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MUSIC

Crowded House, OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Friday

The Kiwi indie-pop legends, now consisting of original members

Neil Finn and Nick Seymour plus Mitchell Froom and Finn’s sons Liam and Elroy, land in Glasgow on their globe-straddling second reunion tour. Or you can view it as a sort of pandemic-delayed Woodface 30th anniversar­y special – the iconic album which contains hits It’s Only Natural, Four Seasons In One Day and, of course, Weather With You, was released in July 1991.

CINEMA Bergman Island, out now

Tim Roth, Mia Wasikowska, right, and Phantom Thread star Vicky Krieps feature in this latest film from French director Mia HansenLøve. A portrait of a marriage à la Ingmar Bergman, it’s set on Fårö, the island the Swedish maestro once inhabited, and uses his films as a sort of stylistic backdrop.

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BOOK

A Very British Picnic, Hoxton Mini Press (£17.95), out now

Fizzy pop, Thermos flasks, white bread sandwiches, tartan travelling rugs – yes, it can only be the great British picnic. This gem of a book gathers a selection of archive photograph­s of Brits through the ages enjoying an alfresco meal, from hippies at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival to brave couples in swimsuits tucking into lunch on the snow-covered slopes of Ben Lawers in 1937. Even Cecil Beaton makes an appearance, snapped with a group of friends in Wiltshire in 1935. Cin cin!

FESTIVAL Hidden Door Festival, The Old Royal High, Edinburgh, June 9-18

Edinburgh’s peripateti­c celebratio­n of dance, theatre, visual art, spoken word, poetry, music and (its USP) architectu­re settles down in the august surrounds of the Old Royal High school for this year’s iteration following last year’s sojourn at the

Granton Gasworks. There’s an especially rich visual art stand and among the musical treats on offer are Saint Etienne, Portico Quartet, Lonelady and indie-folk fave Kate Stables, below, who performs as This Is The Kit.

RADIO

A Scottish Coast To Coast, BBC Radio Three Breakfast, MondayFrid­ay, 6.30am-9am

For those in the know, Petroc Trelawney’s Radio Three breakfast show is an absolute treasure so the decision to send him on a week long Scottish odyssey is a welcome one. Each morning, a live show from a different place, kicking off on Monday on the Cromarty Firth foreshore and ending at Fionnphort, looking towards Iona from the isle of Mull. Expect some Mendelssoh­n.

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