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Structural art piece featuring hanging fabric and paper from the art exhibition of Claire Barclay and Oana Stanciu.

Outwith Festival: a rich offering (REVIEW)

Outwith def: outside/beyond. It’s always refreshing to see more opening up outside of the ...

Bat For Lashes performing at The Queen's Hall in Edinburgh in a white dress, bathed in red light, hands raised up.

Bat For Lashes: wondrously ethereal and stunning (REVIEW)

After what seems like a lifetime since her last visit, it was a joyous ...

A view of CMAT performing onstage with an audience outside in the rain.

Glasgow Weekender featuring Belle & Sebastian (REVIEW)

Let’s be honest, it was hardly Britain’s finest weekend. Even for an island that’s ...

A photograph of performer Rob Auton with two faces.

The Eyes Open and Shut Show: a sense of unmatched community (REVIEW)

🍫🍫🍫🍫 4 stars At the top of his show, Rob Auton asks the audience ...

A photograph of the band Theo Bleak on stage performing to an audience.

Lughnasadh Festival: a love letter to local talent (REVIEW)

Big Rock Newport and Forgan Arts Centre combined forces on Saturday 3rd August to ...

A photograph of the performer, Ashtar Muallem, in a backbend with a golden bowl balanced on their torso.

Cosmos: a powerful lesson in search of tranquillity (REVIEW)

🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫 Don’t feel sorry for Ashtar Muallem. Ashtar found peace in her body through ...

SNACK Scottish Festivals Guide 2024 (pt1)

In Scotland, as the days get longer and taps come aff in sweltering 18-degree ...

Review: Tae Sup Wi’ A Fifer at The Queen’s Hall, 1st December 2023

At one point for me, whilst living in the Big Smoke, December couldn’t qualify ...

Interview – Elephant Sessions On Upcoming Shows, Hogmanay, and Scottish Cultural Traditions

Hailing from the highlands, folk-fusion project Elephant Sessions have been imprinting themselves more and ...