Berlin

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28 Oct 2011

Get on the farm Forget Carry on Camping, the crew at Comrie Croft in Perthshire know how to do camping in style, with this eco-friendly farmstead conversion. Located in Crieff, surrounded by gorgeous vistas, bring in the bells around a campfire…

Rhythm Drum & Dance

High-energy show comes to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre

30 Jul 2010

We needed a lie down just after watching the YouTube trailer for this one. A high-energy, high drama drum show which began as a 20-minute show in Berlin (and has since expanded to tour around Europe) – this is a celebration of rhythms. And the RD&D…

Glasgow International - Mark Cousins meets Douglas Gordon

15 Apr 2010

Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art returns this fortnight with a mouth-watering programme of work by over 50 artists in venues across the city, based around the theme ‘past, present, future’. Opening the festival, internationally renowned…

Chloe Aridjis: Book of Clouds

9 Jul 2009

The Scottish climate comes in for a fair bit of stick but if Book of Clouds is to be believed, there’s more to dreichness than we think. Chloe Aridjis’ Berlin is awash with the wet stuff, from torrential downpours to misty masses. Tatiana is a young…

Spring Break

1 Mar 2009

Dublin Dublin's fair city is ranked as one of the top tourist destinations for backpackers and students alike. World renowned for its pubs and Irish charm, today you’ll find it’s a city where youth has visibly taken charge of tradition, resulting in a…

Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson marry

24 Apr 2008

Lou Reed and his long-term partner, the avant-garde composer Laurie Anderson, married earlier this month in Colorado. The couple, who have been together since 1995, were married on 12 April in Colorado, and threw a celebration in their home city of…

Lou Reed's Berlin to get cinema release

18 Apr 2008

The new live performance of Lou Reed's classic album 'Berlin' is to be released as a film on 25 July. Lou Reed's Berlin, which was directed by Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), will enjoy a limited release around the UK, including…

Berliners take part in break up show-and-tell

25 Oct 2007

A travelling exhibition which displays the remnants of failed relationships is currently on show in a former squat in Berlin. The Museum of Broken Relationships asks the residents of each city visited to donate items which represent the inevitable…