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04 December 2017

Theatre review: The Arabian Nights, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh

04 Dec 2017 10:37 Living by the Sword

Seven years ago this month the death of a street vendor in Tunisia, who’s stall was confiscated by the authorities, triggered the wave of rebellions known as the Arab Spring. So there is a powerful resonance...

Comedy review: Scottish Comedian of the Year

02 Dec 2017 09:00 Living by the Sword

The 12th instalment of this competition hinted that the barrel of Scottish comedy may have run close to dry, featuring several former finalists and two previous winners. Contrary to previous years though...

Art reviews: Hidden Gems at Edinburgh City Art Centre | The Scottish Portrait Awards 2017

30 Nov 2017 11:03 Living by the Sword

The Scottish Modern Art Association was set up in 1906 to support living artists. The Association bought carefully and well until 1959 when the dream of a dedicated gallery of modern art was finally about to be realised.

Swords in the stone of Fort St Angelo

27 Nov 2017 07:38 Times of Malta

If you associate fencing with the Olympic sport and immediately think of the foil, épée and sabre, think again. Over the weekend, 22 associations from 13 countries converged at Fort St Angelo, using some very different kind of weapons.

Relief for Tokyo as first new 2020 Olympic venue opens

25 Nov 2017 08:40 France24.com (en)

Tokyo opened its first new permanent venue for the 2020 Olympics Saturday in a welcome public relations boost for the organisers after a series of setbacks.

Dundee Mountain Film Festival starts a new debate with its art show

22 Nov 2017 13:09 Living by the Sword

It hardly needs stating that the so-called “new nature writing” is a literary phenomenon – it has been putting broad smiles on publishers’ faces for about a decade now, and shows no sign of losing momentum.

Book review: The Imposter, By Javier Cercas

22 Nov 2017 10:18 Living by the Sword

Enric Marco was one of the most famous men in Spain. As President of the “Amical de Mauthausen”, an association of Spanish survivors of the Nazi camps, he spoke eloquently about the evils of Fascism. In...

Art review: Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art 1540 to Now, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

21 Nov 2017 14:34 Living by the Sword

The Scottish Academy was founded in 1826, but the rival and better connected Royal Institution for the Promotion of the Fine Arts succeeded in blocking this bunch of mere artists in their quest for official status.

Book review: First Person, by Richard Flanagan

15 Nov 2017 10:34 Living by the Sword

Some novelists are “putters-in”, others “takers-out”. The former drench you with incident and information, and work on a big canvas; the latter value economy, both of words and effects. The alert reader, noting the word “drench”, will recognise which I prefer.

Book review: Icebreaker - A Voyage Far North, by Horatio Clare

15 Nov 2017 10:28 Living by the Sword

Great stories can sometimes be found in the unlikeliest places. This book came about when the author and journalist Horatio Clare was contacted by an old schoolfriend, Pekka Isosomppi, who was working in the press office at the Finnish Embassy in London.

The Barbie Doll Puts on a Hijab from the Fall of 2018

15 Nov 2017 10:06 Sofia News Agency

From autumn next year, the popular Barbie doll will be sold with hijab. This was reported by the American toy maker Mattel, the world news agencies said.

First hijab-wearing Barbie to honor US fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad

13 Nov 2017 21:55 France24.com (en)

American group Mattel unveiled its first ever hijab-wearing Barbie doll Monday in honor of US Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who in 2016 became the first American Olympian to wear a headscarf while competing.

Art reviews: The Vigorous Imagination at the Fine Art Society, Edinburgh and Roger Bilcliffe Gallery, Glasgow | Adrian Wisniewski at Glasgow Print Studio

13 Nov 2017 10:29 Living by the Sword

Thirty years ago, The Vigorous Imagination at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh was a landmark show. Broadly, the artists involved were a generation: the oldest, Joseph Urie, was born in 1947; the youngest, Stephen Conroy in 1964.

Music preview: Jaimeo Brown prepares to bring his Transcendence Trio to Dundee Jazz Festival

13 Nov 2017 10:19 Living by the Sword

The weary slugging of a Mississippi chain gang, the slam of a cell door, the lonely lament of the blues… Despite these signifiers of oppression, servitude and injustice, all of them woven into the mesmerising audio collages created by Jaimeo Brown and his Transcendence project...

Review: Citroen C3 Aircross

11 Nov 2017 23:41 Living by the Sword

Another week, another sports utility vehicle. This time it’s the C3 Aircross from Citroen, a pumped up version of January’s C3 hatch – the car that pioneered the factory-fit traffic camera. It is classed as a compact SUV ...

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