Eric Branse-Instone

Here is DunsPlayFest's youngest playwright and trustee in conversation with this year's winner of the Hugo Burge Award.

#DunsPlayFest #theatre #emergingArtists #NewWriting

https://youtu.be/WspWq7xlP0o

Heartedly recommended the series of pocket-sized walk books from Pocket Mountains, a small business just outside Moffat in Dumfries.
#Walking #hiking #hillWalking

https://pocketmountains.com/

The men who raised the flags
https://manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-raised-the-flags/
Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found.
Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found […]

Just found and used this free online hearing assessment test provided by the RNID. Result is the advice to get a full hearing assessment done as I show signs of hearing loss (something that my family has been telling me for a while...)

#RNIB #HearingLoss #HealthCheck #Pardon […]

Edinburgh e-bike component manufacturer, Intradrive, are hiring. They are looking for a junior to mid-level engineer with a hands-on approach and a passion for bikes and electronics.

Find out more about Intradrive on their website www.intradrive.co.uk

I'm currently ill and bored with not having the energy to do what I should be doing. Result is that I'm finding amusement I don't usually have time for.

This "I'm a Barbie girl" played in the style of six composers was quite diverting.

https://youtu.be/WRfsibwR5x4?

Just listened to Skotia Media's interview of Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana. Refreshing to hear that they are open-minded about Scottish Independence, but saddened that she misrepresented policy positions of the Scottish Greens. Overall, I'm afraid that the interview rather reminded me of […]

We're taking on rich land hoarders We're taking on rich land hoarders - Greens to tackle derelict land blight through tax on land hoarders

Eminently sensible idea here to tackle the blight caused by land banking - businesses buying up land or buildings to jest let it fester.

https://greens.scot/news/were-taking-on-rich-land-hoarders

So I live on a #boat now and everything gets organised through one Meta product or another - seemingly mostly Facebook and WhatsApp.

I have grudgingly joined some WhatsApp groups, but I refuse to book face.

So I’m trying some hashtags. Is #fediboat is a thing or maybe #Boatstodon? #BoatLife? […]

Anyone found an effective way of searching for suppliers and manufacturers based in Scotland? When buying online I'd like to support the economy more local to me if possible.

A post by laxsara: the meaning of life is summed up in the story elmer bendiner tells about how when he was a pilot the second world war, his plane was hit with a barrage of anti-aircraft fire from the nazi forces but the crew survived. and how everyone was saying it was a miracle until they investigated the shells that got in the fuselage and found there was no explosive charges in any of them. in one they found a note scribbled in czech, written by the person who had been forced to manufacture the shells, and it just said 'this is all we can do for you now. every time i see someone acting tough online about how harm reduction is pointless and in some convoluted way worse than doing nothing i think about that person in some soul-destroying nazi factory in occupied czechoslovakia removing all of the explosive charges from their anti-aircraft shells and writing a note that they must have known would probably never be read, just to say 'this is all we can do for you, and we're going to do it. they are trying to make us kill you and we refuse. i do think that maybe it's all going to be okay. 8,235 notes

Do a bad job for the Fascists.

Poster showing a misty Scottish mountain. Text: Firebrand UNGETATABLE by Janet Coulson & Ellie Zeegen A performed reading of a radio play inspired by George Orwell’s 1984 Heart of Hawick Friday 21° November, 19.30 Standard £12.50 / Concession £10 / Wheelchair accessible £10 Age recommendation 12+

Firebrand premièred this new radio play at this year's DunsPlayFest. Presented on stage as a radio play it was remarkably spell binding. Great to see them touring it.

#newWriting #DunsPlayFest #Hawick #Theatre #RadioPlay #Firebrand

Joint pain or osteoarthritis? Why exercise should be your first line of treatment
https://theconversation.com/joint-pain-or-osteoarthritis-why-exercise-should-be-your-first-line-of-treatment-260638
Stiff knees, aching hips and the slow grind of chronic joint pain are often accepted as an […]

White logo mug with text "Labour: Tough on grannies | Easy on genocide

And on top of this news, just heard that DunsPlayFest's Festival Director, John McEwen and Producer, Sara Best, are off to the Thistle Awards this evening being in the final four of this prestigious award in the Outstanding Festivals Category.

#AccessibleTheatre #theatreFestival […]

Poster showing a misty Scottish mountain. Text: Firebrand UNGETATABLE by Janet Coulson & Ellie Zeegen A performed reading of a radio play inspired by George Orwell’s 1984 Heart of Hawick Friday 21° November, 19.30 Standard £12.50 / Concession £10 / Wheelchair accessible £10 Age recommendation 12+

Firebrand premièred this new radio play at this year's DunsPlayFest. Presented on stage as a radio play it was remarkably spell binding. Great to see them touring it.

#newWriting #DunsPlayFest #Hawick #Theatre #RadioPlay #Firebrand

For those who don’t seem to quite get it yet.

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Has Russia lost Moldova? Why the bitterly contested election in a "faraway country, between people of whom we know nothing", matters a lot

Looks like Putin's attempt to bully Moldova has failed. With 90% of votes counted, the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has a 20 point lead over the Russian-funded Patriotic Bloc open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

A new, independent source of news launches tomorrow.

“We are a group of former Guardian and Observer journalists who think our turbulent times call for a different kind of media title: courageous, independent, diverse and built around a community of readers and journalists.

“Our beat will be […]

Stockton and Darlington Railway The first commercial use of the railways

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1825/sep/24/transport.uk

I love that info on the top:

THIS ARTICLE IS MORE THAN 200 YEARS OLD :)

#Railway200 #railway #trains #media

Lass in slinky dress exclaiming "oh my..." whilst holding a steering wheel whilst hard-man young bloke looks on. Dark background, dramatic lighting...

Shot from one of the new plays that premiered at this year's DunsPlayFest.

Ollipops a dark comedy written & directed by Eilidh Macdonald, which went on to a successful run at the Fringe.

#ScottishTheatre #emergingArtists #newWriting #theatre
#DunsPlayFest

The Stockton & Darlington Railway is 200 this week.

Here is an overview of its significance written by yous truly...

#Rail200 #Railway #history #SDR

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/research/a-brief-overview-of-the-stockton-and-darlington-railway/

Lass in slinky dress exclaiming "oh my..." whilst holding a steering wheel whilst hard-man young bloke looks on. Dark background, dramatic lighting...

Shot from one of the new plays that premiered at this year's DunsPlayFest.

Ollipops a dark comedy written & directed by Eilidh Macdonald, which went on to a successful run at the Fringe.

#ScottishTheatre #emergingArtists #newWriting #theatre
#DunsPlayFest

Special edition Railway themed magazine showcasing Historic England research has just landed, including a couple of articles by me.

#RailwayHistory #Railway200 #Rail200
#Railway #history

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/historic-england-research-29/

I'm going to introduce a new to me concept: #enfascisisation, to rhyme, rather bitterly, with @pluralistic's #enshittification.

Enfascisisation is the process of making a society more vulnerable to #fascism, especially by spreading the belief that the triumph of fascism is inevitable. Thus when […]

A couple of years ago, at one of these concerts, my daughter played a Grade 5 clarinet solo, accompanied by the Jed Forest Brass Band in an arrangement specially written for her by Cameron Mabon (head of the Berwickshire High School music department). It was effectively a Clarinet Concerto in […]

Poster for Concert Dark coloured with a brass band on stage lit like a rock band. Text: Featuring one of Scotland's best brass bands, Dalkeith & Monktonhall along with students of the Berwickshire High School. Sunday 29 Sept 7pm £5 under 18s free

Our high school in Duns has an excellent music department. One of the things they do is to host a different top-rated brass band every year for a concert, giving youngsters (from S1-S6) the chance of playing alongside some of the pieces and giving senior […]

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Scarborough beach getting some banksy inspired sand art.
By Fred Brown.

Richard, shoulders stooped by his 90+ years cutting a ribbon alongside a girl of about 9 years, both with scissors.

“I might be the only person who has been to every Edinburgh Festival since it began in 1947 but I think the true spirit of the festival now resides… in Duns...

DunsPlayFest is all about love.”

Said by Richard Demarco,, patron of DunsPlayFest in 2024. Photo is […]

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Email
dunsplayfest@gmail.com
If you would like to offer a new piece of theatre for next year's festival.

#NewWriting #Theatre