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SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE Director ofthe controversial new movie, Steven Soderbergh confesses all. Trevor Johnston records it for posterity.
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WET WET WET On the eve of their new LP Holding Back The River. John Williamson shelters from the rain with the Wet boys.
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GODODDIN Welsh theatre group Brith Gof and eclectic musicians Test Department join forces in Gododdin. Alastair Mabbott spoke to them in Hamburg.
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NEW YORK CITY BALLET Lucy Ash goes behind the scenes in Saratoga. USA,
while John Aitken turns back the pages in this world-famous company’s scrapbook.
11—23 FESTIVAL REVIEWS
Wes Shrum introduces our final set of reviews with some thoughts about the act of reviewing itself.
BACKLIST
LISTINGS
67 BOOKS
Iain Banks talks to Sara Villiers about his latest noveL
71 TRAVEL
Guy Hindlley takes the hike to the island of Santorini.
7O FOOD
Game to eat out and buy in.
73 Classified
Jobs. travel. romance.
76 Competitions
Six crates of Brahma beer and free tickets to Sex. Lies and Videotape.
Russ Abbott at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh. See Theatre listings.
ART ..................... 59 CLASSICAL MUSIC . .... .. 47 DANCE ..... .... .. 43 FILMINOEX... ........... .. 27 FILM LISTINGS .......... .. 23 FOLK ................... 47 JAZZ ................ 49 KIDS ...................... .. 44 NIGHTLIFE ............... .. 55 ROCK......... ............ .. 51 SPORT ..... ............ .. 66 THEATRE....... ...... 41 TV ......... ............. .. 64
The List 1— 14 September 19891