Contents 22 OCTOBER – 5 NOVEMBER
Around Town
Books Clubs
Comedy Film
Kids LGBT
Music
Cover story: Hallowe’en Maybe you plan to spend it watching horror flicks and Derek Acorah re-runs? Or carving pumpkin lanterns in ghoulish fancy dress? Or sitting in the dark, hiding from guisers? Whatever it is, we won’t judge you. But we will give you a ton of tips on what’s on in our A–Z of Hallowe’en. Page 20. Features 18 Fantastic Mr Fox Wes Anderson has rounded up his dream team of acting talent once again, to bring to life Roald Dahl’s cunning tale of a wily fox. Anna Rogers meets Mr Anderson for a chat.
Theatre
Visual Art Classified
28 John Irving Kelly Apter talks bears, wrestling and death with the American author of Last Night in Twisted River Offers
Scottish Storytelling Festival 33
Scottish Style Awards Diwali
Gordon Burn Catherine Millet Brian Johnson Barbara Kingsolver Andrew McConnell Stott
Drums of Death Rahzel Fun Size Steve Lawler
Simon Amstell Jim Jeffries
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Jean-Stephanie Sauvaire 48
Fantastic Mr Fox Goodbye Solo 9 Jennifer’s Body Africa in Motion festival DVDs Songbook of Unsingable Songs
Events
Regina Events
Julie Fowlis Camera Obscura Biffy Clyro Grizzly Bear Be A Familiar Dream Theater Phoenix Records Jazz & Folk Classical
We Will Rock You Bounce Kes Confessions of a Justified Sinner The Dark Things That Face
Lara Favaretto Bik Van Der Pol David Austen Torsten Lauschmann
Recruitment Courses and tuition Property I Saw You Dating
Reader Offers
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Win friends membership of the National Galleries of Scotland Win tickets to see We Will Rock You Win an Equity for Punk share in BrewDog brewery
A bottle of Famous Grouse for the Letter of the Issue Subscriptions
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Regulars 2 First Word US author Ryan David Jahn talks Nirvana, scallop and apple salad, and Helena Bonham Carter. 7 Noticeboard A preview of the Scottish Style Awards, hosted this year by Sophie Ellis Bextor
12 Live it A guide to Edinburgh’s leafy Southside Get Out: New York’s Jane Hotel
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