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May Film Reviews

Iron Man, Speed Racer, Smart People, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Dangerous Parking, Sex and the City, California Dreaming.

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Northern Theme at the Printmakers

In its final week at the Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery is a fascinating exhibition by two of the country’s foremost printmakers Alastair Clark and Gill Tyson. Alastair was working on an exhibition entitled Skylights, inspired by the Aurora Borealis, while quite independently, Gill was preparing a series of lithographs inspired by a summer spent on the Lofoten Islands, north of the Arctic Circle. This common theme of northern light, in the form of the aurora borealis and the midnight sun, make a ‘brilliant’ combination.

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Lanterns and Flowers

The much-travelled, well-versed Scottish poet, Norman Bissett, could most assuredly claim that the world is his oyster but then, extending this analogy even further, there are many ‘pearls’ to be discovered in his most recent collection, Lanterns and Flowers.

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Elephant in Edinburgh – ticket competition

Lothian Life has come together with the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh to give away 5 pairs of tickets to see Elephant, the spectacular African-inspired family show that will stun and enchant audiences of all ages.

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