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Indelible Ink : Alasdair Gray’s ‘Lanark’
How do I begin to sum up Alasdair Gray? Writer of fiction and non-fiction, painter, illustrator, dramatist, poet, cultural and political commentator, and even, as part of the ‘Ballad of the Books’ project, songwriter. Most people would be happy to have mastered one of these things. Alasdair Gray is not most people. And ‘Lanark’ is […]
Alistair Braidwood
October 4, 2010
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Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway: Belle and Sebastian in Mexico
Having played one of the shows of the year last week in Brooklyn with Teenage Fanclub, Belle and Sebastian head to LA and then onto Mexico where they will play three gigs with The Vaselines. Radio 1’s Vic Galloway has more on that and a listing of all the other Scottish gigs abroad this week.
Vic Galloway
October 4, 2010
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This Week in the Gloaming 2010 #40
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 Shetland, Carnoustie, Seamill and Perthshire.
Colin Campbell
October 3, 2010
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Benni Hemm Hemm – ‘Retaliate’ Reviewed
Benni Hemm Hemm could be forgiven for thinking I’d taken against him, given he has lived in Edinburgh for something like two years now, has been playing and releasing pretty much as an Edinburgh artist, and plays exactly the kind of music I love and… I’ve written nothing about him at all. Not that I […]
Matthew Young
October 2, 2010
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Belle & Sebastian and Teenage Fanclub played Brooklyn last night: review, photos and video
A review of last night’s show in New York from BrooklynVegan. Photos by Amanda Hatfield, Words by Bill Pearis: “Belle & Sebastian have good luck with weather, actually,” remarked Stuart Murdoch three song’s into his band’s set on the Williamsburg Waterfront. “We’ve got God on our side.” Murdoch was being cheeky but we were all […]
Pete Reid
October 1, 2010
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You Have Been Watching…A Shot at Glory
I’m not a great fan of that widely used term ‘guilty pleasure’. I think if something gives you pleasure then feeling guilt over it can only cause you problems in the long run, as the history of Scotland has adequately shown. Who cares if you have a soft spot for late 70’s American disco, often […]
Alistair Braidwood
October 1, 2010
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Whatever Happened to… The McLeish Report
Billy is away this week so we are republishing his brilliant analysis of Henry McLeish’s recent report into Scottish football. The report was in development for over a year and was supposed to “send shockwaves through the Scottish game“. But 5 months on, and aside from the SFA getting a Facebook page, has anything changed?
Billy Williamson
September 30, 2010
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Peenko’s Scots Way-Hay! – iglue
It’s been a pretty tiring few weeks in the world of Peenko (i.e. me), so I think it’s somewhat appropriate that this weeks Scots Way-Hay post is a bit more chilled. Niall Masson, aka iglue, is a singer songwriter from the Isle of Lewis, who I first caught at this years goNorth showcase.
Lloyd Meredith
September 29, 2010
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This Week in Scottish Entertainment / Actor News
This week in SEAN, an interview with Robert Carlyle about the new season of Stargate Universe, James McAvoy talks about the new X-Men film, and a clip from Ewan McGregor’s new Battle of Britain documentary. And remember, if you want to watch live and on-demand UK TV, try Expat Surfer free for 3 days.
Saba I.
September 28, 2010
