ED WAUGH introduces a special event to commemorate the centenary of the 1926 General Strike
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Why I'm Voting Labour: Ruth Aylett, poet, professor, activist
A Labour government led by Corbyn represents hope for the future
Ruth Aylett
PAUL DONOVAN recommends an energetic adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel, that emphasises how psychiatry is a tool in the hands of a racist agenda
IAN SINCLAIR draws our attention to a film, available for everyone to use, to stimulate community discussion and active engagement in the climate emergency
SIMON PARSONS recommends an outstanding revival of the musical based on Argentinian LGBT activist Manuel Puig’s groundbreaking novel
JAMES WALSH previews the smorgasbord of talent and hilarity on show at the Brighton Fringe
I LIVE in Edinburgh, the city of festivals, and am both a poet and a teacher of computing.
As a poet, I see young colleagues with great artistic talent ground down by the impossibility of living on their poetry, combined with precarious employment in dead-end warehouse or call-centre jobs that suck out their creativity.
And how many people really understand that the Edinburgh Fringe runs on an army of super-exploited young people on zero-hours contracts or, worse still, are hired as interns on expenses only? Or that the only substantial housing going up in this city is student flats, while the tenements students move out of are becoming AirBnB rentals?
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