Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland
Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland has a huge scope, looking at a period in history from the Jacobite uprising to the Victorian era. There are various themes and…
‘A celebration of the everyday’: The End
The End explores the end of the relationship between two friends, Bert and Nasi, in the wider context of the end of civilisation, the world, and all we know. The…
Breakfast Plays: The Future Is – Mooning review
The Breakfast Plays at the Traverse are a chance for emerging writers to test their work with an audience. Throughout the Fringe, there are a choice of four different plays…
Julie Cope’s Grand Tour: The Story of a Life by Grayson Perry review
This is Grayson Perry’s first major solo exhibition in Scotland. The Julie Cope of the title is a fictional ‘every woman’ from Essex, and the exhibition explores the story of…
A monumental error: The misdating of a stone circle by roughly 4,000 years
Ever made a big mistake with an assignment or had a bad day at work? Read on… Scotland is littered with ancient historical monuments, cairns, and stone circles dating back…
Where economic, social, and environmental development meet
Dr Hoesung Lee, current chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was the invited speaker for the 2018 MacCormick European Lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh held…
An in depth look at one of nature’s deepest lurkers: the gulper eel
Gulper eels (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) are fascinating creatures, found in the depths of temperate and tropical oceans around the globe at depths from 500 m to 7,625 m. The gulper eel…