Monthly Archives: October 2016
Jumpy – Review
April De Angelis’s Jumpy, directed by Cora Bissett, is a bittersweet contemporary comedy with a cast of Scottish acting talent.
Posted in Show Reviews
Leave a comment
Words With Suse
Regular readers will know that Lothian Life is Suse Coon’s baby – and I am privileged she’s allowing me to look after it! But what has Suse been up to since she relinquished her editorship and settled in the West…
Posted in People
Leave a comment
Carnival, Curiosities, and the Isle of Skye
Exhibitions from artists Paul Charlton, Alice McMurrough and Ruth Nicol currently preside at Edinburgh’s Open Eye Gallery.
Posted in Exhibitions
Leave a comment
Explore Botanic Lights
From the Arctic to the Himalayas, visitors can follow of a trail of spectacular light installations around the Garden, experiencing the sights and sounds of some of world’s most exotic locations which have played a part in the creation of … Continue reading
Posted in Places
Leave a comment
Victoria Crowe – Light on Landscape
I have admired the work of Victoria Crowe since I bought a copy of ‘The Shepherd’s Life’, a study in pictures of Crowe’s  neighbour, Jenny Armstrong, a shepherd in the traditional Scottish way of life.Â
Posted in Exhibitions
Leave a comment
WWOOFing North and South
I might as well be upfront about it, that when I opened Margaret Halliday’s latest memoir (on Kindle so the front cover wasn’t immediately obvious) I was expecting a doggy tale.
Posted in Book Reviews
Leave a comment