26 APR–24 MAY YOU’VE GOT 29 DAYS TO LIVE! Late April. Not quite naked ankles weather yet, but it does mean it’s time for The List’s annual Eating & Drinking Guide to drop. And with it a bunch of new restaurants you may want to make a mental note of to check out. Besides reviewing over 900 restaurants, we’ve also been chatting with Irvine Welsh about Skagboys, his prequel to Trainspotting, and indie actor on-the-up Jason Segel about getting familiar with his inner slacker. In Music, Montreal’s Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, speaks to us about tiptoeing the line between introversion and extroversion, and closer to home, Auntie Flo, the man behind Glasgow club night Highlife discusses his afro-house debut album.
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The List Eating & Drinking Guide – 19th edition Scotland’s most trustworthy and comprehensive guide to the dining-out scene in Edinburgh, Glasgow and around the country only comes out once a year – and luckily enough, it comes free with this very issue.
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IRVINE WELSH We have a chat with the big man about his new Trainspotting prequel Skagboys, and take a read of an extract from it 23
JASON SEGEL The writer and star of Forgetting Sarah Marshalltalks to us about his new indie comedy, Jeff, Who Lives at Home 26
FOOD & DRINK Up-to-date restaurant reviews, including new Glasgow eaterie Le Bistro Beaumartin, plus a list of this summer’s foodie events
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6 First & Last We push de Botton for answers
9 Noticeboard The latest news on the Edinburgh Art Festival and Scottish Album of the Year Award 25 Lifestyle A celebration of the humble blouse
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Mark Haddon Russell Kane Colonsay Book Festival Clubs
Tensnake at Musika Auntie Flo Andrew Weatherall competition
Comedy
Alex Horne Simon Amstell Film
Being Elmo Albert Nobbs Damsels in Distress The Raid Jeff Who Lives at Home
Kids Imaginate
LGBT Spandex
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Theatre Mayfesto Enquirer A Streetcar Named Desire The Lieutenant of Inishmore Dance
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Karla Black Wolfgang Tillmans Emory Douglas Richard Wright Classified
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