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You Have Been Watching… Red Road
I’ve been having a few conversations recently about how Scotland’s current cultural reliance on grim and gritty urban (and increasingly rural) fiction has reached the point of overkill. That particular alcoholic and violent shark has been well and truly jumped. If Scotland’s cultural palette becomes brighter as well as broader then that is surely a positive thing, […]
Alistair Braidwood
March 25, 2011
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My Hero
If anyone ever asked me who my hero is, I would answer: Tank Man. He is the anonymous person who stood in front of a column of Chinese Army tanks on Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue on June 5, 1989 – the morning after the massacre of students in Tiananmen Square. No-one knows his real name.
Billy Williamson
March 24, 2011
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – Mark Corbett
For the past year I have had a bit of a weekly routine for my Tuesday nights, I come in late from playing football then sit down to write the introduction for the following day’s Scots Way-Hay post. What this normally entails is me writing the first line, then deleting it as it’s mince. This […]
Lloyd Meredith
March 23, 2011
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Detour Scotland: The Big Walk, SXSW 2011
This video was made on Friday afternoon here in Austin just before the Scottish day party at Latitude 30. Featuring Admiral Fallow, Kid Canaveral, Rachel Sermanni and Bronto Skylift this is really something quite special.
Pete Reid
March 22, 2011
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Admiral Fallow in Boston
After a massively successful SXSW in Austin Texas, where they impressed huge amounts of people at the ‘Showcasing Scotland – Night’ in Maggie Mae’s as well as at various other shows, Admiral Fallow continue their US jaunt by hitting the East Coast. If you’re in the area, I’d recommend you get along to see them, […]
Vic Galloway
March 21, 2011
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This Week in the Gloaming 2011 #12
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 Dumbarton Castle, Bruar, Covesea Lighthouse and Knapps Loch.
Colin Campbell
March 20, 2011
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Detour Scotland: SXSW Video Diary Part 3
Wednesday night saw the Scottish Showcase, put together by our partners Creative Scotland; and it was triumphant. With an incredible lineup of The Twilight Sad, Admiral Fallow, Twin Atlantic, Errors, Kid Canaveral and Withered Hand, a packed out Maggie Mae’s at the heart of Sixth Street in Austin saw an unforgettable night of Scottish music.
Pete Reid
March 19, 2011
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Song, By Toad: SXSW Video Diary Part 1
This pretty much speaks for itself, I think. The hundredth best venue in Austin would probably be by far the best venue in Edinburgh, so it is partly awesome fun and partly making me green with envy!
Matthew Young
March 19, 2011
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Detour Scotland: SXSW Video Diary Part 1 & 2
The Detour Scotland crew, including Ally McCrae and David Weaver, have been here in Austin all week filming the Scottish bands, getting ridiculous tattoos and generally having their minds blown by the insanity that is South by Southwest. These are their video diaries:
Pete Reid
March 18, 2011
