Authors

Chris Small
All articles by Chris Small
Beyond tick-box citizenship
12 August 2011
Simon Groom
Artists may have a passion for painting or photography – but they need a fundamental curiosity about the world too, says the director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
12 August 2011
Young musicians get down to brass tacks with the RSAMD
Video-link project allows primary pupils to work with professional quintet. Chris Small reports
29 July 2011
Janet Smyth
The new children and education programme director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival (August 13-29) landed the job after running schools specialist shop Blast-Off Books. She talks about the rise of e- readers, working with the author of The Gruffalo and shaking audiences out of their comfort zone. Photography by Colin Hattersley
29 July 2011
It’s a fur cop: dogs lend paw to rehabilitation
A dog-training scheme aims to help young offenders gain skills and confidence
29 July 2011
Flares, family and T-Rex
22 July 2011