...
    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part I)…
    • Dec 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    That Was The Year That Was: The Best Of 2020 Podcasts – Books (Part I)…

    This year was such a great one for Scottish writing that we had to split our Best Books of 2020 podcast into two parts to fit in...
    The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2020…
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 8 min

    The Good Word: SWH!’s 10 Best Books Of 2020…

    There are plenty of ‘Books Of The Year’ lists around this time competing for your time and attention, but we like to think that Scots...
    Young Guns: A Review Of Andrew O’Hagan’s Mayflies…
    • Dec 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    Young Guns: A Review Of Andrew O’Hagan’s Mayflies…

    With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
    Dangerous Waters: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Anthony Baxter…
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dangerous Waters: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Anthony Baxter…

    The latest SWH! Podcast is an interview with filmmaker Anthony Baxter who talks to Ali all about his latest documentary Flint, which...
    Obsessive & Compulsive: A Review Of Tom Gillespie’s The Strange Book Of Jacob Boyce…
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Obsessive & Compulsive: A Review Of Tom Gillespie’s The Strange Book Of Jacob Boyce…

    With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
    Daydream Believer: A Review Of Stewart Ennis’s Blessed Assurance…
    • Nov 27, 2020
    • 3 min

    Daydream Believer: A Review Of Stewart Ennis’s Blessed Assurance…

    With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...
    Ballads For The Bereaved: A Review of Peter Ross’s A Tomb With A View…
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    Ballads For The Bereaved: A Review of Peter Ross’s A Tomb With A View…

    With Christmas hoving into view, we’ll be posting reviews of some of the best books of 2020, (a few of which have appeared in different...

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