Masters of the Everyday
Queen’s Gallery: Until 24th July Dutch artists thrived in their depictions of the everyday, encompassing in their work both the breadth of sociability and commercial life, and the serenity of…
Interview: Donald Maxwell
Image courtesy of Opera Scotland. Donald Maxwell has enjoyed a hugely successful career in opera for a number of decades. Having performed all over the world, Maxwell’s professional career began…
The Pirates of Penzance
Image courtesy of Oliver Buchanan. The Pirates of Penzance Pleasance Theatre Run Ended As charming and light as the bluest of all the Seven Seas, the most recent production by…
Women of the world: culture’s most heroic characters
Image courtesy of Toni Frissel. While not many would dispute that, even by modern standards, the public and creative sphere is still a man’s world, there is no doubt that…
Hot-Beds Comedy Sketch
Image courtesy of NASA. Hot-Beds Comedy Sketch Opium Run Ended The newly launched Opium comedy Hot-Beds provides a night of uninhibited immersion in the domain of the sketch show, at…
EUSA Student Art Exhibition
Teviot: Until May 31st The world of student art has always been very much alive in our fair city. With the University of Edinburgh’s renowned art college hosting a seemingly endless number…
A Notable Woman
Like many wartime accounts of the 20th century, the romantic journals of Jean Lucey Pratt conjure the fear, uncertainty and gusto of the early decades. Spanning over sixty-one years, Jean’s…
