Hallam Foe

Hallam Foe is a great new movie from David Mackenzie (Young Adam) and really worthwhile getting along to see.  
Hallam (Jamie Bell) cannot get over the death of his mother in unexplained circumstances, leaving him damaged emotionally.   A committed peeping tom, he leaves home and ends up in Edinburgh where he falls on his feet working [...]

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The Planets – BBC Broadcast

The BBC decided to broadcast part of the opening concert of the season by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra last night live from their new home in Glasgow.    They used the BBC2 Scotland channel to do this.     It was well flagged up both on Radio Scotland and BBC Scotland TV in the past week, and [...]

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Black Watch on TV

I sat down and watched the TV version of Black Watch and a program about the making of the play.    Both were very good, but like the radio version, the TV version simply does not come close being at an actual performance.
Black Watch has just opened to standing ovations in Los Angeles.

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Swallows leaving, geese returning

I have been watching the swallows over these past weeks.   They have been leaving to go south in batches.   They line up in great chattering rows on the phone wires in the mornings, and are suddenly gone.    We still have a few left who have recently reared their last broods, but they too will be away soon.    [...]

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Beech Tree Fire

Last weekend a dogwalker phoned to tell me that some local Neds had been up in the woods above our village park having a drinking party, and setting fire to a tree.
I went to look, and the tree was still smouldering.    Called the Fire Brigade, and we had to get a tree surgeon in as [...]

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