Monthly Archives: May 2016

In Grape Appreciation

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Liz Power

Ever wondered what people mean when they say a wine has “legs”? Or what on earth leather and sandstone are supposed to taste like? It’s just a glass of fermented grape juice, right?

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Love and Friendship

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Simon Walton

She didn’t exactly have an off day, did Jane Austen, but Simon Walton can’t help feeling Lady Susan was a bit of a rush job, a bit of a seventies Birmingham banger, not really with the sense and sensibility to … Continue reading →

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Thon Man Moliere – Lyceum

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Marie Campbell

Multi-award winning Scottish poet and playwright Liz Lochhead’s fictionalised account of the life of 17th century playwright Moliere is a passionate, intense and hilarious affair.

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James And The Giant Peach – King’s Theatre

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Anne Hamilton

Roald Dahl’s classic tale follows the orphaned James Henry Trotter, who escapes his unkind aunts, and goes on an adventure with Miss Spider, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybird and Earthworm – inside a giant, travelling peach.

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May Garden Favourites

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Coreen Connell

Coreen Connell, Head of Propagation at Kevock Garden Plants, shares her ‘pick of the plants’ for the month of May.

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Art in Construction

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Christine Richard OBE FRSA

The work of Alex Malcolmsom, who uses all manner of materials to create stunning, often multi-layered images, comprises part of the current exhibition at one of my favourite art galleries, the Open Eye, in Edinburgh. 

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