
David Pollock
Freelance Arts, Culture and Feature Writer at Freelance
Freelance arts, culture and feature writer. Music, comics, theatre, art, film. Stories.
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6 days ago |
scotsman.com | David Pollock
Robie Williams, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh ★★★★"Are my best days behind me?" asked Robbie Williams from the stage. "Am I still just the fat dancer from Take That?" It's been eight years since he last played this stadium, and although the several thousand people here clearly needed little reminding of a formative teenage crush and one of the most relentlessly good-at-his-job British pop stars of recent decades, at times it seemed like he was getting back into character.
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3 weeks ago |
thestage.co.uk | David Pollock
“Nice sense of the garishly madcap”ReviewsÒran Mór, GlasgowEwan Somers and Taylor Dyson in Goodbye Dreamland Bowlarama at Òran Mór, Glasgow. Photo: Tommy Ga Ken WanQuirky coming-of-age dramaSupport The Stage by registering or subscribingTo continue reading this article you must be logged in. Register or login below to unlock 3 free articles every month. OR Or subscribe from just £7.99 and get unlimited access to thestage.co.uk. Remember Login
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4 weeks ago |
scotsman.com | David Pollock
Supergrass, Barowland, Glasgow ★★★★Anyone who’s alarmed and disorientated to hear that Supergrass’s debut album I Should Coco – possibly the Britpop era’s purest expression of youthful abandon – is now 30 years old can take comfort in the band themselves, freshly reunited to tour the record in full.
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1 month ago |
thestage.co.uk | David Pollock
“Entrancing and contemplative”ReviewsThe Studio at Festival Theatre, EdinburghMaria MacDonell and Leo MacNeill in LIFE at the Studio at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. Photo: Roddy SimpsonMaria MacDonell writes and stars in a graceful, interactive two-hander set in a life drawing class at the Studio at Festival Theatre in EdinburghSupport The Stage by registering or subscribingTo continue reading this article you must be logged in. Register or login below to unlock 3 free articles every month.
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1 month ago |
thecourier.co.uk | David Pollock |Rebecca Baird
“I loved Scotland from the moment I entered it on my Lambretta scooter in 1956,” says folk singer Peggy Seeger, casting her mind way back to her earliest days exploring the UK. “It was summer, and I remember coming into Edinburgh from the south at sunset. Behind me and to the west was the most glorious, unbelievable sunset.”At the age of 89, Seeger’s inquisitive nature is as sharp as her memory, and on the phone her voice sounds strong.
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