You Have Been Watching… 16 Years Till Summer
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I don’t normally bring anything directly personal into a review – it’s rarely relevant, but I want to make the point that sometimes a...
- Aug 4, 2016
- 1 min
Into The Valley: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talk To Pauline Lynch…
It’s a terrific read and the two talk about it at length. For a debut novel from a Scottish writer it is unusual in being set outside of...
- May 19, 2016
- 2 min
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 4, 2016
- 5 min
You Have Been Watching…Where You’re Meant To Be & Hamish
At the recent Glasgow Film Festival an unlikely hero emerged in the formidable form of Sheila Stewart, the legendary Scottish folk...
- Feb 16, 2016
- 2 min
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...
- Dec 31, 2015
- 3 min
Scots Whay Hae!’s Alternative Hogmanay Night In, 2015…
Once again Mr Scott raises a bottle to see out the old year and ring in the new and that means it’s time for Scots Whay Hae!’s annual New...
- Dec 23, 2015
- 2 min
That Was The Year That Was: It’s The Best Of 2015 Podcast…
Willie, Chris, Wesley and Ali For our “Best of 2015” podcast, Ian and Ali were joined by regular pod guest, Chris Ward, and Scottish...
- Dec 11, 2015
- 5 min
You Have Been Watching…Sunset Song
I know from various conversations I have had since it was first announced that there was to be a film version of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s...
- Nov 18, 2015
- 2 min
BAFTAs for Barney Thomson: A Celebration And A Competition…
Undoubtedly a contender for the best Scottish film of 2015 is Robert Carlyle’s The Legend Of Barney Thomson. Scots Whay Hae! said as much...
- Nov 8, 2015
- 5 min
You Have Been Watching…Kill Your Friends
There have been some rather sniffy reviews about the film version of John Niven’s novel Kill Your Friends (and you can take that as a pun...
- Sep 11, 2015
- 3 min
Holy Loch Boulevard: A Preview Of The Dunoon Film Festival 2015…
One of the finest festivals Scotland has to offer is the Dunoon Film Festival. Now in its third year, it remains small but perfectly...
- Aug 7, 2015
- 4 min
You Have Been Watching (& Reading)…The Legend Of Barney Thomson
Let’s start with the source material. The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson was the first of many Barney Thomson related books Lindsay...
- Aug 12, 2012
- 3 min
You Have Been Watching…Brave.
When it was first announced that Disney were going to do a film set in Scotland called Brave warning bells were clanging away. When it...
- Sep 6, 2010
- 3 min
You Have Been Watching…A Shot at Glory
I’m not a great fan of that widely used term ‘guilty pleasure’. I think if something gives you pleasure then feeling guilt over it can...
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