
Julian Grant
@kilvaxter
(Over)tourism researcher, community heritage practitioner and converted Hibby š³š¬
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06-09-2011 01:21:06
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This is excellent from Fraser MacDonald "It could become the ruin that Scotland needs ā an elective monument to land reform, to the changed values and redrawn priorities of a nation looking forward." theguardian.com/commentisfree/ā¦

The Scottish Government has accepted our demands for rent controls - as well as cracking down on evictions and guaranteeing better tenantsā rights. Now, itās down to tenantsā organising to force them to go all the way.


Been on a bit of a whirlwind tour round the lower reaches of Scottish football recently... making up for lost time I suppose. Yesterday I watched Halkirk United FC beat Thurso in the Caithness derby. Earlier: Clydebank FC, Pollok FC and the mighty Maryhill FC.


A wonderfully open-hearted, perceptive look at the North Coast 500 phenomenon from John MacPherson. His words and images touch on some of the uncomfortable but ultimately important questions raised by tourism⦠how we see other places, and how we see our own.


Vivid, nuanced writing by @adamweymouth here in the stand-upmagazine.com about the fate of wild salmon and its associated fisheries in Scotland. He captures the painful complexity of issues at work here - conservation, environmental justice, cultural heritage - and the human impact.




IMPORTANT RESEARCH KLAXON: āCultar Dùthchasach: Materialising Gaelic Cultures in 21st-Century Scotlandā, a PhD studentship with Dr Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart Sabhal Mòr Ostaig & me National Museums Scotland. Fully funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council. More info & how to apply hereš smo.uhi.ac.uk/advert-for-colā¦

