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Streets of My Town: Auld Alliance Comics Festival 2026

Auld Alliance Comics Festival 2026, Edinburgh What a pleasure it was to attend the Auld Alliance Comics Festival 2026. Organised by La Belle Adventure bookshop in partnership with the Institut Français d’Écosse, the festival brought together Scottish and French comics creators in one of Edinburgh’s most beautiful cultural venues. La Belle Adventure is an amazing shop in Leith Walk specialising in bande dessinée and stocking … Continue reading Streets of My Town: Auld Alliance Comics Festival 2026

City of Sophistry

Memoirs of a Book Thief Written by Alessandro Tota, Illustrated by Pierre Van Hove, Translated by Edward Gauvin Paris in the early 1950’s wasn’t all philosophers smoking Gitanes on the Rive Gauche. It was a time of political tension and uncertainty. The old order had been destabilised by the nazi occupation. The Communist Party was popular, having played a leading role in the resistance, with … Continue reading City of Sophistry