Culture… James Connolly’s The Agitator’s Wife 12 Mar 201912 Mar 2019 Recently a team of researchers- Willy Maley, Maria Dick and Kirsty Lusk- from Glasgow University discovered a short story which they believe (and we agree) could be the lost play by…
Culture… James Connolly: Happy New Year 31 Dec 201831 Dec 2018 We should in this issue wish all our readers a “Happy New Year”. We do so wish them. But such a wish rings better when it is accompanied by…
Culture… Pod: John Maclean, The Scottish Lenin 20 Nov 201820 Nov 2018 All Hail To The Pod host Jim Slaven chats to Henry Bell, author of the new biography of John Maclean. https://soundcloud.com/all-hail-pod/john-maclean-the-scottish-lenin
Culture… Pod: Sunshine On Leith? 28 Oct 201828 Oct 2018 Jim Slaven chats to radical art historian, activist and artist Stephen Pritchard about artwashing and gentrifications in Leith, Edinburgh and beyond. For more information and links visit All Hail To…
Culture… Connolly 150 Concert 26 Feb 201826 Feb 2018 Great line up for this concert on James Connolly's 150th birthday. For tickets and more information click here or the poster.
Culture… David Rovics Live in the Cowgate 10 Mar 201710 Mar 2017 107 Cowgate presents internationally renowned singer/songwriter David Rovics will perform a special concert in Edinburgh's Cowgate on James Connolly's birthday. Supported by local artists (to be announced shortly) this one…
Culture… John MacLean: Krassivy, Krassivy 30 Nov 20163 Dec 2016 John MacLean 24th August 1879- 30th November 1923. Krassivy, Krassivy by Hugh MacDiarmid Scotland has had few men whose names Matter- or should matter- to intelligent people, But of these…
Culture… Fidel Castro: That Invincible Hope 29 Nov 201630 Nov 2016 Cuban artists and intellectuals Vicente Feliú, Diana Balboa and Rebeca Chávez recall moments with Fidel “I’M pretty sure the first time I saw Fidel was in the University of Havana’s…
Culture… Jim Slaven Interview On Scottish Independence Podcast 21 Sep 201524 Sep 2015 In the first in a new series on Missing Histories, Jim Slaven of the James Connolly Society (and 107 Cowgate) spoke to the Scottish Independence Podcast about Connolly's life and relevance.…