The Culture Scene

Nicola Meighan chats to Deacon Blue, Francis MacDonald, and Emeli Sandé

Gregory's Girl team Bill Forsyth, John Gordon Sinclair, Clare Grogan, and Alex Norton

Nicola checks in with Nicola Benedetti about her first year in the post of festival director of the EIF, we hear from Gail Porter about her Fringe show. And Bay City Rollers are in the studio for an exclusive conversation about their return to performing and recording. Duncan and Danny Campbell speak to Michelle about moving show The Suicide Notes.

Nicola Meighan rounds up the best Scottish content at this year's Edinburgh Festival. Cora Bissett is back with her smash-hit, gig-theatre show, charting the true story of Cora Bissett's rollercoaster journey from 90s indie-kid to wised-up woman. Touring with Radiohead, partying with Blur, she was living the dream. Until she wasn't. We also hear about her new short film being show and the Edinburg...

Kirsty Logan's memoir and Grant Hutchison on the book of his late brother Scott's art.

Nicola Meighan catches up with Sir Grayson Perry who's biggest exhibition has just opened at the National Galleries of Scotland and Christian Noelle Charles, a visual artist from New York State describes her exhibition What A Feeling! I Act 1 at Edinburgh Printmakers centre. She also hears about Alasdair Taylor, one of Scotland’s most enigmatic and influential painters of the 20th century, whose w...

Filmmaker and comic writer Etienne Kubwabo talks about his debut feature film; The Vintage Explosion and harmonicist Judd Lander talk about their unlikely encounter; documentary filmmaker Mark Cousins discusses his new Alfred Hitchcock biopic; and the theatre company that perform plays in Scots, Braw Clan, tell all about their new production.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Director Elizabeth Newman on bringing the classic tale of The Secret Garden to life outdoors in their amphitheatre, Award-winning poet Michael Pederson takes a moment from his book tour to chat his third collection of Poetry, and artist Lex McFadyen who shares how his recovery from a brain haemorrhage has brightened his work.

Artist Barbara Rae, Fife singer Nati Dreddd, and National Theatre of Scotland play Thrown

The National Museum of Scotland is about to launch a big new exhibition about the cultural phenomenon that is the little black dress, Nicola went for a sneak peak and chats with its curator; and Colin Macintyre - AKA Mull Historical Society – tells all about his new album which features collaborations with 13 leading writers including Liz Lochhead, Sir Ian Rankin and Val McDermid.

Artist Gerard M Burns has been dubbed Painter of the People, and his new work of art has taken pride of place at Glasgow Airport, he tell us all about it and working with the young kids who feature, and those kids let us know what they think too. Banksy surprised Scottish art lovers as overnight he launched his Cut and Run exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art, we hear early viewers think. Autho...

Artist Peter Howson talks to Nicola Meighan about putting on a retrospective exhibition in Edinburgh called When The Apple Ripens. Nicola catches up with Craig and Charlie Reid of The Proclaimers ahead of their Big Top Tent gigs on Leith Links this weekend. Plus, Sharleen Spiteri of Texas tells Janice Forsyth about their latest album release bringing together all their greatest hits.

Nicola Meighan with arts and culture highlights from around Scotland.