Bringing a film classic back to life for the 21st century

A rarely-seen silent film adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans is to be shown at a festival in Scotland next year. The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (HippFest) will open its 2018 programme with a rare screening of The Last of the Mohicans – the 1920 original adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s classic novel accompanied…

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Leading contemporary artist Andrew Hay’s work on show in Glasgow

Leading Scottish contemporary artist Andrew Hay is currently displaying three works inspired by his childhood visits to Glasgow’s East End cinemas in the 1940s and 1950s. Gallowgate Neon and Gallowgate Noir take pride of place in Dennistoun Library alongside a print of his cinema poster painting This Gun for Hire for members of the local…

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And so to Ayr…

Thursday April 14th – where tomorrow we run Forcefield for the Earley & Macdonald partnership in the 5.05, Lucy rides, 14 run and the ground is on the easy side of good.  This is a step up in class and a step up in distance, it is a competitive handicap befitting of the Scottish National meeting…

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