JOBS FOR THE BOYS

What’s going on? The sweltering heat? The Moon in Venus? Everybody seems to be quitting their jobs for pastures new - or not.

First off, congratulations to Lenny Crooks, Head of the Glasgow Film Office, who's about to become the Head of the Film Council’s New Cinema Fund. Lenny’s replacing Paul Trijbits, champion of fresh filmmaking talent such as Ken Loach, Nicholas Roeg and Michael Caton Jones. Let’s hope the bold Lenny can improve on that. My guess is he saw the writing on the wall for film in Scotland, so good luck to him.

Second - Hannah McGill is replacing Shane Danielsen at the EIFF amid ‘stiff competition’. Good for her. But as a rare female in the fest biz can she make a better job of it than loony Lizzie Francke did? Still, Hannah’s well qualified – I mean, she’s already well used to watching lots of movies.

Third - the boss of Scottish Television, Andrew Flanagan, has also quit. Why? Probably because he’d prefer a job in television, not running a website and a bunch of premium rate number quizzes.

Fourth - BBC Scotland’s Head of Current Affairs, Blair Jenkins, has flown the coop under a dusty cloud of unknowing. Nothing to do with job cuts, a strike ballot and a general lack of morale at QMD, I don’t suppose?

So who’s next for the off I wonder? There’s more than a few candidates I’d like to see heading for the Jobcentre.