24th March 2023
A wonderful homage to the cinema industry and the legacy of films. The smell of coffee fills the air of the large cinema as it starts to fill with people. This early morning screening is part of a special strand of the Glasgow Film Festival, paying tribute to the late American actress and singer Gloria ...
5th March 2023
A fascinating, yet ultimately dissatisfying, exploration of what it means to be the mother of a beast, toeing the line between victim and villain. Featured as one of the most recognisable titles in this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, Saela Davis and Anna R. Holmer’s film God’s Creatures had so much potential. Set in a small ...
6th February 2023
The song circle at The Theatre Royal encapsulates connection. For my final concert of the 2023 rendition of Celtic Connections, I was thrilled to attend the Song Circle, a collaborative concert which included Mary Chapin Carpenter, Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis & Robert Vincent. The performance took place at the Theatre Royal, a beautiful venue with ...
6th February 2023
Americana meets Drygate Brewery: Celtic Connections remains impressive in its ability to fuse. A major part of this year’s festival was devoted to Americana music – folk, blues, jazz and country being only some examples of all that this term encompasses. The American roots music, as the genre is also known by, has clear similarities ...
6th February 2023
Spirituality meets classical music in this mesmerising performance. When choosing what events to attend for this year’s Celtic Connections, I made a conscious decision to include as diverse of a musical selection as possible, honouring the festival’s intercultural composition. One such multicultural performance was the Orchestral Qawwali. The product of writer and composer Rushil and ...
6th February 2023
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland display their student talent. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Glasgow folk, roots and world music festival known as Celtic Connections. Filled with diverse talent, the annual festival showcases the collaborative nature of music and its key role in the celebration of culture. While the festival boasts spectacular ...
6th February 2023
The Hug & Pint opens three weeks of traditional Scottish music. On Thursday 19 January, the Celtic Connections 2023 festival commenced. Deceptively sparse in terms of musical acts, this first day served as a taster to what was to come. Eager to immerse myself into the musical scene, I jumped at the chance to attend ...
8th January 2023
Film and TV Editor Katia gives a personal account of the prejudice she faced as a tall person in ballet. I started going to ballet classes at the age of three. We had just moved to Spain from America, and my mother was eager to find a fun activity where I might make friends. I ...
25th October 2022
The latest addition to Björk’s sprawling discography is both eclectic and incomplete, emotionally charged and surface level. As a newcomer to Björk’s work, a nose-dive into her 10th album might not have been the most natural introduction to her particular and eclectic musical style. Having no reference point other than her popularity among young adults ...
16th October 2022
Short films are not often the focus of a cinematic experience. Longer format films are often seen as the ultimate storytelling medium and therefore populate most of our screens. This is a rather sad phenomenon as short films can offer another way of engaging with the visual medium – one which is more open to ...
