The Counterfeiters is an Austrian film (German with English subtitles), which garnered a host of awards when it was released back in 20...

Anyone who lives in Perth, Dundee (or intervening points), who owns a bike should have a go at this! The "Tour de Tay", is a well...

I've seen Martin Harley in concert three times, and each time has been completely different. The first time in London on the "Drum...

The clocks have gone forward, Easter has passed, and Perth seems to be entering Springtime, with longer, warmer days, and plants and tre...

A long time ago, in a fit of the 'folly of youth', I was once heard to say something along the lines of, "If it's not a Mu...

East and West Lomond, which togther are sometimes known as 'The Paps of Fife', are the most distinctive landmarks in that part of t...

While some of my more 'heroic' friends don crampons and axes in the Winter months, I have spent a little time appreciating some of ...

At Birnam Hill (click on image to enlarge)

Several years ago, I asked a Chinese friend why only one of her elite post-doctoral group of pure mathematicians, at her Scottish univers...

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Harlem Street Singer is a 2013 documentary film about the life of Blues guitar legend, Rev "Blind" Gary Davis. Davis (1896-197...

When I opened a Christmas parcel and found, "The Gospel According to The Blues" by Gary Burnett inside, I was delighted. Here, ...

WARNING - this review contains major plot spoilers! Amour is a film which leaves an indelible impression upon the viewer. It is a film...

Fire in a Canebrake is a rather odd title for Laura Wexler's narrative reconstruction of a mass lynching of African Americans, at Moo...

An exceptionally vivid rainbow appeared over Perth last week while my daughter was off school ill. It led to an interesting discussion ...

"Reading made me a traveller; travel sent me back to books" , writes Paul Theroux, reflecting on his physical and literary pilg...