Posts Tagged ‘writer’
13th Cromarty Film Festival plans announced
The full programme has been announced for the 13th annual Cromarty Film Festival. Guests including best-selling author Denise Mina, acclaimed journalist Lesley Riddoch, sound engineer to the stars Stuart Wilson and directors Zara Balfour and Vicki Lesley will introduce some of their favourite films and more at the Black Isle town 6-8 December Everywhere from…
Read MoreCaledonia’s calling for songwriter Dougie MacLean
Perthshire’s Dougie MacLean is known the world over for his anthem born out of homesickness, but Scotland’s finest singer-songwriter has many more strings to his bow… It’s funny how life can come full circle. I grew up here in Butterstone, by Dunkeld and went to the old village school – I went to it, and…
Read MoreDid you know these 10 Scots actors have met Doctor Who?
November 23 marks Doctor Who’s birthday – and over the years, a large number of well-known Scots actors have appeared in the cult BBC show. Three Scots have played the title role – Sylvester McCoy was the Seventh Doctor, David Tennant the Tenth and Peter Capaldi the Twelfth – but they’ve not been the only…
Read MoreWhat is The Ideal Scotsman in the 21st century?
A new documentary is to look at what makes The Ideal Scotsman. In this new documentary, writer and cook Rachel McCormack takes a trip into the psyche of the Scottish male and poses the question ‘what makes the ideal Scotsman these days?’ Along the way, she explores the changing face of Scottish masculinity, as the…
Read MoreNew book marks the Cairngorms National Park
A year of inspirational writing about life and nature in the Cairngorms National Park has been captured in a new book, which is being launched today (Thursday 21 November). Shared Stories – A Year in the Cairngorms is an anthology exploring how people and nature thrive together. The works have been compiled by the Cairngorms…
Read MoreBlas Festival concerts to explore love and loss in Gaelic song
This year’s commission at Blas Festival, Gaol no Gonadh?, will see three artists featured in a series of concerts take a light-hearted look at Gaelic songs of love and loss. Gaol no Gonadh? which means love or loss, will feature Gaelic singers and musicians, Rachel Walker and Ewen Henderson sing some of the most beautiful…
Read MoreThe Big Scottish Book Club discusses memoir
The second meeting of the Big Scottish Book Club is taking place this weekend. The Big Scottish Book Club is a new four-part TV show, with the second episode due to be shown on Sunday, 17 November, and hosted by writer Damian Barr Each week, Damian interviews the biggest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry…
Read MoreGuest editor of Best Scottish Poems announced
The Scottish Poetry Library has announce that rising star Roseanne Watt is the guest editor of the SPL’s annual online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2019. Best Scottish Poems is an annual online anthology of the year’s best poems written by a Scottish poet or poet based in Scotland. Each year the anthology is edited by…
Read MoreWriting TV drama was a Guilt-free pleasure for Neil
New Scottish TV thriller Guilt continues on BBC Scotland. The four part series, with a black humour, tells the story of Jake (Jamie Sives) and Max (Mark Bonnar), who two brothers who accidentally kill a man. They try to hide their mistake by placing the dead man in his home – but after Jake left…
Read MoreA celebration of Christine Isherwood’s talents
A prolific and successful artist and illustrator who loved Scotland, is having her work celebrated in a new book. Christine Isherwood, who died two years ago, was a trained botanist who switched to art while bringing up the her three children with her husband. Using her encyclopaedic knowledge of plants and birds, she used her…
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