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Trainspotting Tour

Trainspotting Tour

3 Jun 2010

There are few books that have changed the landscape of contemporary Scottish literature quite like Irvine Welsh’s debut novel of 1993. Over the course of two hours, you’ll spot Irvo’s flat, Sick Boy’s pub and Leith police station on your way to getting…

Phillip Glass

Phillip Glass performs Drift 2010

10 Jun 2010

If any show being staged in the grand old (but newly renovated) Usher Hall counts as being an intimate one, then this is it. The American composer Philip Glass, famed for his film scores, operas and popular collaborations, will be performing a set of…

Best bars in and around Leith

Best bars in and around Leith

3 Jun 2010

David Pollock suggests the finest locations for a festival beverage, or two

ECA Annual Summer Revel

The Pineapple Chunks head up ECA Annual Summer Revel

10 Jun 2010

If ever there was a party in Edinburgh’s calendar that deserves the term legendary, the Revel is it. Everyone knows about Hogmanay, the Festival and even Beltane, but Edinburgh College of Art’s traditional end of term blowout tends to be both truly…

Oasis - Time Flies

Oasis - Time Flies

(3 stars)10 Jun 2010

(Big Brother) A roughly chronological greatest hits, with the earlier and latter days of Oasis’ career divided across two CDs. Throw away forgettable CD two and you can add another star.

Edinburgh Festival of Sport

Edinburgh Festival of Sport

2 Jun 2010

It’s a sad but true fact that the closest many parents come to sporting activity is dropping their kids off at the swimming pool or standing at the touchline on a Saturday morning. Which is why Edinburgh’s Active Schools campaign has just launched its…

Gok Wan glams up Glasgow

Gok Wan glams up Glasgow at Glam in the City

9 Jun 2010

Spandy dandy Gok Wan joins forces with Lorraine Kelly (yeah, we’re scared too...) for three days of fashion shows, workshops, makeovers and exclusive evening events, all based out of a great big tent on George Square. Tickets from www.glaminthecity.co.uk.

We Are Scientists - Barbara

We Are Scientists - Barbara

(2 stars)1 Jun 2010

(Masterswan) Scientists are often not the most exciting of people, and on this showing, We Are Scientists live up to their name. When not playing music however, they’re hugely entertaining and endearing, but ‘Barbara’ fails to find their much…

Q&A: Tom Smith

Q&A: Tom Smith from Editors

10 Jun 2010

Tom Smith is frontman for acclaimed post-punk-influenced indie band Editors. He discusses cramped tubes, Chris Rea and getting ‘papped’ with girlfriend Edith Bowman

Greenberg

Greenberg

(4 stars)10 Jun 2010

(15) 107min The worst thing about a mid life crisis? You are only half way through. Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is 40 years old, unemployed, house-sitting for his rich brother and a minefield of mildly autistic behaviour. Obnoxious…

Scissor Sisters set for Glasgow Barrowlands show

Scissor Sisters set for Glasgow Barrowlands show

10 Jun 2010

Scissor Sisters Jake Shears and the gang are back, following up 2006’s ridiculously successful Ta-Dah with third album Night Work. It’s a dance record, but not completely electronic, with Shears promising that the band dynamic will shine through…

King Creosote, Meursault & Animal Magic Tricks - Cold Seeds

King Creosote, Meursault & Animal Magic Tricks - Cold Seeds

(4 stars)10 Jun 2010

(Song, by Toad) Eerie and sumptuous as the participants list might suggest, this corker’s only let-down is its sporadic tendency to meander without direction.

James Ferraro

James Ferraro

3 Jun 2010

‘Don’t expect “bands” or straightforward “songs”. Just leave musical logic at the door and have some fun,’ advises Edinburgh promoter Nick Herd, the man behind grassroots endeavour Braw Gigs. He’s referring to the upcoming show from press-shy…

Chez Roux, Elià and Los Cardos amongst recent Glasgow and Edinburgh restaurant openings

Chez Roux, Elià and Los Cardos amongst recent Glasgow and Edinburgh restaurant openings

1 Jun 2010

OTHER RECENT OPENINGS Independent write-ups on all the restaurants worth knowing about in Edinburgh and Glasgow are available on our online Eating & Drinking Guide at list.co.uk/food-and-drink. Prices shown are for an average two-course meal for…

Stan Tracey

Stan Tracey

1 Jun 2010

Back in 1997, the Glasgow Jazz Festival staged a special concert celebrating Stan Tracey’s 70th birthday. We wondered then how much longer the pianist would continue to perform. The answer is that he is beginning to look indestructible. Regularly…

James Morton's Porkchop - Don’t You Worry ‘Bout That

James Morton's Porkchop - Don’t You Worry ‘Bout That

(3 stars)1 Jun 2010

(Fresh Ground Records) Bristol alto saxophonist James Morton has worked regularly with Pee Wee Ellis (of James Brown fame), and clearly soaked up the American saxophonist’s soul-jazz-funk ethos. The dance-floor friendly grooves and soulful licks draw…

Home Truths: Human Trafficking

Roadkill - Cora Bissett interview

10 Jun 2010

The shocking realities of human trafficking come under the spotlight in a new off piece of work. Anna Millar meets its maker

Shore thing

Schnapps, Jakil and Little Eskimos among highlights Leith Festival's Batter of the Bands

10 Jun 2010

David Pollock takes a look at some Leith Festival highlights, including Leith Records’ chip shop-based music competition, Batter of the Bands

Dennis Hopper RIP 1936-2010.

Dennis Hopper - 1936-2010

10 Jun 2010

Actor, director, writer, photographer and artist Dennis Hopper died on 29 May at the age of 74. Here, fans and old friends pay tribute

Neighbourhoods, Watch! - Leith Festival Vs West End Festival

Neighbourhoods, Watch! - Leith Festival Vs West End Festival

10 Jun 2010

In the East corner, Edinburgh’s Leith Festival! In the West corner, Glasgow’s West End Festival! Kirstin Innes adjudicates the battle of the community fests.

Privilege, The Squeeze and Private Road among highlights of EIFF After the Wave retrospective

Privilege, The Squeeze and Private Road among highlights of EIFF After the Wave retrospective

10 Jun 2010

Paul Dale rediscovers the unappreciated strangeness of 70s UK cinema through the After the Wave retrospective

Taylor Mac

Taylor Mac set for Arches show

10 Jun 2010

Taylor Mac is a once-seen, never forgotten sort of an act. His previous spell at the Edinburgh Fringe – and indeed the Arches – was met with plaudits and gongs galore. Denying any clichéd ticking of boxes, Mac’s gregarious hat-trick as performance…

Johan Grimonprez - dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y

Johan Grimonprez - dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y

(4 stars)10 Jun 2010

Johan Grimonprez Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 11 July. By concluding his 60-minute history of airplane hijackings with a slow-motion sequence of explosive crash landings set to the saccharine tones of Van McCoy’s ‘The Hustle’, Grimonprez…

Insider Raving

Rock Ness: Festival director Jim King's guide to the event

10 Jun 2010

Rock Ness festival director Jim King guides us through the three days of must-see acts

2 Many DJs/Soulwax at Rock Ness

2 Many DJs/Soulwax at Rock Ness

10 Jun 2010

They’ve been at Rock Ness four times before, now they’re back in 2010, hosting their own tent. Henry Northmore speaks to David and Stephen Dewaele, aka Soulwax It Takes Two They’ve been at Rock Ness four times before, now they’re back in 2010…

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