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Geoff Ellis 0
V CONCERT PROMOTER Last year we gave a place to T in the Park for being, well. the biggest and best i— the people spoke and the awards came flooding in -- festival in the land. but this year. Fllis deserves; singling out for spearheading not only the continued growth of l in the Park but for Connect. the new festival we announced earlier this year. which arrives next September. We salute his coiones for developing yet another weekend music hoolie in an already crowded festival landscape. And with his rep. it should be a cracker. lMHl
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Peter Irvine 0
EVENTS PROMOTER He's the man who has given Scotland some of its best- known and characteristic festivals. lrvine is
particularly noted for transforming Edinburgh's Hogmanay into a festival as international as the one in Augt st. But erine's Vision has also enlivened Glasgow’s arts scene With the Glasgow International. and next year Will bring a
new sparkle to the Highland calendar with Summerfest Outsider. lFRl
Andrew Fairlie 0
A CHEF In early 2000. Perthshire's acclaimed Andrew Fairlie 7w Gleneagles became the only restaurant in Scotland to hold two Michelin stars. A raft of further accolades followed. crowned by the award of the UK Chef's Chef of the Year by the AA. voted for by his peers in Britain's top restaurants. (DR)
Cora Kelly (-)
A STAGE ACTOR As Kelly was quick to point out on the occasmn of her acceptance of the CATS best actress; award. Jeremy Raison. Artistic Director at the Citi/ens'
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’l heatre deserves great credit for tempting her out of semi l'OierlllOlli and back onto Scottish stages a bit over a year ago. Since then, she has moved from triumph to triumph. With her great [)(BrfOl‘lllEil'lCO in [Tli/abet/i (Jordon Quinn a particular highlight. A subtle. detailed and psychologically very insightful actress. we Will certainly see more of Kelly in the year to come. lSCl
Paul McGuigan 0
A FILMMAKER A long overdue entry in the Hot 100 for this variable but talented Scottish filmmaker. the trouble is he has made nothing of merit since [he Acid l-Iouse i1098l and Gangster No l (7.000l. 200/ however saw his excellent mistaken identity thriller [, ucky Number S/evi'n. plus he began work on the film adaptation of Paul Webb's play four Knights in Knar‘esboro. after which he Will move onto a big screen adaptation of IV show 7he {gt/a/i/er. lhe boy from Bellshill is making a slight return we think. (PD)
Don Paterson (-)
POET The Dundee born poet and ia//»folk miiso embarked upon one of his toughest challenges yet by tackling Orpheus. the masterwork of German legend Rainei Maria Hilke. He may be uncomfortable telling strangers that he's a poet but Paterson is clearly one of the form's foremost UK pioneers. (80)
Andy Arnold (it)
V RAILWAY ARCH ENTHUSIAST He decided to celebrate 153 years of running one of the most innovative venues in the country by staging a no- budget show in a toilet. and (almost accidentally) produced the outstanding Spend A Penny. The Arches was voted one of the top ten clubs worldwide this year, but it's Arnold's raw creatIVity. embedded in the brickwork. which
gives the place its identity. lKl)
Gordon Strachan 0 V FOOTBALL MANAGER Winning the CIS Cup and league title was a grand finale to his first season in charge at Celtic. but beating his mentor Alex l erguson and Manchester United to gain a spot in the
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knock-out stages was the iCing on the cake. Surely now he has won over the fickle few among the Parkhead faithful who have remained stubbornly unconvinced by him. ('80)
Christine Borland (-)
A ARTIST A mini retrospective showing now at Ldinburgh's Fruitinarket Gallery brings together the very fragile btit weighty work by one of Scotland's leading artists. Borland's aesthetic sneaks up on you in significant works that have influenced a younger generation of quietly confident enVironmental and installation artists. (AK)