Keith Bruce: When art and football (and Partick Thistle) collide
MY ERSTWHILE Herald colleague David Belcher does a great line in self-deprecation – but once you get to know him, of course, he is another typically arrogant Mancunian. It is all a carefully rehearsed act, so it is was probably inevitable that it has been in drama that he has found extra-journalistic success.
Edinburgh Festival: Rossini double-header promises a rare treat for opera lovers
HOW do you solve a problem like Gioacchino Rossini? It is a fact that when some opera lovers saw the programme for the 2018 Edinburgh International Festival, they rolled their eyes and turned to the Usher Hall pages to book seats at the concert performances of Siegried and Hansel & Gretel.
