Jonathan Rimmer
Award Winning Multimedia Journalist
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PROJECTS
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Exclusive upmarket deli for staff in Standard Life offices
Front cover story for Edinburgh Evening News. Aberdeen Standard Investments, the investment business arm of Standard Life, revealed the café is now open to all staff at their offices on 6 St Andrew Square, but not to members of the public.
scotlandstandup.co.uk
Urban Scot Magazine - Autumn 2017
A 16-page magazine dedicated to Scottish hip hop music and culture edited, produced and designed by Jonathan Rimmer.
vimeo
Documentary: Hope
Video documentary about Hope Gordon, the disabled athlete who competes for Scotland across two sports despite suffering a severe condition. It was nominated for an RTS Student Film Award and featured on Daily Record and STV (links attached).
conter.co.uk
Know Your Enemy
How civil should socialists be when it comes to challenging the opposition? Editor Jonathan Rimmer talks about how the importance of combative messaging and recognising the real enemy.
conter.co.uk
Fighting the Care Tax
Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi is a talented filmmaker from Glasgow who suffers from Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Due to the Care Tax, she's effectively double taxed by the state for her disability. We spoke to her about how socialists can get involved and campaign against this unfair and dehumanising tax.
YouTube
Jehsticulations #3 'Falling Down' Review w/Jonathan Rimmer - YouTube
Scottish journalist Jonathan Rimmer, joins Tom Kwei on Battle Rap Resume Podcast to discuss Jehst's classic 'Falling Down'.
conter.co.uk
Welcome to Conter
Staying abreast of political developments feels like a daunting task at the moment. In the space of three years we’ve seen the British state narrowly avoid dissolution, the hard right hideously hijack an EU referendum, and the crisis-ridden Labour Party dramatically recover thanks to a genuinely left-of-centre manifesto.
heraldscotland.com
Following in the footsteps of Banksy, Glasgow 'taggers' call for legal spaces to display artworks
Glasgow street artists are calling for a legal space to graffiti. Jonathan Rimmer spoke to some of the taggers in question.
commonspace.scot
From Labour and Iraq to indyref: How Richard Walker became a pioneering Scottish editor
Jonathan Rimmer talks to The National’s founding editor about plurality of opinion and the need for less antagonism between pro-independence supporters and the Scottish media
The Skinny
Benjamin Clementine on his ambitious new album
Former Mercury Prize winner Benjamin Clementine is set to perform new material at the Edinburgh International Festival. He tells The Skinny why it's his most ambitious work yet
YouTube
Breakdancing In Scotland | Living Hip Hop
BBC The Social speak to Chaz B, who runs the Resurgence breakdance events in Glasgow. Why is the dance form increasingly popular in Scotland? Shot and edited by Jonathan Rimmer.
The Skinny
ArcTanGent Festival 2017: The Review - The Skinny
ArcTanGent seemed unlikely to set the world ablaze when it launched in 2013. Established as a sister weekender to 2000 Trees – which is itself a decidedly underground festival in the South West of England – the plan was to appeal to fans of “math rock, post-rock, noise-rock and everything in between”. Only the most dedicated muso would be able to tell you what actually constitutes as ‘in between’.
heraldscotland.com
The 10 best documentaries on Netflix
JUST a few days ago, Netflix saw its stock reach an all-time high. The streaming TV service now commands a global subscriber base of 104 million, with five million people signing up in the last three months alone.
Stereoboard
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers (Album Review)
If we’re being blunt, Canadian collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor are one of the few second wave post-rock bands still worth a damn. The dreamy soundscapes conjured by Sigur Rós during their ‘00s stretch have aged well, while no band has been able to replicate Mogwai’s unwavering miserabilism even half as well. But Godspeed are still the kingpins when it comes to awe-inspiring orchestral rock.
heraldscotland.com
The big food fight: Scotland and England go head to head in battle over tasty treat
They’re cheap, they go perfectly with some cheese and wine, and they are seemingly innocuous … but oakcakes have become the latest issue to crop up in the famously crumbly relationship between Scotland and England.