The Edinburgh Reporter September 2019

Story and Development of
The
Press and Publishing.
Print,
early beginnings during the
From
Dynasty, via the invention of
Han
printing press, to the world of
the
publishing today.
magazine
Crawford Hay has worked
Kathy
the publishing industry for
within
than 40 years, with books,
more
and newspaper
periodicals
in Edinburgh, London
publishers
Melbourne. She became
and
of PPA Scotland, the
Head
which supports
organisation
publishers for more
magazine
12 years, before becoming
than
Hydropathics in
The
Scotland
the late nineteenth century
In
were over 20 'Hydropathic'
there
in Scotland. This talk
institutions
look at where they were,
will
took place there and what
what
to these interesting
happened
establishments.
Dr Jane Neil-
After
retired from the
MacLachlan
she forged another career
NHS,
writer and novelist under the
as
name of Jane Tulloch. A keen
pen
into local social history,
forager
interest has led her into many
her
nooks and crannies of
interesting
life which she enjoys
Scottish
we got to the
How
moon...
24 humans have ever been
Only
the Moon and back. One of
to
brought some tartan along
them
the ride. Journey with a
for
geek who never got
space-race
see a Saturn V fly and still
to
forgive himself for missing a
won't
Shuttle launch. Alastair
Space
completed his PhD in
Bruce
in 2018 and currently
astronomy
at the Royal Observatory
works
He splits his time
Edinburgh.
researching active
between
and working for the
galaxies
Webb Space Telescope UK
James
Engagement Campaign.
Public
going to the Moon. Alastair
We're
bring the Lego...
will
First New Town
The
James Craig
of
the space of a generation,
In
experience a profound
Edinburgh
- and social -
physical
This talk will examine the
change.
to the construction
background
Edinburgh's famous New Town
of
learn something about the
and
and the early
buildings
Eric Melvin is a retired
residents.
teacher and headmaster
history
has published many books on
and
history, this is sure to be
Scottish
fascinating morning that
a
who has spent time in
anyone
New Town is sure to
Edinburghs
enjoy.
Scientific History of
The
Instruments
Musical
Campbell will be joining
Murray
to explain how Western
us
instruments work, how
musical
developed historically, how
they
are manufactured, and how
they
are used to make music. An
they
fascinating talk which
incredibly
delighted anyone with an
will
Three
Edinburgh’s
Cathedrals
Story and Development of
The
Press and Publishing.
Print,
early beginnings during the
From
Dynasty, via the invention of
Han
printing press, to the world of
the
publishing today.
magazine
Crawford Hay has worked
Kathy
the publishing industry for
within
than 40 years, with books,
more
and newspaper
periodicals
in Edinburgh, London
publishers
Melbourne. She became
and
of PPA Scotland, the
Head
which supports
organisation
publishers for more
magazine
12 years, before becoming
than
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WHAT'S ON
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At the Queen’s Hall in
September
7 September doors 7.00pm
Last Podcast on the Left Hosts
Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks and
Henry Zebrowski talk about all
sorts of dark subjects like Jeffrey
Dahmer, werewolves and iconic
hauntings. A look at the dark side
of humanity. Don't be scared to
book!
9 September 8.00pm An Evening
with Richard Jobson of The Skids
with special guests Bruce and
Jamie Watson.The legendary
Richard Jobson who launched
the punk rock band in 1977 with
partner Stuart Adamson. Now
revived presumably with the aid of
some oxygen they toured in 2018
to mark the release of their new
album. He has also written his
memoirs. Get a ticket if you can.
15 September doors 7.00pm
Femi Kuti is the son of Afrobeat
pioneer Fela Kuti. He is Grammy
nominated and began his career
by playing in his father's band the
legendary Egypt 80 in 1979.
19 September doors 7.00pm
Peter Hook & The Light The
background is Joy Division
and New Order. You know what
to expect. More than just the
greatest hits they will also play
lesser known material during the
set.
20 September 7.30pm Duncan
Chisholm The Gathering. The
award-winning fiddler comes back
to the hall with his music rooted
in highland music. His latest
album, 'Sandwood', explores the
specific area of Sandwood Bay
and chronicled his own personal
journey through the Highlands
to this place of beauty, which
became his muse.
22 September 7.30pm QH@40:
Folk singer Heidi Talbot presents
Duke Special, Brìghde Chaimbeul
Heidi has shared the stage and
recorded with Mark Knopfler,
Graham Coxon (Blur), Eddi
Reader, Idlewild, Matt Rollings,
King Creosote, Kris Drever, Tim
O'Brien and Jerry Douglas and has
performed globally in the world’s
finest concert halls.
27 September 7.30pm Scottish
National Jazz Orchestra and Bill
Evans. An American Journey Here
is Evans reunited with the SNJO
to perform a new programme of
wild-at-heart, cross-genre music
in the true spirit of the west and
the music and performance are
guaranteed to raise the bar again
for jazz music in Scotland.
28 September 7.30pm Phil
Cunningham & Aly Bain.
Traditional music. Traditional
musicians par excellence.What
else do you need to know?
29 September 7.30pm Penguin
Café with their beautiful, haunting
and memorable music. They have
released three albums of music
much to the delight of their band
of devoted followers.
At Soundhouse in
September
Two of the many events
organised this month.
Drummer Alyn Cosker leads
a powerful, exciting group
presenting exhilarating virtuosity
and accessible melodies on a
deep, funky groove.
With the Scottish National
Jazz Orchestra Cosker has
featured alongside luminaries
including Randy Brecker,
John Scofield, Mike Stern, Joe
Lovano and Dave Liebman and
as a freelance musician he has
worked with Larry Carlton, Frank
Gambale and Jim Mullen, Hue and
Cry, Eddi Reeder and Capercaillie.
His group features
keyboardist Steve Hamilton and
guitarist Davie Dunsmuir (both
currently touring with Billy
Cobham) and bass guitarist Colin
Cunningham (Larry Carlton).
Along with award winning special
guest Konrad Wisznieski on
tenor saxophone – the group will
perform material from Cosker’s
albums Lyn’s Une and KPF as well
as new material.30 September
2019 The Traverse Bar 7.30pm
£12
The Budapest Café Orchestra
take the stage on 16 September
2019 to celebrate their 10th
birthday year. This concert is
part of their tour of Scotlandia to
some of the most midge-ridden
parts of the Highlands and now
Edinburgh.16 September 2019 The
Traverse Bar 7.30pm £12
www.traverse.co.uk
Bach Choir Stages Its
First “Come And Sing”
by John Knox
The Edinburgh Bach Choir has
been performing in the “city of
song” for over a hundred years.
It’s now to open its doors to
anyone who wants to sing for a
day and enjoy two classic works
– Vivaldi’s Gloria and Handel’s
Coronation Anthems which include
the famous Zadok the Priest.
Conductor Stephen Doughty
said: “These are wonderful, joyous
works and I’m sure anyone who
comes along – whether they have
sung them before or not – will
have fun and be inspired.”
The Bach Choir wants to
take advantage of the current
popularity of “come and sing”
events to encourage more people
to take part in the musical
life of the city and experience
for themselves the thrill and
challenges of the classical
repertoire.
It also wants to swell its own
ranks and it’s hoped the day will
give potential recruits a taste of
what the choir has to offer.
As you would expect, the
70-strong choir performs a lot of
Bach – most recently the B Minor
Mass and the St John Passion.
And Bach’s Magnificat will be
part of its Christmas concert this
year.
But its recent programmes have
also included Beethoven’s 9th ,
Rossini’s Petite Masse Solennelle
and Bernstein’s Chichester
Psalms.
Future plans include Kodaly’s
Missa Brevis and Seiber’s
Hungarian Songs.
The “Come and Sing” will be
held at the Methodist Church,
Nicholson Square, EH8 9BX on
Saturday 7 September 2019.
The rehearsal will run from 10am
(with breaks) and a performance
will begin at 3.00pm.
Scores will be provided. Tickets
for singers cost £15 and audience
tickets for the performance cost
£5.
Book on Eventbrite.
www.edinburghbachchoir.org.uk
Tapestry
evolving at
Dovecot
All summer at Dovecot Studios
they have been weaving a
magnificent new tapestry to a
design created by artist Victoria
Crowe. Titled Richer Twilight,
Venice the tapestry can be seen
from the public Tapestry Studio
Viewing Balcony. It is available for
sale and will be completed by the
end of September 2019.
It is a meditation on the city’s
Byzantine palette and distinctive
skyline which excites artistic
comparison with Edinburgh. In
Venice two Scottish artists are
taking part in the 2019 Biennale.
This is Crowe’s fourth
collaboration with Dovecot,
marking a celebration of her 50
year career. Dovecot Studios
and City Art Centre are offering
a special ticket offer to current
exhibitions Victoria Crowe: 50
Years of Painting, and Julie Cope’s
Grand Tour: The Story of a Life
by Grayson Perry. Valid until 13
October. The offer allows half
price entry to the exhibitions upon
presentation of full price ticket
from the partner venue.
At the
National
Museum
Microscopes: Nature Revealed
Until Sun 15 Sep 2019
Exhibition Gallery, Level 1
Free
This display will tell the stories
of the makers and users of
an instrument that has been
fundamental in improving our
understanding of the natural
world. Using examples from this
significant collection, you will see
how optical improvements saw a
change in the public perception
of the microscope from being a
simple optical toy to a reliable
instrument of science.
nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-events
Body Beautiful: Diversity on the
Catwalk
Until Sun 20 Oct 2019
Exhibition Gallery 2, Level 3
Free
Discover how today’s fashion
industry is challenging perceptions
and championing alternative
ideals of beauty on the catwalk, in
advertising, editorial and behind
the camera.
nms.ac.uk/bodybeautiful
Wild and Majestic: Romantic
Visions of Scotland
Until Sun 10 Nov 2019
The Magic of Makhazhin
Sat 5th Oct 2019, 10.30am
Free
Art Walk Porty 2019
There is lots on in Portobello
from 7 September. You will have
to get the Art Newspaper from
a local stockist as there is too
much for us to tell you about here
- but we have a couple of walking
suggestions :
A Sunday stroll led by Deirdre
Macleod called ‘Cul-de-sac'
Walks on 8 and 29 Sept and 20
October
Three Sunday strolls around
the suburbs of Gilberstoun,
Newcraighall, and Musselburgh.
These suburban walks will
explore and appreciate the
particular character of the
different residential estates and
Adult £10, Over 60s £8.50,
Student, Unemployed, Disabled*
£7.50, Child (5–15) £7.50, Under
5s free
Exhibition Gallery 1, Level 3
Dramatic highland landscapes,
heroic histories, tartan and
bagpipes are among the defining
images of Scotland for many
people around the world today.
This exhibition considers the
Photo by Neil Hanna
speakers coffee mornings 2019-2020
at the royal scots club
Free to attend &
Everyone welcome!
us on the first Saturday of every month for a tea, coffee and biscuits from 10.30am followed by
Join
interesting speaker. Non-members welcome.
an
Free to attend but please book in advance at www.royalscotsclub.com/coffee-mornings
Sat 2nd Nov 2019, 10.30am
Free
the changing edges of the city.
Residents from each area are
particularly invited to join.
Suzanne Parry 'In my shoes'
Sound Walk 9 September,
6.00-8.00pm
When we walk from A to B, the
places and people in between
are so often left a mystery, an
irrelevance, an obstacle.This
circular sound walk invites
participants to experience their
environment through a series
of intimate sound portraits with
QR codes to scan at a number of
waypoints. Bring mobile phone
and head/ear phones with you.
artwalkporty.co.uk
origins of these ideas and explores
how they were used to represent
Scotland around the world.
nms.ac.uk/wildandmajestic
Early Doors for Autism
Saturday 7 Sept 2019
9:00 -10:00
Free, booking required
(contact Communities.L&P@nms.
ac.uk)
Join in the pre-public opening
sessions for autistic children and
their families. In the September
event explore the exhibition Body
Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk,
investigate costumes and create
your own fashion piece.
nms.ac.uk/earlydoors
Sat 7th Dec 2019, 10.30am
Free
Sat 4th Jan 2020, 10.30am
Free
At the City Art Centre
this winter
At the City Art Centre there will
be a group exhibition featuring
work by nine contemporary artists
based in Scotland - Sara Brennan,
Michael Craik, Eric Cruikshank,
Kenneth Dingwall, Callum Innes,
Alan Johnston, James Lumsden,
Karlyn Sutherland and Andrea
Walsh.
Beneath the Surface features
the artists displaying a minimalist
and abstract approach to their
work, which ranges from drawings,
paintings and constructions to
ceramics, glass and tapestry.
All of their artworks have an
economy of gesture in common
- a limited tonal palette or a
monochrome colour plane.
The surface of any artwork is
often the most readily accessible
component.
However, what lies behind
or beneath the surface often
deserves a closer look.
With most of the artworks in the
exhibition, the process of making
is not hidden.
Making constitutes the very
subject of some of them, as is the
case with the works by Callum
Innes, Michael Craik and James
Lumsden. The layering and
reduction of materials are
processes that feature repeatedly
Sat 1st Feb 2020, 10.30am
Free
in their work, used to create
effects of translucency or depth,
as well as to portray the passage
of time.
Whereas for Kenneth
Dingwall the thought and
reaction produced in the act of
making seeks a form that carries
analogies to aspects of human
nature and emotion.
For artists Sara Brennan and Eric
Cruikshank, their inspiration
derives from something more
tangible such as nature or
landscape. They use these
elements as starting points, but
without the intention of creating
literal representations. While
artists Alan Johnston, Karlyn
Sutherland and Andrea Walsh are
concerned with the interaction of
light and shadow on surfaces and
the definition of space or memory
of a place.
Beneath the Surface
Sara Brennan | Michael Craik |
Eric Cruikshank | Kenneth Dingwall
| Callum Innes | Alan Johnston
| James Lumsden | Karlyn
Sutherland | Andrea Walsh
16 November 2019 to 1 March
2020,
City Art Centre, 2 Market Street,
Edinburgh EH1 1DE
Admission Free
Sat 4th Apr 2020, 10.30am
Free
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