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Round-up of 2011: Comedy
9 Jan 2012
Tim Key, Tommy Tiernan, Stephen Merchant, Luke Wright and Jerry Sadowitz make our laugh-list
Tim Key Having netted Edinburgh’s big fat award for comedy in 2009, the former Coward blasted back in August with an absolute corker of a show. Masterslut was a masterclass of interactive improv raised to glorious levels by the most memorable use of a…
Edinburgh Hogmanay 2011/2012: Bombay Bicycle Club vs Friendly Fires music quiz
19 Dec 2011
Two great bands - but who has the superior musical knowledge?
As the year draws to a close, two of the UK’s finest indie bands will play as part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations. But which of them can boast of superior musical knowledge? Friendly Fires’ Ed Macfarlane and Bombay Bicycle Club’s Jamie MacColl…
Edinburgh Hogmanay 2011: Out of town and countryside options in Scotland
19 Dec 2011
Five non-city centre activities this Hogmanay
Detour’s Aviemore Bash Detour definitely know how to party, so their Hogmanay gathering should be a riot. Live sets come from Kitty the Lion and Stanley Odd, plus DJ set from the Detour team (chances of taps aff action: extremely likely). There are no…
Hogmanay in Glasgow highlights
19 Dec 2011
New Year's Eve in Glasgow, including clubs, Bugsy Malone and curling
Gone is the street party but in its place, there are family-friendly daytime events at George Square (31 Dec, George Square, 12pm, free). The ice rink will host the first Hogmanay Bonspiel Cup, where you can watch a curling competition or try it out for…
Hogmanay in Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond: Essential info
19 Dec 2011
Travel info, bus times and line-ups for your New Year's Eve
Travel Those kindly folks at Edinburgh Hogmanay are offering you ample chance to bring in the bells, whether on the streets or from the comfort of somewhere else. Better still, Citylink are providing late night bus services to Glasgow, Dundee, Perth…
Gifts that keep giving: Postal subscriptions
19 Dec 2011
Subscribe to NotAnotherBill.com, or film memberships at the GFT, Cameo or LOVEFiLM
Fluffy slippers that can be heated in the microwave. Mobile phone holders in the shape of endangered species. Socks bearing the legend ‘world’s best grandad’. Ned Corbett-Winder promises that his gift-a-month website notanotherbill.com will most…
Paul Gunning's Purslane celebrates the small things in life
19 Dec 2011
Starters and desserts a success, although mains need some work
Below street level on narrow, quirky St Stephen Street in Stockbridge in Edinburgh is a tiny restaurant. Until recently it had been home to Redwood, in which Californian chef Annette Sprague charmed diners for a couple of years but near-enough exhausted…
The Virginia Gallery - Adults-only LGBT art in Glasgow
19 Dec 2011
Why adults-only policy provides flexibility that most spaces don’t have
If you’ve walked down Virginia Street recently, you might have seen Luke and Jack, an exotic 18+ adult boutique. What you might not have noticed is The Virginia Gallery, the art space nestled below which is fast gaining a rep for supporting erotic and…
Best of 2011: Clubs
19 Dec 2011
The best sets and gigs, including Plastikman, Ivan Smagghe and Bloody Beetroots
Andrew Weatherall & Ivan Smagghe. Karnival’s fifth birthday featured vinyl vs computer hardware in a delicious back-to-back set that meshed in all the right places for a dynamic and unpredictable set that kept both DJs and clubbers guessing. Karnival…
Neighbourhood Watch: Great Western Road, Glasgow
19 Dec 2011
Including The Captain's Rest, The Belle and Lupe Pintos
What’s it like? One big road full of pubs, cafés and little shops. Flats are mostly old tenements above the bars, restaurants and stores which go up most of the road. Where’s it, like? In the West End, a stone’s throw from Woodlands and Byres Road.
The Hot 100 2011: 100-50
16 Dec 2011
The definitive list of Scottish creative talent
100: Gordon Ferris. Kilmarnock crime author makes good. The already packed Scottish crime writing field has finally found a bit of elbow room for another burgeoning talent. Joining the likes of Rankin, Brookmyre, McDermid and co is this Ayrshire-born…
Hot 100 2011 - No. 49 to 1
16 Dec 2011
The definitive list of Scottish creative talent
The Hot 100 is the definitive list of Scottish creative talent. From fashion designers to performance artists, everyone who has made a sizeable splash in 2011 has a place in this countdown. It’s for people who’ve created a buzz, but it’s also about…
The Hot 100 2011 - No. 1: Peter Mullan
16 Dec 2011
Tyrannosaur, Neds, BAFTAS and the upcoming War Horse - 2011 has been Mullan's year
‘I’m confused but delighted,’ says Peter Mullan when I inform him he’s number one on The List’s Hot 100 for 2011. Speaking over the phone from Glasgow in the midst of tucking into ‘a roll and sausage’, Mullan lets out a sort of gravelly, staccato-like…
The Hot 100 2011 - No. 7: Martin Boyce on winning the Turner Prize
16 Dec 2011
The Glasgow artist on Glasgow School of Art, fame and the future
Unlike his work, Martin Boyce doesn’t appear to have any angles. Two days before scooping the 2011 Turner Prize for A Library of Leaves, his 2010 show at Zurich’s Galerie Eva Presenhuber, the Hamilton-born, Glasgow School of Art-trained maker of…
Best of 2011: Films
14 Dec 2011
Best films of 2011, including Drive, Neds, A Separation, Black Swan and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy Starring a firmament of male British character actors, this taut, sparse and moody le Carré adaptation, directed by Swede Tomas ‘Let The Right One In’ Alfredson, is an incredibly stylish orange-tinged 70s package (yet not a…
Best of 2011: Albums
14 Dec 2011
The best albums of 2011, including Josh T Pearson, Com Truise and Metronomy
Josh T Pearson – Last of the Country Gentleman. A phenomenally stark and moving record from the enigmatic, deeply talented Texan with a foot-long beard. The fact that some tracks come in at almost 12 minutes long may have been off-putting to some, but…
Best of 2011: Songs
14 Dec 2011
The best songs of 2011 featuring Austra, Lana Del Rey, Aidan Moffat
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - ‘Bubble’ / Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat – ‘The Copper Top’. It was a straight tie between these two underground power-duos. Showing off the cream of Scottish vocals (and one doesn’t even really sing); the emotions soar, the…
Best of 2011: Theatre
14 Dec 2011
The best theatre work of 2011, including The Age of Arousal and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Har
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. The story of the overly curious girl/boy who encounters the Devil is as old as theatre itself, but David Greig’s inspired play-cum-ceilidh brought a dynamic twist to the Border Ballad form. Touring pubs around the…
Best of 2011: Visual Art
14 Dec 2011
The best exhibitions in Scotland in 2011 including Jeremy Millar, August Sander and BAS7
Jeremy Millar: Resemblances, Sympathies and Other Acts Many artists use their own bodies as the basis for their work, but few have done it so literally as Jeremy Millar. A life-sized silicon cast of the artist, entitled ‘Self Portrait as a Drowned Man…
Best of 2011: Comedy
14 Dec 2011
The best comedy shows of 2011, including Tim Key, Tommy Tiernan, Stephen Merchant, Luke Wright and J
Tim Key Having netted Edinburgh’s big fat award for comedy in 2009, the former Coward blasted back in August with an absolute corker of a show. Masterslut was a masterclass of interactive improv raised to glorious levels by the most memorable use of a…
Best of 2011: Books
14 Dec 2011
The best books of 2011, including George Pelecanos, Ali Smith, Jane Harris, Sunjeev Sahota, Julian B
George Pelecanos – The Cut. Every time the name ‘George Pelecanos’ is mentioned these days the words ‘The Wire’ closely follow. But the Washington writer has been knocking out quality crime novels long before his involvement on the HBO show. The Cut was…
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
13 Dec 2011
Mara and Fincher elevate a populist novel into a compelling drama of bleakness and corruption
David Fincher directs a version of Stieg Larsson’s Millenium trilogy – revenge thrillers don’t come with more high-powered credentials than that. While Steven Zaillian’s script sticks a little too closely to the labyrinthine plotting of the original…
What to watch this Christmas: TV highlights
13 Dec 2011
Little Crackers, Great Expectations, Hacks and True Stories: Sarah Palin among the top TV Xmas picks
When it comes to Christmas television traditions, you could rely on a Morecambe & Wise special, The Great Escape on Boxing Day and trying to guess who would fall asleep first at HM’s shrill message-sending. It may have some way to go to be considered a…
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
13 Dec 2011
Slight but entertaining sequel from Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law
Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes was considerably better than could reasonably have been expected from the fading and formerly feted Lock, Stock director. Ritchie and his writers successfully pulled off a tough balancing act, rooting the character in…
New Year in Vienna and A Viennese New Year
13 Dec 2011
Austrian-themed classical concerts by the SCO and RSNO
What would New Year music be without Vienna? No matter how many times orchestras sail up and down the Beautiful Blue Danube, pop the corks in the Champagne Polka or waltz their way through the overture to Die Fledermaus, audiences flock to hear their…
