A recording of the network’s launch event, ‘Mind that Magazine?’, which began with the reflections of Peter Kravitz and Glenda Norquay on the world of Edinburgh Review and Cencrastus in the early 1980s.

Esther Breitenbach on Scottish feminist magazines

Apr 16th, 2021 57m 24s

A conversation with Esther Breitenbach on the print culture of Scottish feminism, focused on the Scottish Women’s Liberation Journal (1977-78) and MsPrint (1978-81), and looking ahead to Harpies and Quines (1992-94).Interviewers: Rachael Alexa

John Herdman on the Scottish literary and political scene of the 1960s and 70s

Apr 9th, 2021 51m 57s

A conversation with John Herdman about the cultural and political changes we can trace through small Scottish magazines of the 1960s and 70s, from Lines Review to Akros, Scottish International, Chapman and beyond.Interviewers: Rory Scothorne

Murdo Macdonald on Edinburgh Review (1984-2014) and Common Sense (1987-1999)

Apr 9th, 2021 34m 41s

A conversation with Murdo Macdonald on the student publishing scene at the University of Edinburgh in the 1980s, in which the relaunched Edinburgh Review and Common Sense both emerged, alongside Polygon Press as a literary and academic publishe

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