Fringe 2023: Sound and Vision
Sound and vision is another event at The Fringe this year, aiming to bring the arts to everyone. A David Bowie-inspired painting class that will provide you with top-notch materials…
Fringe 2023: Japanese Boro-Inspired Slow-Stitching Workshop
This year the festival is expanding its ‘experience economy’ into skill-learning events and workshops. This Boro stitching workshop, organised by Sue at Sunshine Designs, creates an intimate environment of meditative…
Poetry Centre Stage: travelling time and space through verse
Last week saw Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, StAnza, go virtual. The yearly festival, usually based in St Andrews, adapted itself to suit our world today, adopting a ‘Pay As You…
Night at the Museum: fashion for the ages
Beneath a soaring glass atrium, weaving in-between world culture artefacts the Edinburgh Charity Fashion Show officially took place last weekend. Diverse and artistic collections took centre stage bringing the museum…
Agnes Török at the Scottish Poetry Library
From lyrics written in protest of the Church by William Blake, to the haunting depictions of 9-11 by Michael Burch, poetry has always been intertwined with social commentary and political…
From Renaissance to Referendum: Women’s Voices in Scottish Poetry, Scottish Poetry Library
It is almost impossible to think of Scottish poetry without thinking of the triumvirate of Liz Lochhead, Carol Ann Duffy and Jackie Kay. However, women were not always so well…
Vine Box
Nomad is a political and cultural magazine, and in Thursday night’s fundraiser for their annual publication they took over Mash House to host Vine Box. Armed with pillows, with a…
Recital reaffirms the importance of poetry in education
Christine De Luca shares her passion for poetry at the My Life In Poetry sessions at the Scottish Poetry Library The Scottish Poetry Library has invited writers to discuss their…