If you’re not already a fan of Tom Gauld’s cartoons in The Guardian here’s a small selection to convince you. He’ll be at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival on 23 August. In April he published a book of the cartoons, You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpacks, available from The Guardian bookshop.
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
Skateboarder Robbie Hamilton has drawn on his fleeting and ephemeral view of the built landscape to create this fantastic series of paintings for a new exhibition – Passing Places – at the Old Ambulance Depot Edinburgh 25-28 July. The Duncan of Jordanstone student says, ‘I wanted to capture the skater’s obsessive response to the constantly changing urban environment as well as featuring ‘unlooked at’ architecture and the restrictions on fast movement
There can’t be many Scottish festivals that have beach volleyball in their programme. Aberdour in Fife does, along with a regatta, Jo Caulfield and a great festival bake off hosted by Susan Rae, Radio 4 and judged by last year’s Great British Bake Off winner, John Whaite and Aberdour’s own baker, Mrs Lonie. The festival also has its own version of the BAFTAs, Brilliant Aberdour Film Talent Awards. Short film submissions
Things have moved fast at The Walled Garden, Kincardine in Fife. Within months of Avocado Sweet first featuring the garden, owners Keith Laing and Anne Crawford have built a 70 seater cafe and decamped from the tiny potting shed cafe opposite. The first event to be held since the new cafe opened in mid-July is a summer fete on Sunday 21 July. To raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Research there
by Fife Psychogeographical Collective Today’s post is a brilliant reminder not to judge a place by its house prices. The Fife Psychogeographical Collective take a walk around from the former mining communities of Lochgelly and Lumphinnans to Cowdenbeath and uncover some of the area’s fascinating stories, stories of intellectual endeavour, political radicalism and high achieving women. This is an abridged version of an article that appeared in Fife Psychogeography in
The Fife Dunfermline Printmakers summer exhibition is on now at the Lochgelly Centre and runs until 14 August. All works are for sale. (Above) Untitled by Bill McKechnie and below, Every Cloud has a Silver Lining by Claire Yarrington. Above, The North Shore Anstruther by Clive Ramage and below, Found Affinity by Jai Llewellyn Below, Shutters by Thora Clyne If you are interested in becoming a member of the printmakers workshop, please
Looking very Hansel & Gretel, this gingerbread village is based on local buildings in Crail in the East Neuk of Fife and has been confected by Leven company Sucre Coeur for the Crail Food Festival. It can be seen in the window of Crail Gallery. The Festival is on this weekend, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, and includes participants such as The Fife Diet, with their smoothie bike (pictured below), and St
Scottish design studio, Lovely Pigeon, has opened its doors for a three week shop project in the sunny seaside village of Anstruther, Fife. The shop will also host daily workshops: Kirsty Thomas of Lovely Pigeon says the workshops will include, ‘fashion makeovers, illustrated jewellery, Minecrafting and t-shirt monsters’. ‘I am really excited to be featuring music from Fence Records and products from the likes of Nikki McWilliams, Hilary Grant and Laura