A FARMER’S wife and mother-of-two from the Mearns has taken up an unexpected hobby, after discovering a talent for stand-up comedy.

Well we’ve had a bit of a break and have been organising this years events to raise money for the alterations to the Town Hall.

An evolving collective of Glasgow musicians, based around the music of Scots music veteran Grahame Skinner, are to make their Lemon Tree debut in Aberdeen next week.

The Lang Byre at Woodend Barn opens its doors to art lovers this week with Fabric of the Land (FOL), curated by SMART Consultants of Aberdeen.

A short column this month as there’s not a lot to update you on as we’ve all been enjoying a well deserved break over the festive period.

After more than a decade since his last British stand-up show and following a hugely successful tour of Australia in 2011, Alan Davies, the much-loved star of iconic television series such as Jonathan Creek and QI, makes a long-awaited return to the UK stage with his new live show later this year.

PLACES for Aberdeen Arts Centre’s fun filled Spring Arts Festival are literally selling like hot cakes thanks to the new-look, action packed two week programme of dynamic drama and arts based workshops for 3-16 year old April 2 - 13.

The organisers of the AB Positive (AB+) “A Step Change in the Cultural Life of Aberdeen” conference, being held at Aberdeen Arts Centre and The Lemon Tree today (Thursday January 26), have had to put up the ‘house full’ signs.

Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, has become a classic of working-class literature since its first publication (albeit abridged) in 1914.

A funding shortfall has forced Aberdeen Performing Arts (APA) to cut back its programme at the city’s Lemon Tree.