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Fantastic Finns, super Swedes — A Baltic adventure
In the inimitable words of Monty Python: "Finland, Finland, Finland, The country where I want to be, Eating breakfast or dinner, Or snack lunch in the hall." It was with this level of searing cultural insight that William Lockwood stepped off the plane in Helsinki, ready to tackle whatever hurdles the country could throw at him, with a taste of Sweden thrown in for good luck. (...)
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A crash course in gridiron with Dundee Hurricanes
I heard of the Dundee Hurricanes almost by accident, writes Will Lockwood. At that point I'd been in Dundee for well over five years and thought I knew it pretty well, but was surprised to discover a fully-formed and thriving American football community in my own city. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Five Guys Named Moe
I'll be honest, writes William Lockwood. The main reason I went to see Five Guys Named Moe at the McEwan Hall was because it stars Clarke Peters, AKA Lester Freamon from The Wire. I didn't know much about it, except that it featured the vocal talents of the sharpest detective on The Greatest TV Show Ever. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Bell Shakespeare — Just Macbeth!
Making toilet humour sit comfortably alongside some of Shakespeare's darkest work is quite a skill, writes William Lockwood. Macbeth's themes of murder, ambition, fate and manipulation do not seem best suited to running jokes about flatulence. Until, that is, the Australian Bell Shakespeare troupe come along. (...)
