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Latest NewsTV Blog: The best (and worst) of the week's telly
It all went a bit Final Destination this week in EastEnders (BBC1, Thursday) with born again nut-job Lucas accidentally impaling his ex-lover on a rake and l... Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
Latest NewsTV Blog: The best (and worst) of the week's telly
My top find of last week was A1: The Road Musical (More4, Tuesday), a pseudo-documentary directed and composed by Benjamin Till and part of First Cut, the ch... Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
Latest NewsTV Blog: The best (and worst) of the week's telly
Having never studied English history, epic Henry VIII drama The Tudors (Fridays, BBC2, 9pm) never held much appeal, but still very much at the forefront of B... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
MusicBurnsong 2009: Get Yer Entries In
Burnsong 2006 provided the catalyst that combined a stellar variety of musicians in one melting pot, united by the common goal to write and rehearse songs th... Read more »| 24 Aug 2009 -
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TV Blog: The best (and worst) of the week's telly
With episode five shown this week, we’re late in the run of kitchen sink drama The Street (BBC1, Mondays, 9pm), but there is still time to get on board... Read more »| 17 Aug 2009 -
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Michael Jackson has died
Michael Jackson has died in hospital at age 50, after suffering a suspected heart attack, according to popular entertainment website TMZ. The "king of pop" ... Read more »| 25 Jun 2009
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Beck, MGMT and Devendra Banhart to rework classic albums
Beck has recruited friends to form the ‘Record Club’, an informal group which will re-record classic LPs in one-day sessions. The singer has anno... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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Unique retrospective of Bengali cinema opens in Edinburgh
The St John's Church Hall in Edinburgh has been transformed into a Sunderbans jungle for a three-day Bengali film retrospective of classics by Satyajit Ray, ... Read more »| 19 Jun 2009 -
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Falkirk talents set to launch debut film at EIFF
The Shutdown is a new short film written and narrated by Scottish author Alan Bissett, known for his novels and plays that have recently been successful acro... Read more »| 10 Jun 2009 -
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The Edge Festival 2009 announces lineup - David Byrne, The Streets, The Stranglers, Calvin Harris and more
T on the Fringe may be a distant memory, but the second year of The Edge Festival promises a veritable smörgåsbord of local and international acts... Read more »| 10 Jun 2009 -
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Arctic Monkeys to appear in Shane Meadows film at EIFF
Arctic Monkeys make an appearance in Shane Meadows’ new movie, Le Donk, which is set to be premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival later... Read more »| 08 Jun 2009 -
FestivalsEdinburgh's Grassmarket Announces Summer Action
The Grassmarket may usually be a hodgepodge of watering holes that punctuate the day for Fringe loving punters and the nights for rowdy women in pink cowboy ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2009 -
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Samuel Beckett, Throbbing Gristle, and a month of fun
You can use an editorial for all sorts of things, from ranting to enthusing, inspiring to pretending you care about shit you blatantly don’t. This mont... Read more »| 04 Jun 2009 -
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EIFF 2009 Programme Launch
The Edinburgh International Film Festival programme was announced this morning, revealing a varied and exciting list of events and films with an emphasis on ... Read more »| 06 May 2009 -
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Life's a Picnic: The Great Outdoors and Creativity
There is a clear theme of getting away from it all in this month's content. Several of the artists we interview have had their gaiters on, or at least been o... Read more »| 05 May 2009