Two artists, selected from more than 100 applicants, have been confirmed as recipients of the inaugural St Kilda – Fragility Of Flight artists residencies.

Alex Hartley and Jon Macleod will each spend two to three weeks on the island during the summer to tap into the unique and extraordinary mood of this remote spot.

The residencies are presented by the National Trust for Scotland, in collaboration with Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre, and funded by Scottish Natural Heritage as part of the Year of Natural Scotland, with additional sponsorship from Kilda Cruises.

London-based Hartley works primarily with photography, which is often incorporated into sculpture and installation, while Macleod, from the Isle of Lewis, recently took part in a residency in Macedonia, where he worked folklore, flora and fauna into his art.

The work from the 2013 St Kilda residency scheme will be included in the Fragility Of Flight events at Taigh Chearsabhagh. It is hoped the residency will continue on an annual basis.

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SKIDS singer-turned-film director Richard Jobson will present a masterclass at the Screen Academy Scotland Production Centre at Edinburgh Napier University on June 26.

This free event is titled From Punk Rock to Punk Cinema – How to Make a Film in The Cloud, and uses as a case study Jobson's latest, as yet unreleased revenge thriller Wayland's Song, which was completed using the full range of cloud-based Adobe software from Story Plus and Prelude to After Effects, Audition and Speedgrade.

No booking is required but space is limited, so first come first served, with the event beginning at 11am.

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AUTHOR Graham Hancock's latest novel, War God, will be launched at Waterstones in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, tomorrow at 6.30pm.

Part historical fact, part fantasy, the book marks the 500th anniversary of the Papal Requirement of June 1513 which legitimised Spain's conquest of Mexico as a holy war by pitting Cortes against Moctezuma in a fight to the death for supremacy.

Hancock's sometimes controversial non-fiction bestsellers include Fingerprints Of The Gods, which claimed an advanced civilisation existed during the last Ice Age and was destroyed in a global cataclysm 13,000 years ago.

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