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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
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Interview with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai
The world premiere of Mogwai’s new film ‘Burning’, recorded live in Brooklyn earlier this year, will take place next week in Copenhagen with Stuart Braithwaite playing a DJ set after the screening. Yesterday, Stuart, one of Scotland’s greatest ever guitarists, answered a few of our questions and let us know who would get his vote.
Pete Reid
November 6, 2009
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The Twilight Sad in Europe Now
The Twilight Sad continue to blaze their way across the world in support of their latest album ‘Forget the Night Ahead’. Having survived the FatCat Scotland US tour, the band are currently in Europe before finishing the year with two intimate shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Full details below.
Shiner
November 5, 2009
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Same, Same; or Different? Part II
I am glad to see my musings on the Atlantic League generated a bit of discussion and some good points were raised in the comments. Our man Shiner nailed a lot of the concept – the Atlantic League is not a replacement for or challenger to the Champions League; however it is a replacement for […]
Billy Williamson
November 5, 2009
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Drippy Chippy
Swatrick Payze, arguably Scotland’s Greatest Ever Animator, returns with another memorable short film. Please note that this week’s video features scenes of unnecessary violence towards a fish supper.
Swatrick Payze
November 4, 2009
