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Plenty of news to report from the office this month. You can read about our publisher’s OBE (congratulations to Robin) on page 9. We also have a new film editor, Gail Tolley, starting this month. As well as being our resident cineaste, Gail will continue to be a programmer at the Glasgow Film Festival, and joins us, nepotistically enough (and why not?), just at the point we’re celebrating an epic 239-event GFF programme.
On page 32 you’ll find our Date our readers feature. Prepare to be wowed by the existence of eligible people in your city. And what’s more, they’re List readers and therefore certified ‘good sorts’. Huge thanks to everyone who stepped forward for this feature. Our volunteers’ confidence and sense of fun was inspiring. Singles of Glasgow and Edinburgh, the onus is now on you to get in touch with them. Ready, steady, woo . . .
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GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL Our extensive coverage of GFF 2012 kicks off with features on 85A’s Jan Svankmajer project and cult sci-fi film, Death Watch. 22
ZACH BRAFF We interview the Scrubsand Garden Statestar about latest theatre project, All New People, coming to Glasgow this month. 26
Date our readers The Hallmarked behemoth known as Valentine’s Day rumbles into view once again, and once again you’ve been bombarded with advice on where to go (page 36) and what to buy (pages 38–40). More than that, we’ve also picked out some lovely Listreaders for you to date. Check them out from page 32.
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