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Re: Getting around – Glasgow (The List Student Guide 2010) ‘Dennistoun . . . probably the only part of the East End you are ever going to see as a student’. What about Tollcross Park (as good as, if not better than Queen’s Park), the Fort, the Forge (with a Cineworld cinema that’s cheaper than the one in town) and an increasingly diverse population of people from Eastern Europe and Africa, which is reflected in new shops?
Forget the bubble that is the West End and come to the real Glasgow! Jeanne, The East End Of Glasgow Comment posted at List.co.uk
FEELING SUPERSONIC Re: Concert to take place on board first flying Concorde (666) In your interview with composer Peter Nelson he is quoted as describing Concorde as ‘old fashioned’. Concorde isn’t old fashioned.
It’s state of the art, even in the 21st century. If it was old fashioned or outdated, every new plane built would be flying at even higher speeds and carrying more passengers.
Instead, Concorde
represents one of the few instances where mankind turned its back on the future. By ‘vintage’ technology, you really mean ground breaking. Concorde was the first production aircraft with fly-by- wire computerised controls of the aircraft (standard equipment today on planes), digital computer controlled intake management to prevent supersonic indigestion in the engines, and carbon fibre brakes. If you want to talk old fashioned, go look up a Boeing. Savager08 Comment posted at List.co.uk
THE ART OF LIVING Re: William McLaren – An Artist Out of Time (644) Willie McLaren was an unassuming and very funny
LOVE LETTER Re: The List magazine celebrates 25th anniversary I love the idea of the 25 years celebration and think you ought to advertise for couples who have got together over these years thanks to The List.
LETTER OF THE FORTNIGHT
Thanks to replying to an ad in The List – in the good ol' days, pre-internet dating – I met my now other half who was looking for 'fun friendship and maybe more', which has turned out to be 15 years of marriage and one lovely son.
So thank you! Caroline Via email
THE LETTER OF THE ISSUE WILL RECEIVE ONE BOTTLE OF THE BLACK GROUSE WHISKY Smoky and Smooth – a marriage of fine peated Scotch malt whiskies and The Famous Grouse
man, who turned his artistic hand and imaginative brain to produce masterpieces. I knew him quite well during
the 1970s, when I had a business in Dundas Street, and he did lots of work for fellow antiques dealers in the same street. Willie was a character in
every sense, who knew exactly what was wanted of him, his understanding of the
antique proven in the result of his every creation. He knew what his client wanted and produced results quite beyond expectation.
His slow manner of talking, combined with a similarly, hearty laugh caused his memory to linger in the minds of those who were so lucky to have known him. Eddie Murray Comment posted at List.co.uk
NEXT ISSUE Wednesday 6 October
YOU’VE GOT 15 DAYS TO LIVE!
GLASGAY! The superb festival of queer culture returns in 2010 to explore the theme of relationships. We talk to some of the collaborating couples and preview the best of the fest. RHYS IFANS He's been Mr Scruffy, he's even been Mr Sienna Miller for a while – now it's his turn to play Mr Nice (aka Howard Marks) in the film biopic of the famous drug dealer's life.
104 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
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