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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Celtic Connections has announced the full line-up for its 2027 programme, featuring the likes of GRIT Orchestra, Elephant Sessions, Sierra Hull and more.

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Jose Gonzalez, King Creosote, Karine Polwart and more lead Celtic Connections 2027 line-up

The festival’s 34th edition will welcome musicians from more than 20 countries

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In our latest round-up of Gaelic culture, celebrate the return of the National Mòd to Glasgow for its 134th outing, explore Holyrood Park's wildlife, or head further afield for the Gaelic Landscape Walk in Arran Geopark.

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Gaelic Culture in October and November 2026

This latest round-up features Mànran, Mungo and Mòd

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

'One voyage I vividly remember was my first trip as a newly qualified third mate. I was to join the bridge team onboard a passenger ship in Fremantle, Australia, navigating around the Pacific Ocean.'

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My Favourite Holiday: Chloe Matharu

Scottish-Indian singer, songwriter and harpist Chloe Matharu looks back at a globetrotting adventure on the high seas

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Scotch gets shaken, stirred and served a little differently this autumn as more than 400 Scottish bars, pubs, restaurants and hotels join Scotland Served. Expect whisky cocktails, international bartending talent and plenty of reasons to raise a glass.

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Scotland-wide cocktail festival to celebrate Scotch whisky

Scotland Served will take over more than 400 venues across the country

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

'Is it a pub? Is it a restaurant? Brought to you by the folk behind Dogstar and Nauticus, The Keelson already feels kind of like a supergroup of Leith hospitality.'

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The Keelson bar review: Good food, good pub

Situated on Leith’s shore, this bar-cum-restaurant is a cut above pub grub

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hen Hoose Collective has announced Scotland’s first Safety Certification Scheme for the music industry, in a bid to foster safer live music and working environments for women and non-binary people at venues, festivals, promoters, studios and music organisations.

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Hen Hoose launches Scotland’s first music industry Safety Certification Scheme

The scheme will offer free training to venues, festivals, studios and music organisations to help create safer spaces for women and non-binary people

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Summerhall, the historic building which is mostly associated with Summerhall Arts, appears to be under threat, according to plans by Developer AMA (New Town) Limited to redevelop sections of the site into a hotel and student flats.

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Summerhall under threat of ‘partial demolition’

The building, which houses Summerhall Arts, has been pegged for substantial ‘redevelopment’ from AMA (New Town) Limited

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

‘I always wanted to be a weird actor’ From Glow to The Incomer, Gayle Rankin has delighted in bringing complicated women to the screen and stage. We chatted with the Tony Award nominee as she makes a homecoming of sorts in National Theatre Of Scotland’s The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie.

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Gayle Rankin on The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie: 'I don’t think we've made as much progress as I'd hope'

The first Scot to enter New York’s legendary Juilliard School, Gayle Rankin has been on a steady track to stardom ever since. With an impressive selection of st

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nosferacula has taken time from his busy schedule pillaging Romania and communing with the wolves to answer this month’s Q&A. He told us about folk troupes, risqué goat herders and that time he gorged on an Olympic gold medallist.

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The Q&A: Nosferacula

Nosferacula has been a staple of Romanian nightlife since the 15th century, slaughtering the local population and regularly hosting feeding parties in his baroq

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📸 Andrew Arthur, Luke Bovill, Mihaela Bodlovic

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

✨ We chat with Oedipus And The Mama’s Boys, the Edinburgh eight-piece courting comparisons with Black Country, New Road ✨ From Ghosts to games to paranormal goings-on, we go all-in on Halloween Pick up your copy free from all good stockists across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee or read it now ⤵️

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also in this issue: ✨ Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton are putting on their party hats for Arab Strap’s 30th birthday ✨ Citizens Theatre’s production of 1984 receives our Theatre Of The Month laurel for its eccentric take on dystopia

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our October issue has arrived. As she hits the stage as the lead in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, we speak to our cover star Gayle Rankin about her homecoming and the appeal of playing dangerous, complicated women.

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The List @thelistuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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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Issue 804

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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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