SSA | VAS OPEN @ Edinburgh Royal Scottish Academy
2020-01-14
Created by the collaboration of the Society of Scottish Artist and Visual Art Scotland, this exhibition promised to be theContinue Reading
15 years on – a look back at Collateral (2004)
2019-09-06
Arguably one of the greatest decades in modern cinema history, the 2000s produced such critically adored fare as Mulholland Drive,Continue Reading
ART REVIEW: Nick Cave – Call and Response @ Tramway
2019-09-06
Walking into Nick Cave’s UNTIL exhibition feels like entering a magical dreamland, but it quickly becomes clear that this fairytaleContinue Reading
REVIEW: Salman Rushdie – A Comic Writer?
2019-08-27
I’d always thought of Salman Rushdie as a rather serious writer, tackling big issues like religion and being treated withContinue Reading
REVIEW: Rory Stewart – Is Failure Liberating?
2019-08-27
In his first talk since losing the Tory leadership election, Rory Stewart seemed quite liberated. He wasn’t in the BookContinue Reading
REVIEW: China: The Land that Failed to Fail
2019-08-24
On a sweltering August day at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, former China editor for BBC News Carrie Gracie chairedContinue Reading
REVIEW: Paul Mason – Man vs Machine
2019-08-23
Despite its links to the investment management firm Baillie Gifford, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has always been rather left-of-centre,Continue Reading
PETER HITCHENS @ THE EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL
2019-08-21
Peter was in a packed New York Times Main theatre with Ruth Wishart to discuss his new book The PhoneyContinue Reading
REVIEW: Brexit: Falling Out
2019-08-21
The United Kingdom was supposed to leave the European Union almost five months ago; instead, it looks set to leaveContinue Reading
REVIEW: Will Gompertz – Double Art History Sequel
2019-08-20
Will Gompertz returns to the Fringe Festival ten years after his first lecture. Gompertz show is a journey through timeContinue Reading
REVIEW: Jeanette Winterson – Modern monsters and mad genius
2019-08-19
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is excellent, of that there can be no doubt, but in the elegant surroundings ofContinue Reading
REVIEW: A New Classic – Mark Haddon
2019-08-18
When The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was published in 2003, it quickly became a smash hit,Continue Reading
ART REVIEW: JJ Adams @ Edinburgh Robertson Fine ART
2019-08-17
George Grosz once said that any art is pointless if it does not put itself at the disposal of politicalContinue Reading
REVIEW: Bernardo Atxaga – Sin City Through Basque Eyes
2019-08-17
2019 is the year when Scotland goes Basque. Unsurprisingly, therefore, this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival features several events relatedContinue Reading