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Science festival Theatre
The Ideas Factory in performance:
This year’s Edinburgh Science Festival has been launched as the Ideas Factory, a hub for information, ideas and innovation, taking place in Edinburgh from Friday 4 to Sunday 19 April 2015.
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Wordly Wise – April Collisions
Now that the stooshie over spoken word performance has hopefully died down, here are this week’s collisions of culture and – even – science from resident perveyor of poetry J. A. Sutherland.
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Wordly Wisdom for a short month
Resident poet J. A. Sutherland reports back on recent goings-down in the world of Edinburgh’s spoken word events – and keeps us up-to-date with its goings-on in a month short in days, but not in spoken words…
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New Year, new Wordly Wisdom
New words and new wisdom from poet J. A. Sutherland with a Wordly Wise column inspired by last week’s Accelerator at the The Canons’ Gait.
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Wordly Wise – wrapped-up regulars
Wending his way year end-wards, resident poet J. A. Sutherland is already looking to the next – and the regular spoken word spots worth marking in your diary. But first, here’s glory.
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Wordly Wise in Book Week Scotland
There are more than a few related spoken word events on offer during Book Week Scotland. Resident poet J. A. Sutherland checks a few out and finds the odd hangover from the weekend’s Dr Who celebrations.