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Cover story: Travel special

Just how far will £50 get you? We asked two intrepid travellers to find out with impressive results. Ben Connor is charmed by Belfast and Eileen Heuston proves that Paris isn’t just for big spenders. Find out more on page 22. And if that isn’t enough to put a smile on your sun- starved face, we have scoured the globe to put together a bumper guide to travel destinations within easy reach of Scotland which we are giving away free with this issue.

: Also in this issue

12 Ashley Jensen The Queen Margaret College graduate and star of Extras and Ug/y Betty explains to Brian Donaldson why LA life will never go to her head.

14 Sean Hughes He left the stand-up circuit almost a decade ago but the former Never Mind the Buzzcocks presenter is back and raring to go.

16 Cultural melting pot The arrival of thousands of Poles in Scotland is positively transforming our cultural scene.

20 Country queen Mark Robertson on why Dolly Parton deserves our respect.

I 2 A bottle of Sailor Jerry for the Letter of the Issue I 10 Subscribe and get 2 FREE Cineworld tickets I 19 2 for 1 at Juice Almighty 2 for 1 at Magners Glasgow Comedy Festival

I 19 Win tickets to VERSAcoustic Win first class travel to London I 23 Win a bottle of rum for an interesting travel anecdote I 40 Win tickets for Mark Nelson at Magners Glasgow Comedy Festival

I 96 Win Okami videogame and T-shirts

Agenda

2 LETTERS

4 15 DAYS TO LIVE 7 NEWS

8 NEWS EXTRA

: What'sOn

24 AROUND TOWN

28 BOOKS 30 COMICS 31 CLUBS 38 COMEDY 41 FILM

57 GAY

58 KIDS

59 MUSIC 62 RECORDS 78 THEATRE 86 TV

87 VISUAL ART

: Life&Style

93 EAT & DRINK 94 SHOP 96 PLAY 97 CLASSIFIED

: Rear View

104ANSWER MACHINE: RHONA CAMERON

AND FINALLY . ..

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