By the end Fergus McCreadie was on his feet along with the rest of the crowd as a deserved standing ovation greeted what had been a barnstorming performance by the Mercury Music Prize-nominated jazz pianist.
He may not be quite as well known today as his fellow Glasgow Boys Edward Hornel or James Guthrie, but John Lavery rose from a humble background in Belfast to become one of the most celebrated society portrait painters of his time, and his work will be reviewed and celebrated this month when a new exhibition of his work is mounted – in Glasgow’s great municipal rival, Edinburgh.
Picasso and Monet have been so honoured, but for reasons nobody seems clear on the bulk of these events turn on the work of Vincent van Gogh
As we count down to the final of the Euro 24 football competition, it’s worth noting that the game is essentially made up of the best bits from theatre and dance, sound-tracked by mass choirs of fans in a ‘production’ which also features choreographed clapping, drumming, flag waving and even the odd pyrotechnic display.
Predictably enough, the summer’s most divisive (so far) television drama is about a subject which is in itself endlessly divisive: cancel culture.
Rusty Egan Presents Blitzed! It’s a brave bouncer who would turn away Mick Jagger in his prime, and a very particular sort of nightclub whose door policy could cause it to happen. But then London’s much-celebrated Blitz Club was a very particular sort of place and turn Jagger away it did. The reason? He looked too, well, normal. At least that’s the legend.
Nosferatu remains one of the most influential films ever made and, if you’re arthouse horror director Robert Eggers, judged ripe for re-imagining.
“There are about 120 games and the real selling point is that they’re all original games and original gaming consoles. So when I say you’re playing Pong, you’re playing it on the original format, whether arcade or machine. You can play a Maganvox, an early NES and different games like that.
This year’s Edinburgh Fringe programme has been launched with the usual salvo of words and warnings. As ever there is cause for reflection on everything.
I was there on Friday night to see Taylor Swift, the first night, and it really was one of those pinch me moments.
