24th January 2024
Chen’s beautiful sound costs him his music. The concerto has not always been the most well-respected medium for a demonstration of a musician’s overall ability. In the early 19th century, the Philharmonic Society of London temporarily barred concertos from performances, on the grounds of providing the “best and most approved instrumental music.” There was a ...
24th January 2024
Defying all expectations, Widmann puts on a dazzlingly subversive performance. On the afternoon of October 26, I had the pleasure of going along to one of the Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s afternoon concerts. The diverse programme of these concerts are worth looking out for; each costs only £6 for under 26’s, students, and the unemployed. They ...
24th January 2024
Sofia Coppola once again dazzles on the silver screen with her latest film Priscilla. In 2023, it seemed like the only films I saw twice at the cinema were those directed by women. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, I saw twice over the summer, on both occasions clad in pink Barbie-approved attire. It was a film that ...
24th January 2024
The Scottish artist offers insight into his book-cover paintings through a collection of artist’s notes. Sometimes text can feel stifling next to art, like overwritten exhibition labels—or, at the other end of the scale, too overly-simplified to spark any interest. The writings accompanying Andrew Cranston’s paintings in his new book Never a Joiner fall into ...
24th January 2024
A night of fluorescent reminiscence. As the support act finishes, fans rush to grab one final pint of Tennent’s or linger in the painfully long line for the ladies’ bathroom; the crowd anxiously form under the square studded ceiling, singing along to the La’s “There She Goes”. Under red lights, Inhaler take to the stage, ...
