A film which got rave reviews at The Edinburgh Film Festival in 2003 was 16 Years of Alcohol, billed as a story of hope filmed against the backdrop of a beautiful city. Directed by former frontman of punk band The Skids, Richard Jobson, the central character is largely based on himself and his brother. The film features great music as you might expect from, amongst others, Bryan Ferry and Glasgow band The Blue Nile.
The Queen's Hall is packed out on a rain-soaked December night before the first act takes the stage. The Thames television indent from the 1970s followed by The Sweeney theme introduces Spear of Destiny, their opener Land of Shame is a Mott the Hoople style rocker complete with a hooky…
Edinburgh’s Deepti Vijayakumar, 15, completed a clean sweep of titles at the Scottish under-17 badminton championships in Perth. In the singles final Deepti defeated Qing Yang Xiao then teamed up with her to win the girls doubles, beating Anishita Jaiswal and Ingrid Wang in the final. The mixed doubles saw…
Yet again there is a massive wide selection of music at The Queen's Hall which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. 7 September doors 7.00pm Last Podcast on the Left Hosts Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski talk about all sorts of dark subjects like Jeffrey Dahmer, werewolves…