Ms Lawson was in top form at The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh last month on a book tour for the 20th anniversary of her debut cookbook, How to Eat. The pews and rafters brimmed with all-walks of buffs, aficionados, and amateur cooks, eager to revisit her culinary journey. However, it was this discussion of her […]
It may be August, but then again, this is Scotland. So if you gather outside the Leith Dockers Club on any given morning as the rain begins to fall in earnest and the wind blows it into your face, don’t be surprised. Leith feels a world apart from the Old and New Town architecture of […]
Emerging from a brief hiatus, the literary canon has benefited from an extraordinary output by African authors, notably seen in the likes of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Yaa Gyasi, and, most significantly for this particular production, Chigozie Obioma. The works are nuanced, as distinct and richly patterned as the continent, but together generate a powerful cachet […]
Somewhere, in a dark shipping container on the outskirts of the Fringe, you may find yourself surrounded by fidgety strangers, a mixed crowd of hipsters and youngsters, when Cyndi Lauper’s undying anthem to girls everywhere breaks the silence. Suddenly, out come two women (or girls?), each with a comically long wig covering their faces and […]
‘Oh, the places you’ll go!’ exclaims the Dr. Seuss axiom and as such, Murrayfield Ice Rink on the edge of central Edinburgh is where you must go to find the French Canadian skating troupe Le Patin Libre. While the venue, dating to 1930s, is a charming (albeit far-flung) time capsule of wood and leather fold-down […]
Cabaret has always been rooted in political dissent, existing in 16th century France as an avenue to air local grumblings under the cover of night, not confined to female performances alone and certainly not the gauche representation we often associate with the style today. That early concept of political satire held in small social circles […]
As you enter through a long, white mess tent, conspicuously pitched on the second level of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, you hear the old-fashioned tunes of frenzied big band being piped through a crackly radio, your first clue that the next hour is about to be a merry trip down memory lane. The signpost […]
For some, the prospect of untangling Shakespearean verse at 10:00 in the morning can only be made palatable with the allure of free coffee and croissants. (Spoiler, the croissants are definitely not what makes this show worth seeing.) However, thisrewritten rendition of The Taming of the Shrew proved to be about as light and airy […]