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69 SIMON HART VISUAL ART
65 DANIEL SLOSS FUNNY FIFER
Manipulate Festival encourages the growth of visual theatre, through workshops and the week-long curation of international work. More than ‘puppetry for adults’, artistic director Hart shows that the visual is where theatre evolves towards beauty. (GKV)
68 PAMELA CARTER TOMORROW PERSON
Not content with writing and dramaturgy duties on Vanishing Point’s elegaic Tomorrow, Carter did the same jobs for another of 2014’s critical hits, Slope, merely a month later. Her writing is a powerful alternative to the blunt worthiness of much modern theatre. (GKV)
67 GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL GI GO!
In its sixth biennial edition and i rst st under new director Sarah McCrory, ry, Glasgow International continued to to offer a i rst-rate international
With a second appearance on Conan O’Brien’s talk show under his belt, the annual sold-out Fringe extravaganza at the Edinburgh Interantional Conference Centre and subsequent tour of Really . . . ?!, it’s been a busy old year for the ‘half-man, half Xbox’. Oh, and he’s creating a new, apparently very rude, internet sitcom with Tom Stade called M.U.F.F. (BD)
64 THE GANNET FINNIESTON FOODIES
The recent Bib Gourmand from the mighty Michelin has cemented the reputation of chefs Peter McKenna and Ivan Stein as top talents with integrity and l air. Not only are far-l ung critics and cheffy celebs visiting, but they’ve helped Finnieston become Glasgow’s hippest dining destination. (JT)
contemporary art programme, this year welcoming visiting and homegrown artists including Bedwyr Williams, Sue Tompkins and d Aleksandra Domanovic. (DP) 66
66 COUNTERFLOWS
THE GIN CROWD THE GIN CROWDD
We round up some of our favourite Scottish gins, both old and new
HENDRICK’S
Producer William Grant & Sons not only showed the way for the country’s gin renaissance but demonstrated to the world that, beyond the legally required
juniper, gin was a blank canvas for creative concocting. Their addition of crisp cucumber and rose petal giving fresh l oral hits, plus the kooky marketing and medicinal bottle, was a revolutionary milestone in gin history.
OLD RAJ
Produced by one of the oldest independent bottlers in Scotland,
Cadenhead’s Old Raj has been around for decades, coming in a powerful blue-label 55% ABV or a (slightly)
mellower red at 46%. Old Raj doesn’t MOVING WORK
faff with easily gathered Scottish botanicals, preferring the classily
expensive saffron from crocus l owers, which impart a pale yellow hue and hint of exotic spice to this spirit.
Glasgow’s party of experimental music was better than ever, with the inspired choice of Miami-born free-jazzer Joe McPhee as featured ed artist, cosmic busker The Space Lady, electro’s ’s Heatsick (pictured) and more. (AJ)
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PICKERING’S GIN
The Summerhall Distillery was
established in 2013 in the old kennels of the Dick Vet school. Edinburgh’s i rst gin distillery in over 150 years creates
a traditionally styled spirit, tweaked from a handwritten Bombay recipe
dating from 1947. As well as some cool vehicular mobile gin bars, they also have their spirit pumped straight to a tap in the neighbouring Royal Dick bar.
EDINBURGH GIN
An early player in the current gin revival, the makers of Spenceri eld’s Sheep Dip created this classic juniper- led gin in 2010, adding Scottish twists
with heather, pine and milk thistle. In 2014, operations moved to the
enchanting micro-distillery and visitor centre in the Rutland Hotel’s basement. Their spicy Cannonball version, 57%
ABV, is best handled cautiously.
CAORUNN
Produced at the Balmenach Distillery in the Cairngorms National Park, this gin’s i ve-sided bottle rel ects the i ve Celtic botanicals that are used
to infuse the traditional spirit – rowan berry, heather, bog myrtle, dandelion and coul blush apple. Serve with an apple slice to enhance the complex herbs and fruits of this smooth gin.
(Jay Thundercliffe)
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