Issue 667

Digitally restored print of The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)

Luchino Visconti's 1963 epic adaptation

Don’t miss this brief chance to see the digitally restored print of Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti’s 1963 epic adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel about the decline of one noble family at the time of the Italian reunification in the…

How seven key figures in Scottish culture have fared over 25 years

25 years of The List

Didn’t they do well? Scotland has more than its fair share of talent, finds Kirstin Innes, as she chronicles the highs and lows of some of our finest exports over 25 years, including Peter Capaldi, Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Rankin, Douglas Gordon, Tilda…

Looking back on 25 years of commentary on Scottish culture

25 years of The List

A lot has happened in 25 years of Scottish culture. Niki Boyle gives a blow-by-blow account of the major events

How a bumper programme at the Traverse Theatre in 1985 changed Scottish culture

25 years of The List

1985 was a landmark year for The Traverse theatre. Peter Arnott, Chris Hannan and Jo Clifford recall working there to Mark Fisher

The landmark chefs and restaurants from the last 25 years of Scottish food culture

25 years of The List

If there’s one thing that no city can do without it’s good food. Carine Seitz and Jay Thundercliffe showcase the chefs and restaurants who have made their mark over the last 25 years

Edinburgh Freshers week clubbing for the discerning listener

Cabaret Voltaire lines up Joey Negro, Paul Woolford and Gramophonedzie

Freshers week: no other seven days on the country’s clubbing calendar will see so many excited youngsters stay up all night drinking, try to bag off with each other and just generally enjoy the freedom that not having mum waiting to chastise you for…

First Scottish solo show by Babette Mangolte explores work with Yvonne Rainer

The first solo show in Scotland by filmmaker Babette Mangolte explores her working relationship with performance artist Yvonne Rainer. Neil Cooper assesses the impact of their collaboration

Rebecca Hunt's Mr Chartwell examines nature of depression

Winston Churchill's 'black dog' basis for debut novel

The idea of the ‘black dog’ as representing a cloying cloud of depression will forever be associated with Winston Churchill. But what if that dog had a name, could walk on two paws, wore a suit and was able to chat with his victims with a healthy dose…

The List celebrates 25 years in the business by interviewing itself

First word: The List

First record you ever bought ‘Dancing in the Street’ by David Bowie and Mick Jagger. Number One from 7 Sept–5 Oct 1985. First film you saw that really moved you Schindler’s List … and latterly The Bucket List. First movie you ever went on a…

TV comedy Whites starring Alan Davies and co-written by Matt 'Super Hans' King

Channel Hopper

For those of you who have the deep misfortune of remembering Kitchen, a two-part Glasgow-set Five drama with Eddie Izzard as a laconic, often-drunk superchef who had a problem with motivation, Whites (BBC2, Tue 28 Sep, 9pm) may ring a couple of similar…

Travel Tips

If camping is your bag, be prepared

Scotland has a large number of campsites to choose from, with varying degrees of facilities, so there should be something for everyone. For more information, check out www.lovecamping.co.uk. Before you head off, make sure your rucksack’s big enough…

Five things you can do once you are 25

25 years of The List

The final few age-limited hurdles surmounted. Have a drink in Delhi, hire a car abroad, volunteer for the UN, join the Pony Club or join the Indian Merchant Navy. Live life large!

NME Radar Tour

King Tut’s, Glasgow, Fri 1 Oct 2010

Much like its premier league cousin the NME Awards Tour, this bi-annual kingmaker event generally features at least one band that will pass on to fame and at least moderate success, and one that will make you scratch your head and wonder what the hell…

Fruit Tree Foundation launches new album tackling themes of mental health

Alasdair Roberts, James Yorkston, Scott Hutchison and others record album

Sons and Daughters. Frightened Rabbit. The Phantom Band. Norman Blake. Perhaps because it sets out to encourage discussion of problems nearly everyone has come into contact with at some point in their lives, the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film…

Mad about town - Jon Hamm interview

Mad Men's Don Draper stars in Ben Affleck's Town

Jon Hamm says that there is only one downside to playing TV’s best known advertising executive, Don Draper, on Mad Men. ‘Part of the fun of being an actor is that you get to do different things, and that’s the one downside of working in television…

Hole In My Pocket mark Pope's Scottish visit by starting their own church

Eilidh MacAskill and the Parsonage choir appear at Arches event

Inspired by the papal visit, Allistair Burt, more usually known as an architect and the brains behind Glasgow blog Southside Happenings, has just started his own religion. ‘With the Pope being in town, it just seemed like the perfect time,’ says the…

Made In Dagenham - Rosamund Pike interview

Name Rosamund Pike Born 28 January 1979, London Background Unusually for an actress who was relatively unknown before being cast as a ‘Bond girl’, Pike’s career took off after playing MI6 agent Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (a role…

Take One Action Film Festival 2010

Sweet Crude, Climate Refugees and Budrus among highlights

Now in its third year, the Take One Action! Film Festival offers a rare opportunity to watch activist documentaries and politically-orientated films at the cinema. This excellent festival concentrates on the agenda-setting and eco-documentary sub-genres…

Julia Bacha's Budrus screens at Take One Action Film Festival

Middle East documentary

Name Julia Bacha Born Rio de Janeiro, 1980. Background Bacha studied Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University. She worked as co-writer and editor on the 2004 multi award-winning documentary about Al Jazeera, Control Room…

The Pope, The Royal Channel and Beyonce on YouTube

The Pope has been and gone, but how best can you stay in touch with the pontiff when he’s out of town? Like any 21st-century boy, the Pope and the Vatican have their own YouTube channel, with an impressive 787 uploaded videos. He’s not the only…

Made in Dagenham

(15) 112min This entertaining crowd-pleaser, made in the mould of British comic dramas such as Calendar Girls (and directed by that film’s maker Nigel Cole), dramatises the true story of the industrial dispute between the female work force and the…

Buried

(15) 94min The prospect of a thriller featuring rom-com favourite Ryan Reynolds as the only actor on screen is not exactly enticing, but it’s time to throw all those prejudices away, as Reynolds gives a fantastic performance in a very fine…

Buried - Ryan Reynolds profile

Name Ryan Reynolds Born 23 October 1976, Vancouver, Canada Background The Canadian actor’s first prominent acting gig was when he appeared in the Nickelodeon series Fifteen between 1991 and1993. Five years of bad Canadian TV movies later…

Paperbelle kids show highlights power of imagination

Amazing things happen inside a child’s imagination – an old twig becomes a magic wand, a cardboard box a castle. And, as theatre director Heather Fulton discovered while working with nursery children, a small piece of paper can come alive with all kinds…

Terry Callier lines up UK tour date

Warm and beautiful soul jazz veteran

He was an old schoolfriend of Curtis Mayfield, a touring buddy of Gil Scott-Heron and, in the days when he was starting out in the clubs of his native Chicago, he saw John Coltrane play. Yet the first two decades of Terry Callier’s life in music weren’t…