I Big-hearted Scottish comedy Gregory’s Girl has been hand- picked as part of a specially selected best top ten film poll by Scottish Screen. The film topped a hitlist of educational films aimed at kids. Cinema Paradiso, Monsters Inc (pictured), Great Expectations and Au Revoir, Les Enfants also made it into the mix.
I Tennis supreme Andy Murray has served up his top ten Scottish haunts for the erlSeolland wehsrte. The 20 year—eld's favourite pastimes include \‘V'éllt‘lllllg Hth play at Easter Read. playing; at Edrnhurgh's Crzargleekhart Tennis Centre. where he won his first Scottish Junior title. and gelling at Gleneagles where he learned how to play as a boy. Murray's list also included The \N’allace Monument. Edinburgh Dungeons. The Himalayas putting green on the seafront at St Andrews and Go Kartlng in Knockhrll.
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I The Festivities may be over but plans for next year are just beginning for Festivals Edinburgh, the organisation created by the city’s 12 major festivals, as they ponder their marketing strategy and action plan for next year. The collective was set up last year to ensure that the Festivals remain
as prominent as ever in the face of
stiff competition in other cities. Discussions follow another successful year for the Festivals, in particular the Fringe which sold a record 1.7 million tickets this year. The arts festival, now in its
60th year, saw an increase in sales
of more than 10% compared with 2006. 18,626 performers trod the boards this year, in 31,000 performances at more than 2000 shows.
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you, as venues across the Highlands participate in the Highland Open Studios Open Doors project. Artists and craftspeople will welcome visitors to studios and workshops for a chance to talk about the art produced, view the equipment used in the process and watch work in production, until 9 September. See www.highlands openstudios.co.uk/for more info.
I Book-copying controversy forgotten, the first major paintings to have been commissioned from Scottish artist Jack Vettriano are to go under the hammer at auction. The seven Bluebirds pictures were commissioned by Sir Terence Conran in 1997 for his Bluebird Club in London. The works marked the beginning of a career which has seen Vettriano become one of the most popular
and controversial artists in the UK.
The pieces are expected to fetch more than £1.2m at the Sotheby‘s sale in Gleneagles.
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I And finally, as if proof were needed that The List‘s talent knows no bounds, Kirstin Innes, one of the mag's writers and section editors, has bagged the Allen Wright Award for Excellence in Arts Journalism for her coverage of this year's Fringe. lnnes was praised for her reviews of Popsicle Departure 1989 and Bed and Breakfast. The awards were judged by a panel of journalists and arts professionals, including Jon Morgan, director of the Fringe, and Charlie Wood, director of Underbelly. Founded in 1998, the award was set up to commemorate Wright, a distinguished journalist and arts editor of the Scotsman newspaper for 30 years. (AM)
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