Visionary Palaces
Scottish National Gallery: Until 17th June Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a nineteenth century pioneering architect responsible for many landmarks in Berlin today. The new exhibition, Visionary Palaces Designs by Karl…
The Tory Housing Bill will attempt to dismantle the welfare state
The latest planning bill of 2015-16 currently proceeding through the House of Lords contains some of the most controversial housing policies since Margaret Thatcher’s 1980 Right to Buy act. The…
David Bowie: Cultural Catalyst
In a seminal 1973 television interview with a provocative Russell Harty, Bowie was asked, ‘Do you indulge in any form of worship?’ he answered ‘Life, I love life very much indeed’. Bowie’s…
Genius beyond the career built on stardust
The ever expanding Edinburgh festival draws in, like a whirlpool, established and emerging talent from around the world. It seems that it also has the power to pry the heavyweight…
Down and Out in Paris and London
Satire, Pleasance Courtyard, Venue 33, 18:30 until the 31st August. Down and Out in Paris and London brings George Orwell’s seminal novel up to date while retaining half of his original…
George Wyllie: Keeping The Balance
Located in the creative warren of Summerhall is the posthumous exhibition of Scottish artist George Wyllie’s work, entitled Keeping The Balance. Aged 90 when he died, Wyllie didn’t enter the…