Pauline McLean
All posts on "View from the South Bank" by Pauline McLean
- Curiouser and curiouser ballet - 10:33 UK time, Friday, 8 April 2011
- Red carpet treatment - 17:50 UK time, Monday, 4 April 2011
- End of an era - 15:26 UK time, Tuesday, 29 March 2011
- Traditional outcome - 11:29 UK time, Tuesday, 15 March 2011
- Hidden Mackintosh frieze - 21:25 UK time, Thursday, 10 March 2011
- Gray mural goes digital - 12:43 UK time, Friday, 4 March 2011
- Lord of Dance - 16:56 UK time, Tuesday, 1 March 2011
- Home-grown talent - 11:22 UK time, Monday, 28 February 2011
- Five years of National theatre - 14:46 UK time, Friday, 25 February 2011
- Cultural forces - 21:33 UK time, Wednesday, 23 February 2011
- End of excellence? - 14:49 UK time, Wednesday, 2 February 2011
- New direction - 15:00 UK time, Monday, 31 January 2011
- Old made new - 13:51 UK time, Thursday, 27 January 2011
- Joy and sadness - 13:45 UK time, Thursday, 27 January 2011
- It's all over now - 11:51 UK time, Tuesday, 25 January 2011
- Meet your makar - 21:20 UK time, Wednesday, 19 January 2011
- Gang show - 14:07 UK time, Tuesday, 18 January 2011
- Being transported - 14:06 UK time, Wednesday, 12 January 2011
- Restoration plays on actors' minds - 19:55 UK time, Thursday, 23 December 2010
- Keeping it real - 12:51 UK time, Thursday, 16 December 2010
- The art of the critic - 14:06 UK time, Tuesday, 14 December 2010
- The show must go on - 15:31 UK time, Tuesday, 7 December 2010
- Young Vermeer - 11:15 UK time, Tuesday, 7 December 2010
- Fanfare for the orchestra - 10:19 UK time, Friday, 3 December 2010
- Beyond the cult of Burns - 12:26 UK time, Wednesday, 1 December 2010
- Operatic inspiration - 13:11 UK time, Monday, 29 November 2010
- Lovely Lennoxlove - 17:36 UK time, Sunday, 21 November 2010
- Polyphonic harmony - 21:00 UK time, Friday, 19 November 2010
- Sense of relief - 20:35 UK time, Thursday, 18 November 2010
- The show must go on - 13:08 UK time, Monday, 15 November 2010
- Artisitic differences - 13:25 UK time, Tuesday, 9 November 2010
- Chance meetings - 18:36 UK time, Thursday, 4 November 2010
- The king of panto - 19:09 UK time, Friday, 29 October 2010
- Shaping the future - 21:26 UK time, Tuesday, 26 October 2010
- King of the movies - 21:06 UK time, Friday, 22 October 2010
- Musical taster - 17:03 UK time, Thursday, 21 October 2010
- Celtic connections - 16:03 UK time, Tuesday, 19 October 2010
- A pie and a pint - 21:49 UK time, Tuesday, 5 October 2010
- Feelgood factor? - 22:08 UK time, Friday, 1 October 2010
- Uncovering Mackintosh - 18:13 UK time, Tuesday, 28 September 2010
- After the storm - 13:43 UK time, Friday, 24 September 2010
- Radical request - 18:17 UK time, Monday, 20 September 2010
- Hotting up - 18:09 UK time, Monday, 6 September 2010
- In a muddle - 16:52 UK time, Friday, 3 September 2010
- A chance encounter opens doors - 18:32 UK time, Thursday, 2 September 2010
- An encounter with chickens - 13:55 UK time, Monday, 30 August 2010
- Dressed for success - 18:06 UK time, Tuesday, 24 August 2010
- Staging disaster - 13:42 UK time, Monday, 23 August 2010
- And the winner is... - 16:50 UK time, Saturday, 21 August 2010
- Edwin Morgan R.I.P - 13:36 UK time, Friday, 20 August 2010
- Porgy and Bess - 18:37 UK time, Wednesday, 18 August 2010
- Location, location, location - 15:12 UK time, Saturday, 14 August 2010
- Child's play - 14:49 UK time, Thursday, 12 August 2010
- Frozen dead guy - 18:02 UK time, Tuesday, 10 August 2010
- Tale worth telling - 11:01 UK time, Sunday, 8 August 2010
- Recession-proof fringe? - 23:06 UK time, Friday, 6 August 2010
- Dying on stage - 21:08 UK time, Thursday, 5 August 2010
- Uncertain picture for film funds - 15:44 UK time, Tuesday, 27 July 2010
- Tough decisions ahead - 15:08 UK time, Tuesday, 20 July 2010
- Our obsession with titles - 14:09 UK time, Friday, 16 July 2010
- When the toys came to town - 13:03 UK time, Sunday, 20 June 2010
- Glamour and illusion - 14:15 UK time, Thursday, 17 June 2010
- Playing with the Glasgow Boys - 07:30 UK time, Wednesday, 16 June 2010
- Fringe length - 07:28 UK time, Friday, 11 June 2010
- Better by design? - 13:46 UK time, Friday, 4 June 2010
- Nuts and bolts of public art - 20:38 UK time, Tuesday, 1 June 2010
- Money matters - 19:10 UK time, Monday, 17 May 2010
- Russell's gift - 07:36 UK time, Friday, 14 May 2010
- Magic carpet ride - 20:47 UK time, Monday, 10 May 2010
- More than a book sale - 19:24 UK time, Friday, 7 May 2010
- Political theatre - 07:43 UK time, Wednesday, 5 May 2010
- Arty party - 17:17 UK time, Friday, 30 April 2010
- National Theatre goes Neverland - 12:45 UK time, Wednesday, 28 April 2010
- Baby love - 21:10 UK time, Tuesday, 20 April 2010
- Sun sets on Glasgow's Proms - 11:31 UK time, Friday, 9 April 2010
- Transport museum on the move - 19:24 UK time, Thursday, 1 April 2010
- Doctor, who was that? - 18:05 UK time, Tuesday, 30 March 2010
- Art fair - 21:12 UK time, Monday, 29 March 2010
- Jack's back - 15:27 UK time, Friday, 26 March 2010
- Eclectic line-up for festival - 16:36 UK time, Wednesday, 17 March 2010
- Star Wars in concert - 10:14 UK time, Saturday, 13 March 2010
- A good night out - 15:19 UK time, Thursday, 11 March 2010
- Hopes for lasting Legacy - 18:35 UK time, Monday, 1 March 2010
- Cumbernauld love story - 16:40 UK time, Saturday, 27 February 2010
- Ushering in a new era - 15:19 UK time, Wednesday, 24 February 2010
- Annie joins Gardens campaign - 16:15 UK time, Monday, 8 February 2010
- Squaring the cultural circle - 20:31 UK time, Thursday, 4 February 2010
- Huge expectations fulfilled - 20:17 UK time, Wednesday, 27 January 2010
- Burns' widow writes - 19:17 UK time, Monday, 25 January 2010
- Haiti appeal - 16:15 UK time, Friday, 22 January 2010
- Don't worry be happy - 20:07 UK time, Tuesday, 19 January 2010
- Blue monday for panto - 18:24 UK time, Monday, 18 January 2010
- Garden question time - 07:14 UK time, Tuesday, 12 January 2010
- Setting the scene - 20:28 UK time, Friday, 18 December 2009
- New face, same questions - 14:31 UK time, Wednesday, 16 December 2009
- Photographic gems - 17:49 UK time, Monday, 14 December 2009
- School of Art - 15:58 UK time, Tuesday, 8 December 2009
- What a pantomime - 18:56 UK time, Monday, 7 December 2009
- The BBC's arts show - 13:35 UK time, Wednesday, 2 December 2009
- Another culture minister - 13:25 UK time, Tuesday, 1 December 2009
- Haste ye back? - 14:23 UK time, Monday, 30 November 2009
- A whole lotto projects - 18:38 UK time, Thursday, 19 November 2009
- What the Butler said - 18:33 UK time, Monday, 16 November 2009
- Walking with the Big man - 15:12 UK time, Tuesday, 10 November 2009
- Pessimism beneath the glitz - 17:15 UK time, Monday, 9 November 2009
- Bah humbug - 12:50 UK time, Wednesday, 4 November 2009
- Heritage is not just buildings - 18:03 UK time, Tuesday, 3 November 2009
- Lights go out - 16:19 UK time, Thursday, 29 October 2009
- Writing on the wall? - 17:44 UK time, Tuesday, 27 October 2009
- Stage success large and small - 14:12 UK time, Friday, 23 October 2009
- Celtic connections - 16:10 UK time, Tuesday, 20 October 2009
- Talking to the animals - 15:40 UK time, Wednesday, 7 October 2009
- Big man cometh - 21:53 UK time, Monday, 21 September 2009
- Artists on the Tall Ship - 18:19 UK time, Friday, 18 September 2009
- Welcome home - 21:06 UK time, Thursday, 17 September 2009
- Spelling out the losses - 10:29 UK time, Thursday, 17 September 2009
- Waking from the dream - 21:52 UK time, Friday, 4 September 2009
- Fringe benefits - 15:01 UK time, Tuesday, 1 September 2009
- Beyond the Fringe - 13:37 UK time, Monday, 31 August 2009
- Rock music - 13:17 UK time, Friday, 28 August 2009
- Crutch of the matter - 11:59 UK time, Friday, 28 August 2009
- Marathon man - 19:00 UK time, Thursday, 27 August 2009
- Knowing the score - 09:53 UK time, Thursday, 27 August 2009
- Light going out - 11:54 UK time, Wednesday, 26 August 2009
- Endarkenment and yurts - 14:40 UK time, Monday, 24 August 2009
- Die hard barflies - 12:50 UK time, Friday, 21 August 2009
- Tattoo leaves its mark - 11:40 UK time, Thursday, 20 August 2009
- Descent to Hell - 11:37 UK time, Wednesday, 19 August 2009
- Artistic Olympics - 17:14 UK time, Friday, 14 August 2009
- Pink bus - 09:09 UK time, Wednesday, 12 August 2009
- Double art history - 14:35 UK time, Tuesday, 11 August 2009
- People's festival - 20:35 UK time, Monday, 10 August 2009
- Selling out - 15:59 UK time, Monday, 10 August 2009
- Children are the future - 17:34 UK time, Sunday, 9 August 2009
- Porn again - 12:09 UK time, Friday, 7 August 2009
- Madonna and child - 18:04 UK time, Thursday, 6 August 2009
- The Young Turk grows up - 21:12 UK time, Wednesday, 5 August 2009
- Hey, look at me - 21:01 UK time, Tuesday, 4 August 2009
- Return of the Majestics - 16:58 UK time, Monday, 3 August 2009
- Changing rooms - 17:41 UK time, Thursday, 30 July 2009
- New kid on the block - 07:02 UK time, Tuesday, 14 July 2009
- Teepee in the Park - 21:28 UK time, Friday, 10 July 2009
- Farewell Jackson - 16:40 UK time, Monday, 29 June 2009
- Ignoring the recession - 19:59 UK time, Thursday, 25 June 2009
- Library flag rumpus - 16:32 UK time, Tuesday, 23 June 2009
- Marred by Andrew - 16:05 UK time, Monday, 22 June 2009
- Vote early, vote often - 12:08 UK time, Tuesday, 16 June 2009
- Art fund prize - 21:27 UK time, Friday, 5 June 2009
- Orchestral manoeuvres - 21:04 UK time, Tuesday, 2 June 2009
- Famine feeds artist's work - 16:38 UK time, Thursday, 28 May 2009
- Following Mackintosh - 16:54 UK time, Friday, 22 May 2009
- On the right track - 10:28 UK time, Tuesday, 19 May 2009
- Whisky Galore - 15:32 UK time, Friday, 15 May 2009
- Poet Laureate - 15:55 UK time, Friday, 1 May 2009
- Off the record - 14:47 UK time, Friday, 24 April 2009
- A nation of Susan Boyles - 18:07 UK time, Tuesday, 21 April 2009
- A challenge and an honour - 11:26 UK time, Sunday, 19 April 2009
- Tuning into the past - 15:59 UK time, Saturday, 18 April 2009
- Ripping it up and starting again - 21:20 UK time, Tuesday, 14 April 2009
- Creative Scotland - 15:08 UK time, Thursday, 2 April 2009
- Mission to the Kelvingrove - 10:13 UK time, Saturday, 28 March 2009
- Toile and trouble - 11:24 UK time, Thursday, 26 March 2009
- Festival boss reveals programme - 07:43 UK time, Thursday, 26 March 2009
- Festival ignites - 15:15 UK time, Thursday, 19 March 2009
- Mines, money and ministers - 10:35 UK time, Wednesday, 18 March 2009
- The fourth plinth - 18:11 UK time, Tuesday, 10 March 2009
- Dr Who - 13:47 UK time, Friday, 6 March 2009
- National treasures - 12:41 UK time, Friday, 20 February 2009
- Meeting the minister - 15:18 UK time, Wednesday, 18 February 2009
- Heavy-duty museum issues - 19:56 UK time, Monday, 16 February 2009
- In the Loop - 17:27 UK time, Friday, 13 February 2009
- No easy brief - 13:45 UK time, Tuesday, 10 February 2009
- For the nation? - 18:34 UK time, Monday, 2 February 2009
- Hands across the ocean - 11:49 UK time, Saturday, 31 January 2009
- Embarrassing carbuncles - 15:39 UK time, Thursday, 29 January 2009
- Highway to hell - 13:06 UK time, Tuesday, 20 January 2009
- A tour de force worth the ticket price alone - 07:31 UK time, Tuesday, 20 January 2009
- Lingering legacy? - 18:04 UK time, Friday, 9 January 2009
- Creative process - 17:30 UK time, Tuesday, 6 January 2009
- Babes up in arms - 16:14 UK time, Tuesday, 23 December 2008
- Alien war - 17:49 UK time, Friday, 5 December 2008
- Heer and Ranjha - 10:11 UK time, Wednesday, 26 November 2008
- Piping hot - 13:36 UK time, Tuesday, 18 November 2008
- Soggy Baftas - 10:12 UK time, Tuesday, 11 November 2008
- Obama homecoming? - 08:48 UK time, Friday, 7 November 2008
- Mystery donor - 08:47 UK time, Wednesday, 5 November 2008
- Shaken, not stirred - 15:58 UK time, Friday, 31 October 2008
- On course for funding wrangle? - 18:36 UK time, Thursday, 23 October 2008
- Catholic taste - 10:20 UK time, Saturday, 4 October 2008
- Revisiting Brideshead - 09:42 UK time, Wednesday, 24 September 2008
- Boxed off - 17:18 UK time, Friday, 19 September 2008
- Normal service resumes - 06:07 UK time, Tuesday, 16 September 2008
- Now back to Corrie - 11:22 UK time, Saturday, 30 August 2008
- The cost of art - 09:40 UK time, Friday, 29 August 2008
- Audiences behaving badly - 15:14 UK time, Tuesday, 26 August 2008
- Exit Maestro - 17:46 UK time, Friday, 22 August 2008
- 'Time to treasure the Fringe' - 16:37 UK time, Saturday, 16 August 2008
- Gong show - 10:38 UK time, Friday, 15 August 2008
- Box office malfunctions - 16:05 UK time, Tuesday, 12 August 2008
- Ushering the builders out - 21:22 UK time, Thursday, 7 August 2008
- On their metal - 16:31 UK time, Wednesday, 6 August 2008
- Long list - 15:18 UK time, Tuesday, 5 August 2008
- The world fringe - 14:43 UK time, Friday, 1 August 2008
- Worth the Wait - 14:19 UK time, Monday, 28 July 2008
- Waiting for Tom - 20:57 UK time, Friday, 25 July 2008
- Dance me to the end of the night - 20:55 UK time, Thursday, 17 July 2008
- Music festival mix - 12:30 UK time, Monday, 14 July 2008
- Soundchecks and checkpoints - 16:53 UK time, Friday, 11 July 2008
- Remains of the day - 12:11 UK time, Tuesday, 8 July 2008
- Visiting Little Sparta - 21:28 UK time, Friday, 4 July 2008
- Mane attraction - 08:15 UK time, Wednesday, 2 July 2008
- Points of order - 20:07 UK time, Tuesday, 24 June 2008
- Red carpet time - 09:28 UK time, Friday, 20 June 2008
- Premium Bond - 08:57 UK time, Friday, 13 June 2008
- The hall of Usher - 07:53 UK time, Tuesday, 10 June 2008
- Laughs lacking for 'breakaway' - 18:16 UK time, Thursday, 5 June 2008
- Drama out of crisis? - 17:21 UK time, Monday, 2 June 2008
- Reporting ourselves - 11:29 UK time, Saturday, 31 May 2008
- Making Hay in the rain - 15:27 UK time, Tuesday, 27 May 2008
- Challenging the status quo - 17:23 UK time, Friday, 23 May 2008
- From the heart - 07:14 UK time, Thursday, 22 May 2008
- About Pauline McLean - 15:24 UK time, Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Not London’s South Bank, but the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow - every bit as lively in cultural terms as its namesake. I’m Pauline McLean, BBC Scotland’s arts correspondent, and I’ll be blogging here about arts events and issues happening across the country.