Windblown
The Guardian 10 August 2025 If you thought there could not be a more Edinburgh-centric show than James Graham’s Make It Happen, with its appearances from Adam Smith and figures…
When Billy Met Alasdair
The Guardian 9 August 2025 There is a scene in Alasdair Gray’s landmark novel Lanark in which the author himself makes an appearance. He startles the eponymous hero, one of…
She’s Behind You
The Guardian 5 August 2025 She stands before us in a blue gingham frock, towering wig and a “hideous yet age-appropriate leisure shoe”. She is Dorothy Blawna-Gale and she is…
Kanpur: 1857
The Guardian 1 August 2025 When it comes to cruel and unusual punishment, it is hard to think of anything more grizzly than that meted out by the British army…