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VALENTINE’S DAY
We know you're all romantics at heart. But just in case you find yourself stuck for ideas this Valentine‘s Day. here are the city's top spots for love action in this fine season of amour. Enjoy, you love cats.
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V Heart-shaped pluas liirebird. 1231 Argyle Street. 3340594. From 8pm. Munch to your heart's desire with love potions and Cupid's cmst throughout the ‘romantic' period.
V Sound Museum DJs Brel. 39 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 9pm. Chris ‘Beans' (icddes of Belle & Sebastian and llttsh Puppy of Divine play a special Valentine's Day set of tunes.
V Domestic Bliss Carling Academy. ()870 771 2000. 9pm~2am. £12 (£9 students) Club Noir presents this night featuring an extravagant Burlesque line-up of striptcascrs. saucy fetish artistes. vaudeville. ambient acts and much more
V RSNO Pops - Valentine’s Day Concert Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14 -£30. Conductor Roberto Minczuk conducts a selection of romantic classical pieces by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.
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V Speed Dating Evening Brcl. 39-43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 8pm. £10. Meet the love of your life. quickly. All proceeds going to the Tsunami appeal. Purl o/‘Cr'ry- ofLove 2005.
V Love, Romance and Faith St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. 2 Castle Street. 553 2557. 2~4pm. Free. A talk about love in different religions. Booking essential. Part of City o/‘Ixn'e 2005.
Monday 14
V Casablanca and Breakfast at Tiffany's - Valentines Night Double Bill (3171‘. 6.30pm. £10. Tw'o all-time romantic classics with champagne and chocolates in the intermission. Here's looking at yoti. kid.
V Claire Martin and Todd Gordon from the Heart: The Valentine Concert Royal Concert Hall: Strathclyde Suite. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 0141 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13.50. Spend a romantic evening with two sensational contemporary jalxl. singers. V Wendy Wetherby's All Star Band Cafe Source. 1 St Andrew's Square. 548 6020. £7.50 (£5.50). St Valentines Dixieland Jan Bash with Wendy Wetherby and band.
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V The Phanton of the Opera (1925) St Andrew's in the Square. 548 6020. 7.30pm. £9 (£7) lntemationally acclaimed silent film musician Neil Brand plays a live accompaniment to Rupert Julian‘s 1925 Classic Phantom of the Opera.
V Sense Scotland St Valentine Charity Show ()ran Mor. 731—735 Great Westem Road. 429 ()294. 7.30pm. £40. Charity fashion show featuring stars from the world of sport plus Clyde 1 Dis Adrian Coll and Suzie McGuire. Retailers such as Brian Forbes. Hide’n‘Peek lingerie. Okara and Pampas will be showing off their latest collections against the backdrop of stunning Alasdair Gray artwork. Parr ofCiry' Qflxll't’ 2005.
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V Wine Tasting Corners. 93 95 llyndland Street. 357 5825. Fine wine expert Ross Buchanan hosts a cosy evening of wine lasting for couples. Buffet included in ticket price. Part of City o/‘Ixn'e 200.5.
5 ROMANTIC RESTAURANTS
V ROGANO l l lixchange Place. 248 4055. Still among the smartest. and sexiest places to dine. or just to have a cocktail for two.
V LA PARMAGIANA 447 Great Western Road. 334 ()686. Starchy white and deliciously expensive. But great value.
V THE MUSIC ACADEMY 1 Lynedoch Street. 564 1800. Like having a dinner party at a very wealthy friend's house. Surnptuous.
V GAMBA 225a West George Street. 572 ()899. Winner of The List's liating & Drinking Guide Award two years running. We can’t stop loving it.
V THE BUTTERY 652 Argyle Street. 221 8188. The interior's like an eccentric gentlemen's club. but the foods as modern as you get in Glasgow.
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V Romantic Cookery Demonstration Forth Floor Restaurant. Harvey Nichols. 3034 St Andrew Square. 524 8388. 6.30pm. £39.50. Head chef Stuart Muir teaches a few tricks to impress with on Valentine‘s Day. Choose the perfect lobster and oysters. then whip up handmade chocolate truffles. Ticket includes demo. recipes. welcome drink and dinner. OK. 1 will marry you then.
V Valentine’s Fire and Ice Masquerade The Caves. Niddry Street South. 220 3234. 9pm~3am. £18.50. An uber-glam event to raise your pulse for Valentine's Day. Win prizes. take pan in mini-speed dating. dance to music provided by Edinburgh's finest and funkiest DJs. All in aid of the British Heart Foundation and StreetSmart. a charity which raises money for homeless projects in Scotland.
V RSNO Pops - Valentine's Day Concert l'sltcl' Hall. Lothian Road.
228 1155. 7.30pm. £12.50 £29. See
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V Roman Holiday \Veston Link. National (iallcrics. 624 6560. 2.30pm. £4 (£3). Audrey Hepburn play s a liuropcan princess w ho escapes frorn her royal entourage and falls in los c with an American new s reporter (Gregory Peck). Magic. See picture. V Claire Martin and Todd Gordon from the Heart: The Valentine Concert Queen's llall. ('lct'k Sll'ct‘l. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £12 £14
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V Elvis Costello 8: the lmposters l‘shcr llall. l.othian Road. 228 I 155. 7pm. £25. ‘1 Want you". ‘Alison' and ‘Shc'. What more could you want for a brooding. slushy. rocking \"ally Day 1’ V Tales of Love National Gallery of Scotland. The Mound. 624 6200.
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3 3.45pm. Free. Join a tour of works from the permanent collection on the theme of love with freelance art historian Matthew Wellar'd.
V Artist's Talk: In the Mood for Love Weston l.ink. llaw'thorndcn Lecture Theatre. National Gallery. The Mound. 12.45pm. Free. With artist Sophie McKay-Knight.
V Mozart and Chopin Queen‘s l-lall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £10 (£5). Pianist Marc-Andre Harnelin performs Mo7art's Piano Sonata in Bl) K570. Piano Sonata in (‘ K545 and Chopin's Polonaise ()p 26 no / and Andante .S'pianalo and (irand Polonaise ()p 22.
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V Love, Liberty and Fornication: Burns and the Women National Portrait Gallery. 1 Queen Street. 624 6200. 12.45pm. Free. Nicola Kalinsky. chief curator and deputy to the Portrait Gallery director. gives this talk.
V Artist’s Talk with Sara Ogilvie: For the Love of Beasts and Books National Gallery of Scotland: Clorc Education Centre. The Mound. 624 6200. 2~~4pm. £2.50. Sara ()gilvie selects works on the theme of love from the permanent collection.
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V THE WITCHERY BY THE CASTLE Castlehill. Royal Mile. 225 5613. Step off the tourist trail and into a delightful theatrical haven. Impossiny gothic. and stupidly romantic.
V RHUBARB, PRESTONFIELD HOUSE Prestlield Road. 225 1333. These days. the curtains are a bit singed . . . but don't let the antics of MSPs on the next table throw you off your stride.
V VINTNERS ROOMS The Vaults. 87 Giles Street. Leith. 554 6767. This candle-lit setting is famous for its ability to persuade steely blokes down on one knee with a rose between their teeth.
V THE TOWER Museum of Scotland. Chambers Street. 225 3003. It's the views of Edinburgh Castle that make this setting so gorgeous. And the prices are as heady as the atmosphere. Look before you dip too far down the wine list.
V NORTH BRIDGE BRASSERIE 20 North Bridge. 622 2900. Swanky but not stuffy.
Events are listed by date. then type. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to sport@list.co.uk for sport or morag.bruce@list.co.uk for all other events. Listings compiled by Morag Bruce and Rachael Street.
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Farmers’ Market Queen‘s Park. 5211 langsnle Park. 287 2500 10am 2pm l'ree. ;\ chance to buy lresli produce direct lrorn the lar‘rners
Fairs
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Workshops
Beginners’ Capoeira Workshop (.1l1‘111\;tl.'\1'1\.2lltll‘lrml. 34 -\|bion Street. 552 863" 6 7. 30pm £6 (£1) learn this gr'acelul Bra/than martial art
Tuesday 8
Activities & Events
Chinese New Year Celebration Bur'rcll Collection. 20611 l’olloksliaws Road. 204 X 322. 6 9pm. £11,“5 members. £17.65 non lllt‘llll‘t'1\.:\ guided tour 01 [be ()m' .lll/llon /)(1‘.\ III (711an exhibition. music from Kim 11o 1p. dance by Yanrnei \\u. a lion dance. and a selection 01 canapcs and dim sum
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IEE Farady Lecture Royal (‘onceri Hall. 2 Saucluehall Street. 353 8000, 10.30am. l'rcc. A tree lecture looking at him robots allcct our world. 1 lclscls can be requested at w w wtaratlayrirguk
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