Grace Payne-Kumar with Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian. By Bill Heaney Scottish Portrait Awards are proud to announce that 21-year-old Grace Payne-Kumar’s selection for the
Category: BOOK REVIEWS
SEAMUS HEANEY: THE MANY STAGES OF THINKING
This discussion of Heaney’s politics and understanding of place is admirably nuanced, yet never unclear. He does full justice to Heaney’s complex understanding of “locations of writing”, places enlivened by association with literature, and his related understanding of his own home, which situates it in a broad spatial and temporal context. O
BOOKS: THE SOUND OF THE OLD SHUTTLE
n making the telling point that ‘The jagged edges of the violent past are still locked within ideological vices’, The Sound of the Shuttle is an insightful and honest report based upon many years of creative and critical practice. This is an essential book for our changing times.
LENNOX – A RICH FRAMEWORK OF INTRIGUE
Synchronicity’s energy and enthusiasm for Lennox has been amazing and their vision of the character and his story reflects mine perfectly. I am convinced Claire and the team offer the ideal partner in bringing Lennox—who is a subtly nuanced and complex character—to the screen. I am very excited to see it all coming together.”
RESPECT THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF DUMBARTON’S DECISION
Prince Harry and Meghan (left) and Prince Harry with JJ Chalmers, BBC broadcaster and ex-soldier from Renton, West Dunbartonshire. By Lizzie Healey This week the
INISHBOFIN BIRDS: SPECIAL TALK IN DUBLIN
The book will be introduced by Dr Tim Stott, TU Dublin.
The main speaker of the evening will be Anthony McGeehan, author, photographer and renowned bird expert, who will be discussing ‘Inishbofin and its birds: keeping the future as green as the past’.