FESTIVAL NEWS P I C O F T H E W E E K

INSIDERS’ INSIGHTS

In a sea of press releases it’s always a bit exciting when something a bit different lands on our desk. And so it is with Secret Edinburgh, a nifty travel guide to our city penned with top suggestions by a slew of comedians, gh including Hardeep Singh Kohli, Stewart Lee, us Gyles Brandreth, Marcus Brigstocke, Brendon Burns and more. Secret Edinburgh is ble priced £7.99 and available

s through several venues e, including the Pleasance,

ded The Underbelly and Gilded

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TOTALLY MENTAL

We challenged Doug Segal to predict what was going to be on page 18 of the last issue. Here’s how it panned out

On Thu 8 Aug, mentalist Doug Segal swung by List HQ with a sealed envelope. In it was his prediction of what would be on page 18 of the subsequent issue the content of which we had not yet even written.

Skip forward to the day of publication, and Segal knocks it out of the park. Not only did he correctly guess that we’d be covering the Granta Young Novelist events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, but he also nailed our headline and even more impressively some layout choices.

You can check out the whole thing (and suggest your own theories on how he did it) at list.co.uk/festival. (Niki Boyle)

Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist, Gilded Balloon Teviot, 622 6552, until 26 Aug, 6.30pm, £9–£10 (£8–£9).

8 THE LIST FESTIVAL 15–26 Aug 2013

CARBON CREATIVES SHORTLIST

The List are pleased to

announce the second shortlist for the Creative Carbon

Awards:

ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME THE GYPSYBIRD SPEAKS

ANGUS - WEAVER OF GRASS L’APRÈS-MIDI D’UN FOEHN

FLOWN

HUNT AND DARTON CAFE FAUSTUS THE MUSICAL

THE ADVENTURES OF ALVIN SPUTNIK: DEEP SEA EXPLORER

ISLAND STATE

OURS WAS THE FEN COUNTRY

For more information or to be considered visit

CREATIVECARBONSCOTLAND.COM/

PROJECTS

Ed Furinge. They had us Ed Furing with the name, then topped with the na it with their funny furrage: edinburghfuringe.tumblr.com

Breaking Bad’s Vince Gilligan: illigan:

heading to the Burgh h for the Edinburgh

International TV Festival. val. No spoilers please.

Street food. This week it’s Street food. Thai. BKK in George Sq Thai. BK Gardens: making our Garde tummies richer and tum our wallets poorer. our

Star nabbers: if you got that elusive 5 stars in 2003, should

it really be on your poster in 2013? You know who

you are, people.

Festival diets. Gone to pot. Near impossible. See Love. ossible. See Love.

Bagpipers. Is it just us or has Is it just us or has the number of busking pipers exploded since 1 Aug?