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cinema; to mark his largely unpublicised work in the founding of

the Scottish International Education

Trust. . . and in particularto recognise

, the respect and high esteem in which

he is held by the people of the City of Edinburgh.’

He has, however, no immediate plans to set up home in his native city. ‘The reality,‘ he says, ‘is that as long as I‘m still enthusiastic about work and what I do, ldon’t really live anywhere. I’m living where I’m working,’ although he claims that ‘for the first time since I did Never Say NeverAgain I have put a lot of things on hold.‘ This, he hopes, will give him more time to be directly involved in the SIET— a Trust set up

I ' ,- twenty years ago with his share oi the

profits from Diamonds Are Forever and

'. - designed to give financial help to talented Scotswhowanttotaketheir

education further- and to develop his

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25 August 1930: Thomas Connery is born, son of Joseph and Euphemia of Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. 11 June 1991: Sean Connery receives the freedom oi the city a few yards up the

road at the Usher Hall. The intervening ~

years have seen more than the change of a Christian name, as Connery has progressed from Edinburgh milkman to Mr Universe contestant to one of the

District Council, Connery was awarded the honour ‘to celebrate his distinguished contribution to world

The man who has previously been voted The Sexiest Man Alive a compliment he parries by saying

‘There’s very few sexy ones dead’ -

seems to have slipped into his new role as Freeman with his patented ease and charisma. ‘lt’s an enormous honour, an

enormous privilege,’ he told an assembled press crowd on the day he joins an impressive list including

Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill

and the Queen. ‘The first one,‘ he

explains, ‘Admiral Boncle his name most popular stars in the film industry. ; According to the records of Edinburgh

was, he was given the freedom of Edinburgh in 1459 and then they shot him for losing Minorca. Now, I haven't

3 read the small print yet . . . (Alan I Morrison)

I v CLIPPINGS

i I ARTS 2000 BIO: Edinburgh has made

a bid to become either City of Drama in 1994 or City of Festivals in 1999 as part of the Arts Council oi Great Britain’s Arts 2000 initiative. Each year leading to the year 2000 will have a different theme, with Birmingham already chosen as host for 1992‘s Year of Music. The success of the 1994 bid would be well earned recognition for the extensive upgrading oitheatre lacilities currently being carried out under the auspices of the District Council (List 146).

I COMMUNITY RADIO: Less than a year after going on air, East End Radio, based at Easterhouse, has lost live of

its six full-time stall and has accepted a

bid of more than £50,000 by Glasgow-based St Clair recording

. studio. One oi the first Scottish stations

set up under new franchise deals (List 144), the station owed a substantial

sum to creditors due to an advertising slump. The deal has already aroused

é controversy as the takeover, which still

has to be finalised, was accepted on

3 the principle that existing stall were

kept on and it was hoped that this would safeguard all six jobs.

I BIKE BAN: Following Scotrail‘s

recent sudden decision to ban bicycles from all its 158 Express services

(running between Scotland‘s major

cities), Spokes, the Lothian cycle campaign, is urging everyone affected or angered by the move to write to MPs, councillors, newspapers and Scotrail itself (address correspondence to the Area Manager, Scotrail, Waverley Station, Edinburgh or Cyril Bleasdale, Director, Scotrail, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow). Names of local MPs and councillors are available from Citizens’ Advice Bureaux (Glasgow 331 2345, Edinburgh 5571500). For other suggestions, contact Spokes on 031 313 2114.

I TRAVERSE BENEFIT: With collections in the theatre foyer and a special benefit performance of the award-winning ‘Bondagers‘ earlierthis month, Edinburgh‘s Traverse Theatre has raised £2610 in aid oi appeals In Bangladesh, Kurdistan and Africa. All monies raised will be divided equally between the three areas through Save the Children Fund and the Disaster Emergency Appeal. The Traverse toured Iraq and Bangladesh with ‘Great Expectations‘ in autumn 1989.

I TICKET LINE: A new computerised box office along the lines oi Glasgow‘s Candleriggs network has begun operating in Edinburgh. Tickets can be bought at the Assembly Rooms, the

King's Theatre and from autumn -the ' Usher Hall for events at any of the three

venues, or on the credit card hotline on

; 031 220 4349.

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