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45 KATE ATKINSON WAR CORRESPONDENT
In a career spanning over 20 years, Atkinson has given us eleven witty, innovative and genre- defying books. The latest, Transcription, is a World War II spy thriller that asks the reader to question much more than their allegiances. (LM)
44 MICHELLE GOMEZ WITCHY WOMAN
The former Doctor Who villain continues to walk on the dark side. Gomez is taking the role of enigmatic big bad Mary Wardell in Netl ix’s witchy reboot, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, from the same team who gave us Riverdale. (HN)
43 CATHY WILKES CARVING SUCCESS
As well as the closing months of her solo exhibition at MoMA in New York – organised as part of her receipt of the Maria Lassnig Prize – the Glasgow-based sculptural and installation artist Wilkes was also announced as Great Britain’s entry for the Venice Biennale 2019. (DP)
42 BE CHARLOTTE HOMECOMING QUEEN
Possessing a i ercely original voice, Charlotte Brimner – one of Dundee’s most exciting exports – has had another amazing year. After signing to Columbia / Sony Music, she embarked on an extensive tour across Europe and beyond before returning home to help open the V&A Dundee. (MR)
41 JORDAN & SKINNER CLOWN AROUND
An inspiring double-act that demonstrates how physical theatre can work for all ages, their commitment to challenging material suitable even for younger audiences reveals how the clown is not just for parties but for moving, serious theatre. (GKV)
40 HEIR OF THE CURSED RESIDENT ARTISTE
As well as being a phenomenal musician and performer, Beldina Odenyo Onassis was recently announced as one of eight recipients of a funded residency as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s starter programme and has been in the process of developing a new idea for a full theatre / gig piece. (AQ)
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PRIZE GUYS Henry Northmore picks out just a few of the winners in Scotland’s creative industries during 2018
This was an amazing year for Young Fathers. Not only did they release their third studio album, Cocoa Sugar, to great acclaim, they also became the i rst band to win the Scottish Album of the Year for a second time (after i rst lifting the trophy with Tape Two in 2014). The trio seem to have a profound coni dence in their music, drawing together hip hop, soul, electronica and R&B and they’ve crafted another outstanding album with its uncompromising stance, lyrical urgency and sonic energy.
Another name with roots in the Scottish hip-hop scene, Darren McGarvey (AKA Loki) took a sideways step into writing with his deeply personal Poverty Safari, an impassioned, raw examination of the realities of working-class Britain. It went on to win the prestigious Orwell Prize for political writing. ‘His unl inching account of his life and the effects of deprivation and poverty is self-aware, brutally honest and more urgent than ever,’ explained author Kit de Waal who was on the judging panel. ‘If Orwell were alive, this is the book he would choose.’
Staying with books, it seems i tting that
Liam McIlvanney won the McIlvanney Prize (named after his own father, William) for Scottish crime novel of the year for The Quaker, inspired by real-life Glasgow serial killer Bible John. In the world of food and drink, Edinburgh Gin solidii ed their standing in the spirits market at the Annual Scottish Gin Awards. They took the title for Growth Business, Innovation of the Year for Edinburgh Gin 1670 (created with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh) along with Silver and Bronze Taste Medals for their Cannonball Navy Strength and Pomegranate & Rose liqueur.
Despite being based in the capital, there have been hardly any Scottish winners of the Edinburgh Comedy Award (just Arnold Brown back in 1987 and Richard Gadd in 2016). Sadly Larry Dean just missed out with his hilarious and heartfelt show Bampot, but getting a nomination was still pretty damn impressive. And you can read about other winners across our Hot 100, including Roseanne Watt who won the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award, Midas Fall who picked up their i rst Progressive Music Award, Hannah Rarity, named BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, and 404 Ink who won an armful of awards in 2018.
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