As a true rock’n’roll survivor, Iggy Pop has defied the very laws of nature night after night from the 60s to the present day. I’ve seen him sacrifice himself onstage countless times over ...

The world's biggest arts festival gets underway in less than two months, and today marks the launch of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 programme. This year’s event is set to be one of the ...

Gabriel Faur - Nocturne No.8 in D flat, opus 84 Maurice Ravel - Miroirs, M.73 Johannes Brahms - Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, opus 24 Dmitrii Kalashnikov - piano TICKET PRICES Premium ...

Cream of the crop, pick of the litter, top bananas. Call them what you will, but here they are: our Hot 100 countdown of those who made their mark on Scotland’s cultural scene over the last 12 ...

With just four weeks until launch, Hidden Door has announced its festival timings plus a new tranche of acts. Set in the 15.5-acre Paper Factory site located in Edinburgh’s Maybury Quarter, the ...

Near the end of Michael Pedersen’s Boy Friends, a 2022 ‘memoir of joy, grief and male friendship’, he details first encountering the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse. The Portobello poet had ...

No, ‘Breaking Thru The Interstellar’ is not another Katy Perry roasting (although give the internet enough time and it could be). Instead, it’s the majestic opening track on Andy Bell’s ...

Continuing the good work of Telly Savalas (who famously made an iconic 1981 promo video for Birmingham, despite never actually setting foot in the place), comedian Joe Lycett’s latest mission is ...

I've previously dismissed Ignacio Lopez as a little lightweight, a crowd-pleasing stand-up for sure, but one generally content to trade in superficial observations about the British from his ...

Don’t be fooled by that exclamation mark. While spoken-word veteran Luke Wright’s latest show riffs on, subverts and interrogates the concept of ‘joy’, this is not a piece for anyone ...

UPDATE: The ticket on-sale time and date has moved to 10am on Friday 23 May. Tickets for the presale will begin at 10am on Wednesday 21 May. At time of writing, no reason was given for the change ...

The literary market is currently in the grip of a fantasy-romance craze. Love, with a liberal dollop of magic, is all the rage. In the midst of this hype, Francesca Simon’s Salka refuses to ...