Yesterday, the Morning Star published my reviews of four shows I’ve seen at this year’s festivals. It is available here and covers Henry Naylor’s new play – Borders (*****), and a new play by a…Read more…
Returning to the roots of MayDay’s Cabarets
–> Glasgow Friends of MayDay (GFoMD) have announced another stellar line-up for the sixth annual Great May Day cabaret celebrating International Workers’ Day (May Day). This annual event at…Read more…
Culture and the labour movement – a key role for Trades Councils
Last Tuesday, Jamie Caldwell – Unite Community Co-ordinator for Scotland – penned a piece in the ‘Voices from Scotland’ section of the Morning Star arguing the importance of arts, music and…Read more…
An embarrassment of riches – Celtic Connections ’17 Preview
This is a preview piece for this year’s Celtic Connections, that was printed in the Morning Star on Thursday (19 Jan). The link to the article on line doesn’t seem to be working, so here (with a…Read more…
Edinburgh Festivals – 1 – Countrybile, Communist Spies and Joan littlewood too!
Well, the extravaganza that is Edinburgh during the festivals is now in full swing, and trying to sort out the wheat from the chaff is (mostly) what I’m here to do.
I have posted (below) a couple of…Read more…
Post-referendum, but not post-political!
Here is my piece in the Morning Star on the things I am looking forward to in this year’s Edinburgh Festivals. This year the Star will have four of us providing reviews of various events, and my…Read more…
Experience of International Brigader sells out local venue
The revival of Willy and John Maley’s play From the Calton to Catalonia has sold out its launch performance in the Calton Heritage Centre this Friday. The play, which deals with the experiences of…Read more…
Rent strikers’ centenary marks MayDay celebrations
100 years after the success of the Glasgow Rent strikers’ in changing the law, their struggles are taking centre stage amongst the range of events announced around this year’s MayDay…Read more…