Come along to the Brass Monkey on Drummond Street on Tuesday 29th March between 18:30 and 21:30 for the first in a series of About Film nights where we watch a film and then discuss it afterwards…
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A long established bar in Edinburgh which sits off Surgeon’s Hall tucked away like a local secret. Brass Monkey offers a range of beverages from whiskies to coffee served with Tunnocks Teacakes – a touch which very much epitomizes this wood panel watering hole. They sport a range of posters and an intimate back room which harbours bubbling conversation. Read more…
On 15 February 2016, my dad (Maurice MacLean) died aged 96. On 17 April our son Simon will do the Great Edinburgh Run to raise money for his grandpa’s favourite charity, the Red Cross. Can I explain the background?
Maurice always hated what war did to people, but he also believed that sometimes war was necessary to confront a great evil. He summed up his thinking in a talk he gave long after the war:
Anne Fernie shared a second talk on the history of countercultures and romantic radicals on February 11th 2016 at the Castle Hotel. Having spent a lifetime reading and learning about the histories which have helped shape our culture and world today. Here you can read the transcript which matches up with the slideshow she did.
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Charity works – first one I ever did was volunteering as a stage manager/ lighting tech for Scottish Opera for all, this toured places like old folks homes, community centres, craigmiller castle etc. The cast was always local residents, with a high number of physically or mentally handicapped performers. They loved being the centre of attention and were really appreciated by the community at large.
After that I volunteered with St Brides Theatre and the Church HIll Theatre as a lighting technician and stage manager, where I also ended up running the projector for the saturday afternoon movie matinee for old folks in the area. I worked with community groups and youth groups such as st serfs players, revellations, st phillips, frog prince productions, third rail and many more groups.
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