Award-winning novelist and short-story writer Alison Louise Kennedy may be among our most popular literary authors but she’s not without surprises. Few other Granta magazine “Best of Young British Novelists” – an accolade she’s been awarded twice – having performed stand-up comedy or written a Doctor Who novel. Yet she insists: “Anybody who knew me […]
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Bard in the Botanics… and on Tour!
You may not have noticed, but this is a big year for William Shakespeare. “It seems slightly off to be taking the opportunity to commemorate his death, 400 years ago,” admits Gordon Barr, “but I guess any significant anniversary puts the spotlight back on to him.” That’s potentially good news for Gordon. He’s Artistic Director […]
The Day the Sun Turned Blue
Nowadays, when something newsworthy happens, it feels as if everyone turns to Facebook, Twitter and other social media to comment on – or even find out about – what’s going on. Things were clearly different in 1950; back then, many Scots’ reaction to anything strange was apparently to call their local newspaper for (as one […]
Theatre for All Ages
Scotland has a theatrical secret. Productions like the National Theatre of Scotland’s Black Watch might well tour internationally and receive awards, but the country also has a strong global reputation for great theatre for children and young people. Much of that is down to an Edinburgh-based organisation called Imaginate, best known for running an annual […]
Flight or Peace Mission?
There’s one thing, at least, that most people agree on. At around 11.10pm on Saturday 10th May 1941, Rudolf Hess – Deputy Führer of Germany, Party leader of the National Socialist Party and the man whom, just eight months earlier, Adolf Hitler had publicly anointed as leader in the event of both his and Field-Marshal […]
A Purposeful Step
“Disabled arts has gone much further in dance than it has in any other art form,” insists Robert Softley Gale. “I think it’s because we can bring our own body to the party; it’s not about doing a classical text or any of that sort of thing, it’s about being real.” Robert is one of […]
Crime Scene #3 Reviews
First published in Crime Scene #3. SILENT WITNESS (SERIES 19) (2entertain). 14 March 2016 It might come as a surprise to some that award-winning crime drama Silent Witness soon starts filming its 20th series, but this 19th run of 10 episodes – starring Emilia Fox, Richard Lintern and David Caves as a dedicated team of […]
