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The guide to events in central Scotland
New director for Scotland's National Theatre, a fresh 21m dance space for Scottish Dance Theatre, plus letters on Tchai Ovna, the meaning of ‘trannie' and an appreciation of poet Gael Turnbull.
Highlights
6 Steve Buscemi The good news is that The Sopranos is back for its fifth and penultimate series.
The better news is that it features Steve Buscemi, the weasel-featured actor who made his name in Reservoir Dogs and Fargo.
10 Now we are 500 Remember 1985? That‘s when the first issue of The List hit the streets. Five hundred issues later, we take a look back at 19 years of publishing Scotland’s number one guide to
the arts and entertainment.
42 Goma’s new dawn Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art has been transformed from a haven of tacky populism into a champion of the kind of art that has catapulted Glasgow to the international forefront.
i We celebrate the age of enlightenment.
55 The heart of Paris Ever tried to ‘do' Paris in a weekend, and spent the whole time hurrying from one tourist trap to another? We look at an alternative way to enjoy the delights of la vie metropolitaine.
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Edinburgh Festival Supplement
The madness is upon us. The Edinburgh Festival has kicked off with its usual mixture of the highbrow and the low-rent. But how do you separate the big hits from the misfits? Read our supplement packed with previews of the shows that really matter. Throughout August The List is published weekly, bringing unrivalled coverage of the Festival. Next issue published 12 August.
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I Events
12 Film 16 Film index 23 Film listings
28 Music
29 Rock & Pop listings 33 Jazz listings
34 Folk & World listings 35 Classical & Opera listings
35 Theatre 35 Theatre & Dance listings
36 Comedy 37 Gay
38 Clubs 68 Clubs listings 75 Venues
42 Art 43 Gallery listings
46 Kids 46 Sport
47 Glasgow Life 47 Glasgow Life listings
I The Goods
49 Buy it this week 50 Books and comics 50 Records
53 Games
54 DVD
54 TV
55 Travel
I Classified
56 Recruitment 58 Flatshare 60 I Saw You
I Rear View 64 Robin Hodge
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