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Mar 13, 20181 min read
Man Of Letters: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Aye Write! Programmer Bob McDevitt…
For the latest podcast, Ali spoke to Aye Write! Book Festival programmer, Bob Bloody Scotland and the Pitlochry Winter Words Festival,...


Mar 9, 20186 min read
Talking Books: A Preview Of Aye Write! 2018…
For 10 days in March (15th – 25th) Glasgow’s Book Festival Aye Write! is the only show in town for lovers of fact, fiction, food, poetry,...


Feb 26, 20184 min read
You Have Been Watching…You Were Never Really Here.
Lynne Ramsay is to film what The Blue Nile are to music – discuss. She has made four films in 18 years, and it’s been seven between her...


Feb 14, 20182 min read
Lights, Camera, Action!: A Preview Of Glasgow Film Festival 2018…
If it’s February in Glasgow it can only be the Glasgow Film Festival, the perfect place for the more discerning film fans to take shelter...


Aug 11, 20172 min read
Write On: Scots Whay Hae!’s Top 10 Picks Of The Edinburgh International Book Festival…
We have tried to avoid the already sold-out and high-profile to give you an alternative and achievable schedule. FICTION’S MASTER...


Aug 4, 20174 min read
Fringe Benefits: Scots Whay Hae!’s Top 10 Picks Of The Edinburgh Fringe…
Alan Bissett – (More) Moira Monologues – Scottish Storytelling Centre After two sold-out Edinburgh Fringe runs, straight-talking single...


Mar 5, 20176 min read
Literally Literary: A Preview Of Aye Write! 2017…
Here are a few selected highlights to give you something to think about, but you can peruse the full programme at your leisure here. They...


Feb 24, 20174 min read
Talking Movies At GFF17 – #3: An Interview With Bodkin Ras Director Kaweh Modiri…
Our previous interviews have been with David Graham Scott, whose film The End Of The Game begins in Caithness and then moves to South...


Feb 21, 20173 min read
You Have Been Watching…The End Of The Game
Our first film review of this year’s Glasgow Film Festival is of David Graham Scott’s The End Of The Game. And what a place to start....


Feb 18, 20175 min read
Talking Movies At GFF17 – #2: An Interview With The Levelling Director Hope Dickson Leach̷
Hope Dickson Leach’s excellent The Levelling is at the GFT from the 12th – 18th May. Below is an interview with the director from earlier...


Feb 12, 20174 min read
Talking Movies At GFF17 – #1: An Interview With The End Of The Game Director David Graham Scot
It is also as much about the director himself and his growing relationship with his leading man and his beliefs, and how they appear to...


Feb 12, 20172 min read
Lights, Camera, Action!: A Preview Of Glasgow Film Festival 2017…
Glasgow Film Festival was created specifically to offer discerning film-fans shelter from the storm. Running from 15th – 26th February,...

Jan 7, 20172 min read
January Rhythm & Blues: A Preview Of Celtic Connections 2017…
“January…let us endure this evil month”, to paraphrase the French writer Colette. You may think this overly dramatic, but you know what...


Oct 18, 20162 min read
Talking Books: A Preview Of The Dundee Literary Festival…
One of those questions you are asked to ponder every now and then is, “Who would you invite to your perfect dinner party”. Well, it looks...


Aug 13, 20166 min read
Edinburgh Book Festival 2016: The SWH! One-A-Day Guide…
Edinburgh International Book Festival. For 16 days Charlotte Square Gardens becomes an oasis of relative sanity and calm in a city gone...


Jun 27, 20161 min read
Animal Magic: The Scots Whay Podcast Talks Tyke…
For the latest podcast, Ali went to Edinburgh to meet writer Rebecca Monks in the very aptly named Circus Cafe to talk about her latest...

May 19, 20162 min read
Not Burns – Dunbar!: The SWH! Podcast Talks To Roy Moller About The Dunbar CoastWord Festival&
Dunbar CoastWord Festival. Starting in 2013 as Dunbar’s Wee Festival of Words, in just three years it has grown to be an arts festival...

Mar 6, 20165 min read
Wrapped Up In Books: A Preview Of Aye Write! 2016…
Stepping into its second decade with well-earned confidence and style, Glasgow’s Aye Write! festival is a must for all book addicts and...


Feb 16, 20162 min read
Sweet 16: A Preview Of Glasgow Film Festival 2016…
Glasgow Film Festival, surely a marriage made in heaven. Running from 17th – 28th February, it’s a festival which, geographical bias...

Jan 8, 20165 min read
Get Yersel’ Connected: A Preview Of Celtic Connections 2016…
If it’s January, it must be Celtic Connections, and it’s the perfect way to blow away the new year blues, often with the blues. Arguably...
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