Houston-based writer and producer Ed McCardie has helped create some of the most popular TV shows in the last decade, including Shameless, Sneaky Pete, Spotless and many more. He talks to INSIGHT Magazine about his big break, his favourite scenes
Natural Selection
… a little bit of me still hankers for those halcyon, art student days when channeling an eclectic, rebellious and ever-so-slightly boho vibe was everything.
Elaine C. Smith – Interview
Elaine C. Smith is a national treasure. So it was HUGELY embarrassing when I had to text her after the interview we’d done saying I had lost the recording and could we redo it. I was downstairs berating myself for being an idiot, when I heard my phone vibrating… It couldn’t be, could it??
James Grant Interview
Muscian James Grant talks to Rona Simpson about his success with 80s bands Friends Again and Love and Money, growing up in Castlemilk and his recent involvement with RIG Arts project ‘Heid O’ the Hill’ where he mentored musicians from
Helen McCookerybook – Interview
Helen McCookerybook (a.k.a Dr Helen Reddington) is a London-based musician and academic best known for singing and playing bass with Brighton punk band The Chefs. She talks to Rona Simpson about feminism, music and film ventures, her punk days and the violence that coloured that time.
Fenwick 47
Rona Simpson and family pay a visit to this wee hidden gem!
Eddi Reader Interview
Eddi Reader shot to fame in the 80s with her band Fairground Attraction. She is the recipient of 3 BRIT awards and in 2003 she gained worldwide attention for her album The Songs of Robert Burns. Rona Simpson caught up with her to chat about her new album Cavalier, feminism and the ‘instinctive beauty’ of playing live…
Walk: Hill of Stake
Rona Simpson and her mum, Dorothy, go for an epic (terrifying) adventure on a very foggy day.
Hurrah for Spring!
After a long winter, which has seen snow and ice cause chaos for so many, the light relief of the beginnings of spring is a joy to behold.
Style For Life
Nikki Oji, blogger and stylist imparts some pearls of fashion wisdom…
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