THE Canongate in Edinburgh is to be lit up with the Stars and Stories Walking Trail.
The trail has been expanded from last year, and will now feature more contemporary and women writers.
This year, free walking tours will be established.
Venues and key sites in the area will feature 24 lit up boxes with quotes from key writers.
The scheme is part of the City of Literature 'words on the street' campaign which aims to make literature visible on the streets of the Scottish capital.
Writers quoted include Tessa Ransford, Catherine Sinclair, Muriel Spark, Margaret Oliphant, and the Makar Jackie Kay, among others.
Stars and Stories walking tours are on December 7, 14, 21 and 28.
www.cityofliterature.com
AN open letter urging the UK film industry to implement a new and compulsory system of accountability has been signed by more than 500 industry professionals.
Campaigning group Raising Films’ letter is a response to the recent revelations of abuse and sexual harassment in the screen industries.
The letter calls for a series of measures, including a sector-wide independent investigation, a new industry tribunal, support for workers going to tribunals, among other measures.
Signatories include representatives signing on behalf of industry leaders BECTU, Directors UK,
Equity, Women in Film & Television UK, Creative Scotland, Sheffield Doc/Fest, National Film and
Television School, Irish Film Board, BBC Films, Film4, the Independent Cinema Office, Sixteen Films
and Monumental Pictures. Other signatories come from the full breadth of the industry -
including high profile filmmakers, actors, crew, agents and academics; critics, distributors, sales
agents, exhibitors and festivals
www.raisingfilms.com/action-open-letter/
The National Museums of Scotland has received an international award for the six new Science and Technology galleries which opened last summer.
The National Museum of Scotland was announced as the winner of the 2017 Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits at the annual conference of the Society for the History of Technology in Philadelphia.
The judging panel praised the way that "[The Museum] successfully tackled the major challenge of producing a general exhibit on the history of technology through six thematic galleries rooted in scholarly discourse but at the same time making both the chronology of technological innovation and the social issues around that innovation clear to the public."
Recent winners of the Dibner Award include the Smithsonian Design Museum, the National Museum of American History, the Science Museum in London and the Canada Science and Technology Museum.
www.nms.ac.uk
London-based saxophonist Dave O’Higgins brings his quartet to Scotland for three concerts next/this week in support of his latest album, It’s Always 9:30 in Zo
g. O’Higgins, who has worked with Frank Sinatra and Cleo Laine among many others and fills the Paul Desmond role in pianist Dave Brubeck’s sons touring tribute to their late father’s quartet, gained early experience touring with the drummer and founder of Edinburgh’s Jazz Bar, Bill Kyle before going on to join the bands of guitarists Jim Mullen and Martin Taylor.
His group appears at The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm on Tuesday, November 21; Jazz Bar, Edinburgh on Wednesday, November 22; and the Blue Lamp, Aberdeen on Thursday, November 23. O’Higgins also gives a masterclass at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow on the Wednesday afternoon.
www.daveohiggins.com
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here