Beating McEnroe
Jamie Wood’s one-man show, Beating McEnroe, is a bewildering yet entertaining hour of childish madness. Through his obsession with Björn Borg and John McEnroe that began when he was a…
ROYGBIV: Colliding Culture
If high fashion is art then a discussion of it belongs here in the Culture section. This at least is the official excuse for mentioning Zoolander’s return to the catwalks…
Slab Boys entertain from start to finish
One of Scotland’s finest, and most loved, works of 20th century theatre, The Slab Boys, returned to Edinburgh last week to delight old and new fans alike. The pairing of…
“And Death took Terry Pratchett by the hand” – Sir Terry Pratchett: An Obituary
AT LAST SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER. The tweet was posted at precisely 7:06 PM, on Thursday 12 March, signifying the end of celebrated fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett’s…
Beauty and the Right to the Ugly
Wendelien van Oldenborgh’s new film installation Beauty and the Right to the Ugly, conceived specifically for the Collective’s City Dome space, explores her interest in social relationships. The Rotterdam based…
A potential adaptation that misses the mark
Inherently, the differences between novels and film mean that the translation will never be literal. Though positive changes are possible, I feel that the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestselling…
Edinburgh experiments on more animals than any other UK university
The University of Edinburgh used more animals in scientific testing than any other UK university in 2013, according to information obtained by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection…
Libertarian magazine Spiked in contentious free speech debate
A panel debated the limits and meaning of free speech Wednesday, in an event hosted by spiked magazine as part of its “Down with Campus Censorship” campaign. In February, spiked…