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DANIEL SLOSS’ PREDICTIONS FOR 2013
[1] I predict that Kate Middleton is going to have a child. Some might call it a sixth sense. It will split Britain into two types of people: those who care about the child massively and are always talking about the child, and those who don’t care about the child but still talk about the child. It would be good if it was a girl as I reckon they’d call it Diana and then there’ll be a huge controversy and people will hate the baby for having the same name as a dead person. [2] The world is absolutely not going to end, at all, in any way, shape or form. And anyone who thinks so is an idiot. It won’t end in my lifetime, unless I come up with a particularly diabolical plan.
[3] The next manager of the Scotland football team will be Gordon Strachan and I reckon, as always, it won’t change and we’ll still be crap and he’ll get fired in two years. [4] I’ll spend the year single, just because I prefer it and I travel a lot. Next year I’m off to New Zealand, Australia, New York, LA, Canada, Sweden, Norway, France. My best friend has recently got into a relationship and he’s very happy and she’s great, but just seeing people in couples makes me angry.
[5] In the world of comedy, there will be another DVD and another Fringe show from me, and somewhere down the line a comedian is going to say some- thing that everyone is going to take out of context. There will be more morons getting offended by things that didn’t affect them, that they weren’t near and had nothing to do with them and they’re going to sit and complain. And then a bunch of scientists will be in the news to analyse whether we should be offended or not because, god forbid, we should form our own views. (As told to Brian Donaldson)
13 Dec 2012–24 Jan 2013 THE LIST 13
87 ANTHONY BAXTER TAKING ON TRUMP
You’ve Been Trumped may have premiered last year but i lmmaker Anthony Baxter’s documentary has
continued to make waves in 2012 with screenings across Scotland and also a slot on the BBC. It documents the clash between a group of homeowners in Aberdeenshire and American businessman Donald Trump, with the latter not coming off well at all. (GT)
86 SUSAN CALMAN COMIC MAKING WAVES
Former lawyer turned comedian Calman was everywhere this year, popping up very regularly on
either Radio 4 or Radio Scotland and making a splash in the Jennifer Saunders prison sitcom, Dead Boss. She also graced the Fringe again with the Thatchery-sounding This Lady’s Not for Turning Either. See her 2013 predictions at list.co.uk (BD)
85 PARK CIRCUS BRINGING BACK
THE CLASSICS
Glasgow based i lm company Park Circus keep on growing (this year they announced the opening of a US ofi ce) and continuing to work their magic to restore and re-release old i lms
back into cinemas. Recent examples include forgotten Glasgow-set thriller Death Watch (pictured) and, this month, Gremlins. (GT)
84 CANONGATE HEAVYWEIGHT PUBLISHER
THRIVES
Another sterling year for Jamie Byng’s pioneering publishing house with books out by the diverse likes of Jeremy Dyson, David Byrne and Alasdair Gray (just every short story he’s written since 1951, that’s all) while their Booker-winning Life of Pi made it onto the big screen. (BD)
83 JOHNNY MCKNIGHT GRANDE DAME
These days Johnny McKnight has become synonymous with panto season, delivering three
major productions at venues around Scotland this Christmas. But the Glasgow-based actor, writer and director also found time in 2012 to create the sweetly funny touring play The Incredible Adventures of See-Thru Sam for his own Random Accomplice company. (AR)
82 DAM MANTLE WARM BEATS FROM
A PROLIFIC PRODUCER
Long past the ‘promising’ part of his career, Glasgow art school grad Tom Marshallsay is now at the ‘delivering’
and ‘reinventing’ stage, with debut album, Brothers Fowl showcasing his kaleidoscopic-dance production skills, also used to create remixes for Warp, Planet Mu and Ghostly, among others. (CS)
81 JULIE FOWLIS GAELIC LANGUAGE
SONGSTRESS
Trad folk singer Fowlis contributed two songs to the Brave soundtrack, and sang at the i lm’s UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. She’ll be taking the stage at Celtic Connections 2013 before setting off on a spring tour of the US. (NB)
80 MIKE SMALL LOCAL FOOD
REVOLUTIONARY
Now the largest local-eating project in Europe with over 4000 members, the Fife Diet celebrated its i fth birthday with an incisive, inspiring New Food Manifesto challenging the current food system and championing community- based, low-carbon local food. (DR)