H A L L O F FA M E
Here at List HQ, we take our Hot 100 duties very seriously. Every entry and position is carefully considered to decipher who has made a significant impact on Scotland’s arts and culture scene. With this in mind, we think it would be a disservice to our talented past winners not to give them the shout-
out they deserve and recognise the qualities that earned them that top position. So, here’s a Hot 100 hall of fame, to make it clear that these individuals and institutions will always be number one in our eyes
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2018 GLASGOW WOMEN’S LIBRARY The Glasgow Women’s Library had ‘quietly been going about their business for nearly 30 years’, when a deserved spotlight was shone on their work resulting in an Art Fund Museum of the Year Award nomination. As the only accredited UK museum dedicated to women’s history, the library is for anyone interested in heritage, culture and inclusion. It holds an archive of 20,000 books, 3000 artefacts and 400,000 donated items, while also running a diverse programme of events. Sue John, GWL’s enterprise development manager, said their work was ‘trying to be part of solutions, and not part of problems’.
2017 404 INK Independent publishing house 404 Ink was ‘inspired more by independent record labels than traditional publishing houses’ said co-founders Laura Jones and Heather McDaid in 2016. With this spirit in mind, the punk publishers sought out new writers through social media, collecting essays about sexism, racism and other social issues. From this, initial success was found with an essay collection titled Nasty Women, which even featured a contribution by Booker co-winner Margaret Atwood. Since then, they have continued to nurture the careers of some of our best new writing talents such as Chris McQueer, Nadine Aisha Jassat and Helen McClory.
2016 ANNA MEREDITH Described as ‘a jack of all trades and a master of many’, when Anna Meredith topped the 2016 Hot 100, it was clear that the singer-songwriter was ‘not so much a rising talent as an established star’. Meredith’s work (including Scottish Album of the Year winner Varmints) crosses the boundary of classical and electronica ‘to capture both atmosphere and emotion’. She also made number two in the Hot 100 list of 2018 for a solid year of creative endeavours that included producing the soundtrack to Bo Burnham’s excellent coming-of-age indie film Eighth Grade. This year, her commitment and services to music were further recognised by being awarded an MBE.
2015 FERGUS LINEHAN AND THE EIF Fergus Linehan took the reins as director of the Edinburgh International Festival in 2014 after previous tenures at Dublin Theatre Festival and Sydney Festival. The next 12 months for the institution were said to be ‘transformative’, thanks to his creative vision anchored in refreshing and modernising the programme. His bold perspective introduced a new contemporary music strand which he described as ‘about filling out a festival across people’s general tastes’. His success continues after a well-received 2019 EIF that included an inspired opening event from LA’s Philharmonic at Tynecastle Park.
2014 PETER CAPALDI He's been Malcolm Tucker and Doctor Who, scooping numerous prestigious awards along the way, making Peter Capaldi a firm fixture on our Hot 100 lists over the years. The Glaswegian favourite first topped the poll in 2009 for his ‘acerbic portrayal’ as the government's chief spin doctor in Armando Iannucci’s The Thick of It, and then again in 2014 for his ‘critically revered’ turn as the Time Lord. In 2014, fans were eager to see where he’d venture afterwards, and to his credit he’s continued to grace our screens with skill. Plus, you can’t forget this year’s tear-jerking appearance in the music video for ‘Someone You Loved’ by his distant relative Lewis Capaldi.
22 THE LIST 1 Nov 2019–31 Jan 2020