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Mogwai, the Glasgow post-rock band and self-described ‘Scottish instrumental misery mongers’, have returned with a brand-new single featuring none other than Iggy Pop.

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Mogwai release new single ‘Underground’ featuring Iggy Pop

The single will come as part of a new 30-year, career-spanning compilation of the Glasgow post-rockers, titled Happy Tears

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 18h

From new grassroots pop to well-established rock, we’ve had a busy month reviewing the best singles to emerge from Scotland. Check out Singles In Your Area ➡️ list.co.uk/news/singles...

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'This succinct career survey of South African photographer Jillian Edelstein is so emotionally dominated by her coverage of the Truth And Reconciliation Commission in her country’s post-apartheid era that it’s hard to get beyond it in considering the show as a whole.

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Jillian Edelstein: Among People art review – Testimonies sealed in time

Spanning four decades of Jillian Edelstein’s career, the exhibition contains crucial photographic evidence of the human rights violations committed under aparth

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Skinny, along with its sister magazines Fest and Gnaw, has been saved after the visual arts organisation and charity Outer Spaces purchased shares in Radge Media CIC.

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The Skinny finds funding to secure future

Charity Outer Spaces, a visual arts organisation, acquired shares of The Skinny’s parent company Radge Media CIC, allowing its doors to stay open

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Steve Reich’s hypnotic music has a habit of getting under your skin. As the composer turns 90, one of the musicians who knows his music better than most is bringing it to NewcastleGateshead. Featuring The Colin Currie Group, Royal Northern Sinfonia, The National’s Bryce Dessner, and more.

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Steve Reich At 90: Colin Currie brings the music to NewcastleGateshead

The Edinburgh-born percussionist curates a huge weekend celebrating one of the most influential composers of the last 60 years, with the Colin Currie Group, BBC

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Maisie Adam, she of Taskmaster, Last One Laughing and pretty much any comedy panel show you might think of, is tackling our Q&A to tell us all about existential dread, dirty baths and ‘brass tactics’.

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The Q&A: Maisie Adam

Maisie Adam, she of Taskmaster, Last One Laughing and pretty much any comedy panel show you might think of (as well as co-host of the Big Kick Energy football p

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'The landscape had already been carved up by the local coal-mining industry when American-born artist Charles Jencks was commissioned to mould it into representations of continents, depicting Scottish migration.'

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On Your Doorstep: 3 public art highlights in the central belt

Head outdoors for a cultural fix as Lucy Ribchester selects three public art highlights to gaze upon across the central belt

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Silent Hill heads to Scotland in Townfall, with Glaswegian developer Screen Burn transforming a St Monans-inspired coastal village into an eerie, monster-filled nightmare. Our review explores a bold new direction for Konami’s horror series.

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Silent Hill: Townfall game review – Hauntingly familiar

Almost three decades on, the series visits a deserted Scottish fishing town for a deeply unsettling adventure

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

'‘Everyone in the world who has a desire to make a game can do that, but how do you stand out? It’s skills like publishing and taking a game to market where the UK as a whole is falling behind.'

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Indie folk, ghostly villages and Grand Theft Auto: How Scotland is shaping videogames

As Scotland produces two of gaming’s biggest releases this year in Silent Hill: Townfall and Grand Theft Auto 6, Kevin Fullerton examines the state of the count

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) has announced its full programme for 2026, featuring 27 curated events, more than 100 short films, six features, as well as an exhibition, poetry, performances, a drawing social, panels, industry events, a craft fair, and a late-night party.

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Scottish Queer International Film Festival announces 2026 programme

Alongside SQIFF’s usual offering of shorts and features, the festival will reflect on its decade-long legacy with a special, in-depth exhibition

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

'In this crafty adaptation of the novel De Oönskade (The Unwanted) by Swedish writer Rasmus Lindgren, you’ll find sympathies pushed from pillar to post, as Saoirse Ronan’s meek teacher finds her inner lion. '

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Bad Apples film review: School of hard knocks

Saoirse Ronan is in bleakly comic form as a teacher taking things to extremes to deal with a nightmare pupil in the deliciously executed Bad Apples, says James

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A former police box on Edinburgh’s Hope Street is getting a new lease of life this weekend, as The Johnnie Walker Booth launches with an afternoon of live music, whisky tastings and cocktails. Find out more ⤵️

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The Johnnie Walker Booth brings music and more to Edinburgh

The former police box outside The Johnnie Walker Experience is getting a colourful makeover, with live performances and cocktails on offer

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What’s the first thing you do when you wake up on a writing day? Cup of tea, biscuits, acting stuff out, looping ambient goo. Repeat for like five hours. I mean, it’s fun when it isn’t a nightmare, but from the outside I probably just look unwell.

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First Writes: Charlie Fox

In this Q&A, we throw some questions about ‘firsts’ at debut novelists. This month, we feature Charlie Fox, author of Drool, a mash-up of girl-meets-wolf lo

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF) is returning for another round of films from Spain, Latin America and the Basque, offering a snapshot of brand-new Spanish-language cinema for 2026.

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Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival returns for 13th edition

The celebration of Spanish language film will tour cinemas in Edinburgh, Tranent, Glasgow, Stirling, Ayr and Manchester throughout October and November

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Looking for the perfect gift? We've highlighted three wonderful options across Glasgow and Edinburgh that will make your loved one smile.

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Shop Talk: 3 great gift shops in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Stuck for present ideas? Isy Santini has the answer with her pick of the gift shop crop

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'Despite the Scottish reputation for humour, there’s rarely a local comedy in cinemas. Kevin Walls aims to reverse that trend with his lo-fi Glasgow-set romcom, Premature.'

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Kevin Walls on his film Premature: 'We were delighted to bring such great Glasgow locations to the screen'

A micro budget, 23 days of filming and a very Scottish take on unplanned parenthood

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Jupiter Artland expands with its Jupiter+Nation programme, bringing contemporary art to town centres across the country. We caught up with founder Nicky Wilson and artist Lindsey Mendick to get insight into the project's mission.

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Nicky Wilson on Jupiter+Nation: 'It’s all about creating a slightly Alice In Wonderland kind of perspective'

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, Jupiter Artland sculpture park is a thrilling and acclaimed outpost of the city’s art scene. But with their Jupiter+Nation progra

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

'Even now as a fully grown man, a part of me panics when I land in a foreign country and I’m not immediately greeted by someone in brightly coloured t-shirt with a clipboard telling me which coach to get on.'

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My Favourite Holiday: Josh Pugh

Comedian Josh Pugh looks back fondly on getting gastro and being hospitalised on holiday

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It may only last four days, but Glasgow Cathedral Festival is packing quite the punch with its programme this year. Celebrating ten years of music, film, talks and tours, the opening concert turns the festival’s home into as near to a Faroese sea cave as you’ll ever get in Glasgow.

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Dávur Juul Magnussen on recreating cave acoustics for Glasgow Cathedral Festival: 'In the cave, you have to play quite loud, but in the cathedral you can go quiet'

A Faroese sea cave inspires an atmospheric opening concert

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From surviving freshers’ week to maximising your student discount privileges, our writers have plenty of tips for you. Grab your free copy of the Student Guide in the September issue of The List at stockists around Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, or read the digital version here ⤵️

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The List September 2026

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

September's edition of Future Sound shines a light on Edinburgh synth duo Both Hands. As well as insights into the inspirations behind their debut album, Be Like a Mountain In A Moonlit Way, we find out how they keep each other on their toes while performing.

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Future Sound: Both Hands

Our column celebrating new music to watch continues with Edinburgh’s Both Hands. Hailey Beavis and Brian Pokora chat to Fiona Shepherd about encroaching on each

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

'He’s self-aware enough to know that comedy with an agenda can ‘start to sound like christian rock’ and charismatic enough that he (mostly) manages to avoid coming across as too preachy.'

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Stuart Goldsmith: Canary comedy review – Climate confessional

Avoiding preachiness, this is agenda-based stand-up of the highest order

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

'Here are the highs and lows of songs, songwriting and performing, a soulful saga of dreams raised and crushed and reanimated. Music, says The Singer, belongs to all of us and all our senses, no matter how many we have.'

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The Singer theatre review: Dynamic and sparkling

This gig-theatre piece follows a washed-up ‘hearie’ busker and a talented deaf artist

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oasis announce tour dates for 2027 The Gallagher brothers, currently toasting the success of a new documentary, will play across the globe in summer 2027, including a selection of shows at Glasgow's Celtic Park.

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Oasis announce tour dates for 2027: How to get tickets

The Gallagher brothers, currently toasting the success of a new documentary, will play across the UK in summer 2027

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

'Do people make Glasgow? Yes, but not without help.’ The Scottish art scene has weathered blow after blow this year. Our arts correspondent Greg Thomas explored the closure of CCA and massive rent hikes for Trongate 103, and found a city in need of help.

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The Glasgow art scene: ‘The legacy has been squandered and mismanaged’

The arts scene in Glasgow has been dealt some brutal blows in recent times, with this year’s closure of the CCA and massive rent hikes for Trongate 103 tenants

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

'Barbie has presented a surprisingly progressive set of tropes for how womanhood might be defined.' As a major new exhibition in Glasgow celebrates the world’s most famous doll, Greg Thomas ponders the beauty and the horror of Barbie.

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The beautiful, plastic contradiction of Barbie

As a major new exhibition in Glasgow celebrates the world’s most famous doll, Greg Thomas ponders the beauty and the horror of Barbie

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

HOOT! – A Children’s Comedy Theatre Festival takes place at Perth Theatre from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October, with a programme focusing on comedy, play and participation.

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Scotland’s first children’s comedy theatre festival to launch in Perth

HOOT! brings clowning, slapstick, improv and interactive shows to Perth Theatre in October

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

For more than four decades, Juliette Binoche has been thrilling international arthouse audiences as well as enjoying mainstream success with The English Patient and Chocolat. She talks to James Mottram about bonding with her co-stars, sex scene taboos and the film that almost killed her.

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Juliette Binoche on filming The Lovers On The Bridge: ‘That was a moment I almost died. And I chose life’

For more than four decades, Juliette Binoche has been thrilling international arthouse audiences as well as enjoying mainstream success with The English Patient

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

From Scottish and Serbian folk traditions to AI fairies and interactive birds, Sonica 2026 brings together a wildly diverse range of sonic and visual experiences.

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5 More To See at Sonica

From Scottish and Serbian folk traditions to AI fairies and interactive birds, Sonica 2026 brings together a wildly diverse range of sonic and visual experience

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Claire Sawers goes square-eyed watching all the latest TV shows you won’t want to miss, encountering serial killers, sassy Aussies, painful prejudice and toxic dumping along the way.

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Catch Up: Top TV to watch this September

Claire Sawers goes square-eyed watching all the latest TV shows you won’t want to miss, encountering serial killers, sassy Aussies, painful prejudice and toxic

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A trio of highlights to see in Dundee this month spans dystopian drama, a poignant musical and the remarkable life story of a soul survivor.

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3 To See: In Dundee – September 2026

A trio of highlights spans dystopian drama, a poignant musical and the remarkable life story of a soul survivor

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

'It feels important for a design museum to be engaging with what disabled creativity looks like' We dive into V&A Dundee's Design & Disability exhibition, which aims to capture the creativity and diversity of disabled design.

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May Rosenthal Sloan on the importance of disabled art: ‘Disabled design is in our everyday lives all the time’

The impact people with disabilities have had on design since the mid-20th century is explored in a new exhibition at V&A Dundee. Jennifer McLaren finds out

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