THE INVESTIGATION into the cause of the fire at the Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art is gathering a "high volume of information from various sources".
The fire service and experts from Police Scotland are still investigating the cause of the disastrous fire which destroyed the building in June.
Today at the Scottish Parliament, the chair of the Glasgow School of Art board, Muriel Gray, will appears before the Culture Committee.
David McGown, Assistant Chief Officer of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, said: “The investigation into the fire that took hold of the Glasgow School of Art, O2 ABC and surrounding buildings remains ongoing.
"Our fire investigation experts continue to work alongside our police partners, and through a high volume of information from various sources.
"I would like to stress once again that this is a very complex process and will therefore take time.”
www.firescotland.gov.uk
A PLAY celebrating the life of Elsie Inglis, a suffragette and surgeon is to be stage in several venues in Scotland later this month.
Ayrshire-based playwright Dave Dewar has written and directed the show and features eight folk musicians, two actors, one playing Elsie Inglis, a war diary reader and Mr Dewar as narrator.
It will be performed at Dumfries House in Ayrshire on 25 November, Glasgow University Chapel on 20 November and Augustine United Church Edinburgh on 2 December.
Ms Inglis trained in Edinburgh, was a doctor and the Honorary Secretary of Edinburgh's National Society for Women's Suffrage: the campaign to give women the vote.
Inglis founded the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service during World War 1.
In 1914, she approached the War Office with an offer to provide a unique all-women medical service for the war front. She was rejected.
She approached the other Allied nations, who welcomed her suggestion. She established the Scottish Women’s Hospitals (SWH) for Foreign Service, with its headquarters in Edinburgh’s New Town.
During the war, as a result of Elsie Inglis’s initiative, nearly 1500 SWH staff in 14 hospitals saved thousands of soldiers’ lives in France, Serbia, Russia, Romania and Greece.
www.cultural-connections.co.uk/events.html
GRANITE NOIR, Aberdeen's crime writing festival, is to launch its third programme this weekend.
Granite Noir 2019 will take place from February 22-24 and will feature author events, as well as workshops, film screenings, exhibitions, music and cabaret.
Lesley Anne Rose, producer of Granite Noir, said: “Granite Noir has gone from strength to strength as a festival and we can’t wait to reveal the programme for 2019.
"At the heart of the festival is crime fiction and the incredible authors who create it, but, working with our festival partners, we’re proud to be taking Noir as a starting point for curating, commissioning and programming across art forms to create a truly unique festival programme with something to offer all ages.”
Granite Noir is produced by Aberdeen Performing Arts in partnership with Aberdeen City Libraries, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives and the Belmont Filmhouse.
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
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