“Have you tried turning it off and restarting it again?”  must be anyone who has worked in computer support’s favourite phrase.    To be fair, if your computer starts behaving oddly, not to mention freezing, that it a great first step to solving...

There is a brand new collaboration between BBC Scotland and Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama across all atristic genres.    Today saw a wonderful workshop with top players from RSAMD getting the chance to play a concerto with the whole BBC...

Ian Dury and the Blockheads was part of the soundtrack to my College days, as was the Stiff tour which finally reached the northern outpost at Aberdeen.   More recently, Ian and the band played Perth Festival of the Arts – Ian was pretty ill by this...

I was not sure that I was going to like this film about John Lennon’s early life, but in fact it was surprisingly enjoyable.    It followed John Lennon from his last year or so at school to just before he went off to Hamburg. Nowhere Boy John...

I enjoy Arthur Miller plays, but had never seen The Price, so a visit to The Lyceum’s new production was a must.   Especially as director John Dove had done such a good job of Death of a Salesman and more particularly, All My Sons. The play is set...