Dreaming of Post-War Scotland: How do we tell the full complex stories of ourselves?
Dreaming of Post-War Scotland: How do we tell the full complex stories of ourselves? Bella Caledonia, 8 August 2025 Gerry Hassan The Invisible Spirit, Surgeon’s Hall, until 9 August; the Space Venue 45, 11, 13-16 August; the Space, Niddry Street, 18-23 August. Make It Happen, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, until 9 August. Alistair Moffat, To See Ourselves: A Personal History of Scotland since 1950, Birlinn £18.99. The widely accepted belief that stories make a nation has become a cliché. It may be true but does not describe the kinds of stories or the storytellers - and who is included and excluded
