Fear and Loathing at T in the Park
Blog by JOE STENSON – Pictures by WULLIE MARR “The horror! The horror!” – Kurtz, Heart of Darkness ON Friday I worked at T in the Park, Scotland’s biggest and most menacing music festival. In the...
View ArticleFringe Picks – AAA Stand Up
The Fringe offers a number of these sort of mini comedy variety shows. They’re a great idea for the audience – naturally nervous about missing out on the best of the festival. And they’re a canny...
View ArticleFringe Picks – Daphne do Edinburgh
Daphne hit that slot that could be really problematic for first time performers – mid afternoon. Without a drink in you, and with sunlight peeping in under the door, there’s just something a little...
View ArticleFringe Picks – Reginald D Hunter
Reginald D Hunter seems to me to be a character comedian – which is to say that a lot of his comedy comes exactly from his distinct persona. The voice, the look, the slow assured amble he moves...
View ArticleFringe Picks – Rob Beckett
This is my third Fringe, having been once come with a production and once as a punter. Each time you seem to realise more and more that the festival unfolds in stages. For the first few nights...
View ArticleFringe Pick – Princes of Main
The Princes of Main trio have just come off a Footlights tour, and I honestly don’t know if they still are students. I could find out, but it’s kind of beside the point for me. Because their...
View ArticleReporter Blog: Aggressive and confrontational stewards at pro-independence rally
Deadline News photographer Wullie Marr writes about his treatment at the hands of aggressive anti-press stewards at a recent pro-independence rally in Glasgow. The Hope Over Fear rally was held one...
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