Tesco: The Opera
Most operas at the Fringe facilitate escape: making you feel and weep for strange, even fictional lands, transporting you to exotic locales and upper-class dramas. Not Tesco: The Opera. All…
EURFC and EULRFC strive for Murrayfield Scottish Varsity success
On Saturday evening, the oldest varsity in the world returns for another instalment. Edinburgh and St Andrews have been battling each other for bragging rights since the 1860s, fighting for…
Live Preview: The Jesus and Mary Chain at O2 abc Glasgow
The age-old association between beauty and violence has been played out by countless musicians and artists, but few so well as the Reid brothers of the Jesus and Mary Chain.…
Politicians do not have a responsibility to come out
Most of us would agree that it is never acceptable to ‘out’ someone. So why do we often hold public figures to a different standard when it comes not to…
Is portrayal of mental illness in the arts improving?
Mental ill health is irrefutably becoming something we feel more comfortable addressing and having open conversations about. In many ways, we are making progress; trigger warnings are becoming commonplace, men…