Contents

The guide to events in central Scotland

The Front

Letters on cursing. comedy. critics and commercialism . . . TripTych and Early Spring launched . . . do violent movies create nasty criminals? . fat cats . . . celebrity smokers . . . top 10

Features 1 0 Paul Bettany

We meet the British star of A Beautifu/ Mind who doesn't buy the theory that

he’s selling out.

12 How safe is your city? If you go out on the streets today. will you be in fora big and thoroughly unpleasant

surprise?

16 Travis

Fran and co swear they‘re not boring and pray that the paparazzi have their leering lenses pointed elsewhere.

20 Douglas Maxwell Get your thinking caps on as Scottish theatre’s whizzkid turns to computer games for He/met.

95 XBox

Will Bill Gates' new toy revolutionise the console business. or is the game up for the

Microsoft wunderkind’?

OFFERS

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Thursday 28 Feb - Thursday 14 Mar 2002

I 26 Trip to London for Early Spring Film Festival

I 31 2 for 1 Odeon Cinema ticket offer

I 42 Spiritualized tickets, albums and signed photos

I 46 £2 off Travis’ unit-shifting album The Invisible Band I 79 Club discounts with the A-List Card

I Events

22 Film 25 Film index 36 Film listings

42 Music

46 Rock & Pop listings

53 Jazz listings

54 Folk & World listings

55 Classical & Opera listings

56 Theatre 61 Theatre & Dance listings

66 Comedy 66 Comedy listings

68 Gay 68 Gay listings

70 Clubs 71 Clubs listings 81 venues

82 Art 84 Gallery listings

90 Kids 91 Glasgow Life 93 Edinburgh Life

I The Goods 95 Buy it this fortnight 96 Books

99 Comics

99 Records

101 Games

102 Internet

102 Video/DVD

103 TV

105 Shopping

106 Food

109 Travel

I Classified

111 Recruitment 1 13 Flatshare 1 16 I Saw You

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