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Film
Brett Haley on Hearts Beat Loud, a balm for our crazy world
We hear Brett Haley, director of sweet indie drama Hearts Beat Loud, before we see him. Milling around a corridor in Edinburgh’s Caledonian Hotel ahead... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Music
Dr. Martens Celebrate Edinburgh's Music Scene
There’s no denying that the past 18 months have been hard for everyone, but the music industry was hit particularly hard, with everything seemingly shu... Read more »| Updated over 2 years ago -
Art
Scottish Community Arts and the COVID Pandemic
In future discussions about the arts in the COVID era, we might reflect on the sense of dread we experienced as our summer festival plans dried up, or the lu... Read more »| Updated almost 3 years ago -
Intersections
We Are Here: East and South East Asian Creativity in Scotland
I moved to Scotland in 2016, thinking at first that it was going to be a temporary move. Instead, I fell in love with the place and have been proud to call i... Read more »| Updated almost 3 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh Fringe 2018: The Best Afternoon Shows
The Edinburgh Fringe is packed with shows from all over the world, but there are only so many hours in the day (24), and only so many days in the Fringe (25)... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Festivals
The Best Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2018
It's here! The 2018 Edinburgh Fringe kicked off this weekend, with thousands of shows taking place across the city between 3-27 August. Our full review ... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Festivals
You Write, He Writes, She Writes… Aye Write!
So many book festivals, so many books. Two years ago, Glasgow added to book festival frenzy with the "Aye Write!" event. The event broke free from the stereo... Read more »| Updated about 17 years ago -
Festivals
First Thought, Best Thought: A Look at Write Now Festival
When artistic director Ian Moore first arrived in Liverpool he was immediately struck by the amount of writing talent in the city that didn’t get an op... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Books
Aye Write!: Top picks for Glasgow's Book Festival
The quality of Aye Write!'s events, and its increasing year-on-year success and standing means that you've got to be quick off the mark to secure seats to th... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Books
Aye Write! All Write: 10 Years of Literature in Glasgow
"One year I didn’t want to talk about my novels anymore, so I dressed up as a woman and gave the audience a play instead," says Alan Bissett, when I as... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Books
Highlights of Aye Write!
You should know by now that Aye Write! is Glasgow’s literary festival, which runs from the 6th to the 14th of March; it’s all held in the Mitchel... Read more »| Updated about 15 years ago -
Books
Doug Johnstone at Aye Write!
I quite enjoy having my finger in several different pies at once. Doug Johnstone, who will be appearing at Glasgow's 'Aye Write!' book festival, is not your ... Read more »| Updated about 16 years ago -
Books
All's Right at Aye Write!
Glasgow’s annual Aye Write! Book festival will take place this year from Friday the 5th to Saturday the 13th of March, and as always it will be held in... Read more »| Updated about 14 years ago -
Theatre
Write like No-one is Reading...
One of the great joys of being performance editor of The Skinny is the freedom. Sitting in my flat, wondering how I am going to pay my rent, I can dream up n... Read more »| Updated almost 14 years ago -
Books
Aye Write! 2017: Glasgow meets the world
The brochure for this year’s Aye Write! festival humbly claims that things might 'look and feel a little different this time around.' For the first tim... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Books
Inner City Rhythm: George the Poet spits words at Aye Write!
It’s not long since George the Poet was last in Glasgow – he played a gig here in February at the Berkley Suite. How did that go? We ask. "Magica... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Festivals
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009
The Pitchfork Festival promises to "do things right". Treating audience members to a comfortable, enjoyable all round experience that extends far beyond the ... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Christopher Brookmyre
The author of 17 novels in as many years, Christopher Brookmyre enjoys the attention of a packed tent tonight, visiting the Edinburgh Book Festival to talk a... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Festivals
Gottwood Festival 2016: review
It ain’t exactly easy piecing together the Gottwood weekend. No British festival assaults the senses in quite the same way. For 96 hours from Thursday ... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Festivals
Manchester Literature Festival: Memoir & Biography
The explosion of the first-person narrative is unavoidable: whether scrolling through the internet, browsing your local bookshop, or maybe even perusing an a... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh Art Festival: Own Art
Never mind that the city of Edinburgh is full to the brim with good art exhibitions all year round, there’s still a genuine rush of exuberance and exci... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Andrew Marr
This appearance by one of the BBC’s finest journalists is among the most anticipated of this year’s Book Festival. This is after all Andrew Marr&... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Festivals
National Festival of Youth Theatre 2006
There's a packed programme at Perth's Horsecross Theatre for the second weekend in October (6th-8th) but then, what else should we expect at the 2006 Nationa... Read more »| Updated over 17 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: DBC Pierre
“Day by day, I think we’re fucking doomed.” DBC Pierre’s verdict on the future of humanity is typical of the cynical humour that char... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival preview
Once the bleeding edge nightmare of 90s science fiction movies, virtual reality (VR) is now on the cusp of being an everyday reality. The tech is already in ... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Books
Adam Marek Interview: Manchester Literature Festival
Adam Marek wrote his first short story collection aged seven. He still has the only copy, and over the phone gives a brief synopsis of its contents. In one o... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Festivals
Page to Stage Festival, Liverpool, 13-27 Sep
Following the success of Manchester’s recent 24:7 festival, September sees Liverpool play host to a similar venture, showcasing eight examples of new w... Read more »| Updated over 9 years ago -
Books
Manchester Literature Festival: Stories from Korea
This year's Manchester Literature Festival hosts two writers from the Korean peninsula: Sungju Lee, whose memoir Every Falling Star relates his experiences a... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Festivals
New noise rock festival WRONG comes to Liverpool
Watch out, eardrums: new one-day festival WRONG, which “aims to bring together merchants of all varieties of weird and filthy rock music to create some... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Festivals
StAnza Poetry Festival: Where Page Meets Stage
StAnza Poetry Festival is a five-day celebration of the written and spoken word focusing on poetry, or as the festival's director Eleanor Livingstone would h... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago