At what age do you officially become an old person?
What do you think?
Found 10 articles.
Sorted by date / most viewed. Showing 10, 25, 50, 100 per page.
10 Sep 2007
Audiences filing into the ‘humungoid shed’ of the Clyde Auditorium for the opening nights of Tinselworm, Bill Bailey’s new national tour, will be fighting for nothing less than the UK’s standing in Europe and democracy itself. Following year on year…
I went back to Glasgow Uni to do a talk recently. They asked me to give the students career advice, and I just thought: ‘Are you kidding? Become a doctor!’ Against my better judgement, I studied music, film and TV. It was a great time; you meet…
Few bands can last 12 years these days, so it’s refreshing to hear that Idlewild are as invigorated as ever about their musical predicament. Roddy Woomble tells Doug Johnstone why ‘We’ve always been the band of bad timing, haven’t we?’ laughs Idlewild…
From her award-winning turn as a shy self-harmer turned provocateur in Secretary to her recent role as a recovering junkie in SherryBaby, Maggie Gyllenhaal has long been the poster girl for disenchanted heroines, wowing the critics and attracting a…
"We run two festivals of theatre a year. Arches Live! in September tends to feature younger, more emergent theatre makers. I like mixing experimental, obscure works with accessible, sexier pieces: this year Adrian Howells and Lonetwin are presenting new…
Interviewees: Co-directors Mike Grieve and Paul Crawford, Keith McIvor AKA Twitch (resident at Optimo), Jonnie Wilkes (Optimo), Harri (Subculture) and Dave Clarke (Slam Events) What sets the Sub Club apart from other venues? Dave Clarke : It…
Edinburgh Picasso on Paper See panel. Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh, 0131 624 6200, until Sun 23 Sep. Ian McCulloch Drawings, paintings and woodcuts spanning the artist’s forty year career. RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh, 0131…
Tom Stade It takes years of hard, dedicated gigging to appear as relaxed as Tom Stade does on stage. Charming, handsome and unflappable he may be, but the Canadian émigré also possesses that indefinable knack of drawing you completely into his offbeat…
Michael Clayton Having charmed the ladies with his third Danny Ocean caper, George Clooney makes another of his ‘mature movies’, and it’s nothing less than an existential thriller. The Cloonster plays the fix-it guy for a law firm’s dodgy rich clients…
Richard Hawley Sheffield-born singer-songwriter and ex-Pulp/Longpigs man returns with more highly acclaimed epic guitar pop. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 0131 668 2019, Fri 14 Sep. Gwen Stefani Everyone’s favourite ska rocker turned electro pop…
2-for-1 offers at over 100 restaurants in Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond…
Sign up for news, previews, special List ticket offers and much, much more.
Receive a 6 month subscription to The List (worth £30.95), an Eating and Drinking Guide (worth £5.95) - all for only £24.