For the most part, dogs are happier than people and people with dogs are apparently happier than people without dogs. For advice on how to be more dog-like in your outlook, check out these handprinted, linocut posters by Buckinghamshire based Enlightened Hound. The posters are signed and editioned in sets of 250 and are available from Folksy for £25 each.
‘Who is Maggie?’ is a question asked by many visitors to Maggie’s Centres. The leading cancer care centres started in Scotland following one woman’s experience of her own diagnosis of cancer. In 1993, the experience of trying to find a temporary, poorly signposted clinic added to the deep distress Maggie Keswick Jencks’ felt on being told her that breast cancer had spread. Immediately after receiving the news that she had
Hours and hours of work must have gone into this lovely video for Josh Ritter’s new song Love is Making its Way Back Home. A Prominent Figures production, it was directed by Erez Horowitz and illustrated by Sarah Graves. Apparently the video was created using over 12,000 pieces of construction paper and is shown as it was shot, with no effects added. Love Is Making Its Way Back Home is
Newcastle may be home to the best hen and stag weekends in the country but you don’t need to don your pink feather stetson to enjoy this brilliant area. Not necessarily a weekend destination in itself Corbridge is still worth the 30 minute drive west of Newcastle if you fancy a trip into the countryside to visit some interesting independent shops and have a good choice of eating places. It
Americans often get picked on when it comes to being accused of stereotyping. Yanko Svetkov’s maps don’t single out the United States; he even-handedly features the stereotypes held by Europeans as well. Relevant and topical for our Scottish readers is the Crystal Ball of Europe 2022 below which splits the UK into Kilt Republic and Passive Aggressive Kingdom. Bulgarian-born, Yanko Tsvetkov currently lives in Spain but has also lived in
Brilliant birdhouses by the very talented San Franciscan artist and signwriter Jeff Canham. They are in short supply but are available from time to time from the curiosityshoppeonline.com.
Five, Six, Seven, Eight – A Debasers Filums Production Later this month Govanhill Baths will present 1950s Cinema and Dance Hall in its Edwardian main pool. Surf rock band The Head Henchmen, the cast of Five Six Seven Eight and virtuoso cabaret legend John Sampson will perform on Saturday 25 February 2012. This is only one of many unexpected fundraising events in an 11 year campaign by the local community to reopen
Granny Green’s Big Night Out is a weekly gathering of crafters and creatives based in Edinburgh. Open to all, the group is a mixture of skilled and beginners, old and young, professionals and hobbyists, male and female. The group meets every Monday night from 6-8pm at the Red Squirrel pub, 21 Lothian Road, Edinburgh and everyone is assured of a warm welcome. There are regular craft drop-ins where you can
Fantastically Dickensian and emotive images by John Spinks as part of his Factories project of 2010. The photographs were taken in the English factories of clothing manufacturer Albam and describe the world of those who cut and stitch. Those scissors obviously start to hurt after a lifetime of use.
The Glasgow Film Festival, with its usual, colourful mix of film, events and talks, kicks off today and runs until 26 February in venues across the city – including a tall ship and a swimming pool! A highlight of this year’s festival is a special screening of Roy Ward Baker’s 1958 epic A Night to Remember at The Glasgow Film Theatre on 19 February. Generally regarded as the best, and certainly