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Re: Best for Less (567) Having spent my hardearned cash on your “Best For Less' issue. I couldn't help feeling a little ripped off. Firstly. while all the restaurants recommended are top spots. they aren't exactly cheap and if you add a glass of wine. you're looking at a fairly steep hill.
I certainly wasn't expecting to see the likes of Ubiquitous Chip or Martin Wishart listed — 57.22.50 for lunch in January stretches the purse strings a little too far. in my opinion.
The $34 a head 'Working Lunch' is a bit more like it but I’ll let you into a wee secret — buy a large bag of pasta. a few cherry tomatoes. and -~ hey pesto! —- lunch for a week. It'll cost about 50p a day and you don’t have to spend your precious lunch hour with your colleagues as well as every other daylight moment.
As for 'Ethical Chic'. I may be pointing out the obvious here. but isn't it better to spend your cash in charity shops than lining someone else's already fat pockets? You can find some great vintage bargains with the smug feeling of doing something good thrown in.
And yes. | read the magazine from cover to cover. After all. I had spent 5.7.2.20 on it.
Skint Edinburgh
MORALITY BITES
Re: Eat (567)
Your two ‘Eat and Drink' articles in the last issue got me thinking. Why doesn't someone out there open a restaurant with a real difference? How about a restaurant that. as an integral part of its policy. consistently donates a small part of its profit to charity? For instance.
The List,
a vegetarian restaurant that donates. say. 5.71 out of every .910 to an animal charity of their choice (the chosen charity could vary from year to year). In fact. why don't all restaurants do this? It would hardly make a huge dent in their pocket. In fact their profits might increase as people start choosing to dine out more frequently because they can better justify it to themselves. Diners would be doing a good deed at the same time as enjoying a nice meal. Any restaurateurs out there big enough (and business—savvy enough) to give this a go? Julie K
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GOOD TO SHARE Re: Working Lunch (567)
I really liked your piece about the Great Lunch Experiment last issue. It inspired my colleagues and | to try a spot of high quality communal noshing. sharing the costs of the ingredients and eating together. The results were pretty good: we ate better (peer pressure encouraged us all to eat more healthily than we normally would) for less that we'd have spent normally. And. of course. we got to know each other a bit better. sharing stories about the weekend and so on.
Dave Ashford
Edinburgh
TOP GUY
Re: Hate! (567)
What is this obsession with criticising Jeremy Clarkson? Why does society feel it's appropriate to turn on those who find his witty. opinionated writings amusing? We're not all raging fascists. Some of us just like our men like we like our cars: loud. proud and impossible to ignore. In answer
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to your question of who is buying his books. | for one am not ashamed to find one of our best TV presenters a pretty cool guy.
Ricki Molland
Edinburgh
IT’S NOT WORKING OUT
Re: Gay (567)
Nice to see the LGBT fitness class are working up a sweat in the picture in your last issue. I know that exercise doesn't always demand the latest Nike Air Max 10. an all—over lycra body suit and one of those wee straps for your lPod. However, it looks like five unsuspecting random
members of the public have been pulled off the street. put in a rather sparse bedsit and been told to do some star jumps. I can quite confidently say that l have burned more calories typing this email. Chain
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TRAVEL HOPEFULLY Just a quick line to say thumbs-up on your Travel section. It's really nice to be able to flick to the back of the magazine and read about somewhere a little more far flung. The articles always wake up the little travel bug within. Anthea
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SHORT AND SWEET
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Re: One Minute Wonder (566) | always wondered what happened inside that big old house at the heart of Edinburgh Zoo and now I know. What better way to launch The Lists One Minute Wonder film competition and to get those creative juices flowing than with a big soiree in the middle of a me. Oh. and by the way. the salmon and oatcakes were superb. And wine to wash it down. what a treat.
As an amateur filmmaker. I am always looking for opportunities to get my foot in the industry's door. so this competition really captured my imagination (as I'm sure it will for many). It's a break from the norm. Something a bit different. Something that gives everyone a chance —- industry professionals that want to try their hand at script writing. office workers that think they're in the wrong job. as well as aspiring young filmmakers like myself that just want to be given a chance.
Anyway. I just wanted to say that I think the competition is a great idea. hats off to Metro Ecosse and of course you guys at The List maga/ine for giving us a chance.
One more thing a few glasses of wine made for an interesting walk back to the main gates at the end of the party. You daren't have taken a wrong
THE LETTER OF THE ISSUE WILL RECEIVE ONE BOTTLE OF SAILOR JERRY
SPICED CARIBBEAN RUM
STRONG BUT GOES DOWN SMOOTH
GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH
Rocky Balboa Cineworld. Edinburgh, Fri 19 Jan
Pierre
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Restaurant Supervisor
A very classic Rocky. Just what I wanted to see.
Maeve
Student
Amazing. It really
got the adrenaline going u I felt like I
was in the ring.
Chris
Civil Servant
It makes me wish I'd been old enough to see all the other Rock/es on the big screen too. Also makes you want to head straight to the gym.
EVENTS GUIDE
CONTRIBUTORS Publisher & General Editor Robin Hodge
EDITORIAL
Editor Claire Prentice
Deputy Editor
Mark Robertson
Subeditor Allan Radcliffe Research Manager
Julie Graham
Research Henry Northmore (Clubs. Folk, Rock 8 Jazz). Kirstin Innes (Around Town. Glasgow Dance 8. Theatre 8 Visual Art). Sian Bevan (Comedy). Julie Graham (Classical. Edinburgh Dance 8 Theatre 8. Kids). Suzanne Black (Books, Film & Rest of Scotland)
SALES S: MARKETING Advertising Sales Manager Rachel Shields
Senior Media Sales Executive Brigid Kennedy
Media Sales Executives Richie Meldrum. Colette Forrest Media Sales Support
Maxine Cadzow
Promotions Manager
Sheri Friers
Marketing Executive
Tracey Fisher
Circulation Executive
David McNish
PRODUCTION Art Director Krista Robertson (Maternity leave) Senior Designer
Eric Campbell Production Manager Simon Armin Designer Lucy Munro Production Assistant Matt McLeod Software Developer lain McCusker
ADMINISTRATION Accounts Manager Georgette Renwick Accounts Assistant Manager Donna Taylor
Reception
Sian Bevan
Edinburgh Office Manager Katie Scott
Glasgow Office Manager Sharon Stephen
SECTION EDITORS Around Town Kirstin Innes Books Brian Donaldson Clubs Henry Northmore (with Sandra Marron) Comedy Brian Donaldson Comics Paul Dale
Dance Kelly Apter
Eat & Drink Barry Shelby Film Paul Dale
Gay Robin Lee
Kids Kelly Apter
Music Mark Robertson News Allan Radcliffe
Play Henry Northmore (with lain Davidson)
Shop Kirstin Innes Television Brian Donaldson Theatre Steve Cramer Travel Kirstin Innes
Visual Art Alexander Kennedy