Martin Gray
Journalist at The Scotsman
Contributor at Freelance
Quiet man, reviewer, blogs on comics at Too Dangerous For a Girl @martgray.bsky.social @MartGray Instagram: martin.gray.566
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Jan 10, 2025 |
scotsman.com | Martin Gray
Settle into the Royal Oak in Keswick for home-from-home comforts where all the beauty of the Lakes are on the doorstepIt’s a good job the Lake District is so enticing or I’d never have ventured out of our suite at the Royal Oak, Keswick. Sitting on the characterful Main Street of the Cumbrian town, the historic former coaching inn – part of the Thwaites group – has modern rooms so cosy we relaxed the minute we opened the door.
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Oct 12, 2024 |
scotsman.com | Martin Gray
You’ve seen it in Game of Thrones but nothing prepares you for the true drama of IcelandThey call Iceland the land of fire and ice and that’s certainly proving the case as we tour the volcanic landscape outside Reykjavik. It’s March, it’s freezing but we’re basking in the warm spray thrown up by the hot springs, gazing at an active volcano in the distance through scads of steam.
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Apr 10, 2024 |
scotsman.com | Martin Gray
Wouldn’t it be a surprise if the show’s new lead was a middle-aged white guy? Ralf Little has quit Death in Paradise. Transplanted British detective Neville Parker has left Saint Marie, finding his happy ending with DS Florence Cassell. And so it begins again, the speculation as to who the next lead in the BBC1 staple will be. If the past 13 series are anything to go by, you can bet on a familiar telly face of the white, middle-aged and decidedly male persuasion.
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Jan 30, 2024 |
scotsman.com | Martin Gray
Whether you’re already a silent film fan or just si-curious, it’s movie magicWhile millions never move from the settee when it comes to watching films, or grudgingly go to the multiplex to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageously priced popcorn, me, I’m going to Bo’ness. Because the former mining town in Falkirk is the unlikely centre of the universe when it comes to… silent films.
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Dec 14, 2023 |
scotsman.com | Martin Gray
The BBC’s festive short dramas are always worth a watch... with the lights offA sad tale’s best for winter,’ wrote William Shakespeare, but I’m down with Charles Dickens, who embraced the tradition of festive ghost stories with A Christmas Carol. The first edition of 6,000 copies, published on 19 December 1843, sold out by Christmas Eve. It’s kept on selling.
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