THE HOT 100
h e No(cid:3) 100 Five Scots who made all the wrong moves in 2013
DAVID DINSMORE The new editor of The Sun doggedly defended the practice of objectifying women in the nation’s biggest-selling newspaper. Well done him.
GERARD BUTLER Butler is hardly Oscar material, but 2013 was a poor year even by his standards. Movie 43 wasn’t entirely his fault, admittedly, but with producing credits on the sub-par Chasing Mavericks, Olympus Has Fallen and Playing for Keeps, he only really has himself to blame.
TAM COWAN Radio Scotland’s Off the Ball presenter was temporarily dumped from the show following a Daily Record column in which he wrote, ‘Fir Park should have been torched on Thursday in order to cleanse the stadium after it played host to women’s football.’ Thankfully, Cowan was the only one who got burnt.
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL In a way, GCC should be credited with only threatening to mess up spectacularly, before doing some well-paced backtracking. In June they dumped the unpopular proposal to renovate George Square, while in November they nimbly backed down from spending £65,000 to prevent cones being placed on the Duke of Wellington’s head. Or his statue’s head, anyway.
SCOTTISH UNI SOCIETIES The resurgence of feminism in 2013 showed up some mortifying instances of sexism in our educational establishments, from accusations of misogynist heckling in Glasgow’s University Union in March, to sexist chants from Stirling Uni’s hockey team in November. Still, at least the universities of Edinburgh and West of Scotland banned that Robin Thicke song, right? (Niki Boyle)
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100 ROBERT GALBRAITH PSEUDONYMOUS AUTHOR
Crime author Galbraith received a signii cant 4000% rise in sales for his well-reviewed debut
novel, The Cuckoo’s Calling, when it was discovered he wasn’t really a former Royal Military Police investigator, but actually JK Rowling trying her hand at a post-Potter crime- writing career. A sequel is expected sometime in 2014. (NB)
99 FERN BRADY COMEDY COLUMNIST
Former So You Think You’re Funny i nalist, Edinburgh Uni graduate and sometime columnist
at The Guardian, Brady has plenty fearless and i ercely funny routines at her disposal about dysfunctional families, anger issues and the perils of boozing with a laptop close to hand. (BD)
98 CHRISTOPHER HARRISON BALLET BOY
A popular member of Scottish Ballet since he joined in 2005, this year Harrison was promoted to the top ranking position of principal. Two lead roles, in Highland Fling and Rite of Spring, proved his step up the ladder was more than merited. (KA)
97 BRAMBLE MASTER MIXERS
Mike Aikman and Jason Scott’s Queen Street hideaway remains the only Scottish entry in the list of the World’s Top 50 Bars and is the headliner for a trio of hip cocktail venues that includes 2013 opening, Lucky Liquor Co. (DR)
96 PETER DOIG POTENT PAINTER
Doig showed that he was still at the top of his game with a summer exhibition at the Scottish National
Gallery. The acclaimed solo show was a real triumph for tradition, coni rming a place for both Doig and painting in the contemporary art scene. (RT)
95 KINNING PARK COMPLEX COMMUNITY CULTURE
An old Victorian school building turned artists’ studio, rehearsal space, meeting point and gig venue, Glasgow’s Kinning Park Complex is a model of community action, providing vibrant cultural experiences without council funding. Long may it run. (SS)
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94 MATT HULSE IDIOSYNCRATIC FILMMAKER
Hulse’s Dummy Jim is a beautiful and bonkers i lm about a Scot who took a bike ride into the Arctic Circle. It was nominated for the Michael Powell Award, recognition of a project that was ten years in the making. (MF)
93 LUCY SKAER ARTIST HOMECOMER
Returning to Glasgow after a period in New York, Skaer presented her i rst major Scottish show of new work since a 2009 Turner Prize nomination. The Tramway exhibition touched upon death and memory or, as Skaer had it, ‘how artefacts behave as they recede from the present’. (DP)
92 KIERAN HURLEY POLITICAL PLAYWRIGHT
After a powerful 2012, Hurley toured Fringe success Beats around the UK and contributed to Theatre Uncut’s month of free-to- perform plays. Rantin revealed his
collaborative energy while Chalk Hill, a team-up with AJ Taudevin, demonstrated his political passion. (GKV)
91 SCOTT GRAHAM RISING FILMMAKER
Having had his short i lm, Native Son, picked for Cannes back in 2010, there was much anticipation for this Aberdeen-born i lmmaker’s i rst feature. Released in March, Shell was a sparse and elegant drama about a father and daughter living in a Highland petrol station. (GT)
90 POETRY CLUB ARTS SPACE
Attached to SWG3, this compact venue set up by artist Jim Lambie really hit its stride after its opening
last year. One clear highlight was a spoken word event with Patti Smith. (GT)
89 GLASGOW COMIC CON CELEBRATING GRAPHIC NOVELS
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