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Findhorn Bay Arts reveals 'biggest and best' line-up for 2026 festival

THE cultural links between Scotland and Ireland are to be celebrated at this year’s Findhorn Bay Arts festival.

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Elspeth King obituary

Museum director and curator of the People’s Palace in Glasgow who reshaped it into a living record of the city’s social history

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Fringe reviews: Florence, One Man Poe, Zoe Coombs Marr and more

As part of my attempt to see 10 shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in one day, I also wanted to review them all

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When Billy Met Alasdair review – two Scottish giants happily collide

Alan Bissett embodies both the expansive Big Yin and the detached author of Lanark in a thoughtful, entertaining search for their connection

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Killer dolls and Brexit zombies – what to watch and do this week

Part of the appeal of the 2023 horror flick, M3gan, was that its titular antagonist managed to be two of the scariest villains of the genre in one – a killer robot, and a child’s doll come to life.

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New play imagines what happened when Billy Connolly met Alasdair Gray

THEY are two of Scotland’s greatest cultural exports of the 20th century.

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Alasdair Gray: unseen artworks offer insight into a profoundly creative and original artist

Artist, writer, playwright, illustrator – and the man who made the Oscar-winning film Poor Things possible – Alasdair Gray was one of Scotland’s great creative polymaths and eccentrics, now celebrated every year on “Gray Day” (February 25). A new exhibition at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow has opened to…

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Edinburgh festival 2025: 20 theatre shows to see this summer

Peter Pan has a pop fantasy, Faustus is in Africa, Brian Cox leads a banking satire and Billy Connolly meets the late Alasdair Gray. Elsewhere, the joy of pickling, a landmark jazz album and Elton John’s libel case take centre stage

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First Minister spotted catching the Subway in Glasgow

THE First Minister has been spotted getting on the Subway in Glasgow.

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Ashley Storrie: Glasgow Comedy Festival keeps me 'connected' with ma Janey Godley

COMEDIAN Ashley Storrie has said that the Glasgow Comedy Festival (GCF) allows her to “still feel connected” to her late mother Janey Godley...

The National (Scotland)

'I was Alasdair Gray's friend for 40 years – here's which work we should adapt next'

LEGENDARY Scottish author Alasdair Gray’s close friend of almost 40 years has revealed which story would potentially work best for the next film…

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Poor Things: a quest for meaning in the film adaptation and Alasdair Gray’s novel

Letters: Nick Lowe on the point of the book on which the Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film is based, plus a letter from Lesley Brown

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The Guardian view on the film awards season: savour a glut of good things while it lasts

Editorial: Barbenheimer hogs the headlines, but the two big hitters do not have a monopoly on the conversation

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‘She’s bound and gagged for laughs’: is Poor Things a feminist masterpiece – or an offensive male sex fantasy?

The Oscar contender about a sex-crazed young woman with an infant’s brain is dramatically dividing cinema-goers. We asked cultural commentators for their verdicts. Warning: contains spoilers

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Poor Things director addresses debate around Glasgow's removal from film

THE director of Poor Things, an adaptation of Scottish author Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel, has addressed the controversy surrounding the film’s…

The National (Scotland)

Final piece of Alasdair Gray archive joins Poor Things at National Library

THE National Library of Scotland has bought the final tranche of archive material by renowned Scottish author Alasdair Gray ...

The Conversation

Poor Things: meet the radical Scottish visionary behind the new hit film

Director Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things tells the story of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), an irrepressibly free woman who seems to have the mind of an innocent child. She embarks on an exuberant voyage of discovery, travelling around 19th-century Europe and reaching Egypt, experiencing many new things as her intellect rapidly…

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Nicola Sturgeon weighs in on debate surrounding Alasdair Gray adaptation

NICOLA Sturgeon has said she is “curious” to see how the adaptation of Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things manages to separate itself from the…

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Dulwich College International | BBC TV drama | Alasdair Gray/Agnes Owens | Bakewell

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‘My films are all problematic children’: director Yorgos Lanthimos on Poor Things, shame and his creative soulmate Emma Stone

The celebrated director of The Favourite and The Lobster on adapting Alasdair Gray’s novel into one of the most talked-about movies of 2024

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‘Bloody nonsense’: how Glasgow was cut from the Oscar-tipped film Poor Things

The starry new version of Alasdair Gray’s book expunges almost all of its Scottish context. Along the writer and artist’s trail through the city, locals let their feelings be known

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Crafting 'Poor Things': A Hollywood Beast of Mad Artistry

Delve into the extraordinary behind-the-scenes creation of Poor Things, a demented fairytale woven with classic Hollywood and modern technology.

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92 Years Later, a Classic Sci-Fi Monster Gets a Surprising Feminist Makeover

Writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Robbie Ryan talk about crafting the singular feminist sci-fi movie.

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New documentary celebrates legacy of Alasdair Gray ahead of Poor Things release

A NEW documentary is helping to celebrate the life and legacy of iconic Scottish creative Alasdair Gray ahead of the release of the adaptation of…

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Alasdair Gray and Agnes Owens continue to inspire a new generations of artists

IN 2020, not long after the passing of one of Scotland’s greatest-ever creative minds, the Alasdair Gray Archive was created to document the…

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