CONTENTS 18 APR 16 MAY 2013 | LIST.CO.UK

T his issue we celebrate the 20th edition of our Eating & Drinking Guide. Back in 1994, the guide was a slim, black and white affair assembled by just seven people; today it features over 900 restaurants, bars, cafes and venues, with around 90 people involved in sampling, rating and ranking Glasgow and Edinburgh’s food and drink establishments. Its editor, Donald Reid, takes a trip down memory lane for 20 Years of Yum! (page 14) to chart the changing publication and pick out those establishments that stood out. Elsewhere, festival announcements continue to be unveiled (details about the Edinburgh Art Festival and the Assembly Rooms’ Fringe programme are on page 9). In recent years, the number of festivals has ballooned our own Guide to Scottish Festivals is a testament to that. Intriguingly, experimental event organisers Arika (known for staging INSTAL and Kill Your Timid Notion) last year opted to abandon the festival format in favour of weekend-long ‘episodes’ aimed at exploring the very margins of film, music and performance. A sign of festival fatigue? Regardless, they return with two rich programmes dedicated to Black art forms and queer culture and much more besides (see Hidden Agenda, page 16). For those looking to give those brain cells a workout, it might be just the ticket.

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EATING & DRINKING GUIDE As touched upon above, the Eating & Drinking Guide (and the Scottish culinary scene it covers) has changed a lot over the past two decades. The latest edition includes around 140 new openings in the last 12 months alone. Flip to page 14 to see how the dining landscape has developed over the years, and how the Guide has adapted to move with the times. Or just open the 20th edition that came free with this issue, and see what your foodie future holds. 22

ARIKA The experimental arts curators dedicate their next two instalments to explorations of black culture and the queer-centric house ballroom scene respectively. IMAGINATE Edinburgh’s family-friendly performance festival returns, featuring a programme bursting with far-flung locales, gravity- defying displays and intergalactic adventures.

Win tickets to the Imaginate Festival

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Win Spa in the City goodies

Win tickets to Hugh Laurie Win a French Noir season pass for two

Win tickets to Zoo Nights

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Win tickets to Far Away and Seagull at the Citizen’s Theatre

Win VIP tickets to the EIFF Win a festival trip in Scotland

Win tickets to Sutra at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Win a weekend to The Big Feastival Win a bottle of 12 Years Old anCnoc

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Mailbox The Realist News and Opinion FEATURES

Eating & Drinking Guide Arika Leonardo DiCaprio Imaginate Folklore Tapes

TRAVEL Krakow

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Dick’s Edinburgh STAYING IN

Hal Hartley Hemlock Grove

FOOD & DRINK The Scran & Scallie/The Vintage Kelvingrove Café

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Tradfest TYCI BOOKS

World Book Night Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger

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Big Beach Ball Collapse COMEDY

Mick Foley Bill Bailey FILM

I’m So Excited! The Look of Love KIDS

Prom on the Prom

LGBT

Gays in Space MUSIC

Record Store Day Tectonics

THEATRE

A Doll’s House Quiz Show

VISUAL ART

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