This exhibition at Edinburgh's Summerhall 'has literally saved my life'
The annual Out Of Sight Out Of Mind exhibition at Summerhall arts centre in Edinburgh first began in 2014 ...
REVIEW Exhibition shines a light on mental health with an inventive and wide offering
WALKING into Summerhall on a sunny Wednesday afternoon, the place has been transformed.
Review Artist explores own heritage through Pacha series – and takes us with her
SOMETIMES you need to get out of your comfort zone to experience true art. That was the lesson to take into Dundee Contemporary Arts’s latest exhibition, Every Seed Is Awakened by Claudia Martínez Garay ...
REVIEW Review: Words don't do justice to diversity of Wigtown Book Festival
WIGTOWN’S events are unlike so many others. Moving away from the usual rented-out spaces on offer at festivals, we cram together in The Open Book to hear readings from local writers, fill tiny village halls to hear musical pieces and squeeze into the martyrs cell to pose for photos.
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Saoirse Ronan's The Outrun is a well-realised portrait of addiction and redemption
THE Outrun is a visually and auditorily stunning film ...
Scottish storytellers are the closest we get to modern-day rhapsodes
I LIKE to think of storytellers as modern-day rhapsodes – those who would memorise epic poems of ancient Greece and Rome and recite them to music ...
review Pitch-perfect comedy strikes right notes
DURING Festivals season in Edinburgh, getting lost on the way to a poorly marked venue is just part of the experience. Paying £6 for a pint is average. Wading your way through a sea of tourists as you insist that you’re not one of them is just par for the course ...
A gaitherin of fine talents weaving a tapestry of tales
A WORDSMITH once said that poets take a photograph of a memory. They pull visions from their mind and put it into words so that you can feel, see, smell, taste what they’re saying and you’re hearing.
REVIEW You can’t escape the harsh truths in this friendly space
AS a self-appointed New Glaswegian and a big fan of what it offers, this is far from my first time visiting the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow. I’ll often pop by before work and have a nosy at whatever they’re running that day and it’s yet to disappoint.
Scotland to hold its first ever pickleball championship
IT is a sport played by stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew Perry and the Kardashians – and soon Scotland will hold its first ever national pickleball championships.
