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CONTENTS
80 What’s this ‘ ‘ opera thing a"
From La Traviata to Turandot,
Spike Lee talks about the travails of getting his epic
Taking showbiz to Perth, Scotland’s media wide-boy Cosgrove is Talking Loud.
Nicolas Cage
At 29, former wild man Cage is settling down. starring in
State of the
The final fifty of happening
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about?
a beginner’s guide.
Page 6
Malcolm X
biopic of the 60s black leader on to screen.
Page 8
Stuart Gosgrove
Page 10
old—fashioned comedy Honeymoon In Vegas.
Page 11
Arts, part 2
hundred shaping contemporary Scottish culture.
Page 12
FOR JOBS IN THE ARTS, MEDIA, EDUCATION, SOCIAL WORK - SEE CLASSIFIED RECRUITMENT PAGE 70
FILM
Bertrand Tavernier 17 Lorenzo 's ()i/ 18 Film Index 20 Listings 23 Huggy Bear 27 Martin Taylor 28 Radiohead 30 Album reviews 32 Listings Rock & Blues 35 Light 36
Jazz 37
Folk & World 38 Classical & Opera 39
Listings 41 Death of a Salesman 43 Rab C Nesbitt 44 Reviews 45 Listings Theatre 48 Dance 51
Cabaret 51
Alastair Wallace 52 Cross Currents 53 Listings 54 Listings 57 Listings 57 Fluke 58 Listings 59 Howard Jacobson 53 Channel Hopping 54 Listings 65
BOOKS
Esther Freud 67 Liz Loehhead 59 Reviews 59 Classified 70 Food 78 Competitions 79 Letters 80
WIN MALCOLM X LEATHER
JACKET WORTH 2400. SEE PAGE 9.
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