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All Rangers Fans Are Filthy Scum Who Disgrace The Perfect Name Of Scottish Football
My iPhone screensaver is a beautiful blue Manchester sky, with a sign in the foreground reading ‘Retro Bar’. It was taken the afternoon of the UEFA Cup Final in 2008.
Billy Williamson
November 12, 2009
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Fast Car Race
This week on Dear Scotland, brilliant Scottish animator Swatrick Payze brings us another adventure featuring Davey, as he competes in the world’s fastest car race against some right dodgy characters.
Swatrick Payze
November 11, 2009
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Who is Scotland’s Greatest Ever Drummer?
And Scotland’s Greatest Ever Guitarist is … Stuart Adamson, according to the readers of Dear Scotland. Thanks to all who voted. This week Alec gives us his thoughts on our greatest ever drummer. Paul Carlin (Dananananaykroyd), and John Disco (Bis) have their say too. Who do you think should be in our top 5?
Alec Downie
November 11, 2009
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FOUND win BAFTA, gig in Hamburg
After a highly successful trip to New York, Edinburgh’s FOUND will play the ByteFM Ball in Hamburg later this month. On Sunday night FOUND won a Scottish BAFTA for their Cybraphon project and we spoke to Ziggy yesterday about what he was thinking as he stood on stage next to Lorraine Kelly.
Shiner
November 10, 2009
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This Week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News
Scotland got a lot of airtime on US telly last week. Ewan McGregor was on ‘Conan’, ‘Regis’ and ‘Craig Ferguson’ and Billy Connolly also popped up on Craig’s show earlier in the week. Saba brings us all those videos as well as the latest casting news about David Tennant and Alan Cumming and more:
Saba I.
November 10, 2009
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Indelible Ink: A new monthly column by Alistair Braidwood
There’s more to life than books you know, but not much more… You rarely hear the question asked; ‘What is Scottish music?’ or ‘What is Scottish film?’ The same goes for theatre, painting, or even comedy. In all these examples the question of their Scottishness or otherwise has long since mattered less than the argument […]
Alistair Braidwood
November 9, 2009
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway : Dolby Anol
This week BBC Radio’s Vic Galloway tells us why Dolby Anol in Berne is his pick of all the Scottish artists playing outside the UK this week. Twin Atlantic, The Twilight Sad, Paolo Nutini and Biffy Clyro all have gigs in Central Europe too. Full details of all this week’s international shows below:
Vic Galloway
November 9, 2009
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This Week in the Gloaming
Each Sunday we present some of the best new photos of Scotland in the gloaming, the magical time before sunrise or after sunset. This week featuring images of the Clyde Estuary, South Sutar, Rannoch and Ayrshire.
Colin Campbell
November 8, 2009
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Interview with Twin Atlantic
Twin Atlantic were definitely one of the buzz bands at the CMJ Festival last month and tomorrow night the Glasgow band will kick off a European tour with The Fall of Troy in Germany. Tour details follow an interview that drummer Craig Neale gave us ahead of the band’s first ever New York gigs.
Pete Reid
November 7, 2009
