3-17 FEBRUARY YOU’VE GOT 15 DAYS TO LIVE! Sex sells, of course, but it would be unfair to say that that’s the only reason we’ve got the S-word on our front cover this issue. Sex is a perennially important topic. For a lot of people it plays a governing role in how they spend their free time. A magazine about the cultural lives of Central Belt residents would be incomplete if it didn’t say how sex and sexuality contribute to the overall personalities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. In fact our sex survey (page 14) shows that there are some interesting differences between the two cities’ outlooks. And if, outwith the analysis, you’re just interested in other people’s bedroom antics, step forward Aidan Moffat who reliably spills his guts about his sex life on page 7.
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10 Around Town Romance for couples Black Dinner Grassroots
Books Aimee Bender Tony Black Dominic Streatfeild
Clubs Tokyo Blu Stay Plastic Congorock Comedy Tom Deacon Simon Munnery
Film Brighton Rock The Fighter Rabbit Hole Paul DVDs
Kids Family Operas
LGBT LGBT History Month
Music Bright Eyes Aidan Moffat Sleigh Bells Records Jazz & Folk Classical Theatre
JEFF BRIDGES All the Dude/Duke comparisons have already been made. Let’s just say, he abides. 22
MARILYN Sue Glover’s new play focuses on the relationship between two film icons: the eponymous Miss Monroe and Simone Signoret. 28
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Sex We’ve gone to great lengths this issue – stop sniggering – to provide you with an in-depth exploration of sexual activity. Kicking off with our history of sexual scandal on page 13, we get experts’ views on sex and sexuality across the arts spectrum; articles by people whose profession involves sex in some way; and the results of our Listreaders sex survey.
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