Living by the Sword
A rare collection of Jacobite propaganda, including a fictionalised account of the 1745 rising published anonymously to avoid charges of treason, has gone on show.
Living by the Sword
Arriving in her smart skirt and blouse, Elsa Couvreur looks interview-ready and eager to please. But frustration builds as time and again she’s told by a disembodied voice that it will be her turn soon, and in the meantime, here’s some wait music.
Living by the Sword
She has a way with words and how to deliver them, has Maureen Lipman, 72 – see the show to get the reference.
Living by the Sword
An Edinburgh based drinks company has launched an exciting canal cruise event for the Edinburgh Festival which sees guests transported through the last thousand years of Scottish history via the medium of seven distinct Scottish drinks.
Living by the Sword
While Jeremy Corbyn scrambles to defend his party against accusations of anti-Semitism, Ashley Blaker quips that he’s jumping on the “Jewish popularity bandwagon”.
Living by the Sword
Once every evening – twice on weekends – throughout the Fringe, the door of an underground garage creaks open and a group of unsuspecting Fringegoers enter a phantasmagorical Victorian saloon populated by a cast of gothic grotesques ...
Living by the Sword
“I’m not all that interested in identity politics,” admits Dusty Limits, “because it requires thinking about other people.”
Living by the Sword
In the unusual/unlikely venue stakes, Pittenweem Arts Festival rivals Edinburgh’s Fringe. With the focus here on visual arts, the East Neuk village’s 70-odd “galleries” include the fishing-fleet’s net loft...
Living by the Sword
Ludicrous but (largely) entertaining, The Meg sees Jason Statham keep a straight face as he battles a 27-metre prehistoric shark, while Leaning into the Wind beautifully reveals the work and life of artist...
Living by the Sword
Vansleep are a promising young quartet from Aberdeen who write catchy indie-rock songs. They’ve enjoyed airplay on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal’s RAPAL show and ShmuFM, their debut single, Get Up, has clocked up more than 30,000 Spotify streams...
Living by the Sword
When I was asked to review Matt Haig’s latest book, I have to admit I was quite excited. I loved his last novel, How To Stop Time – an intriguingly written example of dystopian fiction. What I hadn’t realised...
Living by the Sword
Their backgrounds and influences may be poles apart but two poets share a fondness for striking metre and a yearning for elusive spirituality, writes Stuart Kelly
Living by the Sword
More than 20 years after first testing the pelvic floors of an audience past the point of no return, Raymond and Mr Timpkins have come to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Living by the Sword
A couple of years ago Talking Pictures TV debuted in the UK, showing the kind of old British potboilers we just weren’t seeing on telly anymore. A whole new audience discovered the pleasures of the stiff upper lip, female repression and casual torture.
Living by the Sword
Record-breaking hydroplane Bluebird has “nothing to prove” after being resurrected for speed tests 51 years after it crashed, killing pilot Donald Campbell, the project leader has said.
