Latest articles from Russell Leadbetter
Your chance to hear The Songs The Beatles Gave Away
IF you want to stage a speaking tour that looks back at the songwriting craft of the Beatles, who better to co-present it than Bob Harris OBE, one of this country’s pre-eminent music broadcasters?
Life on the road with Simple Minds: Derek Forbes tells his story
THE opening chapter of Derek Forbes’s memoirs captures all the heady glories of being in a hugely successful touring rock band – but also the crushing blow of being asked to leave.
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Kenny MacAskill: BBC “supine and sanitised” in coverage of Gaza "horrors"
SCOTTISH MP Kenny MacAskill, who has described Israel’s assault on Gaza as “ethnic cleansing”, has accused the BBC of being “supine and sanitised” in its reporting of the “horrors being inflicted” on Gaza by Israel.
Jo Cox Foundation to give Glasgow lecture on abuse and intimidation in politics
REPRESENTATIVES of the Jo Cox Foundation are to give a special lecture in Glasgow tomorrow on tackling abuse and intimidation in politics.
Photographer Harry Benson on his landmark pictures of the Beatles in 1964
IT was the small hours of January 19, 1964. The Beatles were in Paris, where they had been playing a number of sold-out shows in front of ecstatic fans. At 2am that morning they were at the George V Hotel, winding down after two gigs at l’Olympia.
When the new Scottish Parliament relocated to Glasgow
Twenty-four years ago the Scottish Parliament abandoned Edinburgh for Glasgow for a few weeks. "We are creating history", said the presiding officer, Sir David Steel.
Tiree Music Festival to return in 2024 after last year's cancellation
A popular beachfront music festival in the Inner Hebrides that was cancelled last year due to "extreme weather conditions" has announced its return from July 12-14 this year.
Tortoise in a Nutshell's world premiere of Ragnarok, this weekend
RAGNAROK, an innovative theatrical production combining intricate puppetry, live-feed camera work, and live performance, is to receive its world premiere at Stirling’s Macrobert Arts Centre on Saturday, February 3.
Helensburgh Oratorio Choir to perform Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony
IT was just over sixty years ago that the Helensburgh Oratorio Choir made its public debut, singing Mendelssohn’s Elijah, a hugely popular choral work.