The Trauma Industrial Complex
Speymouth
The trauma economy: When lived experience becomes commodified content. Bella readers will be familiar with Darren McGarvey’s work, as a musician, public speaker, and award-winning author. You can read his writing for Bella here. His previous writing includes Poverty Safari (Luath), which won the 2018 Orwell Prize, and The Social Distance Between Us. His latest […] Source
The free speech hypocrisy of the right
Speymouth
North East Open Studios event showcases regional artistic talent
Speymouth
All jobs at risk as Scottish waste and landfill business enters administration
Speymouth
Isolating Israel, a Pariah State
Speymouth
On the day that an independent inquiry by the United Nations concluded that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, over 750 Scottish cultural organisations, collectives and artists have backed a cultural boycott of Israel amid growing international efforts to isolate the country. The moves are called for in […] Source
Bed and furniture business continues growth by moving into larger store
Speymouth
New Forres Academy could disappoint without better support for staff, meeting hears
Speymouth
Locals oppose Scotch whisky giant’s plans to demolish world famous distillery
Speymouth
Job losses to hit Sky’s Scottish campus as broadcaster ‘shifts approach’
Speymouth
Labour ‘risk’ whisky deal with US over Peter Mandelson scandal, John Swinney warns
Speymouth
Scottish bank’s historic B-listed headquarters put on sale for £18.5m
Speymouth
I Have Friends Everywhere: an Andor Discussion Group
Speymouth
Disney+ might not be the first place you’d expect to be provided with razor-sharp political drama drawing on real-life revolutionary history. But the release of Andor: A Star Wars Story in 2022, with the second and concluding season coming out earlier this year, took everyone by surprise. The original Star Wars trilogy (1977–83) depicted a ragtag army of rebels […] Source
The moral isolationism of Starmer in the face of the far right
Speymouth
On Saturday in London there was the largest far-right rally that the UK has seen in decades. Called Unite the Kingdom, the march was organised by far right thug and convicted criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and his supporters. Attended by over 100,000, the crowd, comprised overwhelmingly of white people, the great majority…
The hard right and the killing of empathy
Speymouth
Fact check: Boris Johnson claim that Charlie Kirk held ‘common sense’ views
Speymouth