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To tie in with our Wish List, Kirstin lnnes rounds up the most interesting fairs and markets looking to ease the pain of your Christmas shopping hell
omething gets into the air about halfway
through Novemher. something that compels
otherwise rational people to stand at tahles — maybe decorated with fake snow or tinsel — offering genuinely original presents. There's really no excuse to give anyone a fancy shower gel and hath homh set. Ever. But particularly not now. Christmas market Struggling with a gift idea for the green welIy-wearer in your life‘.’ Country Living magazine’s (‘hristmas liair rides hack into the SECC this fortnight. promising the very fittest in homeware. clothing and food and drink. Meanwhile. outside the city limits. the l()()-stall strong [.anark Christmas Market offers crafts. specialist gifts and foodie goodies. Santa will he popping in to switch on the lights. too. which is sweet of him. ('oantry Living Maga:ine Christmas Fair 'I'lta 2()--San 2.? Nov. SECC Glasgow. [.anark Christmas Market. Sat /5 Nov—Wed 24 Dee. Lanat'k High Street. Worthy markets Overcome your distaste at the annual orgy of gluttony and consumerism. There are two Radical Independent Book Fairs happening in Glasgow in the run tip to the festive season. while lidinhurgh‘s lithical (‘hristmas Fayre promises fairly-traded crafts and a (ireen Santa. Radical Independent Book Fair: Sat [5 Mn; I)()ll'.\' Bat;
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The (‘C‘x‘x‘s occasional Book l‘ait' is hack this fortnight too. l'octising on hard-to-l'ind and independently published art and design hooks. (lifted. the National Nltlseum of Scotland‘s exhihition/pressie shop showcases the hest of Scottish design (pictured). while the artists‘ community at (‘harlestown near Dunfermline are running an Open Doors Weekend. offering their own stained glass works. hand-made
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Two of the hest places to huy (‘hristmas presents for that indescrihahly cool friend of yours are lidinhurgh's l’unk liair and the (ilasgow ('raft Mafia gatherings. The latter is it showcase of the city's hest hipster c‘l'al‘lc‘t's. the former a revolutionary retro take on the traditional antiques market. with every thing from art deco trinkets to funky (i()s homeware. And they have l).lsl [Van/t l'ait: Sat 6 Dee. ("/tt'ist ('lttii't‘li l/a//. lz‘r/itt/nit'g/i. ('t'a/t .l/ttfitl. lli't/ A, l)(’('. (ll/1'. (i/tlvgrtii‘
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=l= Glasgow Wintertest and Edinburgh’s Christmas Yes. it‘s coming! Earlier and earlier. And there's no way you can resist it. you old curmudgeon. as both city centres unleash the outdoor ice rinks. fun fairs. vaguely-Teutonic market stalls bedecked with fake snow hawking hot wine with a c0uple of cloves in. off-key primary school choirs and twinkly lighting displays shaped like giant swinging bells. In the words of a very hairy man: iiiit's Chriiiiistmaaaaaas! (er. in a month and a half) Glasgow's Christmas Lights Switch On. George Square, Sun 76 Nov. Edinburgh's Light Night. The Mound, Thu 27 Nov.
=l< What Do The Arts Do for Europe? Open debate on the value of the arts to Europe and Scotland. Speakers include Culture Minister Linda Fabiani. Geoffrey Brown: Director of EUCLID. Manchester and Mark O'Neill: Head of Arts and Museums. Culture and Sport Glasgow. The panel will be chaired by popular peroxided broadcaster (and horror novelist. fact fans) Muriel Gray.
Alliance Francaise de Glasgow,
Wed ‘19 Nov.
* Critical Encounters 2: Encountering the Spectacular Needcompany and Forced Entertainment. exemplars of the European experimental performance landscape. are the springboard for the second seminar in the Critical Encounters series. Tramway. Glasgow, Sat 22 Nov.
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