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Cover story: T in the Park 2008's event throws up a typically eclectic bill with a mix of familiar stadium fillers, A-list indie beds and plenty of new faces charming their way into our hearts. Our coverage is led by the band providing the soundtrack to the summer, The Ting Tings, while we check in with some local heroes: Biffy Clyro give their pick of T and KT Tunstall relives her T experiences, plus the cream of the up-and-comers. See page 16.

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14 Scotland: A Changing Nation

The history of Scotland's cultural life in the 20th and let centuries is retold in this new exhibition through hundreds of objects and artifacts, from Franz Ferdinand's Mercury Prize to lrn Bru ads and designer tartan.

10 Pageant Starting your own shop can't really be that hard, can it? Dougal Marwick relives his experiences of starting a boutique with his friends.

12 Mother India This Glasgow eating institution heads for the capital and creates its own distinctive take on Indian dining: a tapas-style Indian restaurant.

Regulars 7 Noticeboard Edinburgh Art Festival revealed A Paul Merton's Silent Clowns Judi Dench is made a doctor

13 Live it Spend it: Cover all summer fashion bases with sunglasses and umbrellas

Get Stuffed: Posh yoghurts are put to the test

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Around Town

Theatre

TV Visual Art

Classified

Wet Sounds

Koala Alert Circus Summer School

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Jim Cartwright

Andrew Sean Greer Irvine Welsh Comics

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Luna

Andrea Parker Numbers Srnoove

Will 8 Greg

John Cordillo

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The Apartment The Visitor Jules et Jim Kung Fu Panda Hancock

DVDs

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GOMA Family Festival 2008

Good Vibrations

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LGBT Youth National Gathering

Events

Black Affair

Stapleton

Harmonia

Ross Clark

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Records

Jazz & Folk

Classical

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Mischief La-Bas

The Merchant of Venice Our House

Materials for a Small Winter The Show Must Go On

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Superstars

Bonekickers

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Altered States of Paint

Three Blows Vanity Fair Portraits Mladen Stilinovic

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