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Rob Brydon

Glasgow Comedy Festival - Rob Brydon

5 Mar 2009

For the laughter Under the Bruce Forsyth jawline and what he describes as ‘Olympic acne’ the man just has funny bones. Fact. In Brydon’s world, the losers are the real heroes. The pathetic, the blissfully irony-free, the nice guy that always…

The Chemosphere

Mr Lautner Builds His Dream House

5 Mar 2009

With a new film and major exhibition celebrating his life and work, maverick architect John Lautner’s time may finally have come. Paul Dale looks back at the life of the man who shaped the look of US moviemaking’s hometown.

James Frey

Aye Write! - James Frey

5 Mar 2009

Truth is a slippery business, and those who deal in it should be careful. This was what Haruki Murakami was saying last month when he accepted the Jerusalem Prize, a controversial writers’ award. He opened his speech saying: ‘I have come to Jerusalem…

Emily Blunt - Young Victoria

Emily Blunt - Yo majesty!

5 Mar 2009

When people got an eyeful of Emily Blunt’s striking good looks and acting ability in My Summer of Love, winner of the Best New British Feature award following its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2004, the general consensus…

Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness

Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness

5 Mar 2009

There’s a sensitivity and warmth to writer Anthony Neilson that a cursory glance at his plays would not make immediately apparent. Works such as Normal, a story based on the exploits of a serial killer, and Penetrator, which features an army veteran…

Norave

NORAVE

5 Mar 2009

Nights which concentrate on local guests can often come with an air of apology, and the unspoken suggestion that what’s going on is a bit second-best in the absence of funds to bring bigger guests in from further afield. So it’s refreshing to hear…

David O'Doherty

First Word - David O'Doherty

5 Mar 2009

First record you ever bought I got Thriller for my Communion, but my first actual purchase was the 7in single of Roland Rat’s ‘Rat Rappin’ when I was six. Last time you were chatted up I can’t remember the last time. Although I get asked if…

The Xcerts

The Xcerts

5 Mar 2009

Three boys from Aberdeen and Exeter are making a name for themselves among the throng of new bands out there, and that name is The Xcerts. The culmination of years of hard work for Murray MacLeod, Jordan Smith and Tom Heron (who barely grace their 20s…

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick & Rainer Werner Fassbinder

5 Mar 2009

This month two monsters of cinema meet in the central belt. As German auteur Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s takes over the Glasgow Film Theatre (courtesy of Goethe Institut) with a small selection of his better known films (Fear Eats the Soul, Effi Brest…

Redwood

Redwood - Hail to the chef

5 Mar 2009

Democracy can be a beautiful thing, as recent events and a certain Mr Obama have shown. Edinburgh has its own little piece of democratisation to celebrate, as high-end private caterer Annette Sprague has backed away from cooking for boardrooms and…

Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil - Capcom interview

5 Mar 2009

Videogames have delved into the world of horror for a good number of years. Haunting Ground, The Suffering, Jericho, Alone in the Dark and many more have fought for the crown, but Resident Evil is the daddy of them all. On its launch back in 1996 it was…

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day

5 Mar 2009

2009 is a significant year for women’s rights in Scotland: Saturday 10th October is the 100th anniversary of the first big suffragette march in the country and there will be a commemorative procession following the original route down Princes Street in…

Scottish Honey

Taste test - Scottish Honey

5 Mar 2009

Honeyhill Bee Farm’s Scottish Heather Honey 454g, £5.49 at Peckhams With its toffee consistency, dark colour and distinctive rich taste, heather honey is one of Scotland’s unique foods, with bees spending July and August in the Grampian foothills…

U2 - No Line on the Horizon

U2 - No Line on the Horizon

(3 stars)5 Mar 2009

ROCK It’s only that guy in the coma, buried deep in that underground bunker, with his earplugs in that doesn’t know enough to have an opinion on U2. And today, it’s more likely that your opinion of the band is informed as much from your opinion of Bono…

Anna Krzystek

Anna Krzystek

5 Mar 2009

CONTEMPORARY DANCE Sometimes dance comes with bells and whistles, assaulting your senses with a riot of music and colour. Other times it touches you gently, gradually searing itself onto your memory. The work of Glasgow-based choreographer, Anna…

Laurent Cantet

Profile - Laurent Cantet

5 Mar 2009

Name Laurent Cantet Born 5 June, 1961, Melle, France Background A graduate of La Femis film school in Paris, Cantet made his impressive feature debut in 1999 with Human Resources, which used a mainly non-professional cast and married the…

Music Festivals - Field of dreams

Music Festivals - Field of dreams

5 Mar 2009

While there were no great surprises at this year’s T in the Park launch, the programme was still hailed a success with Lily Allen (pictured) and Franz Ferdinand added to the bill, already including headliners Blur, Kings of Leon and The Killers. Snow…

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

5 Mar 2009

STAGE ADAPTATION Lifting one of the most popular animated TV programmes of all time from the small screen to the stage is no mean feat. When that programme takes place underwater, things get even tougher. Since it first aired in 1999, SpongeBob…

Kapital

Kapital

5 Mar 2009

MINIMAL Although Kapital’s promoter and resident DJ Barry O’Connell describes his night as plugging a specific hole in the Edinburgh clubbing market, it still draws from a broad spectrum of musical influences. ‘Kapital is mainly minimal techno,’ he…

Alex Horne

Alex Horne

5 Mar 2009

STAND-UP ‘Oh that’s a very strange bird,’ exclaims Alex Horne looking out of the window as he chats to me. ‘Once you start birdwatching, I tell you, any noise you just can’t ignore.’ Horne took up this leisure pursuit in 2006 when he had a bet with…

Profile - Adrian Sherwood

Profile - Adrian Sherwood

5 Mar 2009

Name Adrian Sherwood Occupation Legendary producer and proprietor of On-U-Sound Records, who over 30 years have cut a swathe of British squat rock dubplates through records by The New Age Steppers, Mark Stewart & the Maffia, Tackhead, African…

Toby Litt - Journey into Space

Toby Litt - Journey into Space

(4 stars)5 Mar 2009

LITERARY SCI-FI There’s a good track record of literary writers dabbling in science fiction, from Doris Lessing and Margaret Atwood to Iain Banks, and we can add to that fine company this remarkable and moving offering from Toby Litt. Having long…

Peter Sellers as Queen Victoria

Young Victoria - Giving us the Viccies

5 Mar 2009

Other screen portrayals of Queen Victoria include Judi Dench, Kathy Bates, Michael Palin, Miriam Margoyles, Patricia Routledge, Pauline Collins and Peter Sellers (pictured).

Red Light Company - Exposure

Exposure: Red Light Company

5 Mar 2009

How did you meet each other? It started in 2006 when I posted an ad on the internet looking for musicians. Our bassist Shawn (Day) replied, even though he was based in Wyoming at the time, but he flew over, we moved in to a flat off Baker Street…

Profile - Rhod Gilbert

Profile - Rhod Gilbert

5 Mar 2009

Name Rhod Gilbert Who’s he? He’s the Welsh comic who created a fictional village of Llanbobl for his early solo Fringe shows. Prior to his solo success, he was one half of the Stereocomics, the other half containing Mark Watson. Who’s not actually…

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