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  • July 21, 2019
    Book Review: Reaching a Tippett point?

    Oliver Soden, Michael Tippett: The Biography (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019), 768pp, ISBN: 9781474606028. 

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  • April 15, 2019
    Musicians take on climate change in new Polish documentary

    ClientEarth has been running a campaign in Poland to boost recognition of how climate change is affecting everyone in the country, in ways they may not have recognised – and making the link between climate change and the heavy use of fossil fuels.

  • January 13, 2018
    Remembering Sivanandan: social justice activist and thinker

    Ambalavaner Sivanandan, an activist, thinker and novelist, died on 3 January 2018, aged 94.

  • January 22, 2014
    Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz

    Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January each year and in 2014 the occasion will be marked in Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, by a showing of 'Holocaust, A Music Memorial Film From Auschwitz' at the Lauriston Jesuit Centre.

  • December 19, 2013
    From Soweto to Edinburgh: crowd-funded film to track remarkable journey

    The Edinburgh-based Just Festival has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £25,000 in support of artists from Soweto.

  • August 18, 2013
    Bach and back: music that elevates the spirit

    There is an extraordinary elliptical quality to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, which has elevated the human spirit in both religious and non-religious terms over the centuries, says Simon Barrow, introducing a series of performances of the Cello Suites at Just Festival 2013.

  • August 18, 2013
    Responding to the earth and ourselves as gifts

    Sacred Earth offers a singular vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and humanity - one that is under pressure or even threat in many parts of the globe at the moment. Welcoming the artistic production, Simon Barrow looks at the philosophy, art and indeed theology that may underpin a respect for the world and the relations embodied in it.

  • August 17, 2013
    Singing out for Africa

    Another performance not to miss at Just Festival 2013 is the Glasgow Gospel Choir, who are singing their hearts out at St John's Church tonight (Saturday 17th August, 6pm) to raise money and awareness for Africa.

  • August 14, 2013
    Soweto Melodic Voices tune in to change

    A South African dimension to Just Festival 2013 in Edinburgh has been re-inforced by the presence of the enchanting Soweto Melodic voices, who are here with particular backing from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.

  • December 22, 2012
    Justice Collective show the way for Christmas

    It’s easy to get cynical about celebrities and their charitable efforts, but this year’s race for the Christmas No. 1 actually seems meaningful, as The Justice Collective’s ‘He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ looks well placed to win. [It did!]