TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says the next wave of technology presents some old problems For some it’s innocent online fun that passes a few hours. Tethered to augmented reality (AR) glasses and virtual reality (VR) headsets, interacting in a 3D social/entertainment digital playground that usually means frantically waving one’s arms about. To the more commercially […]
Review: Make-up
✭✭✭✭✭ A drag queen emerges from a curtain into a tiny dressing room, indifferent to the applause of an appreciative and unseen audience. It’s just another night treading the boards for Lady Christina, this time in an undistinguished venue in Wolverhampton. We don’t get to see Lady Christina’s act. Instead, as he winds down after […]
Abrdn’s slide will have predators circling
AS I SEE IT: TERRY MURDEN says Abrdn looks like losing its place in the FTSE 100, and risks losing even more – its independence Since he took over as CEO at what became Abrdn in late 2020 Stephen Bird has rarely succumbed to any negativity around is remodelling plans for the former Standard Life […]
Review: Blue Note Nights – JazzMain
✭✭✭✭ Local jazz fans will need no introduction to the JazzMain quartet and their occasional guests who have been performing at The Jazz Bar to good sized audiences looking for something soothing at the end of the day. Tenor saxophonist Nick Gould is joined by Steve Grossart (keyboards), Iain Harkness (bass) and Kevin Dorrian (drums), […]
The good, the intriguing and the questionable
Fringe organisers, quite rightly, like to talk up the eclectic range of talent on offer, while every year contemporary issues add their own unique flavour. This year the event takes place in the middle of a party leadership campaign, a cost of living crisis and six months into a devastating war in Ukraine and they […]