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Written by Eleanor Marsden    Friday, 12 March 2010 17:26   
Review: Porridge
Culture
King's Theatre
9-13 March 
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Porridge is somewhat of a British institution and although I associate it with being more of my dad's cup of tea than mine I was interested to see if the writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais would succeed in staying loyal to the original 1970's TV comedy series. Scanning the theatre there seemed to be an array of dedicated fans who had watched the show grow from its infancy.
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Written by Melissa Geere    Saturday, 27 February 2010 18:50   
Review: Kind of Larkin
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Kind of Larkin
Edinburgh Central Library
26 Feb
 
Something strange is afoot in Edinburgh Central Library. The lights are turned down low, and the bust of Shakespeare is jauntily sporting a black trilby hat. And where there is usually silence, a double bass keeps scintillating time.
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Written by Anna Reid    Saturday, 27 February 2010 16:17   
Rebus' return?
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Rankin says Rebus has “unfinished business” and may well be revisited. However he admitted that he fears by writing another Rebus novel, he will face a similar fate to Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Written by Anna Reid    Saturday, 27 February 2010 16:16   
High Rankin
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Anna Reid grills Ian Rankin about Rebus, writing and the best pubs in Edinburgh.

Teviot’s Evening with Ian Rankin, prolific crime writer, alumnus of Edinburgh University, recipient of many literary awards and honorary degrees, opened with this piece of wisdom: “Anyone else think chips and ketchup counts as two of your five-a-day?”.

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Written by Lisa Parr    Saturday, 27 February 2010 15:41   
Review: Hormonal Housewives
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Festival Theatre
23-27 Feb 2010
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Following two successful tours of The Vagina Monologues, Carol Smillie turns her hand to a slightly less high profile foray into female sexuality.

 

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Written by Anna Feintuck    Saturday, 27 February 2010 15:39   
The Knitting Revolution
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As shiny and modern as it seems after its 2008 refurbishment, Infirmary Street's Dovecot Studios actually dates back to 1912: its founder-weavers came from William Morris’ workshops in London. An Arts and Crafts institution of sorts, then, it echoes the movement’s anti-Industrial Revolution thoughts even today. They continue to commission and exhibit tapestry, ceramics, metal work, even employing ‘Master Weavers’ – commitment to craft indeed. Dovecot’s current exhibition ‘Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution’, now on its second stop of an eight-venue tour, therefore seems quite at home at the gallery.

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