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Cover story: T in the Park 2008's event throws up a typically eclectic bill with a mix of familiar stadium fillers, A-list indie beds and plenty of new faces charming their way into our hearts. Our coverage is led by the band providing the soundtrack to the summer, The Ting Tings, while we check in with some local heroes: Biffy Clyro give their pick of T and KT Tunstall relives her T experiences, plus the cream of the up-and-comers. See page 16.
Features
14 Scotland: A Changing Nation
The history of Scotland's cultural life in the 20th and let centuries is retold in this new exhibition through hundreds of objects and artifacts, from Franz Ferdinand's Mercury Prize to lrn Bru ads and designer tartan.
10 Pageant Starting your own shop can't really be that hard, can it? Dougal Marwick relives his experiences of starting a boutique with his friends.
12 Mother India This Glasgow eating institution heads for the capital and creates its own distinctive take on Indian dining: a tapas-style Indian restaurant.
Regulars 7 Noticeboard Edinburgh Art Festival revealed A Paul Merton's Silent Clowns Judi Dench is made a doctor
13 Live it Spend it: Cover all summer fashion bases with sunglasses and umbrellas
Get Stuffed: Posh yoghurts are put to the test
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Around Town
Theatre
TV Visual Art
Classified
Wet Sounds
Koala Alert Circus Summer School
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Jim Cartwright
Andrew Sean Greer Irvine Welsh Comics
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Luna
Andrea Parker Numbers Srnoove
Will 8 Greg
John Cordillo
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The Apartment The Visitor Jules et Jim Kung Fu Panda Hancock
DVDs
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GOMA Family Festival 2008
Good Vibrations
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LGBT Youth National Gathering
Events
Black Affair
Stapleton
Harmonia
Ross Clark
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Records
Jazz & Folk
Classical
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Mischief La-Bas
The Merchant of Venice Our House
Materials for a Small Winter The Show Must Go On
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Superstars
Bonekickers
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Altered States of Paint
Three Blows Vanity Fair Portraits Mladen Stilinovic
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