Bella Caledonia – independence – self-determination – autonomy
6 天之前 · Bella Caledonia: An Anthology of Writing from 2007 – 2021. Curated by Mike Small, this anthology is a flavour of Bella’s output over these 14 years ― the editor’s pick.
Bella Themes for 2024
2024年1月2日 · This requires new types of media, new types of thinking and new types of action beyond a) the relentless loop of ‘debating’ climate change b) the endless engagement with tired broken processes (“COP56 has promised a breakthrough”) c) looking to new forms of direct action and building methods of resilience here in Scotland.
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Early Days, Still – Bella Caledonia
2024年11月8日 · Written looking back at the tenth anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, November 2024. The last few months have simplified and revealed some of the deeper questions at play ten years ago, when we had the chance to break-up the British state and declare independence.
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In Why Scots Should Rule Scotland (1992), Gray proposed a possible female figurehead to represent Scotland: “Since the 18th century sculptors and political cartoonists have often represented nations as single people, usually robust and beautiful women with names like La France, Italia, Germania.
Bella Caledonia: An Anthology of Writing from 2007 – 2021
This is a book celebrating fourteen years of publishing and collaborations. We have taken the idea of ‘self-determination’ and began to ask what would that mean for us as individuals, communities, towns and cities, not just as a nation?
Degrowth Municipalism could change the world – Bella Caledonia
5 天之前 · A panel discussion about Degrowth and Municipalism, at the international municipalist summit Fearless Cities in Sheffield November 2-3rd, explored the overlaps between the two movements. Degrowth and municipalism are not only mutually supportive, but need each other to make way for a socially just ...
Self-Determination, Autonomy, Independence – Bella Caledonia
2022年8月16日 · Hi Alex – 100% agree that ‘ a “better Scottish government” can ONLY be realised by securing the powers of Independence.” Bit I think being completely uncritical of our current governance does not serve the cause of independence and is incompatible with independent media.
Alasdair Gray’s Bella Caledonia
2019年12月30日 · In Gray’s story Bella is a metaphor for a nation. As Kirsten Sterling tells us in (“Scotland Deformed?”“The label “Bella Caledonia” below the portrait of the main character on p. 45 of Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things (1992) suggests that Gray wants us to read the character Bella Baxter as a female personification of the Scottish nation, …
Bella Caledonia: Books, Ideas and Debate – Bella Caledonia
2021年10月9日 · Since its establishment Bella Caledonia has provided a vibrant, vital platform for discussing politics, culture and ideas relevant to Scotland. It has over the period also taken time to review books and publications. As the new Books Editor of Bella I would like to build on Bella’s impressive work over the years, and provide a space for profiling and reviewing books on a wide range of subjects.