by Jennifer Cairney Just the sound of that tapping hi-hat brings it back to me – dry ice, condensation on bare brick walls, music building slowly, pushing you to a point where the sound and the response of your body become a single sensation. Faces, serene and gleaming with sweat, appear in your line of vision, arms brush, bodies bump, speakers throb, and the music is within you – an
We’re always interested to hear about Scots around the world. Here Rupert Wolfe Murray tells of his experiences in and love for Romania… I first went to Eastern Europe in 1986, en-route to China, after graduating from Liverpool University. I’m glad I saw East Berlin, Poland, Hungary and Romania before Communism fell and a raw form of capitalism took over. I remember dim stations, bad food, friendly alcoholics on the
Soon a third crossing will join the iconic Forth Rail and Road Bridges (below) in connecting Fife to Edinburgh. What should it be called? Make your suggestions over at namethebridge.co.uk. Image above by Paul Gibb.
Rachel Collins, like many of us, was taught to knit by her grandmother. Unlike most of us however, who never got beyond pointless squares and gappy Doctor Who style scarves, she has gone on to be the creative force behind Selvage, a young company based in Crossgates, Fife which sells beautiful, supersoft Fair Isle blankets, scarves and cushions in the muted tones of the Scottish landscape. Rachel, who grew up
If you enjoy the work of David Shrigley you may like Hannah Richards, an illustrator, photographer and filmmaker who graduated from Brighton University in 2011. Her interests apparently include masking taping things to other things and drawing anything that comes into her head. You can contact her at hellohannahrichards@hotmail.co.uk
The project to bring a new museum and gallery to the ancient city of Dunfermline, which woefully undersells its impressive heritage, is making steady progress. The town was once Scotland’s capital and is the burial place of Robert the Bruce. It’s the home of Scotland’s only saint, Queen Margaret, and the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie, the world’s richest man and father of modern philanthropy. It was once also a global
Utterly beguiling and very funny short film by David Shrigley for Pringle. He doesn’t really have a one eyed alcoholic son called Gerald does he? Until January, you can see new and recent work by David Shrigley at the Cornerhouse in Manchester in an exhibition featuring drawings, paintings, sculpture and never-seen-before live performance. Shrigley’s new book How Are You Feeling? has also just been published by Canongate.