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A busy year on two fronts fer the i - . l
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her debut novel, The Naked Drinking Club, as well as returning to her first ‘ love. stand-up. Her Fringe return had , ~ l Ce 5 her throwrng caustic firew0rks at ' - . U‘ everything from multinational coffee 4" ' ' fl 2 ' J companies to flip flops. (BO) ‘ 2 Keith Hartley
VISUAL Am 2 David Mackenzie The chief curator at the Scottish FILM
Gallery of Modern Art had a huge hit in Mackenzie enters this list courtesy rt 2007 wrth Andy Warho/: A Celebration Hal/am Foe. a clever and thrilling take
I Frankie Boyle
COMEDY
of Life and Death, which drew on Peter Jinks' novel about a Ctirlrtiisl‘, » Widespread praise from critics and the . nosey young man set loose on the A» . ; . , public alike. The most talked ab0ut streets of Edinburgh starring Jamie « i' u rt exhibition of the year. it saw the Royal . Bell and Sophia Myles. The film had i ' ,; p Scottish Academy filled with car the honour of opening the 61st f it '
crashes, gold Marilyns and silver Edinburgh International Film Festival. : i . balloons. and attracted an impreSSive Mackenzie is back on form and long
95.411 vrsnors. (AK) I may he stay that way. iPDi
I Gordon Brown
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Ashley Jensen l I Ballads of the Book it i . . 1 . w it v r r ' lV ; BOOKS/MUSlC , } ,y n . H ,
A breakthrough year for the Borders The brainchild of ldlewrld's Roddy in i t i.- : '. r r r J .i laSSle wrth some decent performances Woomble. brought together by r f ' ti v z o i i r’ down LA way as the Scottish i Chemikal UndergrOtind Records. this t- l ft: "i . ° N . seamstress in the cult of Ugly Betty extraordinary album saw Scotland's it . iii itii i r r and a cameo in Night at the Museum. leading literati (Alasdair Gray. Edwrn r.- writ rar', ‘ .r :r: ; -. tt'“ it Her reputation looks set to grow even i Morgan, Ali Smith et all penning lyrics I Sir Tom Hunter :xivw; vi ; w.- ; n ‘2 it ,v ;. ,. stronger with another superbly subtle i for our best bands to turn into songs. PHILANTHROPY 'ttl'i'“t‘i : i r t ' iriii i showmg as Maggie in the finale of A remarkable achievement of The Ayrshire entrepreneur, Mir ‘-itt"'.‘ : iri'i': . ; .r . '~ w: w .‘ r -t'.i -r Extras later this year. (80) j consrstent excellence. it's the very his career selling tfétlllftl'; )llt ’rw- raw flir- l 'ft- 'niir iii ‘ .rr r '
i epitome of artistic cross-pollination. of a van and wound up as 53/ ritiarwi'a ‘rirtiirir-u rtl’ «i r .i r l" vii ° "
and has paved the way for future first home grown billionaire is ' r "‘
cultural collaborations. (DJ) better Klit)‘.‘.’lt as; an lllfitlfitllflilf,
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l tasked wrth regenerating the Clyde. pledged to give 3‘ 1 ho to r;li;irit,. the
The star of the 28 hectare Site, linked single most generous rihilaritliror )l'
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known as ‘the sournty bridge'. is the
8803 new headquarters deSIgned by I Grant Morrison
David Chipperfield and opened by COMiC S
Gordon Brown in September. The Not content WItll r‘eiiiyentirir; Jl A at":
i country's first purpose-built. integrated X—Men in the past. comics
broadcasting faCility, it has been hailed powerhouse Grant Morrison is still our.-
as the most advanced broadcasting of the most Widely read Scottish
centre in Europe. (CB) authors of all time. No.-: mtrrv; two of the most :cririir;
names in pot) Culture Batrrian and Super'riziri. he also picket up a Beat Series at the Eagle
“Oo., “ - Awards and Best Orig/ring ' ;! ' Series' at the Eisners l" t t‘». a , ‘ 200i,iHN \*%LE1§;V‘et... _ "r: ,t; .1»: . . . , Alison Peebles .ii rHcArnE
Peebles had a cracking year as star and director of Dundee Pei/s Happy Days and Ps’ayr‘ioi'ise Creature: respectiver in film she recei .er: plaudits and awards for her S'T’f‘ documentary Multiple abcat avg Multiple Scterosis. $0»
26 TH! LIST 13 Dec 2007-4 Jan 2008