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Film
Why diversity in film criticism is essential
In a not so shocking turn of events, last month the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism published a study showing that film criticism is do... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Art
Making Better Worlds: SCAN's Summer Campaign
Launched this summer, the Scottish Contemporary Art Network’s (SCAN) Artists Make a Better World campaign plastered the faces of contemporary artists o... Read more »| Updated 7 months ago -
Film
Quentin Dupieux on Deerskin
“I usually say that the movies I did in the US were a bit like training,” muses French filmmaker and musician Quentin Dupieux. Dupieux bec... Read more »| Updated almost 3 years ago -
Comedy
Edinburgh Fringe 2023: Debuting character comics
“Today's been one of those days where I realised how soon Fringe is and had a bit of a wobble”, says Lorna Rose Treen. The rising star already ha... Read more »| Updated 9 months ago -
Clubs
Peggy Gou on Berlin, Korea, Scotland and her new EP
Peggy Gou is an excellent multi-tasker. As her profile continues to soar, with it comes an intense touring schedule – last year, she played over 100 in... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Music
Read Slow: Gold Flake Paint's New Chapter
"As with any endeavour that grows a life of its own, often into shapes that you wanted, occasionally in ways you never really imagined, there comes a time wh... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 7-14 Mar: International Women's Day
International Women's Day may be an absolute farce on a multitude of levels, but nevertheless it brings about celebrations of women all over the world for at... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Clubs
Go With The Flow: aya on her Counterflows shows
For someone who thinks very deeply about music, Aya Sinclair’s approach to preparing for a live performance is surprisingly ramshackle. Speaking to us ... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
Music
Around the World: Amadou & Mariam interview
This interview with Amadou & Mariam was intended to coincide with their show at Celtic Connections. Unfortunately, COVID restrictions resulted in the sho... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Festivals
When The Edinburgh Fringe went Beyond Satire
On the last day of the Edinburgh Festival, 1959, its artistic director resigned. The director, Robert Ponsonby, was a man who wanted to get things done. Fou... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Books
Salena Godden introduces Mrs Death Misses Death
Salena Godden was walking through Whitechapel when she heard the voice of her narrator, crystal clear, for the first time: “I know a lot of dead people... Read more »| Updated about 3 years ago -
Theatre
Cora Bissett on her Gagarin Way revival
It’s hard to put into words the effect that Gagarin Way, the first play from a then-unknown Fife playwright called Gregory Burke, had on Scottish theat... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Film
John Waters on his new book, Pink Flamingos and his TV cameos
“I never wanted to do cult,” John Waters says in reference to his filmography in light of the question of whether genuine cult films are still po... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Clubs
Maribou State on Kingdoms in Colour
Chris Davids and Liam Ivory are taking a break from rehearsals when The Skinny calls to chat about their forthcoming album, Kingdoms In Colour, the ... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Music
Confidence Man's Janet Planet tells us how to get the party started
Wild characters, choreographed dance routines and certified pop bangers; Confidence Man have it all, and you’ll either love it or hate it. Led by Janet... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Film
EIFF 2022: Amanda Kramer interview
When we sit down with American musician and filmmaker Amanda Kramer, she’s preparing for an LA screening of Please Baby Please – one of two ... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Theatre
Brexit, Stage Left: Scottish Theatre and Europe
It started, as so many things do these days, with a Twitter thread about Brexit. But, unlike most Twitter threads about Brexit, this one – by former Ar... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Film
Team Players: Sarah Gavron & Anu Henriques on Rocks
Joyful chaos bursts from the screen in Rocks, the new film from Suffragette director Sarah Gavron. It’s a social-realist film with real energy and wit,... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
Books
Tomi Adeyemi on Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi crafts magic. Her debut is an international bestseller, the movie adaptation is in development and it was the first book picked for The Tonight ... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Comedy
ICYMI: David Callaghan on The Larry Sanders Show
I have never watched The Larry Sanders Show. It’s not that I didn’t know what it was, and indeed I’ve spent enough time with other comedian... Read more »| Updated about 2 years ago -
Music
Anna B Savage on her debut album, A Common Turn
The only person involved with A Common Turn who is still unaware of the praise that has been lavished upon it is its creator, Anna B Savage. The London singe... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Festivals
Bo Burnham on Eighth Grade, teens and the internet
Of all filmmakers to tackle the subject of the relationship of young people to the internet as it is now, Bo Burnham would be among the most qualified. After... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Books
Irvine Welsh on Dead Men's Trousers
Renton. Begbie. Sick Boy. Spud. Twenty five years ago, the foursome began their journey into the cult classics with the publication of Trainspotting in 1993;... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Books
Building a better future at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair
In the midst of an increasingly dystopian election cycle – itself a mere microcosm of the hostile and destructive political environment that has define... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Books
Camilla Grudova on Children of Paradise and The Coiled Serpent
“I originally wanted to be a children's book writer,” Camilla Grudova says, swirling her straw around her iced coffee, “but I was a bit too... Read more »| Updated 9 months ago -
Music
Supersonic Youth: Hairband on their debut EP and Green Door Studios
Hairband aren't your typical supergroup. Featuring members of Glasgow bands Spinning Coin, Breakfast Muff, Lush Purr and Kaputt, the five-piece are all regul... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... sarya
It's always exciting when former Edinburgh resident, Taiwanese-American poet and singer-songwriter sarya announces a new release. Their latest single, only g... Read more »| Updated 8 months ago -
Music
The King of Scotland: Getting to know Romeo Taylor
Romeo Taylor is the natural meeting point between Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Gary Rhodes and World Wrestling Entertainment’s beloved 'Attitude ... Read more »| Updated almost 5 years ago -
Film
Lars von Trier on The House That Jack Built
It felt like something was missing when Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac was released in 2014. The director’s extravagant two-part epic following th... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Festivals
Travis Alabanza on Burgerz
With a deluge of performers flooding every last performance space during Edinburgh's Fringe, it can be hard to work out what, exactly, is worth your time. Th... Read more »| Updated almost 5 years ago