Living by the Sword
As the subtitle says, this book offers a Scottish perspective on the East/West face-off that lasted 44 years, but it is much more than that, with a wealth of detail illuminating features of the Cold War that many might be unaware of.
Cape Fear Fencing Association
Final reminder that you needed to renew your USA Fencing memberships by August 1 for this season. We get our insurance from them and EVERYONE needs to have at least the $10 non-competitive membership for our insurance to be valid.
Living by the Sword
Curiouser and curiouser, as the extraordinary trio Korean Gypsy Sangjaru conflate Alice in Wonderland with a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela as expressions of their quest to combine traditional Korean and modern western music.
Living by the Sword
Thirteen years on from his Fringe debut, Simon Brodkin is finally getting around to introducing himself. The reasons why are only obliquely suggested. But after his long-running stint as a character act...
Salle Green
All my fencing life (I am now in my 53rd season), I have heard that fencing is physical chess. Perhaps you have also. There was even a fencing equipment company that used the term “physical chess” in its name.
Living by the Sword
As a general rule, it’s best to treat manuscripts “discovered” after the death of an author with a certain amount of scepticism. The chances of turning up an unpublished classic in this way are vanishingly slim...
Cape Fear Fencing Association
Remember that you need to renew your USA Fencing memberships by August 1 for the next season. That will be particularly important for those doing the camp starting on the 29th. For those on the board or doing things like armoring, coaching (if you are over 18), etc.
Living by the Sword
“Every time I work with a youth orchestra, it’s incredible. There’s something about the energy, the desire to make things work, that these young people have.” Australian-born conductor Jessica Cottis is...
Living by the Sword
We are usually told the art of collage began in Paris in 1912 when Georges Braque stuck a bit of woodgrain paper onto a painting. The timeline in the catalogue for the exhibition Cut and Paste: Four Hundred Years of Collage...
Living by the Sword
FDF Scotland and our members are serious about minimising the impact of food and drink production on our environment. We understand that reducing packaging and plastic is an important part of that – but we need to keep in mind the vital role that they play.
Living by the Sword
When we do our weekly shopping – whether that’s buying tomatoes grown in Italy, prawns shelled in Indonesia or bananas picked in Ecuador – it is easy to forget the human faces behind these purchases. We don’t see seafood factory worker...
Living by the Sword
For those of us living in Scotland, it’s easy to forget the Edinburgh Festival Fringe encourages two-way cultural traffic. Yes, it’s a chance for us to see the world’s artists on our doorstep (for those three weeks...
TheSun.co.uk
BRUSSELS has warned Boris Johnson not to try and rip up Theresa May’s deal – as it gears up for a brutal No Deal showdown with the incoming PM. Eurocrats believe the hard Brexiteer will deliberately table an “unacceptable” early offer of a standstill trading period and ring-fencing citizens rights.
Salle Green
Fencing is a complicated sport. There is a lot to know – the current United States edition of the Rule Book runs to 210 pages, the Athlete’s Handbook another 143. Surely we should know all those rules and procedures?
Cape Fear Fencing Association
We had a solid advanced foil camp last week and I saw a lot of improvement. Practice is normal this week – Tuesday and Thursday evening I will be in if any younger fencers want to show up at 6:30 pm...
