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74 THE RABBIT HOLE DRAG TRADER
The Rabbit Hole at CC Blooms is a great place to get your drag i x with i erce and fabulous host Alice Rabbit plus Scottish queens and kings like Roche, Violet Grace and Eli Buck. Having supported former Drag Race winner Sasha Velour, you can expect more from Rabbit Hole very soon. (AQ)
73 CATRIONA REILLY STEREO SOUNDS
Reilly (aka Sycophantasy) is one of the DJ / promoters working to create an inclusive club
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79 MARIEM OMARI TABOO BUSTER
Activist and co-founder of Bijli, currently a company in residence with the National Theatre of Scotland, Omari’s scripts are political, sensitive and give voice to those often ignored within theatre and in the wider community. From mental health to honour killings, Omari fearlessly addresses taboos. (GKV)
78 POLLYANNA MCINTOSH ZOMBIE HUNTER
Admittedly season eight of The Walking Dead wasn’t the strongest series, however the development of McIntosh’s character Jadis (leader of the Scavengers) was a high point. And she’s now ofi cially part of Rick Grimes’ team as season nine starts with new showrunner Angela Kang. (HN)
77 KIRSTY LOGAN
ROAMING CORRESPONDENT Glasgow-based writer Logan will take you to a fantastical place in her i ction. Her latest novel, The Gloaming, is a tender and mystical tale about love, family and i nding your place in an often hostile or confusing world. (LM)
76 ALICIA BRUCE SHOTS CALLER
The Edinburgh-based photographer and lecturer tackled domestic violence in her portrait series Violence Unseen at the Stills Gallery in association with Zero Tolerance, photographed Mhairi Black for the 209 Women project, and created the photographic element of the Our World Heritage exhibition at Edinburgh’s Tron Kirk. (DP)
75 ROSEANNE WATT ISLAND LIFE
Shetlander poet Watt became the third winner of the prestigious Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, as well as runner-up for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. Watch this space: her debut collection will be published by Polygon in 2019. (DC)
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scene. As club booker at Glasgow’s Stereo, she promotes nights such as the R&B-focused Push It, and queer party Grind Yr Axe. (SS)
72 EMMA BEEBY COMICS CENTRAL
The Edinburgh-based comic writer created a timely biography of the exotic dancer and spy Mata Hari – over a hundred years after she was executed by i ring squad – for the acclaimed editor Karen Berger at Dark Horse Comics. She also contributed to 2000 AD’s all-female summer special. (DP)
71 LISA LAWSON AROMA THERAPIST
Anyone with the slightest interest in coffee knows Dear Green Coffee Roasters. Since i ring up her roaster in 2011, and later starting the Glasgow Coffee Festival, Lawson has been at the forefront of the bean scene, supplying, training and inspiring baristas across Glasgow and beyond. (JT)
70 HONEYBLOOD BEES KNEES
Album three is on the way, and Honeyblood have been delivering their most accomplished live performances to date in the meantime, looking primed to make another big step up. Drummer Cat Myers has been doing double shifts by performing with post-rock legends Mogwai in recent times. (CA)