Monthly Archives: June 2011

Luca Nasciuti

I love the films of Robert Bresson.  Not only do they loook unique but they sound unique too. It is a mystery to me how he got that spartan quality to his recordings. If you shut your eyes during A … Continue reading

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Letting Go

When it comes to letting go of a piece of creative writing, and putting it into the public domain, a crowbar is sometimes needed to make me part with it.  I’ll rewrite, edit, expand, chop, and generally tinker about with … Continue reading

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The Kindness of Strangers

This is a busy wee city in August. There are thousands of shows on during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. And there’s countless other shows in the official Edinburgh International Festival. There’s also the Edinburgh International Book Festival plus all the … Continue reading

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The Best Laid Schemes…

A wee sleekit cowering gremlin-in-the-works had unexpected consequences.  The show’s original website went AWOL and just disappeared into the ether.  The URL address in the Fringe’s online programme came to a dead end.  Ouch. Not to worry, I’ve put together … Continue reading

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Films by Alastair Cook

It wasn’t confirmed in time for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme but the films which make up the contextual video narrative in the show will be created by internationally acclaimed filmmaker and artist, Alastair Cook.  A selection of his work, … Continue reading

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‘Robert Burns: Not In My Name’ …. starts on Aug 4th

The Edinburgh Fringe Programme is published today and my entry is on Page 293.  Since everyone else was doing it, being a contrarian by nature, I decided against putting a photograph in the Fringe programme.  Absence is the new inclusion.  … Continue reading

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