Monthly Archives: August 2010

Suicide does not come with easy answers

Well, that was another funny week. No, funny isn’t the word. I don’t even know what the word is. It started shortly after last week’s Weekly went out. Reports started coming in that a man had killed himself on stage … Continue reading

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X-Factor v Genuine singing talent

Hey, so it turns out that something on TV has been fiddled with in an attempt to make it more entertaining. How could something like this happen? Okay, you might say this case is different. This is a singing competition. … Continue reading

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How do you solve a problem like Axl?

August is typically a quiet month in music, with very little going on at all. Yet this week seems to have been a busy week for music news. Okay, maybe ‘news’ isn’t the right term for all of it. Or … Continue reading

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Jennifer Coolidge: yours for the fringe

ThreeWeeks’ Andy Malt caught up with Hollywood actress Jennifer Coolidge, ahead of her first Edinburgh show to discuss her move into stand-up Having made her television acting debut in a 1993 episode of ‘Seinfeld’, Jennifer Coolidge has gone on to … Continue reading

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Alan Moore's Unearthing live at The Old Vic Tunnels

Last weekend began in an interesting way. I found myself wandering through derelict tunnels underneath Waterloo Station, where I stumbled upon a small theatre. Okay, I was expecting the theatre to be there, I’m not generally in the habit of … Continue reading

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