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Fun and Games at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe

August 16, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

Scotland’s finest festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year and with it comes dynamic new shows and old favourites. With hundreds of different acts from comedy to music and theatre and […]

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House of Opium Museum

June 16, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

“Enjoy your trip!” said the smileless lady who issued my 200 Baht ticket to enter Thailand’s House of Opium opposite the Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort in Bang Sop Ruak village near Chiang […]

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Singin’ In The Rain is a Musical Splash

May 2, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

Theatre production has come a long way from the days of home painted scenery and props. Timeless classic, Singin’ In The Rain at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, showed just how inventive it has all become back […]

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A Right Royal Rumpus Will Knock You For Six!

March 22, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

Tub-thumping and adrenaline pumping musical Six is proving to be the jewel in the crown for Scottish audiences keen to have fun again. The historical fact-finding musical is back on stage and taking Festival Theatre […]

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Newsies: The Broadway Musical To Hit London

March 13, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

A story of solidarity and love is set to grace the London stage in November as Broadway hit musical “Newsies’’ premieres at London’s Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. The Disney inspired Runaway Entertainment produced show will […]

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Championing Gaelic Culture Is Musical Heaven

February 23, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

An exciting quintet of young Scottish Gaelic speakers are set to take the music scene by storm as they release their first album on February 25th. Dlù (pronounced dloo, as in blue) are determined to champion their home […]

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Hänsel and Gretel Back on Stage with a Bang

January 28, 2022 Our Man On The Ground 0

It’s been nearly two years since the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has been allowed to perform live. And even now, restrictions meant only a handful of socially distanced people, could watch director Stephen Lawless’s fantastic […]

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St. Ermin’s Hotel WWII SOE Weaponry Display

September 23, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

Originally scheduled for release in November 2019 and then postponed again in February 2020, the 25th James Bond film ‘No Time To Die’ is finally going to be in cinemas here in the UK from […]

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On The Trail Of The Unsung War Heroes – A Visit To Bletchley Park

August 25, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

The television screen shows two confident teenagers sitting opposite each other alongside a pair of radio hams. They are both given a sentence to send to their counterparts by text message and Morse code. The […]

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Piccadilly Art Takeover

August 24, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

If you have been into Piccadilly in London’s West End recently, you might well have walked over brightly coloured pedestrian crossings and wondered what’s it all about. Well, it’s ‘The Piccadilly Art Takeover’, which started […]