Monthly Archives: March 2008

Jenna Reid

Posted on March 19, 2008 by John

Some­times it seems like every­one in Shet­land plays the fiddle and com­poses tunes for it. Jenna Reid is cer­tainly in that mould — two really good sets with a good vari­ety of tunes: her own, tunes by other Shet­land folk, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Roy Bailey

Posted on March 14, 2008 by John

The upper room of the Black Swan, on Peasholme Green, York, is a great venue — intim­ate, wood pan­elled, floor not quite level, chairs ver­ging on the chal­len­ging, heat­ing options of cold or hot — but made up for by … Con­tinue read­ing →

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York Literature Festival

Posted on March 11, 2008 by John

Back in York, we have been hav­ing the York Lit­er­ary Fest­ival, which is def­in­itely not a fest­ival any­thing like Edin­burgh, though I under­stand some Edin­burgh Fringe events also get audi­ence num­bers in the neg­at­ive if you dis­count grand­par­ents, WAGS. High­light … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Queen’s Gallery, Holyrood House

Posted on March 2, 2008 by John

Just a plug — a delight­ful small gal­lery, beau­ti­fully designed, that has really inter­est­ing exhib­i­tions. Cur­rent one is Breughel to Rubens. Lots of excel­lent pic­tures, with Breughel’s “Mas­sacre of the Inno­cents” the star. It appears at first sight to have … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Fish

Posted on March 2, 2008 by John

In spite of the man who gut­ted the garden and cleaned out the pond say­ing “There’s no fish in there, mate,” there are !!! Three of the wee bog­gers. They obvi­ously gave him the slip.  Whether they will sur­vive in the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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