Art and photo exhibition: The evolution of men’s fashion, masculine identity and the male self-image over the last 500 years is the subject of an exhibition which has opened at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Looking Good: The Male Gaze from Van Dyck to Lucian Freud explores how men have indulged their enthusiasm for fashionable clothes, careful […]
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Still under the spell of a boy wizard
As one of the Potter generation HAYLEY MURDEN has grown up with the books and the films. Now almost 30 she explains how the boy wizard has followed her into adulthood
Bad boy’s masterpieces make debut in Scotland
Art exhibition: Works by one of the ‘bad boys’ of 17th century art feature in a ground-breaking display in Scotland. The revolution in painting sparked by one of the world’s most celebrated and notorious artists is the subject of the major summer exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. Beyond Caravaggio brings a group of […]
Dancing away the years to Johnny and Baby
Theatre review – Dirty Dancing: It’s hardly credible that the film Dirty Dancing is 30 years old. This week the highly successful stage version full of high kicks and lifts has touched down in Edinburgh’s Playhouse for a week long run. On opening night there was enhanced security at the Playhouse which did not detract […]
Fringe offers ‘alliance of defiance’ with more shows
Edinburgh Fringe: There will be a third more overseas countries represented at this year’s Fringe, the strongest ever international flavour for the summer event. They will come together under a marketing campaign slogan “Alliance of Defiance” which will position the Fringe as free of any censorship. It has been inspired by the Fringe’s origin in 1947 […]