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This is based on the award—winning novel the sopranos by alan warner, which was taken to the stage as 0ur ladies of perpetual succour, the name of the school in the rural highlands. now simply called 0ur ladies, it follows choir of trilling teens who have won a place in edinburgh competition. they are taken there by choir mistress, sister condron, who is played by kate dickey in a rare and welcome comedic role. rather rashly she lets the girls decide what to do with their free time in the big ...

Submitting... They will be following in the footsteps of the late Alasdair Gray, who was honoured in 2019 just weeks before he passed away at the age of 85. The award is open to any individual who was born in Scotland, is currently living in Scotland or is working in Scotland. Nominations can be made via the Saltire Society website and will close on 26 August. Saltire Society director Sarah Mason said: “The Scottish Lifetime Achievement Award celebrates an individual who has made a meaningful...

giller prize shortlist 2020 Souvankham Thammavongsa, an instructor in the English program at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus, has been chosen for the Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist for her short story collection, How to Pronounce Knife. Follow the excitement of the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize as it builds to the announcement of both the short and longlist, culminating with the winner announced at … Book - 2020 F BER Available in some locations. Scotiabank is proud to cont...

Submitting... “I enjoyed all of that, of course,” says Sievewright, “but I just felt there was something about me that didn’t quite fit in to that West End world. I wanted to get back into the Scottish scene; and In 2012, I had an audition for Cora Bissett’s Glasgow Girls, the musical about the Glasgow schoolgirls who campaigned for their asylum seeker friends to stay in the UK. Dawn Sievewright and John McLarnan “And as soon as I got into that, I just thought, this is it, this is w...

Who watches the Oscars? Regarding “Ratings Dropoff Could Affect Oscars” by Stephen Battaglio [April 14]: The numbers for the Oscar broadcast will be way down this year for some very obvious reasons. 1. The pandemic. 2. The explosive growth of streaming services showing the films we could not see at the theaters. 3. Unless they have unlimited resources, the average movie fan cannot afford to pay for Amazon, Disney, Apple+ TV, HBO Max, etc. Advertisement John Hill :: Interest in the Oscars m...

…are you reading now? I had been waiting for ages to get my hands on a copy of Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan. It’s a beautiful ode to lost youth and male friendship written by one of our sharpest observers of modern masculinity. Told in two different timelines, Tully and James are great childhood pals in 1980s Glasgow and are looking forward to the good times, and a life full of music and travelling to gigs. When we meet them again in the future, they are coming to terms with their own morta...

Alan Warner: Kitchenly 434 review – dreams and delusions in the backwaters of fame | reviews, news & interviews Alan Warner: Kitchenly 434 review – dreams and delusions in the backwaters of fame Alan Warner: Kitchenly 434 review – dreams and delusions in the backwaters of fame A bittersweet comic idyll from the last days of prog-rock by Boyd TonkinWednesday, 17 March 2021 New dawns over summer lawns: Alan WarnerGemma Day “They think it’s all drugs and sex up here, Mrs H...

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Favourite childhood read? I loved Joan Aiken’s Arabel’s Raven. There was something wonderful about this great anarchist, in the shape of a raven, coming to disturb the cosy suburban peace. Mortimer was a real punk. I loved his “Nevermore” answer to everything. Arabel was also incredibly cool, mainly because she levelled such clear-eyed, straightforward questions at all these shady, complicated characters. What was the first book to make an impact on you? Lorrie Moore’s Like Life. ...

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Bloomsbury) The Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost 50 years promises “murder, mayhem and no shortage of drama” in contemporary Nigeria. The Thursday Murder Club 2 by Richard Osman (Viking) Last year the Pointless co-host’s cosy crime debut set in a retirement home broke sales records; here comes the sequel. Waters of Salvation by Richard Coles (W&N) A new crime series from everyone’s favourite vicar begins ...