The 2025 Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, better known as the Hay Festival in the pretty market town of Hay-on-Wye on the English/Welsh border, gets underway this week and runs from 22nd May until […]
A musical comedy all about religion is always going to divide people. Risque jokes, costumes, dances are the staple diet of this musical which first hit Broadway in 2011. Times and attitudes have changed, so […]
Sporrans and shortbread are symbols of Scotland. But there is so much more culture buried deep and ready to discover. In 1760, Scottish poet James Macpherson sparked the world’s love of all things thistle and […]
Oh, what fun we had with a real corker of the Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice. The novelist’s 18th century look at the English landed gentry was swept aside with a frenzy of well, […]
I have to admit to being surprised at how many people admitted they were followers of the paranormal world when questioned at the beginning of Ghost Stories currently showing at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, […]
There’s one reason and it’s a major one for seeing the Jim Steinman epic musical Bat Out of Hell. Fans of the legendary band Meat Loaf will love it, just as they revelled in the […]
For many the first years of Thatcher’s Britain were mentally and physically destroying as industries were hard hit and workers laid off. At the time, playwright Alan Bleasdale ‘s spot on television series, Boys from […]
It’s a sad reflection on society that so many young people are struggling badly with mental health issues. But the fact that the problems are not now ignored, but instead embraced, is a step in […]
Learning the mother tongue has become increasingly popular with the younger generation and especially in the music scene. The annual Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow is a fabulous showcase for the Gaelic scene and one […]
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