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Festivals
The Lives in Letters: An Interview with Shaun Usher and Simon Garfield
When was the last time you sat down with paper, postage stamp and envelope and scrawled out your mind and heart across the page? When was the last time you g... Read more »| Updated almost 10 years ago -
Theatre
The Artist Man and the Mother Woman
The Artist Man and the Mother Woman, a new play by award-winning Scottish author Morna Pearson, had its first outing as part of The Traverse's Write Now fe... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Festivals
Songs in the Key of Fife: Vic Galloway presents his love letter to the East Neuk
After years of bringing the best new music to our eyes and ears with his TV and radio work, Vic Galloway is turning his hand to the world of books. Songs in ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Festivals
Money, Money, Money
I'm already being congratulated for my show – and the festival hasn't even started yet. Sadly for my ego, I’m not being congratulated on the co... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
Things To Do
Top Ten Events Northwest 12-19 Sep: Double Indemnity, Caitlin Rose + Heartless Bastards
Top Ten Events Northwest 12-19 Sep: Double Indemnity, Caitlin Rose + Heartless Bastards THE WEEK AHEAD As Fri... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
Music
Pearl Jam - Explore and Not Explode
Eddie joked in a recent interview that you had toyed with the idea of calling the new album 'Superun-owned', is that to suggest that you collectively feel so... Read more »| Updated almost 18 years ago -
Festivals
Homework
Cabaret, in case you ever wondered, refers to an intimate night spot where audiences enjoy alcoholic drinks while listening to short programmes of entertainm... Read more »| Updated almost 12 years ago -
Festivals
Wild Wild Fringe: Musicals and Success
Matt Leventhall of Paulden Hall Productions Ltd has a lot to thank the Edinburgh Fringe for. After last year’s Fresher: The Musical was such a success... Read more »| Updated over 11 years ago -
Music
Best of Both Worlds: Anna Meredith Interviewed
There’s a point, early on in the conversation, when it strikes you just how intrinsically nice Anna Meredith is. Okay; nice is such a lazy, anodyne ad... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Things To Do
What's On Scotland 9-16 Mar: Glasgow Comedy Fest
Aw, Glasgow International Comedy Festival is now 15 years old. Where does the time go? These festivals grow up so fast. The 2017 edition of GICF ta... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Festivals
Halfway House
We’ve reached the half-way point of the festival now, and this is the week when everyone has their day-off. Last year, I had my day off and spent... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Festivals
Frank Skinner: Back on the road
A decade on from bulldozing the comedy circuit with his amiable West Midlands swagger, Frank Skinner—in his own words, a “mouthy Brummie,who coul... Read more »| Updated almost 15 years ago -
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GICF '12 PREVIEW: Boothby Graffoe 'Bang! Is This Your Vehicle, Sir?'
Most important question first: Tell us about your show. OK, It's going to be songs from the new album Bang! Is This Your Vehicle, Sir? and songs from the ot... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
Students
Student Events Calendar – Scotland 2015-16
SeptemberMight as well start the university year as you mean to continue – that’s right, consuming maximum brewed liquids and minimal education. ... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Festivals
Carol Ann Duffy: Business as usual
Ten years ago, Andrew Motion’s appointment as poet laureate was overshadowed by rumours surrounding a rival candidate: Tony Blair had ruled out the hug... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Music
The Road to Reykjavik: Tuff Love on Tour
It's 5:30 in the morning when we meet Tuff Love at Glasgow Airport. By the time we arrive back from Reykjavik two days later, the band will have travelled ov... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Clubs
Club nights in Leeds this week (7-14 Jul)
We've rustled through the listings to bring you our pick of club nights in Leeds this week – plus the latest news on clubs you should book ahead f... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Music
Be Charlotte: Dundee's new pop revolutionary
It's a long way from Dundee to Austin, Texas, but that's just one career milestone that Charlotte Brimner has already taken in her stride. We talk to the inn... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Magazines
Dance:Film10 Fringe @ Filmhouse and Dance Base
The DANCE:FILM 10 Fringe programme is so full of exciting content there is a danger of brain-overload or hyperventilation in just listing it. Packed with ta... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Videos
The Skinny Short Film Competition 2014 Winner: Misery Guts
All Julie wants is a cat. All Jenna wants is her coke. All Tom wants is a friend. You can’t make everyone happy. Last year, The Skinny launch a compet... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
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Connect 2008 Episode IV: Broken Records n 'at
I got to Hyrdo Connect this morning, dumped backstage by a coach driver who didn't really know where he was going. Oh, there's Kele Okereke. Was he on the bu... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
Clubs
House of Techno Highlights July 2007
As Donald Connor remarks in Singing in The Rain, "now I can stop suffering and write that symphony." As I've decided to quit my job at the beginning of Augus... Read more »| Updated almost 17 years ago -
Film
Bryan M Ferguson on Caustic Gulp and Flamingo
Bryan M Ferguson has wanted to make movies since the age of four. “I was the only kid in my primary class that wanted to be a filmmaker and not a footb... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Festivals
Maximo Park
Paul Smith, front man of Newcastle based popsters Maximo Park, is excited. “We're playing in a Roman amphitheatre tonight! I think its the oldest gig w... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
Music
Kathryn Joseph and James Graham on Out Lines
“A few people listened to the record and said, 'it’s quite dark' – well, what the fuck were you expecting?” It’s fair to ... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Festivals
Music Like a Vitamin
It's early July, and the Chem19 Recording Studios in Hamilton are bearing witness to some hectic scenes. Amidst the sound checks, photo shoots, bass riffs an... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Film
Five to see at GFF, 25 Feb: Wild at Heart & more
Today at Glasgow Film Festival, join Nic Cage and Laura Dern on the run in Wild at Heart and Kate Dickie and Paul Higgins in a cave in Couple in a Hole, plus... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Festivals
How was it for you? Scottish Comedians discuss key events of 2008
Scott Agnew on winning HaHa Comedy’s Scottish Comedian of the Year Until September I'd only ever won one thing in my life - a Blue Peter annual from t... Read more »| Updated over 15 years ago -
Comedy
The Saint: Scott Agnew interview
After a break from live performance Scott Agnew returned to the 2016 Fringe with his best show to date. He now brings I've Snapped My Banjo String, Let's Jus... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Music
The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 25 February
PLAYSTATION 4: ULTIMATE PLAY?Although no official release date has been announced (beyond 'holidays 2013'), the buzz around Sony's Playstation 4 reached Twit... Read more »| Updated about 11 years ago