The Drouth - Editorial Stance

Editorial Stance

The Drouth's editorial stance could be described as non-aligned left with occasional anarchist and left-libertarian overtones as shown by its ties to radical online publications such as Pulse and Spinwatch, and with the author James Kelman., Nevertheless, it also publishes work by more establishment figures on the left and occasionally right of the political spectrum, and editorial board members such as Owen Dudley Edwards retain links to the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru. The magazine is a frequent critic of the Scottish Labour Party but maintains it follows no party alignment. Its editors authored a series of essays entitled 'Suns of Scotland', which examined the development of postwar Scottish politics through literary contributions (and was published as Tartan Pimpsin 2010) in which the stance taken was broadly pro-independence. ,

In the past, the magazine has taken a non-institutional stance and has found common cause with magazines such as Variant and for its 2010 book 'Tartan Pimps' shared a publisher with the, though it retains an independent approach on political issues and does not maintain formal links with formal political parties or organisations. However, Miller and Rodger, its two principal editors, are both attached to the Glasgow School of Art (Rodger is a Reader in Urban Literature., and Miller a PhD. student in illustration and occasional visiting lecturer., Its editorial board is also drawn from a mainly institutional background across the two major Scottish cities and elsewhere in the UK. It currently consists of;

• David Archibald, Lecturer, Dept of Film Theatre and Television The University of Glasgow (2006–present)
• Gerard Carruthers, Head of Dept of Scottish Literature, The University of Glasgow (2001–present)
• Steve Davismoon, Composer and lecturer at Napier University, Edinburgh (2003–present)
• Owen Dudley Edwards, Reader in History, The University of Edinburgh (2001–present)
• Dorian Grieve, Editor and Researcher in Linguistics, University of Glasgow (2004–present)
• Simon Kovesi, Head of English and Modern Languages, Oxford Brookes University (2009–present)
• Emily Munro, Head of Learning, Glasgow Film Theatre (2008–present)
• Ruaridh Nicoll, Journalist and novellist (2004–present)
• Miriam Ross, Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Wellington(2010-present)
• Elke Weissmann, Lecturer, Liverpool Edgehill University

Editorial board members primarily offer advice, but can also commission work, initiate ideas for issues and get involved in production. Several editorial board members were initially guest editors who joined the permanent staff.,