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Quiche with Ben
With a plot that spins faster than revolving doors at a Primark shop on Boxing Day, Ben Jonson’s Volpone is a farcical feast satirising vice, and greed in particular, which is always in fashion no matter what the period. Volpone … Continue reading
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Tagged A Play A Pie and A Pint, Andy Clark, Òran Mór, Ben Jonson, David MacLennan, Farce, Jacobean drama, play, review, Satire
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Far Away at the Citizens
With a dazzling set that transforms the Citz into a stark industrial wasteland, Far Away transports us to a grim world set in a dystopian universe no doubt far, far away. Part thriller, part fairytale, Caryl Churchill’s millennium offering is … Continue reading
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Tagged Caryl Churchil, Citizens Theatre, Far Away, Glasgow, play, review, Seagulls
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No end to her talent
It takes guts to put on a show like No End. In some ways bare, but certainly not slight, Glasgow choreographer and performer Anna Krzystek uses what is simple content to great effect in a thoroughly engaging show full of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Krzystek, dance, Performance, review, Tramway
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Citizens queue for Beckett
I was up at 8am. I left the house at 8.15am. The bus sprinted past at 8.17am and I leapt on it. Seeing how full it was I wondered to myself how many of these people were also going to … Continue reading
Posted in New News, Uncategorized
Tagged 50p tickets, Beckett, Citizens Theatre, Dominic Hill, plays, Queuing, Theatre
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The Art of Reading Somewhere Else
Anne Fadiman devotes one chapter of her excellent book Ex Libris to You-Are-There-Reading which she describes as “the practice of reading books in the places they describe.” After providing a series of enviable examples of You-Are-There-Reading, she adds her own: … Continue reading
Interview with Adrian J Walker, author of From The Storm
In his first interview, From The Storm author Adrian J Walker talks with Susannah Radford about self publishing, the people who inspired his characters and what thoughts sustained him as he finished his first book. “Too wordy for a thriller.” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Interview with, Uncategorized
Tagged Adrian J Walker, Amazon KDP Select, Books, From the Storm, Kindle, Literary Fiction, self publishing, Thriller
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The best of intentions
The Shelf of Knowledge Book Status: April, 2012, 50 books to read ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.’ Before that first step is the intention to take it. ‘The best of intentions’ was a brilliant … Continue reading
Queen’s Park Spring Fashion
Eye on the Southside What trumpets the advent of Spring? Officially the March Equinox heralds the beginning of this joyous season. This year it falls on March 20. But I don’t need to wait another three weeks to know that … Continue reading
Posted in New News, Uncategorized
Tagged crocuses, daffodils, Glasgow, News, Queen's Park, snowdrops, spring, spring fashion
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A Top Bunk Day
Once christened “the finest walk in the world”, Susannah Radford reflects on walking New Zealand’s Milford Track and why she got stuck with the top bunk. It’s the third night of the Milford Track and I stumble outside into the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Department of Conservation, Fiordland, Milford Track, New Zealand, Walking
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