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A tremendous Scottish debut album
With echoes of Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley
Jun 29
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Kenny Farquharson
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Greece is the word
Photos and thoughts from Athens and Hydra
Jun 24
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Kenny Farquharson
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O'Hagan on Didion
In praise of a masterly new essay in the London Review of Books
Jun 17
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Kenny Farquharson
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Join me at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
PLUS: All the gossip from the Substack summer garden party
Jun 12
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Kenny Farquharson
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The death of Scottish exceptionalism
Reform UK's strong by-election performance is an inflection point in Scottish politics
Jun 6
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Kenny Farquharson
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May 2025
Scotland's Palestine Museum
In the heart of Edinburgh's commercial gallery district, a new venture with a moral purpose
May 25
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Kenny Farquharson
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We won! Jaggy Thistle in landmark win at 46th Scottish Press Awards
A first for a Substack publication in mainstream UK media awards
May 23
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Kenny Farquharson
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April 2025
My first newspaper splash
Forty years ago this month I wrote my first front-page lead, in the Belfast Telegraph
Apr 24
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Kenny Farquharson
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Notebook #13: Photo North, The Hepworth, Scotland Forever
A Yorkshire special
Apr 20
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Kenny Farquharson
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Willie McRae: A conspiracy laid to rest
Suicide or state murder? How the mystery of an SNP politician's death was solved by two journalism students
Apr 6
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Kenny Farquharson
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Willie McRae: A conspiracy laid to rest
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Notebook #12: Neil Pearson, Cooper Hay, a pub with a poet-in-residence
An Edinburgh books special
Apr 1
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Kenny Farquharson
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Notebook #12: Neil Pearson, Cooper Hay, a pub with a poet-in-residence
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March 2025
Jaggy Thistle shortlisted in 46th annual Scottish Press Awards
Nomination in national journalism awards may be a first for a Substack publication
Mar 27
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Kenny Farquharson
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