Hibs v Hearts – Media Mondays at Edinburgh Napier – YouTube – Collective Gallery Auction – Get your dancing shoes on!
In what our reporter John Hislop describes as the most controversial decision in an Edinburgh derby, the Hibs v Hearts match ended in a goalless draw. All the weekend’s sport here in The Edinburgh Reporter’s Weekly Sports round-up. What’s your view?
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The man responsible for leading the BBC’s coverage of Glasgow 2014, Bruce Malcolm, is the next guest to appear today at a weekly Edinburgh lecture series.
Malcolm has spent more than 20 years of his career with the BBC and in the run-up to and during the Commonwealth Games will be in charge of the corporation’s coverage of the event.
Responsible for bringing together BBC Scotland, BBC Sport, BBC News and BBC Worldwide, Malcolm’s remit is to ensure that the whole of the UK is involved in the events of 2014.
Appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2006, Malcolm originally trained as a chartered accountant and worked as a consultant for several years before being drawn to BBC Scotland.
He will speak at Edinburgh Napier University’s ‘Media Mondays’ event at lunchtime today.
The weekly public lecture series, which is free and open to all, launched last year. So far, guests including political commentator Iain MacWhirter, BBC football reporter Chris McLaughlin, Channel 4 News Correspondent Alex Thomson and Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark have all taken part. All talks are held at the University’s Merchiston Campus in room B2.
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Have you watched any of our videos on our YouTube channel? Our videos have ben watched almost 15,000 times. The latest runaway success is the film about the Flashmob proposal last week in Edinburgh Airport which has been watched over 1200 times, but there are many others about a variety of subjects, and they are being added to daily.
Part of the reason for our videos is to add content to our Aurasma channel. This is an augmented reality app which you can download here from iTunes or here on Google Play for Android phones. What can you do with it? Well play with it of course! If you have a Starbucks this morning then open the Aurasma App and point your phone at the green and white logo on the cup….and, as if by magic, you can watch our latest video. There are many other trigger images, including some which are at certain locations around the city….and you can read more here.
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Collective Gallery are holding an auction on 14 March 2013. This is what they say about it:-
In summer 2013, Collective will move from Cockburn Street to the former City Observatory on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. This extraordinary city centre, hilltop location will shape the organisation and its programme in new, distinctive and exciting ways.
Collective’s reception and auction is generously hosted by Lyon & Turnbull, and is an opportunity to find out more about our achievements, ambitions and plans for the future and importantly, to raise money to support the renovation of the Observatory.
Over 60 artists have donated works for auction. From Turner Prize winners Martin Boyce and Jeremy Deller, international artists Spencer Finch and Hans Schabus to rising stars Alex Dordoy and Rachel Adams, the list celebrates and reflects the diverse range of artists Collective has supported, commissioned, exhibited and befriended since we first opened nearly 30 years ago. It is a remarkable confirmation of Collective’s achievements to date and we are hugely grateful to the artists for their generosity.
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Edinburgh Ceilidh is back on Tuesday and Friday night this week.
On Tuesday we have the ceilidh club @ Summerhall where we have Free Range playing for the dancing. Tickets are £6 on the door or in advance from www.edinburghceilidhclub.com/tickets or from the Summerhall box office. On the night doors open at 8pm with everything kicking off shortly after that.
Then this Friday 15th March we have the next of our ceilidh club @ The Picture House gigs with Teannaich. Doors open at 6:45pm with dancing kicking off from 7pm you can get your tickets online from www.edinburghceilidhs.com or in person from the Picture House box office, Tickets Scotland (Rose Street), Ripping Records. Tickets are selling fast so don’t miss out and get yours as soon as you can!! Should be a great chance and you might even make it onto the Teannaich DVD which they will be doing some filming for on Friday.
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