Around Town
Food & Drink
Highland Village Christmas Market lfntil Sun 6 Jan. Princes Street (iardens liast. Princes Street. l0arn l0pm. l‘ree. A Highland Village-style market selling top of the range food. drink. clothing and jewellery from all over Scotland. Be warned. thotigh. after the (fill of January it will disappear like Brigadoon. and you'll have to go all the way to lnverness to pick up your chicken.
Dine Around Edinburgh Mon 7
Jan Hi 2‘) l‘eb. Various Venues. Your chance to visit lxlinburgh's top restaurants without tfie alarming pricetag. Around 30 of the city's best restaurants will be offering two-course lunches and dinners for £l5. including Malinaison. lggs, Skippers and Haldanes. See picture caption. page 25.
Fair Trade and Organic Produce Wed 16 Jan. l‘xlinburgh loo, (‘orstorphine Road. 334 ()I7 I. (r30 Spin. £4.50 (£2.75 £3). l‘ind out about lidinburgh Yoo's involvement with fair trade and organic produce. Booking essential.
Talks
Collage City: Curator’s Talk Mon 7 Jan. Dean Gallery. 7.3 Belford Road. 624 (i200. |2.45pm. liree. Daniel Herrmann. (‘urator of the Paolo/Ii Collection. gives a talk on this small display of works from the (iallery's permanent collection.
The Sleeping Nude by Joan Eardley Tue 8 Jan. National Gallery of Scotland: RSA Building. The Mound. 624 (i200. l2.45pm. Purchase of exhibition ticket required. Art historian Bill flare. presents his thesis that the failure of lairdley‘s ‘Sleeping Nude‘ led to the success of her later landscapes. Burke and flare, Bebus and Friends Tue 8 Jan. National Library of Scotland. (‘ieorge IV Bridge. 62.3 3845. 7pm. Free. ()h lilinburgh. ’ou look all fancy now, but you've a murky. murky past. ()w'en Dudley lidw'ards explores the exploits and influence of infamous l‘)th century murderers Burke and Hare on Scottish fiction and storytelling. including
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laii Rankin’s Rebus novels Sec prey iew. page 23
A Light in the Darkness: Dublin’s Vaughan Bequest in l 1 Jan. National (iallery of Scotland Hawthorndeii Lecture 'l’heatre. 'l‘he Mound. 624 (i200. l2.45pm. l-ree .\niie Hodge. (‘urator of Prints and Drawings at the National (iallery of Ireland. will disctiss Henry Vaughan‘s bequest of if 'l'urner watercolours. w hich are displayed in Dtibliii every January. at the same time as lidinburgh's National (iallery 's own collection.
Workshops
Drummers Do Stiii (i Jan. The Jan Bar. l (‘hambers Street. 220 4203. 2pm l‘rec. Always had a bit of thing for Animal from the Muppets'.' l‘ancy pounding otit your ruist—(‘firistnias aggro'.’ 'l'his informal workshop featuring sessions by local drummers. ()&:\ sessions. demos and technical ady ice iiiigfit Jtist be for you.
Gothic in the City 'l'hu It) Jan. National Library of Scotland. (ieor'ge l\' Bridge. (i23 3845. 5.30 7.30pm. l‘.\plt)fc the role lidinburgh plays in stories. and in particular the work of James Hogg and Ian Rankin. and try your hand at writing your own crime fiction. lfosted by author Ken ('ockburn. See picture caption.
SMG Ceilidh Dance Class Wed In Jan. Bruntsfield Primary School. l2 Montpelier. Bruntsfield. 337 5442.
7 9pm. £7 (£4). Informal dance classes. no experience necessary (wear flat comfortable shoes).
Shoe Swing Wednesdays. (‘ounting House, West Nicolson Street. («)7 0870 £4.50 singles £8 couples (£2 social dancing only). Shooby dooby doo wopl lidinbop shuffles softly into the New Year after having a mingle with ol‘ Kris Kringle. These hugely successful workshops have been running for a year now. offering tutored classes from 7pm and social dancing from 9pm. when those glorious daddies from Vegas crack open their record boxes. Swing dancers.
lindy hoppers and iiyers of all persuasions yery welcome No need to book. and you don't eycn have to haye a partner
Outside the Cities
ActiVities 8. Events
Earthship Tours l'nnl it) Mai. lzarthship l-ife Visitor ('entrc. Stistainablc ('ommunities llilll.lll\e\. Kinghorn Loch. nghom, (0502 SUISM noon £5 i£ii 'l'he liarthship is the first ecoliouse in the l'K. entirely sell-sustainable and build only from waste materials Visitors are shown how it was btiilt. how its energy systems work and how we can apply its concepts to our cycl'ydity llle
Walk the Gorge Sun I 3 Jan. Strathclydc (‘ountiy Park. Koo Hamilton Road. Motheiyyell. fllb‘LS' 2N0.“
2 4pm. liree. Walk through a sandstone gorge following the South ('alder River. Winter on the Water Wed lo Jan. RSPH Barons llatigli & Dal/ell l'.\l.'llt'. Strathclyde ('ountr'y Park. Kim Hamilton Road. Motherw ell. “l “"93
l0. itlain l30pm. (‘ome along .iiid see which birds haunt Barons Hauin in winter. Paths are level btit may be muddy firing warm clothes .iiid binoculars if possible.
Exhibitions
Claire and David Heminsley St Andrew 's Museum. Kinburn Park. Double Dykes Road. St Andrews_ l'ntil 20 Jan. l0.30am 4pm, l‘i'ee. lixhibition of lt'\lllt'\ and ceramics by a father and daughter. Croft and Creel The Scottish l-‘isheries .\ltiseum. St :\y les. Harboui'head. Anslrtither. (H.333 3l0(i2.\'. l'ntil 3 l-eb. l0am 4.30pm; noon 4. itlpin. £5 t£-l; children free). lixhibition highlighting the fishing traditions of the west coast and Hebrides.
Dundee Medical School @ 4O 'l'ayside Medical History Mtiseum. Medical School l'oy er. Ninew'ells Hospital. Dundee. l’ri 4 Jan l‘r'i l l-eb (not Stiii). 9am 5pm. l‘ree. Dundee‘s Medical School w as conceiy ed in the
OK, we’ve officially found the best ever way to rediscover your waist in the new year. Dance Base’s weekly Hula Hoopla classes, which start on Monday 7 January and run into March,
not only tone your hips and backside back into shape, but allow you the comforting illusion that you're actually eight years old again. We’ve not heard whether they’ll let you do it in time to Laura-round-the-corner’s New
Kids on the Block tape yet, right enough. I Dance Base. Edinburgh, begins Mon 7 Jan. See www.dancebase.co.uk or ca// 0737 225 5525 for ful/ info.
26 THE LIST 4-17 Jan 2008
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lSSfls .iiid established as a l-aculty oi the l‘myeisity of St \ndiews ln l"b2 the indetrndent l'niyeisity of Dundee was formed. “tilt the Medical School as one of its most significant parts l‘his t‘\llll‘lllt‘ll looks at the lllsloly of the Medical School. tocusing on its successes oyct the past 40 years
Dundee Photographer of the Year Meadow side St Paul's (lunch. l 14 \ethergate. Dundee. ill 35.3 225120 “on 2‘ Jan Mon ll l‘eb " IS 10 lSpni t" The competition is open to all photographers living within the boundaries of Dundee and to all members of Dundee Photographic Society
Life in the Landscape \foiiiiose \fiiseum. Panmuie Place. Montiosc. 0lo2~1 b2 3223 [mil Sat 12 Jan inot Sun) Mon Sat l0am Spin l'lt‘t‘ l'.\llll‘lllt)ll to mark the centenary of -\ngus artist .iiid
w ritei (‘olin (iibson. who wrote and illustrated hundreds of books and articles as well as scripting and hosting radio programmes. writing short stories and penning song lyrics Works in this exhibition include w ateicoloui l.tl)tl\c.t|X‘\. pencil drawings and figure studies
The Nature ol Britain Photography Competition and Exhibition St'olll\ll Seabird ('enti'e. The Harbour. North licrwrck, t)l(i20 800202 l'ntil 3| Jan l0am 4pm; l0ain S. iflpni. .-\dmission applies £b05 M450. family ticket
£l 305 £2l05) .-\iiiateur landscape and wildlife photography taken in Britain Publishing Scotland: The Stirling Press of Eneas Mackay Stirling Snlllll .-\i't (iallcry and Museum. Dumbaiton Road. Stirling,(ll7Sti-17I‘H7 [hill 27 Apr tiiot Mon). Tue Sat l0. 30am Spin. Sun 2 5pm. lixhibition celebrating 500 years of printing in Scotland and focusing on the story of the press of liiieas Mackay. a father and son who operated in Stirling clSts’tl I050 before becoming the Stiiliiig ()hsery'er Press. The exhibition will also feature the Smith's ow n collection and will be accompanied by weekly lectures and eyents exploring different aspects ol the history of printing and ptiblisliiiig Read All About It! 'l‘weedledale Mtiseum and (iallery. 'l'he ('hanibers ltisliltile. High St. Peebles. ()l72l 724320. llntil 28 Mar tiiol Sat/Sun). l0am noon & 2 5pm. l‘ree. A touring exhibition from the National Libraries of Scotland that looks at the history of newspapers in Scotland.
Swords, Spears and Socks Kirkcaldy Museum and .-\r1 (iallery. War Memorial (iardens. Kirkcaldy;0l5‘)2412th). llntil Sun I3 Jan. Mon Sat I030arn 5pm; Siiii 2 5pm. lixhibition of weaponry from around the world. with everything from i pistols to deadly socks Yes. that's right. Deadly S()(‘KS.
Talks
Places in Between Tue 8 Jan.
l'niversity' ()f Dundee (Main Library). Small's Wynd. Dundee. 0| 382 348148. 7.30pm. £5 (students free). Diplomat Rory Stewan. who briefly helped in the establishment of the pint-Taliban regime
in Afghanistan. describes encounters with warlords and villagers during a journey on foot from llerat to Kabul. For more information call Joy Ingram on 0| 382 ()(iXl‘)3. Kim Crosbie: Tourism in Antarctica W ‘d 9 Jan. ('arnegie Hall. liast Port. Dunfermline. 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £5 lRS(}S members and students free). To mark International Polar Year. lidinburgh born researcher and expedition leader Dr Kim ('rosbie explores issues related to the growing tourism industry in Antarctica. To book tickets. call 0l4| 552 3330. History of Dundee Asylums Wed to Jan. University of Abenay. Hannah Maclure ('entre. 3rd Floor. lfniversity of Abenay. Bell Street. Dundee. (H382 308324. 7.|5pin. l‘ree. Rod MacKinnon will talk about the care of the mentally ill over the centuries. finishing off with the background to the building of lunatic asylums in Scotland and. in particular. the Dundee Lunatic Asylum which opened in 1820.