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Douglas Stuart
@Doug_D_Stuart
YOUNG MUNGO // SHUGGIE BAIN. Finalist for the NBA. Winner of the 2020 Booker Prize. Stories in @newyorker
Mar 30, 2024 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
I swore off twitter a year ago but...

The righteous outrage around the cancellation of the @AyeWrite festival is not merely a conversation about the merit of literary festivals, or whether Scotland’s first city deserves one. It is much, much bigger than that... I have watched in horror, as Scotland has haggled over funding for the arts, has closed her libraries, and now has allowed the cancellation of a major literary festival in her largest city. A festival that has a focus on Scottish voices...