David Ferguson

Leading regional law firm, Gardner Leader, has gathered together 35 local professionals for an Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Friends training event to raise greater awareness on how the condition impacts people, both professionally and personally.

Greetings again from the darkness. As parents we fool ourselves into believing we know our children and what they are up to. After all, they live in the same house and eat the same meals. Norwegian documentarian Benjamin Ree shows us quite a contrast to this theory. What happens when a loving family discovers their son’s secret life much too late?

The new issue of Journey Planet is the first to be entirely dedicated to queer themes, with a focus on LGBTQ+ comics.

Greetings again from the darkness. It takes a cinephile and documentarian of Mark Cousins ability to pull off such a treat for other cinephiles, especially fans of “The Master of Suspense.” This felt like a two-hour geek-out that I wished would never end. Of course, the early title card that read “Written and Voiced by Alfred Hitchcock” tipped us that this would be no ordinary biopic. It’s been more than 40 years since Hitchcock died (1980 at age 80), and his career spanned 1925 through 1976. His oeuvre firmly established his place among the greatest filmmakers, featuring at least eight all-time classics.

Greetings again from the darkness (on the edge of town). What keeps a band together for decades? It could be the shared love of music … although many bands have split up with members continuing on in solo careers. It could be a love of performing … but again, a band isn’t needed for that. It could be friendship or family … lifelong friends Paul and John couldn’t save The Beatles, and a brotherly feud broke up Creedence Clearwater Revival. Certainly “luck” plays a role … too many deaths to count have caused the demise of bands through the years. Although no clear answer exists, it’s likely a blend of all the above combined with a certain spiritual bonding. Nowhere is that more evident than with the E Street Band. Of course, the band has a dynamic leader in (the once shy) Bruce Springsteen, but it’s obvious these musicians like and respect each other, and very much value what they have built together.

Greetings again from the darkness. It feels like it’s been a while since we had a good old fashioned serious-minded, tension-packed, “big” drama film featuring big movie stars. Well, that’s exactly what director Edward Berger, fresh off his Oscar-winning ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (2022), serves up with his latest. Writer Peter Straughan (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, 2011) has adapted the 2016 Robert Harris novel, and the result is a welcome crowd-pleaser that may garner some Oscar consideration.

Hawick take advantage of Kelso's squad limitations to rack up another big win in the Arnold Clark Men's Premiership

Scottish Paralympics and Commonwealth Games athlete Melanie Woods became the first-ever female winner of the annual Jed Renilson 10km wheelchair race on Sunday.

Greetings again from the darkness. It’s possible I’m in the minority on this one, but it’s inconceivable to think I’m all alone with my impression of a movie being hyped as a reunion of the FORREST GUMP director, writer, stars, and crew. I found this to be one of the most irritating and tiresome movies to watch that I’ve seen in a while. A long while. Of course, I’m sure it’s possible to create a decent movie with no plot and little story, and no character of interest … but this ain’t it.

Greetings again from the darkness. ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way.’ That famous saying should be known as a “Cabrini”. For anyone whose impression of nuns is that of irascible old women swatting misbehaving students with rulers during school hours, filmmaker Alejandro Monteverde (SOUND OF FREEDOM, 2023) and co-writer Rod Barr have just the biopic for you.