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Film
Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor on Rose Plays Julie
“Who are you?” Those are the words we see scrawled on a Post-it Note towards the end of Rose Plays Julie, and it’s a question tha... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Film
Celine Song on Past Lives
Talking to Celine Song over a slightly janky Skype call feels a little like re-enacting an early scene from her acclaimed debut film Past Lives. In the movie... Read more »| Updated 8 months ago -
Intersections
A Guide to Edinburgh Fringe Hook-ups
Every year, the arrival of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe brings on mixed feelings of excitement and despair. August sees Edinburgh come alive as clubs stay o... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Music
Spotlight On... Lost Map presents Weird Wave
As the iconic Scottish indie label Lost Map Records turns ten this year, label boss Johnny Lynch – aka Pictish Trail – has teamed up with seven o... Read more »| Updated 10 months ago -
Books
Inklusion: the kickass guide to literary accessibility
Inklusion is setting out to create a comprehensive events access guide for UK-based literature organisations. Speaking with its founders, Ever Dundas and Jul... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Music
Le Tigre on DIY culture & their live return
“When we made the first record, I didn't think anybody would listen. I thought everybody would hate it!” jokes Kathleen Hanna from her home in Ca... Read more »| Updated 11 months ago -
Film
Rachel Maclean on Make Me Up
The work of Glasgow-based artist Rachel Maclean is a riot of colour, but then so is a coral snake. Her wild style takes its influences from children's films ... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Film
On the set of Our Ladies with author Alan Warner
It’s a bitterly cold November morning in Edinburgh and two young actors – Rona Morison and Marli Siu – are wearing mini-skirts and chewing ... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Music
Johnny Jewel on soundtracks, influences and playing live
It’s only around 11am Pacific Time when I call Johnny Jewel at his home near Joshua Tree in the Californian desert, but he’s been up working for ... Read more »| Updated 6 months ago -
Music
Django Django on new album Marble Skies
Django Django burst out of the gates with their self-titled debut in 2012, a sun-dappled, paint-flecked slice of psychedelia. But long before Mercury Prize n... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Film
The cast of Isle of Dogs on Wes Anderson's new film
Wes Anderson makes cinema on his terms. Utilising set design, expressive colour, models, precision framing and, increasingly, stop-motion animation, he creat... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Theatre
The Five Fuckboys of Christmas Pantomime
It’s the time of year where theatres across Scotland invite the pantos in. But among the glitter, the tinsel and the panto dames lies a sinister secret... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Film
Sergio G Sánchez on The Secret of Marrowbone
The Secret of Marrowbone begins like all good fairytales, with the turning of a page. A young man named Jack (George MacKay) introduces us to his tight-knit ... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Film
Richard Billingham on Ray & Liz
Richard Billingham shot to fame in 1996 with the photobook Ray's a Laugh. An unflinching portrait of his alcoholic father, Billingham’s photographs wer... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Clubs
Violet on naive, mina and the Lisbon scene
“I don’t think it should be held up as one of the main ways to sustain the underground. We should be using it in our own terms and not becoming d... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Comedy
David Baddiel on Families and Therapy
We all know who David Baddiel is, so we won’t waste too many words introducing him. His writing credits go way back to satirical puppet-show Spitting I... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Film
Filmhouse and GFT on indie cinema in 2018
The reports of cinema’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Every few years, it seems an industry insider will write a hysterical thinkpiece exclaimin... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Music
The Ninth Wave: Under the Influence
Following on from winning the award for Best Newcomer at the 2016 Scottish Alternative Music Awards, it's been a steady upward trajectory for the Glasgow ban... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Music
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert on Here Lies the Body
The pairing of flamenco-tinged, twisted troubadour RM Hubbert and sharp-tongued bard Aidan Moffat was always going to work, if their 2012 collaborative track... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Art
How Open is the Door?: Arts accessibility in Scotland
Arts councils, Creative Scotland and even the government (both Scottish and UK) praise diversity, but in practice struggle to accommodate the many societal b... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Festivals
The Other Side of Freedom: DeRay Mckesson interview
Language is the first act. These words open DeRay Mckesson’s On the Other Side of Freedom, as he looks back on his experiences of activism and his cont... Read more »| Updated almost 5 years ago -
Comedy
Doug Stanhope: Saving Lives One Cigarette at a Time
When Doug Stanhope was last in Scotland, unwinding in a hotel bar, a man ran by intent on jumping from Edinburgh's George IV Bridge. "I just went out to smo... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Music
CHVRCHES on their new album Screen Violence
It’s been over three years since the third album by CHVRCHES, Love is Dead, hit the shelves. In the time since, the world has undergone a seismic shift... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Music
Kelburn Garden Party: Pyramid stage lineup revealed
It feels like we’ve been planning this one for ages, and, well, thanks to the pandemic, we kind of have been. Planning for this year's takeover of the ... Read more »| Updated almost 2 years ago -
Music
Hen Hoose, The F-List and Popgirlz on their 2021 plans
The creative industries have been forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic, with live music being one of the areas to suffer most. Musicians lost their li... Read more »| Updated over 3 years ago -
Music
Anna Meredith on Five Telegrams, Anno and Varmints
“Once August is out the way, I’ll be like ‘give me my dodgems!’” Anna Meredith is a very busy woman. So busy in fact that she&... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Music
Meet The Women Levelling Scottish Music's Playing Field
While much of the music industry struggled under the limitations of lockdown, with a halt to live performances and studio production, Scotland's DIY music sc... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Music
Nova Twins on staying DIY, and building a better scene
Amy Love and Georgia South – known as Nova Twins – crouch over a laptop to talk to me between tour stops. Nova Twins are currently wrapping up th... Read more »| Updated over 1 year ago -
Music
Scott Hutchison: A Tribute
When the devastating news came on Friday 11 May about our beloved Scott Hutchison I was in disbelief and the truth of it is, I still am. I felt numb. I perso... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Music
Kinbote: Hemisphere track-by-track
This Friday (12 Apr) sees the release of Hemisphere, the second album from Glasgow-based electronic producer Matt Gibb as Kinbote. Coming out via Lost Map Re... Read more »| Updated 20 days ago