This platform will host feature pieces, authoring opinion and editorial, new research and profiling our 1325 Fellows and Festival speakers over the coming months, as well as hosting work from our Beyond Writing competition winners and BB Question Time young journalists here too. Keep an eye on our social media channels for updated opportunities and thematic calls for submissions, coming soon!
Beyond Borders experts and researchers work around our core themes of cultural dialogue, women and conflict resolution, peacebuilding and rule of law. Browse by theme below, or else see the press archive below, including press interviews with Valerie Plame, Carles Puigdemont and our Founder Mark Muller amongst many others.
Wednesday 1st May 2019
On Behalf of the Judges It has been a huge pleasure to judge the Beyond Borders’ 2019 competition on the theme of inspirational women. The entries came from...
Tuesday 19th February 2019
When the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in 2016, two-thirds of voters in Scotland—across every single district—voted to remain. Now, as Brexit looms, many experts expect Scotland to forge a more distinct role on the global stage—one that could lead it to independence.
Monday 3rd September 2018
CommonSpace speaks to Madeleine Habib, the skipper who sailed the first all-women mission to Gaza and faced down the Israeli army with tea and biscuits .
Saturday 25th August 2018
The exiled former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, unexpectedly arrived in Scotland last night with plans to highlight the issue of Catalan independence.
Wednesday 1st August 2018
By 2018, slavery is illegal in every country, yet there are an estimated 46 million slaves worldwide. Despite this dystopian reality, for many, the idea of modern slavery...
Wednesday 1st August 2018
A young girl peers out from a line of women waiting for food and water in Mosul, a crowd gathers to watch a cockfight in Cuba, and an...
Monday 23rd July 2018
Former CIA operative Valerie Plame, historian William Dalrymple and authors Magnus Linklater, Richard Holloway and Stuart Kelly will be among the headliners at Traquair House on August 25 and 26.
Tuesday 17th July 2018
As the Beyond Borders International Festival heads into its eighth year, the stakes are seemingly higher than ever.
Friday 24th November 2017
Mark Muller Stuart KC recently gave a speech at the RSA Conference in Edinburgh on November 24th 2017 on Scotand’s Culture and Soft Power in relation to 21st...
Monday 13th June 2016
David Pratt reports for the Herald on Beyond Borders’ involvement in supporting the role Syrian women in the nation’s peacemaking process. THE strength of Scotland’s democracy has made...
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