Will Brady

was born and raised in Kent. He studied literature and art and in 2004 co-founded a bookshop on the Greek island of Santorini. Having since relocated to Edinburgh and completed a postgraduate thesis on the American author Raymond Carver, he now works as a freelance writer, photographer and graphic designer.

Articles

Homecoming 2009

“Whether you’re a Scot, of Scottish descent, or simply love Scotland”, Homecoming 2009 is for you (or so the advertising goes). Yet scotophiles should make no mistake: the reinvented Highland culture that emerged in the nineteenth century was but a “tame accessory to British unionism”.

A submerged population

Ray Lawrence’s film “Jindabyne”, an adaptation of a short story by Raymond Carver, addresses sexual politics and latent racism embedded in contemporary Australian culture, writes Will Brady.

The bread and meat of life

Since the inclusion of Poland into the EU, Polish immigrants have come to represent a significant minority in the UK. But the tradition of travelling for work was established long before the fall of Communism. Will Brady looks at the influence of Polish immigrants on British society and how Polish immigration is reawakening dormant community values in Edinburgh.