Edinburgh Celebrates 20th Birthday as UNESCO’s City of Literature
2024-10-10
On 13 October 2004, Edinburgh was designated the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, a permanent title celebrating Edinburgh’s statusContinue Reading
Shakespeare’s Macbeth? Scotland! Why?
2018-12-20
Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish play’ Macbeth is a masterpiece, full of atmospheric Scottish hassle and skulduggery. So, why is Scotland not mentionedContinue Reading
Beyond Borders – International Festival of Literature and Thought
2018-08-14
Populism, Middle East, @MeToo, Good Friday Agreement, Refugee Crisis, Catalonia – these buzzwords are not commonly found in conjunction withContinue Reading
Shakespeare’s Drugs Habit – Much Ado About Nothing?
2017-06-02
by Christopher Burn Shocking news emerged in 2015 – sixteenth-century clay pipes containing tobacco and marijuana traces were dug upContinue Reading
Sniping at Shakespeare – A man for all time or ‘no time for him at all’?
2016-12-14
by Chris Burn As the ‘Sweet Swan of Avon’ glides serenely into the fifth century since his death in AprilContinue Reading