Browse: Culture
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Tips for the Glasgow Film Festival
It always amazes me that in the Glasgow, one type of festival or another is always just round the corner. With the final resonance of celtic and world music still lingering in the city’s collective ears, our attentions are swiftly being turned to the up-and-coming Film Festival, which runs from the 14-24 of February.
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5 ways to help save the world while you surf
Does the internet rule your world?
Being a blogger and working in an office are two common situations which might leave you face-to-face with a screen for long stretches of the day, but they sure aren’t the only ones. And in this tech-crazy age it’s likely we’re more globally and environmentally conscious than our parents and [...]
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Conference on the future of music
The Skinny ON:07 is a conference taking place at Reid Hall, Edinburgh University on Monday 10 December to discuss and examine changes in music technology and consumption, how these changes affect the art of music itself, and what possible escape routes there are for an industry which has so far struggled in facing and adapting [...]
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Students Launch Landmark Media Site
A network of students across US schools and colleges have launched the first-ever daily national student newspaper, to provide “in-depth and innovative coverage” of the 2008 presidential election. Scoop08.com is believed to reflect a shift in student’s interests towards the nation’s troubled political system, and will function in key with other contemporary online media by [...]
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Winner for Logo Contest Announced
Our quest to find a new logo for EARZ-MAG.com has ended! We had a huge response to our appeal for underground design talent on Myspace to redesign our logo; and when Swiss graphic designer Forbach Mathias, a.k.a ‘Fichtre’, shot this magical colour-infused logo at our inbox it wasn’t hard to imagine it basking proudly [...]
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Write a novel this November
Online literary-wannabes listen up. With November just over the horizon, it’s that time of year again when thousands, yes thousands, of everyday people who would never write a 50,000 word novel in 30 short days, do exactly that. It’s National Novel Writing Month! Less a foray into the art of writing, more a “literary marathon”, [...]
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The Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival
This unique event brings together a wide range of films from outdoor adventure enthusiasts and film makers along with a range of speakers to give presentations on their experiences and views on many topics surrounding the world of outdoor adventure. Growing further in popularity every year this year’s line up includes a packed program of [...]
