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IntersectionsLove Bites: Two Digital Decades
This month's columnist reflects on their time on dating apps – desire, disconnection, and digital differences Read more »| 05 Feb 2024 -
Food And DrinkPaz Taqueria, Edinburgh
Paz brings some exciting, experimental takes on classic taco flavours to a familiar spot in the heart of Edinburgh Read more »| 29 Jan 2024 -
IntersectionsProposal & Policy: Same-sex marriage in Scotland, 10 years on
With a decade of same-sex marriage in Scotland upon us, Kevin Guyan unpacks queer rights today, accessing a legible life, and the disruptive potential of a gay husband Read more »| 29 Jan 2024 -
IntersectionsGeneral Strike For Bodily Rights: Understanding welfare in a capitalist state
Between unending waiting lists and impossible medical bills, bodily autonomy is under threat – especially for trans people. Our Theatre Editor unpacks how reproductive and gender affirming care intersect with financial freedoms and constraints Read more »| 17 Jan 2024 -
IntersectionsHolding Still: On life modelling & bodily perceptions
A number of poses, a number of sketches – life modelling is a practice unto itself. One writer explores learning to see oneself and be seen in the artist's studio and beyond Read more »| 16 Jan 2024 -
IntersectionsLove Bites: R'n'B Romance
This month's columnist explores harnessing the warm passion and intimacy of RnB music in the cold, dark winter Read more »| 16 Jan 2024
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IntersectionsAsk Anahit: Doomed to Fail?
In this month's advice column, one person asks how to navigate a relationship that is (maybe) doomed Read more »| 10 Jan 2024 -
Food And DrinkEdinburgh venues round-up: January 2024
A new taqueria in New Town and more stalls at Edinburgh Street Food spell a happy new year for the capital's chilly and peckish crowds Read more »| 10 Jan 2024 -
Food And DrinkMontrose, Edinburgh
Some spectacular dishes, immaculate vibes and delightful glassware make Montrose – the new spot from the Timberyard team – a hard act to follow Read more »| 08 Jan 2024 -
IntersectionsLove Bites: An Unexpected Stranger
This month's columnist reflects on navigating an illness in teenagehood as a relationship Read more »| 07 Dec 2023 -
Food And DrinkLevel 11 Coffee Hub, Glasgow
We step into the concrete dojo that is the West End's newest speciality coffee spot Read more »| 05 Dec 2023 -
IntersectionsConnections in the Cold: Polyamory & community in Winter
It's getting pretty cold and 'cuffing season' is here – but monogamy isn't the only relationship structure that can bring us warmth. We speak to some folk about their experiences of polyamory and the intimacy it can offer, in winter and beyond Read more »| 05 Dec 2023 -
IntersectionsAsk Anahit: Baby It's Cold Inside
As winter fully settles in, this month's advice column looks at how you can have sex when it's too cold to take your clothes off Read more »| 05 Dec 2023 -
IntersectionsBearing Witness: The value of online activism - now and always
Amid ongoing atrocities, digital engagement is far from futile – rather, it is key in demanding change. One writer reflects on building online solidarity and holding truth in urgent times Read more »| 28 Nov 2023 -
TravelChristmas for Kids
There are lots of ways to make this festive season magical for the small people in your life. Scotland is dotted with light shows, funfairs, literal winter wonderlands and an almost inconceivable number of opportunities to meet Santa Claus Read more »| 27 Nov 2023