Daily Toll, Home Bar, Edinburgh 12.7.25 Textured lo-fi tunage from Sydney-based artisans headlining a triple bill with Pluplusch, and Stall Girls, all care of the PX4M organisation. Daily Toll play the Old Hairdressers, Glasgow tonight, 13.7.25.

My ⁦The Herald⁩ Herald Mag & Arts review of The Last Laugh, Paul Hendy’s play that sees Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse share a dressing room The King's Theatre & Theatre Royal Glasgow until July 19 atgtickets.com/shows/the-last… heraldscotland.com/life_style/253… heraldscotland.com/life_style/253…

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #100 open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Bowlers Rest: Paradise Palms: Home Bar: Leith Depot: Voodoo Rooms: Banshee Labyrinth: Whitespace: Fruitmarket: VoxBox: Leith Arches: Leith FAB Cricket Club: Sneaky Pete’s:

My ⁦The Herald⁩ Herald Mag & Arts review of The 39 Steps, ⁦Pitlochry Festival Theatre⁩ ‘s new production of Patrick Barlow’s parody of Alfred Hitchcock’s big screen version of John Buchan’s adventure yarn. In rep until Sept 26 pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/the-3… heraldscotland.com/life_style/253…

My ⁦The Herald⁩ Herald Mag & Arts review of Irvine Welsh’s PORNO, Davie Carswell’s hit stage version of Welsh’s Trainspotting sequel which came home to Leith for a short run this weekend. ⁦Leith Theatre⁩ heraldscotland.com/life_style/253…

Andy Goldsworthy talks in Scottish Art News about Fifty Years, his major new show which opens this weekend at the Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, as well as his work at Jupiter Artland seen alongside that of Ian Hamilton Finlay. nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/and… jupiterartland.org/art/work-begat…

My ⁦The Herald⁩ Herald Mag & Arts review of Romeo & Juliet, ⁦⁦Bard in the Botanics⁩ latest outdoor production of Shakespeare’s teenage tragedy. Botanic Gardens, Glasgow until August 2nd. bardinthebotanics.co.uk/productions/20… heraldscotland.com/life_style/253…

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #101 open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Bowlers Rest: Paradise Palms: Home Bar: Leith Depot: Queen’s Hall: Leith Arches: Safari Lounge: Embassy: VoxBox: Sighthill Bowling Club: Heriot’s Rugby Club: Jazz Bar: etc…

My The Herald Herald Mag & Arts review of Morning Star, Alan Muir’s play, the 4th for Theatre 118’s Play of the Week season, performed in a former Glasgow office block heraldscotland.com/life_style/253… 118 Osborne Street, Glasgow until Saturday July 26. ticketsource.co.uk/theatre-118/mo…

My The Herald Herald Mag & Arts review of Sherlock Holmes, Jennifer Dick’s weaving together of 3 Holmes stories for her Bard in the Botanics production heraldscotland.com/life_style/253… Botanic Gardens Glasgow until Aug 2 bardinthebotanics.co.uk/productions/20… Image by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.

New on The Noise of Art… You & Me Against the World: 2 Women, 5 Bands, ‘80s Edinburgh open.substack.com/pub/neilcooper… Some thoughts prompted by Saskia Holling’s new book that looks at the close knit music scene that inspired her labour of love. Spinout Nuggets

My ⁦The Herald⁩ Herald Mag & Arts Top 10 Theatre Must-sees on this year’s ⁦Edinburgh International Festival⁩ and ⁦Edinburgh Festival Fringe⁩ , which start this weekend. ⁦Traverse Theatre⁩ ⁦Summerhall⁩ ⁦The Queen's Hall⁩ ⁦Scottish Storytelling Centre⁩ heraldscotland.com/life_style/253…

New on The Noise of Art… Shop Local! #102 neilcooper.substack.com/p/shop-local-1… Edinburgh’s weekend starts here… Bellfield Brewery: Studies in Photography: Leith Dockers Club: Out of the Blue: Paradigm Shift: The Pitt: Coburg House: Argyle Bar: Campervan Brewery: Leith Depot: etc…

Now online, Linder talks in The List about Danger Came Smiling, the Liverpool born artist’s 50-year retrospective of punk-sired photomontage list.co.uk/news/linder-on… Edinburgh Art Festival Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh until Oct 19 edinburghartfestival.com/event/linder-d…

RIP Robert Wilson, theatrical and operatic collaborator with Philip Glass, Lou Reed and many more, including here with Tom Waits and William S. Burroughs. youtu.be/lbQkzAbCjio?fe…

And a quick The List review of Linder’s Danger Came Smiling unmissable 50-year retrospective. list.co.uk/news/linder-da… Inverleith House, RBGE Creative Programmes Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as part of Edinburgh Art Festival until Oct 19. rbge.org.uk/whats-on/linde… edinburghartfestival.com/event/linder-d…

My The List review of John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture, a wonderful overview of more than 80 works by one of Scotland’s major artists. list.co.uk/news/john-bell… City Art Centre as part of Edinburgh Art Festival until Sept 28 cultureedinburgh.com/events/john-be… edinburghartfestival.com/event/john-bel…

My thoughts in The List on Wael Shawky’s exhibition at Talbot Rice Gallery featuring his films, Cabaret Crusades and Drama 1882 list.co.uk/news/wael-shaw… Edinburgh Art Festival at Rick Talbot until Sept 28. trg.ed.ac.uk/exhibition/wae… edinburghartfestival.com/event/wael-sha…

My ⁦The Herald⁩ Herald Mag & Arts review of A Gambler’s Guide to Dying, Gary McNair’s 10th anniversary ⁦Edinburgh Festival Fringe⁩ revival of his solo tribute to his granddad. ⁦Traverse Theatre⁩ until Aug 24. Various times. heraldscotland.com/life_style/253…

My ⁦The Herald⁩ Herald Mag & Arts review of Make it Happen, starring Brian Cox & Sandy Grierson in ⁦Edinburgh International Festival⁩ satire of failed banker Fred ‘The Shred’ Goodwin. heraldscotland.com/life_style/253… Festival Theatre until Aug 9 eif.co.uk/events/make-it… heraldscotland.com/life_style/253…