by Steven A Kearney 2009 is being hailed as the year Edinburgh gets a live music scene to match its capital status and it is old fashioned song writing techniques which are behind the revival. For years Scotland’s capital has played second fiddle to the Glasgow music scene, but in recent times it seems that bands [...]
by Steven A Kearney Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre has announced the staging of a pioneering urban show which will feature the world’s top breakdancers. Breakin’ Convention will feature “the world’s hottest poppers, lockers, b-boys and b-girls” all showing off their moves in a highly competitive international hip hop dance competition set for the 18th and 19th [...]
by Steven A Kearney As far as sports go, few have managed out-point boxing in the realm of self-promotion and hyperbole. This week has seen British heavyweight David Haye become the latest fighter to proclaim upon himself the status of ‘the saviour of boxing’. Haye has finally agreed a contract to fight Wladimir Klitschko, the [...]
by Steven A Kearney Ahead of next week’s G20 summit in London, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has called on the police to adhere to the findings of a parliamentary report and respect ‘the right to peaceful protest’. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights report issued today described police management of recent protests [...]
by Steven A Kearney Google Street View is just experiencing ‘teething problems’ and has many positive uses, according to one leading figure in the property industry. The defence of the Street View tool, launched in the UK last week, comes amid significant amounts of publicity questioning the application’s legality and ethical basis. The technology is a [...]
by Stevie Kearney Despite initial concerns regarding passage into Gaza, a group of volunteers from Scotland have managed to deliver a convoy of medical aid. The group crossed over on Monday with no problems, having arrived at the border crossing at Rafah in Egypt soon after the much publicised Viva Palestina convoy. Campaign groups across [...]
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