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Neil Anderson

Neil started in the theatrical world in 1993. In that time he has been involved in most areas of getting performances out to the public. Starting with working backstage with the Minerva Club at the King’s theatre to recording and editing for Ungagged he has been on stage in numerous theatres in every genre you […]

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Matt Geraghty

Matt Geraghty has played the part of; soldier, photographer, poet, jazz club entrepreneur, (very amateur) boxer, journalist, designer, event director, PR professional, theatre manager, brand director, and Dad. Matt is now Assistant Editor at both The Holborn Magazine and The Chap Magazine – as well as writing forSabotage Times and, of course, Ungagged. You can read more […]

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Derek Stewart Macpherson

Born in Glasgow in 1965 and brought up in Clydebank, in the shadow of the John Brown cranes, Derek Stewart Macpherson’s earliest memory is attending the launch of the QE2 at the age of two. Since then he has been a student activist, traveller, father of two, public servant, negotiator, political strategist, campaign manager and […]

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Allan Grogan

Allan Grogan was the founder and National Spokesperson of Labour for Independence – a pro independence organisation which campaigned from within the Labour Party from 2012-2014. A lifelong Labour supporter and member for over ten years. Allan left the party in September 2014 and joined the Scottish Socialist Party being elected to the National Executive […]

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Amber Poppitt

Amber Poppitt is an aspiring screenwriter and occasional blogger who often finds herself musing over the rise of the internet’s global influence, the execution of stories within popular culture, the differing forms of prejudice manifesting within contemporary society, one’s internal psychological landscape and living as a transgender woman in a world still trying to grasp […]

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Steve McAuliffe

Steve McAuliffe was born and raised in South East London, and is a published author, performed playwright and a lover of the poetry and ethos of William Blake. His writing has appeared in various political and poetical publications to date. Having left a secondary Modern with little more than 2 O-levels and a comprehensive education […]

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Dr Bruce Scott

Bruce is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Edinburgh and an independent writer and researcher. He completed his existential and phenomenological informed training in psychoanalysis with the Philadelphia Association in London.  The Philadelphia Association was founded by the radical psychiatrist R.D. Laing and others in 1965. He is also a trained experimental psychologist (University of Southampton, PhD) and he conducted […]

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Debra Torrance

Debra Torrance is the youngest daughter of a bookkeeper and a butcher. A late baby, her parents were preparing to become Nanna and Pops not new a mum and dad again. Debra was brought up in the east end of Glasgow and moved around Scotland from the highlands to Fife before settling in Milngavie. She […]

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Victoria Pearson

Victoria Pearson is a writer and mum of four who lives behind a keyboard in Bedfordshire, England. Having always wanted to be a writer, V started to think it was an achievable dream when she wrote and edited a feature for the Guardian when she was 17. Following that, she appeared live on the Richard […]

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Red Raiph

After his mysterious arrival on Twitter in 2012, tenteen-year-old Red Raiph, set out to change the world for the better — one tweet at a time. Passionate about politics, equality and independence for Scotland, he uses his own brand of humour to entertain and inform  both young and old alike. A published author and prolific […]