By fay.young on July 23, 2010
Mongolia bound: Marcin Potepski and his hot car (Pictures by Kasia Raszewska)
It’s madness of course. “It’s so stupid we thought we need to do it.” That’s Marcin Potepski the night before he set off on a 10,000 mile drive from Leith to Mongolia in a nine-year-old Ford Fiesta with a habit of overheating. The Mongol [...]
Posted in Swietlica
By fay.young on May 7, 2010
Life goes on whatever is happening in Westminster. Here’s an email from Kasia Raszewska about an important project at Swietlica, providing support and information for people experiencing domestic violence. You are welcome to join the meeting chaired by community policeman Simon Daley on Monday 10th May at 6.30pm in Fort Community Wing. Over to Kasia [...]
Posted in Swietlica
By fay.young on March 11, 2010
Ola Kasprzak with Malcolm Chisholm
Politicians, preoccupied with political rivalry, can forget the most important thing – the needs of people they represent
Read Ola Kasprzak’s fascinating and forthright report of her experience of shadowing two politicians in the Scottish Parliament and City of Edinburgh Council – she says they changed her negative opinion of [...]
Posted in Journal of the week, Opening Doors 2009, Swietlica, women in politics
By fay.young on November 26, 2009
Grassroots at Redbraes during Edinburgh Festival 2008
On a stormy winter night it’s great to get a blast of summer. The picture shows the fantastic Grassroots Theatre Company when they visited Redbraes community garden in warmer weather. Now they are back for another tour of Scotland with what sounds like perfect timing for the St [...]
Posted in Community art dance theatre and music, Swietlica
By fay.young on August 28, 2009
We missed the unveiling of the Burns Banner at the start of the Fringe but couldn’t resist going down to Market Street this week to try to spot the letters painted by Leith groups. See if you can pick out Ola Kasprzak’s contribution to the giant mural.
Posted in Community art dance theatre and music, public art, Swietlica
By fay.young on July 31, 2009
Give me an ‘n’, give me a ‘y’, give me another ‘n’… Ok, this is going to take too long. Add up all the letters produced by community groups all round Scotland and it spells two verses of the Burns poem A Man’s a Man for A’ That which will be unfurled as a banner [...]
Posted in africa centre, Community art dance theatre and music, Swietlica
By fay.young on May 22, 2009
It is not easy for world musicians to enter Britain. So Scotland is lucky to be hearing the remarkable music of the Sufi band that survived the Taliban – and overcame obstacles to getting a visa. And we are luckier still to get the chance to hear them on our own doorstep. Thanks to Swietlica, [...]
Posted in Community art dance theatre and music, music, Swietlica
