News from The Herald
A very model of a modern G&S
A stiff example with beautiful plummage, such as a Norwegian Blue that had rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisibule, would have been ideal.This new production of Gilbert and Sullivan's silly satirical tale of swashbuckling, dutifulness, pare
Lidija and Sanja Bizjak: The Rite Of Spring/Petrushka (Mirare)
The Rite Of Spring/Petrushka(Mirare) OVER the decades I have got a bit fed up with the perennial nay-sayers to piano transcriptions of masterworks. Their criticism is always the same: that a transcription is no more than a pale shadow of the original orc
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (Columbia)
Random Access Memories (Columbia) With only four studio albums in a decade-and-a-half of music-making, French electronic duo Daft Punk are the Terence Malick of pop - and equally lauded, for reasons which become evident within the first few bars of this
Optimo: The Underground Sound Of Glasgow, mixed by JD Twitch (Glasgow Underground)
Mixed by JD Twitch(Glasgow Underground) Here's the first in a new series of compilations from Kevin McKay's resurgent label, showcasing a DJ and the best underground dance music in their home city. Starting closest to home, first up is JD Twitch, aka Kei
Vamm: Vamm (Vamm)
Vamm(Vamm) Patsy Reid, Catriona Macdonald and Marit Fält, right, use the 22 strings of their two fiddles, viola and Låtmandola to create a sound that lives up to the translation of their collective name, an old Shetlandic word for...
Woodenbox serve up second course after spaghetti western starter
Not so for Woodenbox. This band's love of spaghetti westerns goes deeper down into the melodramatic music of Ennio Morricone, the plaintive blast of a mariachi trumpet and even, once upon a time, a bit of dressing-up for effect.
The bright stuff
They, after all, are the band who stayed, setting an example to - and a template for - groups like Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, Belle And Sebastian and The Delgados, who all found critical acclaim and international recognition but on terms that involved no c
Call for children to get measles jag
Sir Harry Burns made the call ahead of a nationwide campaign to boost take-up.NHS boards will offer the vaccination to ensure young people will be protected if they have not already been immunised or are not fully immunised. They will also work with scho
UKIP face fresh right-wing row
Otto Inglis has attended meetings of the right-wing Letter Writers' Guild (LWG) - a forum for people of a conservative bent who correspond with the press - which has hit out at the "protection" of minorities and the "Islamic Tsunami...
Joyce in by-election threat
The UK party last week suspended the selection process for a new candidate in Falkirk, amid fears the trade union Unite had enlisted dozens of new recruits in a bid to help its favoured contender Karie Murphy.
Galloway attacked for SNP Catholic slur
Speaking to the Sunday Herald, Galloway warned Scotland's Catholics to be "careful what they wish for" in the 2014 independence referendum, and claimed that as a Roman Catholic he would have concerns about living in a post- independence,...
Same-sex marriage bill passed
On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected a challenge by the right-wing opposition, clearing the way for Hollande to sign the bill. He said: "I have taken the decision; now it is time to respect the law of the Republic."
Abductions spark crossing closure
The protest began on Friday when police put barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained the gates, locals said, a day after seven policemen and soldiers were abducted by gunmen demanding the release of jailed Islamist militants.
Merkel echoes Pope's reform call
Francis appealed on Thursday for world financial reform, saying the global economic crisis had made life worse for millions in rich and poor countries. Merkel visited Rome for a few hours on Friday specifically to meet the pontiff, and later said they ha
Chief of Moscow CIA base named
Ryan Fogle, a purported CIA agent, was arrested last week while wearing a blonde wig and was briefly detained. Russia says it warned the CIA Moscow station chief in 2011 to stop the "provocative" recruitment of spies. An unnamed official of...
Most read news
- 00:30 Anti-Muslim reprisals after Woolwich attack
- 00:03 MANUEL PELLEGRINI READY TO TURN MANCHESTER CITY INTO EUROPEAN GIANTS
- 23:10 Sergio Garcia fights for reputation as Tiger Woods slams 'hurtful'...
- 23:02 Taking the fifth: how Lois Lerner of the IRS followed a...
- 23:02 Mad Men recap: Season six, episode eight – The Crash
- 22:58 Markets rally as Ben Bernanke backs further quantitative easing
- 22:58 Boxing: Carl Froch predicts 'phenomenal' fight against Mikkel Kessler
- 22:58 England v New Zealand: We will try to win it with words, says Neil...
- 22:58 Former Manchester United and England defender Brian Greenhoff dies
- 22:58 Rory McIlroy puts aside management split to revive season
