Contents
The guide to events in central Scotland
The Front
Letters on cursing. comedy. critics and commercialism . . . TripTych and Early Spring launched . . . do violent movies create nasty criminals? . fat cats . . . celebrity smokers . . . top 10
Features 1 0 Paul Bettany
We meet the British star of A Beautifu/ Mind who doesn't buy the theory that
he’s selling out.
12 How safe is your city? If you go out on the streets today. will you be in fora big and thoroughly unpleasant
surprise?
16 Travis
Fran and co swear they‘re not boring and pray that the paparazzi have their leering lenses pointed elsewhere.
20 Douglas Maxwell Get your thinking caps on as Scottish theatre’s whizzkid turns to computer games for He/met.
95 XBox
Will Bill Gates' new toy revolutionise the console business. or is the game up for the
Microsoft wunderkind’?
OFFERS
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Thursday 28 Feb - Thursday 14 Mar 2002
I 26 Trip to London for Early Spring Film Festival
I 31 2 for 1 Odeon Cinema ticket offer
I 42 Spiritualized tickets, albums and signed photos
I 46 £2 off Travis’ unit-shifting album The Invisible Band I 79 Club discounts with the A-List Card
I Events
22 Film 25 Film index 36 Film listings
42 Music
46 Rock & Pop listings
53 Jazz listings
54 Folk & World listings
55 Classical & Opera listings
56 Theatre 61 Theatre & Dance listings
66 Comedy 66 Comedy listings
68 Gay 68 Gay listings
70 Clubs 71 Clubs listings 81 venues
82 Art 84 Gallery listings
90 Kids 91 Glasgow Life 93 Edinburgh Life
I The Goods 95 Buy it this fortnight 96 Books
99 Comics
99 Records
101 Games
102 Internet
102 Video/DVD
103 TV
105 Shopping
106 Food
109 Travel
I Classified
111 Recruitment 1 13 Flatshare 1 16 I Saw You
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