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69 GLASGOW RESTAURANT FESTIVAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT
From the end of March until the beginning of May, this inaugural event drew attention to the richness and quality of Glasgow’s eaterie scene, featuring Spiegeltent-based ‘secret dining’ events, pop-up dining with accompanying music and entertainment, and deals at over 60 restaurants. (DP)
68 PAULINE KNOWLES
RESTLESS SPIRIT Pauline Knowles is a familiar face on the Scottish stage, but her
award-winning Clytemnestra in This Restless House has established her as an actor with remarkable range. By turns despairing, dei ant, brutal and sensuous, she gave a tragic dignity to one of the great stage villains. (GKV)
67 THE BONGO CLUB DRUMMING UP SUPPORT
Over 20 years and three venues, The Bongo Club has secured its place at the heart of Edinburgh’s club and live music scene. Their 20th birthday celebrations in October featured impressive shows from Ben UFO, Jah Shaka, Frank Carter and Stanley Odd. (HN)
66 THE DANGEROUS WOMEN PROJECT RISK TAKERS
A digital project launched by the University of Edinburgh asked the question: ‘what does it mean to be a dangerous woman?’ and published an answer a day across the year.
This project raises awareness of International Women’s Day and promotes women’s voices in Scotland. (KS)
65 FRANK QUITELY COMIC BOOK BOSS
Subject of both an exhibition and an academic study of his contribution to the art, Frank Quitely has become one of the most beloved and in-demand comic artists in the world, with his distinctive style gracing DC’s Multiversity and Mark Millar’s epic Jupiter’s Legacy. (GKV)
64 ROB DRUMMOND FAITH HEALER
An unstoppable playwright and performer, Rob Drummond’s In Fidelity brought strangers together for blind dates at the Fringe, while recent play Grain in the Blood was a dark thriller. Meanwhile, The Broons’ postmodern chuckles prove you can never second-guess his eclectic talents. (LI)
63 JOHN BUTT CONSORT KING
John Butt has overseen Dunedin Consort’s dynamic recordings of Bach masterpieces,
but he’s also a world-class musicologist. In October, the Consort’s collaboration with Cryptic’s Josh Armstrong breathed new life into Purcell’s music theatre. (AJ)
62 THE BISCUIT FACTORY BITE-SIZE CULTURE
Opened as a creative studio space in 2015, this former Crawford’s biscuit factory has brought Leith a new and exciting venue,
hosting a gin distillery, regular food pop-ups, the month-long Landing Festival of new music, and an exciting guest appearance by The Black Madonna at Hogmanay. (DP)
61 CHITRA RAMASWAMY
MUM’S THE WORD
The award-winning journalist released her debut book, Expecting, a touching collection of essays on pregnancy, which put the writer i rmly on the literary map. This year, she also spoke at the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Wigtown, and was part of the inaugural revue from spoken word organisation Flint & Pitch. (RM)
60 ARIKA
HOLDING COMPANY Undoubtedly Scotland’s most challenging and politically engaged festival organisers, Edinburgh-based Arika returned to their spiritual home of Glasgow’s Tramway with Episode 8: Refuse Powers’ Grasp. This inventive October weekender explored gender and the prison-industrial complex through discussion, i lm and clubbing events. (DP)
59 MOGWAI
GLASGOW ECLECTICIANS The monumental rock group took another step into their alternative career as eclectic soundtrack composers, this time with Mark Cousins’ Atomic. Released as an album on their own Rock Action Records, it played around the world, most notably at the Edinburgh International Festival and in Hiroshima. (DP)
26 THE LIST 3 Nov 2016–31 Jan 2017