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Sarah Kendall

Sarah Kendall

(2 stars)16 Aug 2007

Back in the heady days of 2004, Sarah Kendall became the first woman to receive a Perrier nomination in nine years, and deservedly so. Having taken time out to trot the globe, she returned last year with a show that was worryingly patchy and left some…

Richard Herring

(4 stars)16 Aug 2007

Twenty years since his first Fringe performance, Herring has the nagging feeling that he may have wasted his life. No one who sees this show would agree as he joyfully immerses us in his mid-life crisis, highlighting the dangers of slogan T-shirts.

Idiots of Ants

Idiots of Ants

Sketches and skits with style

(3 stars)9 Aug 2007

A live sketch show is a notoriously difficult thing to pull off. We allow stand-ups to have lulls in their hour but with a parade of sketches we expect each one to make us wet our collective underwear. A stand-up has time to develop a stage persona but…

Barry Castagnola

(2 stars)9 Aug 2007

We all know people who sit in the pub and regale us with stories and have us laughing like drains. How funny do you think these people would be if you put them on stage for a whole hour with no chance to get another round in and maybe a bag of peanuts?

Rhod Gilbert

(4 stars)9 Aug 2007

Being stuck in a hotel room watching What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is Gilbert’s starting point, as he trails off on various tangents about parental divorce, finding love, having a baby and the trials of growing up in a fictional town. Surreal, rambling…

From Russia, With Love - Ian Fleming (1957)

Ian Fleming - From Russia, With Love (1957)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

'My name is Bond, James Bond.' There are few characters of the 20th century that can boast the kind of global renown of Ian Fleming's British secret agent. Widely regarded as the best of Fleming's novels (JFK rated it among his top ten favourite books…

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