Deep Fried Film – the only international film festival in Coatbridge – gets underway this Saturday 10 August and continues until 17 August. It kicks off with children’s films on the Saturday afternoon and ends with an awards ceremony followed by a big party and a chance to mingle with the film makers. There will also be some stand up comedy, music and art. The amount raised for charity – the festival
Hannah Brown Interiors is a fresh new range of decorative products for the home, all handmade by Hannah herself. The range includes unusual framed items such as microscope slides, quail eggs and seafans. There are also richly textured cushions and delicately pressed orchids and leaves. We particularly like the duckweed series mounted on shades of green and we’re delighted that Hannah has offered a framed duckweed print as a competition
Claire Lamond, Andrew Lennie and Alan Grieve are the artists behind the Real Bothy Project. Travelling through Fife this summer, they have been inviting people of all ages to ‘grab a bothy brew and join in the bothy banter’, continuing a long association of artists with the wild shelters of Scotland. They say, ‘traditionally, the bothy is understood as an egalitarian environment, a space for exchange. a place of chance
For Lowry, the industrial landscape inspired his matchstick men. For Hockney it was the swimming pools of California and for Banksy, gritty urban backdrops. For Scottish artist Ann Oram a diverse series of places have been the spur for her work. For the time being, the place is Fife – not the East Neuk which is the usual choice for artists – but the picturesque Logie Estate in Crossford near