‘I'm a Catholic and I married a Protestant. I broke all the rules': Barry McGuigan still standing despite life's punches
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- Scotsman
Hue & Cry Glasgow Kelvingrove Bandstand Stage Times: Gig set times, support, tickets, likely setlist
Hue and Cry have a date with Glasgow. | Contributed Pat and Greg Kane are set to play an outdoor concert to mark a big birthday. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Formed in Coatbridge in 1983, Hue & Cry became one of Scotland's most-loved bands thanks to hits like Looking For Linda and Labour of Love. Over the years they have released 16 studio albums, most recently 2024's Hue And Cry 40 which marked the band's 40th anniversary. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad They are currently on tour marking the landmark anniversary and there's good news for Scottish fans - with a date this weekend in Glasgow. Here's what you need to know. When are Hue & Cry playing Glasgow? Hue & Cry play Glasgow's Kelvingrove Bandstand as part of the Summer Night series on Saturday, August 2. Who is supporting Hue & Cry at the Kelvingrove Bandstand? Hue & Cry will be supported in Glasgow by British alternative country band Red Sky July. What are the set times for Hue & Cry at the Kelvingrove Bandstand? Here's how the evening will play out: Doors: 6.30pm Red Sky July: 7.45pm Interval: 8.30pm Hue & Cry: 9pm Finish: 10.40pm Can I still get tickets for Hue & Cry's Glasgow concert? If you are looking for a late ticket you are out of luck - it's a sell out. You can check for last minute availability and resale tickets here. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Are there age restrictions for Hue & Cry's Glasgow gig? Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted and it's suggested the show is only suitable for those over the age of 14. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18. What is the likely Hue & Cry setlist for Glasgow? Hue & Cry haven't been playing many gigs of late, so we don't know exactly what they'll play, Having said that, expect to hear the majority of the following, taken from a gig in Newcastle earlier this year:
Spectator
17 hours ago
- Spectator
The harrowing true story behind Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick's swooningly gorgeous film, Barry Lyndon, has just been re-released in cinemas to mark its 50th anniversary. Much ink has been spilled about its hypnotic beauty, its lavish attention to historical detail, its dreamy, luscious, candlelit photography. Yet William Thackeray's bitingly satirical novel of the same name is often neglected – as is the true, harrowing story that inspired it. The book Barry Lyndon (first published in 1844) bore its genesis from the story of a real adventurer, Andrew Robinson Bowes, whose cruelty to his wife, the Countess of Strathmore, was notorious. Born Andrew Robinson Stoney, he rose to the rank of a lieutenant before marrying an heiress; after her death, he met the beautiful, rich Mary Bowes in a gambling house (her husband, the Earl of Strathmore, had recently died). He married her and took her name, becoming Andrew Robinson Bowes, and promptly squandered his wife's fortune, while being increasingly vicious towards her. Mary managed to escape from him twice. The first time, Bowes found and abducted her, and imprisoned her on their estate. The second time, she got him arrested, and he ended his days in prison. It's not hard to see the attraction of this as a plot for Thackeray. He knew what it was to be in debt for gambling, having left Cambridge without a degree because of it. He knew tragedy, too: one of his daughters died when she was a baby, and his wife was committed to an asylum. The similarities with Redmond Barry, the narrator of Thackeray's Barry Lyndon, are vivid. Barry follows almost exactly the same path, from impoverished Irishman as the son of a disgraced lawyer, through the military, marriage to an aristocrat, ruin and imprisonment. The novel is presented as Barry's memoirs, and he never once shows a modicum of remorse. A slippery character, he often changes names, taking on other, grander personae: Barry of Barryogue, Barry of Ballybarry, and eventually Barry Lyndon. In the novel, Barry's selfishness and egotism drive him onwards relentlessly in pursuit of gain. Where Kubrick makes us feel for the handsome young Redmond Barry, Thackeray gives us little to admire in this headstrong, hotheaded egotist. His picaresque career is marked by betrayal and intrigue. Following a duel in which he almost kills an English officer, he joins the army, where he distinguishes himself in the Seven Years' War with acts of senseless brutality, including killing a young ensign and robbing the boy's corpse without qualm. Later, when he is asked by the Prussians to spy on the Chevalier de Balibari (a famous gambler), who turns out to be his uncle, Barry becomes a double agent. Together, uncle and nephew cheat their way through the royal courts of Europe. Where Thackeray makes no bones about the pair's duplicity and dishonour, Kubrick invites us even to admire them, suggesting that they're simply taking money from those who have too much of it. When, in the novel, Barry claims he's no different to a lawyer or a merchant, we marvel at his disingenuousness; Kubrick's glorious portrayal of the aristocratic gambling dens and their foppish denizens forces us to question this. Dazzled by the trappings of wealth, Barry decides to marry a rich woman, and settles on the fabulously rich Lady Lyndon, whose husband, Sir Charles, is on his deathbed. Barry's pursuit of his prize is, in the book, markedly sinister. He becomes a figure of almost supernatural, Gothic power, wishing to bend her entirely to his will. All he wants, of course, is her money, and on their marriage the Irish upstart Redmond Barry becomes what he always wished for: the aristocratic Barry Lyndon, with vast estates and a vaster fortune at his beck and call. From here, the film takes a markedly different turn to the book. Thackeray shows Barry's dissipation in detail. He is a monster, openly having affairs and abusing and imprisoning the foolish, capricious Lady Lyndon. Meanwhile, her son by Sir Charles, Viscount Bullingdon (known as 'Bully'), vanishes off to America, abandoning her almost entirely. (Kubrick makes much more of this relationship, with the Viscount as an active agent of revenge.) Kubrick, on the other hand, shows Barry cutting a fine dash in society. Every time I watch the film I find myself, during this part, sinking blissfully into its sumptuousness. Ryan O'Neal (playing Barry), and Marisa Berenson (Lady Lyndon) are so attractive to watch that the viewer can't help sympathising with both of them. Barry floats around in gorgeous clothes, buys fabulous paintings, gambles and drinks. When he has a son, Bryan, with Lady Lyndon, he indulges him extravagantly, giving him a little coach drawn by sheep. In the novel, when Bryan dies by falling off a horse given to him by his father, Thackeray destroys any sympathy we might have. Immediately, Barry tries to pass off his illegitimate offspring as legitimate, desperate for a title that he can pass down to a son. Kubrick only hints at this appalling treatment of his wife: she's shown as a bored, virtuous bluestocking. Viscount Bullingdon is also rendered by Kubrick a much more ambivalent character. The final, engrossingly tense duel between him and Barry invites us to consider that, in the end, there isn't much between Bully and Ballybarry. They are two sides of the same golden coin. And yet this does a major disservice to the novel's intent. By downplaying Barry's violence and utter wrongness, Kubrick creates a fantasy. I'm not alone in wanting to live in the world that he built: the velvet coats, the glittering jewels. It's very much worth remembering that behind this luscious, seductive film lies real suffering: an imprisoned woman, and a monstrous man who tried to control her.
The Independent
3 days ago
- The Independent
Coast Guard begins salvage operation and investigates cause of boat collision that killed two girls
The U.S. Coast Guard was beginning a salvage operation on Tuesday while investigating the cause of a boat collision near Miami that left two girls dead, officials said. Capt. Frank Florio, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami, assured the victims' family members during a news conference that the Coast Guard and its partners would do everything in their power to learn what caused the crash. 'We owe you answers, and we are committed to finding them," Florio said. Officials didn't immediately identify any of the victims or release a cause for the crash. The collision between a barge and a sailboat occurred around 11 a.m. Monday in Biscayne Bay, between Miami and Miami Beach. All six people on the sailboat, a teenage sailing camp counselor and five children, ended up in the water. They were in their last week of a camp for children aged 7 to 15, according to the Miami Yacht Club. All six were pulled from the water, and four were rushed to a Miami hospital, officials said. A 7-year-old girl and a 13-year-old girl were pronounced dead shortly after arriving, while two other girls, ages 8 and 11, remained in critical condition Tuesday. A 19-year-old woman and a 12-year-old girl were rescued but not hospitalized. Local media and prominent TV personalities in Argentina identified the 7-year-old girl killed in the boating crash as Mila Yankelevich, the daughter of director Tomas Yankelevich and actress Sofia Reca and granddaughter of the prominent Argentine television producers Gustavo Yankelevich and Cris Morena. Marcelo Tinelli, a popular TV host and friend of the family, posted on X that he was 'devastated' by Mila's death. 'I can't believe it,' he wrote. 'My immense love to the entire family, who are part of my life.' Actor and presenter Nicolás Vázquez, currently starring in the musical 'Rocky' produced by Gustavo Yankelevich, expressed his heartbreak on Instagram. 'Mila's passing is one of those tragedies that hurts to the soul,' he wrote. Addressing Yankelevich he added: 'Even if we are not blood relatives, what we feel makes us brothers.' Across the U.S. last year, there were over 550 deaths in recreational boating, but only a sliver of those — 43 — were caused by vessels crashing into each other, according to Coast Guard statistics.
