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Hollywood stars boost Glasgow's economy

Hollywood film productions boost Glasgow's economy by £20m

Cloud Atlas, Under The Skin and World War Z all shot in Scotland

16 Feb 2012

Big-budget films starring the Hollywood elite helped generate more than £20m for Glasgow's economy in 2011, with several film production companies choosing the city as a location. A-listers Brad Pitt, Halle Berry and Scarlett Johansson have all…

Life and Debt

Life and Debt

Heartbreaking and pertinent documentary about Jamaica's economic misfortunes

22 Sep 2011

Made the year after the launch of the Jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel third world debt at the beginning of the new millennium, Stephanie Black’s agitprop documentary looks at the case of Jamaica. In 1977, fifteen years after achieving independence from…

Suckerville

Suckerville

Spitting Distance crashes onto the Fringe with a topical show

28 Jul 2009

The Fringe has always been a rich forum for performers to respond to global events, and it was inevitable that theatre-makers would take on this year’s hot topic, the world economic crisis and its aftermath. Intriguingly, up-and-coming young company…

Will Hutton

Will Hutton

9 Aug 2007

It’s not many people that can make dense economic theory and political machinations accessible to the casual reader, but Will Hutton is one such man. Formerly the editor-in-chief of the Observer and What the Papers Say political journalist of the year…

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