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Amber Murray is a moment-year politics and economics student at the University of Edinburgh. This is her first published review Any review of the Rip it Up exhibition of the yarn of Scottish pop at Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland will bid you its main draws: it is well curated,well researched, immersive and educational. It uses an impressive range of multimedia exhibits. It has a great T-shirt selection in the gift shop. This isn’t why you should see it, or though (unless you’re really,really into T-shirts). No, you should travel and see it because of what it makes you feel about music, or about Scotland.
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Source: theguardian.com