Starry line-up for charity Burns night
Starry line-up for charity Burns night
There are many alternative attractions on January 25, 2014 to mark Burns night in this Scots annus mirabilis of 2014, but actor Iain Robertson has assembled a bill of talent to raise funds for the Scottish Cot Death Trust - a charity for which he has just become a new ambassador - that takes some beating.
The Guy's Charity Burns Night is at Glasgow's SWG3 venue near Yorkhill in Eastvale Street and features a sumptuous Scottish menu prepared by Guy Cowan of Guy's restaurant in Candleriggs. On the bill, hosted by Tam Cowan, are actor Ken Stott, who will be delivering the Selkirk Grace; Scots Makar Liz Lochhead, performing a new original work written specially for the occasion; former Taggart star Colin McCredie; and Robertson himself. Dave Anderson will deliver the Address to the Haggis, and new pieces by Ian Pattison, Peter McDougall and David Greig will feature alongside performances from Glasgow Girls actresses Amiera Darwish, Patricia Panther and Frances Thorburn.
l guysrestaurant.co.uk
Battle of the choirs begins
Entry is open for the 2014 Choir of the Year competition, which is being run in association with the Big Big Sing, part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural programme. The competition is open to amateur choirs of between eight and 100 voices and the top 16 will go through from the auditions to category finals in London's Royal Festival Hall in October, with six finalists progressing to a sing-off at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in December. Big Big Sing will be running workshops on each of the audition days, which begin in Middlesbrough on March 2 and end at Glasgow City Halls on June 22.
l choiroftheyear.com
Postcard art at small prices
Roger Billcliffe's Glasgow gallery in Blythswood Street kicks off the year with an annual show of small postcard-sized paintings. Postcards 2014 is the 20th such exhibition and as usual features pocket-sized works from recent graduates from Scotland's schools and colleges of art alongside those by well-known names in Scottish contemporary art. Prices start from a pocket-money £80, so a visit to the exhibition, which opens on Saturday, is an ideal way to begin a collection of art.
l billcliffegallery.com
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article