Claire Smith

Soundhouse Winter Festival, featuring artists based in Scotland runs from Thursday November 28 – December 2.

With a roll call that includes Irvine Welsh, Simon Cowell, Tilda Swinton and Nicola Sturgeon Offbeat Studios, a tiny independent business on the Royal Mile is celebrating its thirty year anniversary.

/ -- At Hospitality Tech Expo 2024 (15 - 16 October 2024, ExCeL, London), international POS hardware solutions provider Star Micronics will exhibit its latest solutions for hospitality POS, mobile ordering, food labelling and self-service kiosk applications. These will be demonstrated with a range of hospitality payment, online ordering and kiosk software on Stand G40.

My favourite Doon Mackichan role is the one she plays in Toast of London, the staunchly upright but fizzingly ludicrous theatrical agent Joan Plough.

I've been alcohol-free for about five years now. I love it – but there's not a huge range of options when you're at parties.

She's back and she's just as brilliant as ever. Sophie Willan's second series of Alma's Not Normal once again mines her real life for laughs – with a tremendous supporting cast.

After a life full of challenges Fantastic Negrito is on the rise with the release of his album ‘Son of a Broken Man.'

Valenzuela was a symbol of pride, not just for Mexico, but Central and South America. “He taught me that if you have belief in something, you can accomplish anything,” said Nomar Garciaparra.

Warhol superstar Penny Arcade is fronting a fundraising campaign to help photographer Laura Rubin, famous for her photos of 1960s New York.

The Butterfield Diet is one of my top five comedy sketches. Dressed in his overtight suit the desperate but loveable entrepreneur Brian Butterfield