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Cover story: The Style Issue It's official: Scotland has got style and bags of it. Our fashion-conscious team has scoured the country to find the coolest young designers out there, who are turning heads locally, nationally and internationally. We also present the fabulous Kingdom of Style girls' guide to the best independent, vintage and thrift shops in Glasgow and Edinburgh and look at what makes each city distinctive in fashion terms. Plus we examine the crossover between music and fashion. For a serious slice of style, turn to page 18.

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Get Away: Off the beaten track shopping in London

Get Stuffed: Health eating at Peter's Yard plus cook books and foraging in the citx

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Getting crafty 29 Meaghan Delahunt 32 comics 34 Death Disco 35 Stewart Lee 42 Mister Lonely 45 DVDs 62 Peter and the Wolf 63 Wotever 65 Guru’s Jazzamatazz 66 Records 69 Jazz 8. Folk 81 Classical 83 The Mother Ship 87 Ghosts of Abu Ghraib 94 Print the Legend 95 Recruitment 99 Win flights to Pisa and Bremen 6 2

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