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Cover story: Beyond the beach
Andrew Mueller isn't your average holiday maker. He's the kind of fella for whom war zones are not only l legitimate destinations but top of his list of l adventurous getaways. Susan Wright speaks to him ! about his new book / Wouldn’t Start There /f/ Were i You, which traces Mueller's treks around the globe from hanging with Hezbolah in Lebanon to dreaming of day trips in North Korea. Saltcoats it most certainly isn't. See page 12 for more.
Features ' 10 The Wackness Sir Ben Kingsley spent the first half of his career known as ‘that wee fella who played Ghandi'. Then came his genius sideways step in Sexy Beast, and l the mild-mannered scholar of British drama has been cast against type i ever since. This new US indie picture continues the trend and lets Kingsley { show his versatility, anchoring a hip hop-infused coming of age drama by | l l
the excellent Johnathan Levine.
6 Control Freaks Innovative computer gameplay didn’t end with the launch of the Nintendo Wii, you know. Dave Cook finds out why we'll all be junking our joysticks before long.
Regulars
5 Noticeboard Gourmet Glasgow McGregor honoured by Scouts New Burns collection
6 Live it
Spend it: Watermelon
Eve Barlow visits a vintage institution revolutionising the second-hand shopping experience.
Get Stuffed: The Hidden Lane
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Hidden Gardens 15 Listings Wm Brooaner 1-, Richard Holloway W - *- Daniel Barenboim Comics 17 "mm" 18
‘ Spirit Aid .__ Listings Stephen Grant ‘9 Danny Williams 20 You Don't Mess With the Zohan‘ ' “ ’ “‘- Wild Child
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Star Wars: Clone Wars
Listings
DVDs 22 The Courtyard Firm 16 Listings
Listings 16 Future oi the Left 33 Cult of Luna
Alanis Morrisette
Records 34 The Verve
Bowerbirds
Jazz 8. Folk 39 Classical 40 Beckett by Beckett _ V 19 “ Listings
Reviews 22 Steven Campbell 41 Now Showing
Jo Spence talk
Jim Lambie
Recruitment 7 g - 43
Courses 8. Tuition Message Board Property Personal
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