It’s difficult to summarise the theme this month – it’s grown out of conversations over many months going back to our annual planning day in early November 2022. At that point, the October issue had ‘IndyRef2?’ written over it, and it seemed possible we were set for a re-run of 2014’s frequently deranged energy of hope, caution, blatant lies and world building. The Skinny is also 18 this month, which felt connected. So, to mark our entry into the currently disappointing world of enfranchisement, we decided to go ahead with our plan to explore some of the changes we’d like to see in our society-slash-nation-slash-the world. We have words with Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, we meet Scottish Contemporary Arts Network (SCAN) to learn more about their work in advocacy for the sector and so much more...
