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10 June 2017

Book review: The Secret Life, by Andrew O’Hagan

10 Jun 2017 22:43 Living by the Sword

This triptych of non-fiction pieces is united by more than one concern. On the surface, however, it is simply about the way in which technology is reshaping our world. The first is a piece about Julian Assange...

Top soloists to play priceless instruments at Usher Hall

10 Jun 2017 22:41 Living by the Sword

We know from television favourites such as Cash In The Attic and the Antiques Roadshow that there’s value in provenance. It’s often the story behind an object that can magically transform it into a priceless artefact.

Book reviews: 2020 - A Novel, by Kenneth Steven and The End We Start From, by Megan Hunter

08 Jun 2017 12:51 Living by the Sword

In his “Motto to the Svendborg Poems,” composed in exile in Denmark in the 1930s, Bertolt Brecht wrote: “In the dark times / Will there also be singing? / Yes, there will also be singing / About the dark times.” Clearly darkness is relative...

Film/theatre: Joyce McMillan on the Tom McGrath strand at this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival

07 Jun 2017 13:11 Living by the Sword

The year was 1996; and Niall Greig Fulton, now Senior Programmer at Edinburgh’s International Film Festival (EIFF), was a young actor working out his obsession with the radical Scottish novelist Alexander Trocchi, through a monologue called A Meeting With The Monster.

Art review: A Perfect Chemistry - Photographs by Hill & Adamson

07 Jun 2017 13:06 Living by the Sword

It began with a painting. In May 1843, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland made history when more than 400 ministers walked out to form the Free Church. David Octavius Hill was a painter, and brother-in-law to one of the dissenting clergy.

Interview: St Magnus director Alasdair Nicolson on this year’s festival

06 Jun 2017 08:53 Living by the Sword

“I like the slightly odd mix – it’s a reflection of something inside my own head, all the various strands of interests…” Alasdair Nicolson is talking about the rich and – yes, pretty eclectic – programme he’s devised for this year’s St Magnus Festival in Orkney.

Man climbs to top of catchfence during Dover NASCAR race

05 Jun 2017 01:22 SB Nation: Toronto Raptors

Despite the man sitting atop the fencing, NASCAR did not stop the race to get him down.

How will Scotland’s puffins fare against new offshore windfarms?

02 Jun 2017 12:13 Living by the Sword

You don’t easily forget your first close encounter with a puffin. Mine was on the Isle of Lunga, the largest of the Treshnish Isles, in the spring of 2004, and I’ve had a soft spot for them ever since.

Film review: Wonder Woman

01 Jun 2017 11:43 Living by the Sword

Patty Jenkins isn’t the first woman to direct a superhero movie, but having parted ways with Marvel on Thor: The Dark World, she’s the first to get a shot at a mega-budget summer blockbuster with a top-tier, globally recognisable character.

Theatre review: High Society

29 May 2017 07:00 Living by the Sword

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Quite a few of the audience at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, it seems, as they sigh ecstatically over the gorgeous Fifties fashions featured in the opening production of this year’s Pitlochry summer season.

Music review: Celebrate ‘67 Live

26 May 2017 17:55 Living by the Sword

THE Hollywood script-worthy achievements of Celtic’s 1967 European Cup winning team, the so-called Lisbon Lions, demand to be admired by football fans of any persuasion even half a century on. Which was...

The hi-tech wave pool that could turn Edinburgh into Scotland’s Surf City

25 May 2017 10:23 Living by the Sword

Most sports evolve at a reassuringly sedate pace – a rule tweak here, a tactical innovation there – but not the sport of surfing, which, thanks to some mind-boggling technological advances in recent years is increasingly starting to feel like something out of a science fiction movie.

Book review: That’s Your Lot, by Limmy

25 May 2017 09:42 Living by the Sword

Short stories are the ideal format for suspense and intrigue. Readers are offered a brief glimpse into the world of a character and then the door is slammed shut. Brian Limond, known to his many fans as Limmy...

Music review: Running Up That Hill: A Celebration of Kate Bush

22 May 2017 09:48 Living by the Sword

It is a brave artist – or group of artists in this case – who dares to touch the unique catalogue of Kate Bush, one of the most fearsome stylists of the pop age, but also one shrouded in mystique and possibilities...

Film: Stephen Applebaum reports from the Cannes Film Festival

22 May 2017 09:43 Living by the Sword

The Cannes Film Festival would have wanted to start its 70th edition on a high note, and this year’s opening night film, Ismael’s Ghost (**), looked like it had all the right ingredients. A homegrown film from the Cesar-winning director Arnaud Desplechin...

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