CONTENTS
25 August - 8 September
Agenda
2 LETTERS 4 NEWS
. What'sOn 13 AROUND TOWN
15 BOOKS
17 CLUBS Z3 COMEDY
24 FILM 29 DVD
29 TV 44 KIDS 45 MUSIC
60 THEATRE
61 VISUAL ART
Cover story: Zadie Smith
Seven years ago, there was a buzz rippling around Cambridge University. An unknown undergraduate had written a sparkling first ' 65 EAT
chapter. Hamish Hamilton got its hands on it and immediately bought 55 TRAVEL
up the rights to Zadie Smith’s first book. The result, White Teeth, was to A
catapult her into a stellar orbit. But she didn’t entirely enjoy the
experience. Five years after its publication, after an extended spell in the
US, Smith is ready to launch her third novel, On Beauty, and it’s just as 77 COMEDY good as her first. We caught up with her for a coffee before her Book I 1°3THEATRE Festival visit, and quizzed her about expectation, university, and how Rear View
she resigned herself to writing flawed fiction. See feature on page 10. . 120 ANSWER MACHINE:
Al . . ' ROLF HARRIs SO Ill IS ISSUE AND FINALLY... 8 100 Best Scottish Books In April we started a major campaign Published by The List Ltd to find the best Scottish book of all time. Six months. thousands of HEAD OFFICE: votes and a boatload of controversy later. the public have spoken. Allan ;;|:t':':gi"::‘1 HE Radcliffe reveals the top 20. Tel: 0131 550 3050 Fax: 0131 557 8500 PLUS: THE FINAL WEEK OF THE FESTIVAL WWI'I-“Stcouk 92 Shorts Short films are where movie-making begins. Paul Dale finds ema""d"°m"$"co'“k some little gems at this year‘s Film Festival. GLASGOW OFF'CEi at the CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow (32 3.10 98 Arcade Fire U2, Bowie, Talking Heads and Franz Ferdinand are all glatsgowe‘hstcouk fans of their dark. atmospheric rock. Mark Robertson speaks to the 22,0(jfijfg’g39298233
band about death, music and Montreal. , ISSN: 0939 -1915
:;< 2005 The List Ltd.
R I 2 Win two bottles of Graham’s Tawny for the Letter of the Week Reproductlon m who"? 0' I” 98” '8 forb'dde“ j _ WithOLit the written permissmn of the publishers. I 5 Win tickets to T on the ange The List does not accept respOIiSIbility for I 3 Free Skyy Bloody Mary at the Pleasance Dome 2:13? "mom" I 5 Win tickets to Carling Academy Live gigs Scottish county 0 re C Cl 8 I 5 Win tickets to MusicWorks & Jamiroquai gig 23:1,,99. H _. fl
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