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Cover story: Eating & Drinking Guide This special issue of The Listcomes packaged with the 2010/11 Eating & Drinking Guide. A herculean effort for our team of reviewers (who have had to munch their way through a few thousands curries, chow meins and fish and chips) it’s the definitive guide to eating out in Glasgow and Edinburgh. With over 950 restaurants listed there’s no time to lose. Get dining! Features 15 Affordable Art Everything you wanted to know about buying art (but were afraid to ask). We’ve got insider tips from collectors and profiles of the young artists to buy now.

20 Green Living In part two of our green living special we give you the lowdown on ethical travel. 26 Malcolm Gladwell Quick thinking with the king of pop sociology.

Regulars 2 First Word Katy Brand on squeaking at Jay-Z. 7 Noticeboard Alternative election night fun.

12 Spend It Giving away old bras for the better good and the reintroduction of our street fashion feature, We Saw You.

Around Town

Books

Clubs Film

Comedy

Kids LGBT

Music

Theatre Visual Art

Classified Offers

Show Scotland Beltane Events

Alan Warner Richard Herring Blake Morrison Kirsten Reed Jachym Topol

Pressure Harsh 70s Reality Tokyoblu Rahaan

Mark Cousins

La Danse The Disappearance of Alice Creed Iron Man 2 Valhalla Rising Four Lions DVDs

Teddy Paul Merton

Imaginate Festival

Events

Velvet Events

Faust

Cold Cave Shonen Knife CocoRosie Esben and the Witch Muscles of Joy Laura Marling Records Jazz & Folk Classical

Behaviour festival The Blue Hen The Cherry Orchard The Goat

Streetland Gerard Byrne Linder David Shrigley Christoph Büchel Douglas Gordon

Recruitment I Saw You Flatshare Classified Courses and Tuition

Reader Offers

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Win season passes for Mayfesto Win tickets to Taste of Edinburgh Win tickets to Imaginate Festival

A bottle of Famous Grouse for the Letter of the Issue Subscriptions

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