A woman’s world Written by Katie Armour, Li-Ann Chin, Ralitsa Bobcheva, Maria Julia Pieracioni 5 March 2021 In 1910 Clara Zetkin attended a conference for working women in Copenhagen. Clara was a feminist, a universal suffrage campaigner and “the grandmother of German communism”. There were 100 women in attendance at the gathering from 17 different countries, …
It’s darkest before the dawn Written by Andrew Wilson, founding partner27 February 2021 “It is always darkest just before the day dawneth” is a thought first penned by the English theologian and historian Thomas Fuller, in his 1650 religious travelogue A Pisgah-Sight Of Palestine And The Confines Thereof. It is a metaphor to hold close when times …
How are you? Written by Malcolm Robertson, founding partner19 February 2021 As the face appears and the audio is connected, the digitised face I see before me invariably then asks: “how are you?” In Scotland, at the best of times, we are conditioned to say: “not bad”, which we believe sounds better than “not good” …
New perspectives and unexpected visitors Written by David Gaffney, partner13 February 2020 On the last day of the Christmas holidays, I rearranged my desk at home to afford myself a better view of the world through my window than I had become accustomed to during 2020. Stepping outside, I then suspended a freshly filled bird …
How after has worked out before Written by Sabina Kadić-Mackenzie, partner6 February 2020 £30,532.84. This is the value of my unpaid work each year. Childcare, cleaning, cooking – money or time, it all adds up to too much whichever way you look at it. Still, despite spending more time at home than ever over the past 12 …
How after has worked out before Written by Kevin Pringle, partner 29 January 2020 ‘After’ is what we’re all after just now. We desperately want, and need, to get past this pandemic, and live in the world as it is – whatever that is – rather than our current lives of limbo. We all know …
Out of sight but never out of heart or mind Written by Andrew Wilson, founding partner23 January 2020 This week’s compendium of our favourite reads is an eclectic mix of (we hope) improving thoughts from a variety of very different people in very different publications, from close to home to across our world. I have never had …
Where is home? Written by Malcolm Robertson, founding partner 16 January 2020 For many of us, this seemingly endless period of relative isolation has provided time to think about what matters and – perhaps more importantly – what does not. I am lucky enough to live in Edinburgh, one of the world’s great cities. But I …
Is it tomorrow yet? Written by David Gaffney, partner9 January 2020 In his extended essay on Covid-19, Is It Tomorrow Yet?, the Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev observes judiciously how “the strangeness of the pandemic experience is that everything changes but nothing happens”. Many of us returned to work (or, at least, reopened laptops at home) this week …
The uncanny allure of the past Written by Sabina Kadić-Mackenzie, partner19 December 2020 The last few months have without a doubt changed the way we live our lives – the way we work, the way we shop and the way we interact with family, friends and colleagues. Whilst unquestionably challenging for most, and of little consolation while …