CONTENTS

1- 15 November

Cover story: Ian Rankin quest edits The List

What fun to be asked to guest edit this issue of The List/And a big thank you to the team for going along with most of) my suggestions. I'm used to being interviewed, but seldom get to play interviewer, so it was a thrill to be able to ask one of my favourite bands, Saint Jude's Infirmary, how they’re getting on in the recording studio. Earlier this year, I hooked up with Aidan Moffat in New York and we found that we share a lifelong passion for comic books and graphic novels, so I've interviewed him too. Apart from comics, my other vice is music, and l'cl happily spend all week browsing record shops, often seeking out rare vinyl, so I've asked Mark Edmundson to compile a list of the best. You also need to know about Scotland's bustling crime fiction scene . . . and be wary of real-life cybercrime. Plus we spend a night on the town with the Edinburgh cops. Enjoy.

Ian Rankin

Also in this issue

Z LETTERS 15 DAYS TO LIVE

NEWS NEWS EXTRA

What'sOn

25 AROUND TOWN 28 BOOKS

3O COMICS

31 CLUBS

37 COMEDY

39 FILM

56 KIDS

57 LGBT

59 MUSIC

62 RECORDS 79 THEATRE 87 TV

88 VISUAL ART

Life&Style 93 EAT & DRINK 95 PLAY

96 SHOP 98 CLASSIFIED

Rear View

104 ANSWER MACHINE: RICHARD JOBSON

AND FINALLY...

10 My Cultural Life Mark Robertson rifles through Ian Rankin's tjookshel .es and CD collection and quizzes him about his taste in film, theatre. art, opera and comedy.

12 Comic appeal Musician Aidan Moffat reflects on his lifelong lore of comics.

39 Lions for Lambs

We talk to Andrew Garfield, young star of the political thriller directed t3. Robert Redford and also starring Tom Cruise and Meryl Street;

59 The Verve

Ten years after their heyday, just hos. relevant are the '.'.ic;an four-piece

94 BBC Good Food Show Donald Reid gets the IO‘.‘.UO‘.'.’D on the euent making its Scottish debut.

Win a bottle of Famous Grouse for the Letter of the Issue 20% off food at Oddfellows

Free film tickets to see Lions for Lambs

Win tickets to Glasgow’s Hogmanay

I 46 Win a DVD of the film Night People

I 64 Win tickets and a meet and greet for Heaven and Hell