The women who stormed a men-only pub in 1973 05 Sep 2018 17:11 Living by the Sword The sign outside the pub said ‘no ladies please’ but in 1973 a group of women ripped it from the door, stormed the bar and demanded to be served.
Book review: Paris Echo, by Sebastian Faulks 05 Sep 2018 16:18 Living by the Sword The Paris of Sebastian Faulks is a city in which voices from the past echo disturbingly, a city also where every Metro station has a story behind its name. One of the novel’s epigraphs comes from Kafka...
Photographer ‘blown away’ after capturing image of eagle catching fish 05 Sep 2018 09:22 Living by the Sword This was the moment a sharped eyed photographer snapped a stunning white-tailed eagle catching a fish.
BBC hit Bodyguard is biggest new TV drama in decade 05 Sep 2018 06:14 Living by the Sword Terror thriller Bodyguard has become the biggest new drama on British television in more than a decade, the BBC has said.
Could enlightenment thinking help solve our alcohol problem? 04 Sep 2018 17:25 Living by the Sword Could the lessons of Scotland's Enlightenment hold the key to solving the problems that emerge from our long and complicated relationship with alcohol?
Heather collected from Culloden Moor thatches famous cottage 04 Sep 2018 17:11 Living by the Sword Purple-flowering heather collected from Culloden Moor is being used to re-thatch Leanach Cottage on the battlefield.
Remembering the Lochgelly Tawse 04 Sep 2018 15:08 Living by the Sword There were many names for the school belt in Scotland from the toosh to the tag to the scudge and the scud.
Art reviews: Barbara Rae | Jacob’s Ladder | Liberty Art Fabrics & Fashion 04 Sep 2018 13:25 Living by the Sword Sometimes a particular place galvinises an artist, opening up a new seam of exploration in their work from which riches pour forth. Since 2015, Barbara Rae has made three voyages to the Northwest Passage ...
Art review: Kate Scardifield: Ley Lines, Park Gallery, Callendar House, Falkirk 04 Sep 2018 13:13 Living by the Sword Contemporary Australian artist Kate Scardifield had free rein to explore the collections of regional museums in Fife, Falkirk, West Kilbride and the Borders to prepare for this show. The result is an exhibition weaving historical pieces (different ones for each iteration...
Swashbuckling show: French classic given a Glaswegian-Scots flavour in modern take 04 Sep 2018 13:09 Living by the Sword George Drennan brings the character of Montfleury to life in this new production of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Theatre review: The Yellow On The Broom, Dundee Rep 04 Sep 2018 12:34 Living by the Sword There are two elegies running side by side, in Anne Downie’s fine 1989 stage adaptation of Betsy Whyte’s magnificent autobiographical novel, first published in 1979. The first is an elegy for the travelling way of life into which Betsy Whyte was born in the 1930s...
Music review: Electric Fields, Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries & Galloway 04 Sep 2018 12:30 Living by the Sword “This is a nice festival, isn’t it?” asked TracyAnne Campbell, singer of Camera Obscura, who was making an appearance on early Saturday evening at Electric Fields in the Dumfriesshire countryside with TracyAnne & Danny...
Music review: Sugarhill Gang Featuring The Furious Five, St Luke’s, Glasgow 04 Sep 2018 12:27 Living by the Sword Call it a happily freewheeling celebration of old school hip-hop led by some original rap superstars, or a will-this-do rabble of padded out borderline tribute act nostalgia. Either way, for all its shortcomings ...
Music review: Death Grips, Barrowland, Glasgow 04 Sep 2018 12:24 Living by the Sword With a potent cocktail of righteous sonic rage, unpredictable manoeuvres, shadowy mystique and sticking it to The Man, US hardcore trio Death Grips have become a major cult concern, making it all the easier...
Holyrood to be first legislature to host BBC’s Question Time 04 Sep 2018 11:56 Living by the Sword The BBC’s flagship Question Time programme is to be broadcast from Holyrood next month, making it the first UK legislature to host the long-running show.