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AUGUST 2016, ISSUE 24

THE BIG INTERVIEW WOLF ALICE – PAGES 18 & 19

CONTENTS FRINGE HIGHLIGHTS 2016

All The Highlights At This Year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival 4 Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival Launches Alongside The Fringe 5

BEN HANLIN 6 DES CLARKE BRINGS 3-D SHOWS 8 Most Bizarre Shows At The Fringe 10 Edinburgh International Festival Celebrates 70th Year 11 The Big Interview: ADAM DEVINE 12 Musicians Against Homelessness 13 Food For Thought At Edinburgh Foodie Festival 14 The Interview: Kaori Simpson From Harajuku Kitchen 15 In The Know: Whats On In August 16 Glasgow Summer Sessions Preview 18

THE BIG INTERVIEW: WOLF ALICE 18 Regular Summer Nights Preview 20 The Interview: IDLEWILD 20 Electric Honey Sessions Preview 21 The Interview: CLARAMASSA 21 Five Scottih Bands You Need To Know About 22

New Hellfire Clubs August Pick Of The Month 23 Techno Corner: What’s On In August 24 Hot Dub Time Machine Arrives In August 24 Why Synthwave Should Be Dominating Your Speakers 25 Top Gigs Of The Month In August 28 The Interview: Prides At Pride 2016 29 Pride 2016 Preview 30 Free Pride Returns 30 A History Of Pride 31 A Homage To Dance At The Fringe 31 The History Behind Suicde Squade 34 The DCEU Universe Explained 34 Which DC Villains Deserve Their Own Movies 35 Actors Who Have Played The Joker 36 F1 2016 Game Arrives This August 37 Those Hidden Gem Charity Shops You Need To Know About 38 Speakeasy Bars In Edinburgh And Glasgow 38 How Pokemon Is Lifting Spirits Everywhere 39 The Best Places To (PokemonGo) Go 39 Scots At The Olympics 46 Olympics Sports To Become A Pro In 46 Ignition Festival Of Motoring 47

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COMEDY AND STORYTELLING 1 LAST DANCE WITH MY FATHER

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A roller coaster of dark comedy. “Having survived a beating that nearly killed her Njambi McGrath is forced to confront the perpetrator, her father, for answers when their paths unexpectedly cross once again.”

[Fringe website] So, not the re-enactment of Celine Dion’s Dance With My Father Again like we hoped for. However, this performance is sure to make you laugh and cry as familiar family drama is teamed with dark realisations of what it means to be family. You’ll be crying – out of sadness, though, we’re not too sure.

AUG 3-29, PLASANCE COURTYARD Despite sounding not a far cry away from a bad porno, this performance promises puns, science and humour…

Who knew? While we have been assured the Cox is strictly of the Brian kind, award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (BBC Radio, Call the Midwife) surely has some surprises up her sleeve and this is one you’re not going to want to miss.

FRINGE HIGHLIGHTS I’ve heard it said that if ever an artist was struggling to devise a concept for a Fringe Festival production they should re-enact a Shakespearian play upside down, with a cast of horses, in Scots dialect or in some other way to this effect. Then, and only then, would an artist have a Fringe worthy production.

the added benefit of Fringe Central – training workshops to help Fringe participants achieve their goals and reach out to all corners of their audiences.

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This just about represents Edinburgh’s coveted festival of artistic and comedic celebration. A fresh, funny and frightening orchid of talent from around the globe, brought to life along the cobbles of the capital’s ancient streets.

With so much to see over the three and a bit weeks of festival action – approximately 3,541 performances according to the ‘What’s On’ section of the Fringe website – someone ought to summarise the best bits in comedy, music and theatre for you before you go. So, get the scissors out! Take this page with you as you venture out into one of Scotland’s favourite cultural highlights.

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‘LIFTED’ RETURNS TO THE FRINGE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES OF IDENTITY, IMMIGRATION, RACISM AND MERMAIDS Lifted is a new dark comedy co-written by Henry Bell and Sara Shaarawi developed for EdFringe2016 at TheSpace@Surgeons’ Hall from 8 – 27 August 2016.

In recent years anti-immigration rhetoric has become more and more mainstream in the political sphere and Islamophobia has risen exponentially.

Against this backdrop two Asian men are in a Fife prison cell – how they have ended up there is a mystery. Lifted is a topical, funny and gritty drama where a Scottish Pakistani and a Kuwaiti Student from St Andrews are interrogated. Are they there for cooking meth, starting a new caliphate or just because they don’t fit in? As we learn their back stories we see how race, sexuality, religion and romance affects us all.

‘The funniest, freshest, rawest, and most alive and kicking hour I’ve spent at the Fringe this year’, Liz Lochhead Lifted stars Livingston based actor Ikram Gilani and is co-written by Henry Bell and Sara Shaarawi. Henry is a poet, writer and book editor based in Glasgow.

He recently co-edited A Bird is Not a Stone, a collection of Palestinian poetry translated into Scottish, English and Gaelic and runs a monthly poetry night in Glasgow.

Sara’s work includes Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bedlam, 2011); Defunct Pig (Edinburgh Fringe 2012); One Day in Spring (Oran Mor/NTS, 2012); Theatre Uncut Amsterdam (Theatre Perdu, 2012); This Wide Night (Tron, 2014); Day One (Tron, 2014); Take the Rubbish Out Sasha (Oran Mor/NTS, 2015). And The War Hasn’t Started Yet (Oran Mor/NTS, 2015) Niqabi Ninja (NTS/Platform, 2015) Triad Pictures was created in 2013 by professional actor and producer Ikram Gilani. The theatre company aims to produce new writing, thought provoking original ideas and to showcase up-andcoming talent from Scotland. Their work includes theatre, musicals, poetry and pantomimes.

Lifted was the third collaboration between Sara Shaarawi and Ikram Gilani in ‘2012 EdFringe’ they were fellow cast members in Defunct Pig and ‘2014 EdFringe’ they together produced Whoever Fights and last year they brought Lifted part of the ‘Free Fringe’ after great feedback on the show they really want to bring it back to ‘EdFringe2016’ in a bigger and better venue.

Scottish playwright and theatre director, David Greig, says “Lifted is a fantastic, funny, fierce piece of contemporary Scottish storyteling. Drugs, cops and transcendent moments on Iona.

Go see.”

Tickets cost £6.50 and £4.00 for students.

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SAGE FRANCIS & B.DOLAN PRESENT..

STRANGE SPEECH/ FAMOUS DEVELOPMENT AT EDINBURGH FRINGE Sage Francis and B. Dolan are two internationally renowned hip-hop lyricists and spoken word poets with oddly parallel stories.

Both dynamos – respectively touted for their lyricism, activism, humour and performance art – are represented in the UK

by Scroobius Pip’s Speech Development label.

Without prior knowledge of each other – both were born and raised in Rhode Island, where they developed an unlikely love of Hip-Hop music.

Each moved to New York City in search of the art-form, stumbled into the spoken word scene and developed a knack for razor sharp lyricism and stagecraft. Sage became an internet hit and received wide media critique in 2001 for his powerful song “Makeshift Patriot” and later formed Strange Famous Records. B. Dolan has been releasing records on SFR since 2008. The performer enjoyed wide spread attention for his activism in addressing homophobia in Hip-Hop and notably for his video single/campaign Film The Police which Russell Brand learns about in a highly entertaining episode of The Trews Strange Speech/Famous Development is the debut show that brings two legends of underground rap together on a very intimate stage. They’ll trade poems, songs, vivid stories and their now signature blend of offensive and insightful content.

You can catch them from 5 – 27 Aug (excluding 8 15 and 22) at Stand In The Square, St Andrews Square, 13:40pm.

A brand new festival is launching in Edinburgh this year alongside the Fringe, called the Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival. The festival celebrates the digital entertainment arts across Games, Tech, VR and Film and will be at the forefront of the most exciting new cutting edge arts, entertainment and technology.

The Festival is taking place this August in Edinburgh, and on 4-16 August there will be a number of games and tech related talks and panels from ‘Making Games for VR’ by Tom

Beardsmore to ‘Ansible: VR for Supporting future Mars Astronauts’ by Peggy Wu. Presented by Riverside Studios, the festival brings together the worlds of arts, entertainment and technology – to showcase the best of what is happening right now and provoke the conversation about what comes next.

They will bring the best of international performing arts to Edinburgh, with a staggering line up of event cinema screenings of theatre, ballet, opera, special events and art exhibitions in the Assembly Rooms’ Music Hall.

They see virtual reality, new technology and gaming as the new frontiers for arts and entertainment, and at Edinburgh Digital Entertainment Festival, you can take a spacewalk in the Virtual Reality Studio, test out ground-breaking new gadgetry in the Tech Hub, and aspiring coders, gamers and robot-creators can level up their skills in workshops the whole family can enjoy.

A series of keynote talks and events will be presented, designed to bring arts producers, adventurous audiences and digital makers together.

Outside the venue, they’ve curated a street cinema programme that includes cinematic visions of the future, rarities from the BBC Play for Today archive, short films and a healthy dash of classic horror and musicals.

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BEN HANLIN, STAR OF ITV2 SHOW ‘TRICKED’ MAKES DEBUT FRINGE APPEARANCE – AND IT’S GOING TO BE MAGICAL! Ben Hanlin must be a pretty confident guy. After being inspired by David Blaine in the late 90s, he taught himself magic tricks at the age of 14 in the back of classrooms and would show his skills to people at school before kicking off his career with a YouTube channel. In one of his earliest videos from 2010 he takes on a £50 bet that he can find and perform a trick to any celebrity

within 48 hours – a feat that would take some serious confidence or at least heaps of bravado and (spoiler alert) he won the bet and performed to Fearne Cotton, who deemed him ‘excellent’.

However, that was six years ago and since then the Birmingham born magician’s confidence in his abilities has clearly skyrocketed, along with his career. He’s come a long way from the ‘Magic Boy Finds’ videos on YouTube to fronting three series of his own incredibly well received TV show, Tricked, on ITV2; stepping into the role of radio presenter on Radio Birmingham’s afternoon slot; performing on the West End stage with The Illusionists; performing at ITV’s Live At The Palladium, which he did admit was ‘nerve wracking’ but gave him the biggest adrenaline rush afterwards and now he’s about to debut at the world’s largest arts event, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Despite his impressive CV, you’d still understandably expect a performer

to have some apprehensions about such an undertaking, but Ben laughs away questions about his nerves, declaring: “I’m not feeling nervous at the moment.

I’m pretty confident with all the work in progress and other things I’ve been doing and all the magic seems to be working and the audience seems to be liking it so I’ve just got to put it all together now.”

He adds: “It’s great because I’m doing some stuff that I’ve been performing for over a decade which is great to finally put together in a show. I’m also doing some brand new material which I’ve been working on up to the last six months or so which I’m quite excited about and I’m just trying to create a magic show that I would really want to go and see. So it’s going to have some amazing magic to make you think ‘how the hell has he done that?’ And hopefully it’ll be a lot of fun.”

When talking about the festival, Ben notes that although there are plenty of magicians to choose from at the Fringe, he’s confident he can stand out: “There’s a few magicians there this year who are great, like your Colin Clouds and such, but I’m just trying to have a laugh and not take myself too seriously. I have tried to do a really good balance of comedy and magic and want people to walk out and think that was really fun and have a lot of laughs.

A lot of the material in it will hopefully make you laugh and enjoy it, so that’s the plan.”

He adds: “I think us Brits in general are a quite pessimistic bunch, if I stood on stage trying to convince you I was doing miracle work or had special powers, I think most Brits wouldn’t quite believe that, and I’m honest in being just a guy from Birmingham, who has spent a lot of years learning this stuff and I’d like to show you what I’ve learnt and lets have some fun.”

Ben’s already proven himself as a brilliant TV magician and we know he can definitely perform well for celebrities, it actually seems to be his forte. He even admits Kim Kardashian is the celeb who made him the most nervous – he swallowed

needles in front of her on a yacht in the South of France and she said he was ‘amazing’, although Kerry Katona did call him a ‘wanker’.

However, despite his ability to perform confidently to celebs the Fringe is a different beast with live audiences every night full of normal people out to have a good time, some of whom are more than likely to be annoying hecklers.

Surely, I think, this alone must be enough to make him nervous but no, he’s even got a game plan for heckling situations: “Very rarely do I get hecklers trying to interrupt me during something but if they do, I usually deal with it the same way a comedian would. I mean the goal is to get all of the audience on my side, so if somebody’s not on my side I usually try to figure out why that is quite quickly and try to fix that whether it be through a quick fire response or maybe getting that person involved in the next trick.”

Ben’s performing every day from 3-28 August but surprisingly, has no plans for a well deserved break after the show. He’s going straight into preparing for another project and is always planning ahead. He said: “At some point I’d like to go out on a full UK tour, so this coming to Edinburgh is kind of like a phase of that, so I’d like to look at that in the future. I think eventually I want to make some more TV shows.”

He added: “I’ve got a production company now and I’d like that company to make and be involved with creating a show, the goal is to try and help people deliver magic on all sorts of platforms, whether it be in theatres or other TV shows. So it’d be great to see that really flourish. Maybe one day if I get bored of magic, I’ll maybe look into acting or something like that.”

Given the success of his Tricked shows on ITV2, it’s likely there will be a few fans of the mischievous magician heading to see him live but at the moment he can’t give any info on the possibility of a series four but says that fans should ‘watch this space’.

Ben’s definitely feeling confident about the debut and after speaking to him, we are too. It looks set to fit his four word description of “funny, cheeky and mind boggling” so even if you’re not an old school Magic Boy Finds fan, the show will still be well worth a watch.

Even if you just fancy going along because you’re the type of person who needs to try and solve the tricks and feel smart, that’s fine you’ll be more than welcome. As Ben says: “That’s part of the magic, different people can enjoy it in different ways.”

Ben Hanlin is performing at the Pleasance Dome from 3-28 Aug, tickets start from £8.50 and are available to buy from https:// tickets.edfringe.com

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DES CLARKE BACK AT THE FRINGE Arguably one of the busiest comedians in Scotland, Des Clarke, is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer with a unique set of shows titled ‘3-D’ over three weeks.

It should be very much three dimensions of the man. After being unable to decide what content to cut from his thoughts, he decided to keep enough content for three different shows titled: Love, Sandwiches and The Apocalypse that will take place throughout the month at The Stand.

Q: YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THE FRINGE SINCE 2001, WHY DO YOU KEEP COMING BACK? A: “I love it. I think for any comedian the ultimate is to play the Edinburgh Festival. I call it the ‘World Cup of Comedy’ so if you get a chance to play it I think you take it. It’s the biggest test for a comedian but it’s also the most fun as well and I always think you emerge out of it a better comedian at the end of it. [It’s a] brilliant way to generate new material and it’s also the one time of the year where all the comedians are in the one place at the same time so it’s a brilliant social gathering and it’s a good chance to hang out with all your pals so yeah I love it and being Scottish as well, I think you’ve got to support your home festival so I always try to do it if I can.”

Q: HAS YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE EVENT CHANGED AFTER ALL THIS TIME? A: “You know what, it’s actually got more, I’ve actually got hungrier for it, even as the years have gone on because I think it’s only when you travel about and do other gigs that you appreciate what an amazing thing the Edinburgh Festival is. Also being from Glasgow I’m just along the M8 so I know that in Glasgow we’re kind of aware of the Fringe but it’s maybe been something we’ve not always gone to in the past

The first show starts on 3 August before continuing between 5-11 August, with the second show starting its run on 12-14 August before continuing between 17-21 August. The final show runs between 22 – 28 August.

Before the festival gets underway, we spoke to him about why the Fringe is such a prestigious event and got some interesting details about his latest comedy work.

because we’ve got our own stuff going on. As soon as I got into comedy I knew about the festival and going back year after year the more experienced you get, it becomes better and you can get a bigger audience. So I just get more excited about it and as I say it’s travelling about and doing other gigs elsewhere makes you appreciate what we’ve got here and why we need to support it. The Fringe is the biggest Arts festival in the world and we’re lucky to have it in Scotland so, aye year on year, [I] just want to do it more and more.”

Q: THIS YEAR YOU ARE DOING THREE DIFFERENT UNIQUE SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT BEHIND THE VARIETY OF THAT? A: “I had three different hours of standup that I thought were decent and ready to go, I had done a radio show last year called Des Clarke Exposed for BBC Radio Scotland so I looked at what I’d done there and I looked at the material I had and thought I had three separate hours I didn’t know which one to choose, and then I thought to

myself, “why don’t I do something that’s never been done before?”

“That’s always what you are looking for at the Fringe, something that nobody else has done, and nobody has done this idea of taking three different shows, doing the first one for the first week, the second one the next week the third one in the final week, and I thought “well if I’ve got the material and I want to do it then why not?”, and that is what it was. I like to challenge myself as well so that’s exactly where it came from. And obviously since the radio show last year I changed so many bits of it but that gave me the basis for the idea and just wanting to do something innovative that nobody had done before. Here we are just a couple of weeks to go and ready to roll.”

Q: WHAT ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SHOWS? COULD SOMEONE MISS SOME GOOD CONTENT BETWEEN THE THREE SHOWS? A: “They are different shows, well we might have a link going from one to the other, but they’re just three separate ideas. They’re called, Love, Sandwiches, and The Apocalypse. The first one’s all about love as it would clearly state, that’s probably the most straightforward one, which is about things that I love and my journey and luck (and unluckiness) in love through the years and a lot of relationship stuff in there as well.

“The second one, it starts off about sandwiches because I’m a really plain eater so I just became known as the awkward guy in every supermarket, in every restaurant, planes and trains, where they would never have a plain sandwich and it just spurred me on, without meaning to, just being the

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AUGUST 2016, ISSUE 24 the number one comedian in the world at the moment. So I would experience that, go and see something, a lot of people just go and see names that they know, I understand that, but go and see somebody you’ve never seen before as well, or even just sample what’s happening in the street around you. It’s just a magical place to be.

“Three different shows, all very much me, but if punters want to come and see them, they can definitely get three different live experiences at different points throughout the run and that was kind of the idea. It also keeps it fresh for me because sometimes a comedian will tell you that doing the same stuff, night in, night out, can get a wee bit stale towards the end. Well this way I’m changing it up so hopefully if it feels fresh for me it will feel fresh for the audience as well.”

“In terms of seeing me, what you’ll get is, hopefully, something that’s fresh, something that’s different. I give good value for money, that’s the Scot in me coming out there. I like to give plenty of energy, and hopefully, I’ll reflect what’s going on the world and what’s going on in my head as well and, you’ll see some things up on that stage that you’ll say, ‘that sounds like me’, and some things you’ll shake your head and say, ‘this guy’s weird’, but hopefully you’ll come along the journey with me and laugh and that’s all you can ask.

Q: WHAT ARE THE NEAR-MISSES YOU TALK ABOUT? A: “Well, for me, I suppose, I don’t want to give too much away, but once I was held at gunpoint while I was on holiday in the Caribbean through an unfortunate misunderstanding and I thankfully got out of that situation pretty well, well I nearly didnae, but that’s a real life and death near-miss.

“There’s also been situations of almost saying the wrong thing to the wrong person, and I once nearly got arrested by the Royal Security over a misunderstanding when I was meeting Prince Charles, so there’s wee incidents like that, well big incidents rather, where it could have been a really high-profile, ‘oh my God’, moment.

“But to me it’s just I have that sense of impending doom, maybe it’s a Scottish trait, that things are going too well. I spoke about this on stage and actually a lot more people have this than you think, that ‘things are going too well, this has got to end soon’. You know, when you see it being sunny you think ‘aye, the rain’s going to come on’ or it’s the old phrase, ‘the nights are fair drawing in’. So you always seem to be, unfortunately, looking for a negative and an ‘oh my God, how is this going to mess up?’ So I think I’ve got that chip in my brain and as it turns out a lot more people than I thought did as well.”

Q: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE EVENT TO CONVINCE THEM TO COME AND SEE YOU? A: “Well, first of all, I’d say go to the Fringe, go and experience it, until you’ve been there you won’t really understand what buzz there is around the place.

Edinburgh just comes alive in the month of August and the Fringe is what you want to make it. If you want music, you can get that, if it’s theatre, there’s that, poetry, whatever. Obviously, to me, the biggest thing about it is standup comedy, it really is the best place in the world to see the best comedians in the world. You can even see that this year with the likes of Louis C.K. coming from America, who’s probably

“I’ll give you a really good hour’s entertainment, and we might learn something at the end of it. If not, we’ll just have a good laugh, and with the way the world is at the moment, then I think that’s a pretty decent thing to be able to say.”

Q: WHETHER IT’S YOUR BREAKFAST SHOW OR OTHER RADIO WORK, YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BE DOING SOMETHING. WHAT OTHER PLANS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR? A: “Obviously Capital [FM] breakfast [show] continues. [On] BBC Radio Scotland Breaking the News is on the air at the moment, that’s the weekly topical show I was doing, we’re onto series four of that, we’ve already had series five commissioned that’s going to take us through to the end of 2016. I’m back at panto at the King’s in Glasgow so I’ll be ‘Buttons’ in Cinderella and that’s five years in a row there, and I love that.

That’s just another bit of magic and to be part of people’s Christmas and to be part of something that I went to year after year when I was a kid brings me right back to childhood and I’m proud to be part of all of these things. Also I’m hosting a new stand-up series for STV that’s going to air this Autumn so there’s loads happening.

“Even by my standards this is the busiest I’ve ever been, but it’s all projects that I really want to do and I’m really excited about. As I’ve always said, people give me the nickname of the ‘hardestworking man in showbusiness’, I would take that and I love when people say that because I think when you’re working you’re happy and it means you’re doing something right, but I’m doing so many things that I enjoy. I’m lucky enough that I’m able to make a career out of my passion and at times it doesn’t feel like work, so I’m in a good place at the moment, I love what I’m doing and I’ve got lots going on and long may it continue.”

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different guy and standing out for the wrong reasons. And the third show’s just The Apocalypse, where I have this feeling that my whole life’s going to crumble, like I always have this paranoia that bad stuff’s going to happen to me and I’ve had a lot of near-misses where it nearly has so it’s going through all of that.

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FANCY SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT FOR THE FRINGE? IAN RANKIN, OMID DJALILI, STEWART LEE, REG D HUNTER, BOB SLAYER AND MANY MORE TO READ THE CHILCOT REPORT IN ITS ENTIRETY AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE

A host of comedians, writers, and politicians are to stage a non-stop, live streamed reading of the Chilcot Report in its 2.6 million word entirety as part of an Edinburgh Fringe show.

Starting at 6pm on Monday 8 August, and continuing 24/7 until they reach the end, a host of Edinburgh Fringe performers, writers, and politicians plus members of the public will stage a nonstop, out loud, live streamed reading of the recently published Chilcot Report, in its 2.6 million word entirety.

Ian Rankin, Tommy Sheppard MP, Stewart Lee, Reg D Hunter, Arthur Smith, Francesca

FEEL THE MAGIC AT THE FRINGE! THE NAKED MAGICIANS Lets kick off our top picks with one of the more risque magic acts at this year’s festival, The Naked Magicians.

The Australian duo behind the world’s naughtiest magic show, Chris Wayne and Mike Tyler, are firm believers in practicing what they preach. They live by the motto “good magicians don’t need sleeves and great magicians don’t need pants” and fully earn the title of ‘great magicians’ by going completely starkers at every show.

We know what you’re thinking but no they don’t end up ‘rising to the occasion’ on stage, they’re a little too focused on the magic and told Cosmopolitan in an interview earlier this year: “We love what we do but we don’t get boners at work.”

Although the show might leave you blushing it’ll also have you in hysterics as the lads tend to rack in as many reviews for their comedy as for the magic. Catch a glimpse of their magic wands at the Pleasance Courtyard from Aug 8-15, 17-29.

STRANGERS: A MAGIC PLAY Strangers: A Magic Play is the brainchild of Joe Strickland and is a culmination of twelve

Martinez, Sean Walsh, Jo Caulfield, Simon Munnery, Tony Law, Ed Gamble, Stephen Frost, Michael Legge, Howard Read, Andy Askins, Andy Smart and many others have already volunteered to take part. The organisers have launched an appeal for more readers to sign up via iraqoutloud.com.

Iraq Out & Loud is being organised

by Fringe veterans Bob Slayer and Omid Djalili, and aims to bring the Fringe’s creative community and international audience together to discuss and reflect on the conflict and the UK’s role in it. At an approximate rate of 120 words per minute the reading is predicted to take over two

weeks to complete.

Iraq Out & Loud will take place in a garden shed, beside Bob Slayer’s Blundabus on South College Street, with two readers each hour.

Tickets to be part of the small live audience in the shed went on sale on Monday 25th July, with four seats allocated per hour. Audience members also have the opportunity to take part in the live streamed reading.

Ian Rankin said: “I was on my holidays when the Chilcot Report was published, so this is my best chance to get to read at least some of it. It’s either that or wait for the film.”

Omid Djalili said: “Has there ever been a more current and brilliant Edinburgh Fringe Festival idea?”

Bob Slayer said: “Producing this is going to be a truly mammoth undertaking, however I know I would totally regret not doing it much more than actually doing it...”

A Gofundme appeal has been set up to cover out of pocket costs for staging the reading, any additional money raised will be donated to the International Rescue Committee, which provides aid to refugees and victims of armed conflict around the world.

Magic isn’t all about plucking bunnies out of top hats and sawing glamorous assistants in half, there’s some serious talent making waves in the magic industry at the moment and thankfully many of them will be on hand to mesmerise us at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Leave any outdated misconceptions about magic at home and think more along the lines of unreal mind reading, magic woven into theatre and even full frontal nudity. With that said, here’s our picks of the top magic acts to check out at the Edinburgh Fringe: year’s worth of hard work, of experimenting with blending magic and dramatic narratives and finding a new way of incorporating magic into theatre.

Strickland has worked with a string of actors from the Nottingham New Theatre, none of which knew magic prior to being cast into the show, and has created an audience experience focusing on magic and illusion.

The play features four ‘seemingly separate’ stories about a mind reader, children’s entertainer, homeless man struggling to survive and a waiter who dreams of making it big in the music industry but each story has one element in common, you guessed it, magic. See how the four stories connect for yourself at the Space at Jury’s Inn from Aug 5-6, 8-13.

COLIN CLOUD Speaking as someone who has seen this unbelievable ‘forensic mind-reader’ in person and had the pleasure of him smelling my hands and somehow determining my job (and the fact I’d not long finished a burger) from doing so, I can vouch for Colin Cloud, being well worth seeing at this year’s Fringe.

His latest show Expose will bring the audience out onto the streets of Edinburgh to solve a mystery with him. The “hipster Sherlock Holmes” completely sold out during 2014 and 2015 so get in quick and catch him solving mysteries and probably

knowing things about you that you’d rather he didn’t at the Med Quad from 3-28 Aug.

BEN HANLIN Star of ITV2’s award-winning show Tricked, Ben Hanlin, is making his Fringe debut this year with a ‘playful, fresh show’ that’ll leave you as mind-boggled as the celebrities he usually performs for.

After starting out on YouTube under the name ‘Magic Boy’, Ben has gone on to perform all over the world and has earned countless awards. Despite his rising profile he’s still just as funny, cheeky and warm as he was back in the old ‘Magic Boy’ days and we’re sure he’ll be a hit at the Fringe where he’s performing at the Pleasance Dome from 3-28 August.

BREAKING THE MAGICIAN’S CODE For lunchtime laughs with some smartly dressed lads, head over to the Liquid Room Annexe from 6-28 Aug (except on Wednesdays), where Kane & Abel will be attempting to break every rule in the magic book passed to them by their grandfather to discover how different their lives could be.

They’ll be breaking some of the most important codes including: never reveal how a trick is done, never perform with children or animals, never borrow an object you can’t afford to replace, so obviously we’re hoping

by Courtney Hendry all hell will break loose!

THE FIRNGE’S MOST BIZARRE SHOWS 07800 834030 That’s a real phone number, that is. So, what happens when a comedienne releases their mobile number into the world and asks people to call her about… well, anything?

Miranda Kane doesn’t know yet but the likelihood of no-one calling is still very plausible, she warns prior to her first show on Saturday 6th of August. Um, right…

That said, Kane still promises an hour of warm, comedic waffle all the same and, with the possibility of some hilarious, external chit-chat from brave callers looming over, this hour-long, free-of-charge performance sounds actually pretty interesting.

4D CINEMA Unfortunately, no. This is not a performance full of 3D spectacles, squirting water and wind machines.

With a screen and a projector to frame his face in this unique and thought-provoking performance, Mamoru Iriguchi explores what is live and what is pre-recorded in television.

It explores the core concept of ‘liveness’ and what this means in the technological world, a place that is so good at blurring actual and virtual realities.

ADVENTURE QUEST Why does Princess Peach get herself into trouble so often?

Why does Super Mario have to fight that ghastly fire-breathing dragon, Bowser, and cheat death with no questions asked?

Adventure Quest is a new play based upon the old school Sierra-On-Line computer adventure games, reminiscent of Zelda and The Adventures of Super Mario. A hero is tasked with rescuing a mayor’s daughter from an evil wizard but soon he starts to question the value of the quest itself.

Set amid the backdrop of a computer game, our protagonist asks all of the right questions to, obvious, humorous effect: what did the evil wizard want with the mayor’s daughter in the first place? What exactly is the use of this giant mushroom? After all of these years, we finally meet a super hero that thinks for himself.

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT UKIP Joe Wells believes that you should treat everyone you meet with love and respect, but does that value apply to UKIP supporters? Um, no.

This award-winning production runs off the back of Wells, debut show, Night of the Living Tories. It’s an hour-long production centred around loving peoples’ politics you hate. And what could be more relevant in our lives today?

AN ACCOUNT OF SAVAGE A young girl, abandoned and forced to live in the wild, appears in a nearby town 12 years later. Being feral, she quickly becomes the talk of the town and highly interesting to medics who seek to civilise her. Doctors begin their treatments but, as the pressure to please the public starts to blind them, we apparently learn a savage thing or two about human nature. Featuring physical theatre, music and horror – oh and a touch of nudity, I should warn – this is set to be a performance of both dark and hopeful storytelling.

by Rachael Procter @rrretro___ r.procter@tsaglasgow.com

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EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 70TH YEAR As one of Edinburgh’s 12 major festivals, The International Festival is almost in its 70th year and brings together the performing arts like no other.

Originally named the International Festival of Music and Dance, the festival was initiated in the aftermath of WWII with the aim of inviting the world’s best artists and companies to perform, whatever their nationality.

Featuring different genres including dance, theatre, music and opera as well as talks and workshops, there seems no shortage of entertainment with acts new and old every year.

The Festival was founded in 1947 by Henry Harvey Wood, Rudolf Bing and an Austrian-born impresario who had fled Nazi Germany in 1934. With Edinburgh suggested as the host, this seemed a way for the capital to create a new post-war identity. In the same year, eight uninvited theatre groups turned up and performed anyway on the first day of the festival, thus unintentionally kick-starting the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and others soon followed.

The event’s founding principle was built on this idea in the hope that a world class cultural event would unite people and artists from around the world, whilst bringing significant social, cultural and economic benefits to the city and Scotland as a whole.

The festival remains committed to originality and diversity, presenting classics, world premieres, critically acclaimed works and collaborations all brought to one city for an annual meeting in August.

This year the Edinburgh International Festival takes place from 5-29 August in six of Edinburgh’s major theatres and concert halls such as the Usher Hall and Kings Theatre, as well as smaller and unconventional ones too.

The Edinburgh International Festival exists to present a wide range of performances from the world’s leading artists to as many people as possible, and almost seven decades on, they continue to do just that. It remains true to its founding principle with a myriad of astonishing performers from all over invited to the ‘festival city’.

This year showcases an award-winning

Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, a delirious version of Shakespeare from French-based theatre company Eat A Crocodile and performances from Glasgow based theatre company Vanishing Point.

The Festival also claims to exist to ‘encourage everyone to participate in the arts’ and this shines through in 2016 with Raw at the International Conference centre, a new and dynamic piece of dance theatre created by children for children, and adults too of course.

Elsewhere there is no shortage of global talent when it comes to music and dance: Vancouver based dance company Monumental collaborate with art-rock collective Godspeed You; there will be awardwinning ballet from Russian Natalia Osipova; as well as a selection of varied performances from indie-folk singers like US duo Sam Bean & Jesca Hoop, one of the UK’s most exciting and fierce bands Young Fathers, opera and countless orchestra performances and even a selection of String Quartets.

As Joyce Macmillan noted in The Scotsman: “Thanks to its festival, Edinburgh emerged onto the world stage as a ‘city of culture’ long before the phrase had ever been invented.”

by Carmela Caserta @carmelacaserta1 carmelacaserta@live.co.uk

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THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES MASTER QUEST COMES TO CLYDE AUDITORIUM IN OCTOBER

The triforce has been completed with the highly-anticipated, global concert tour of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest. The acclaimed concert will visit the Clyde Auditorium on 20th October and will regale fans with a truly unique experience from one of the most beloved game franchises ever.

Audiences can expect to experience awesome new inclusions from Tri Force Heroes the most recently released The Legend of Zelda game. Never before performed scores accompanied by new gameplay imagery, will appear for the first time ever in Master Quest, though fans will still be treated to the show’s now-classic repertoire from seasons past. Those new to Symphony of the Goddesses will also have

the opportunity to experience the beautifully orchestrated four-movement symphonic work from last season, which chronicles fanfavourite moments from the franchise’s rich and storied history, carefully and expertly timed with a gorgeous, larger than life video presentation. Journey back to the land of Hyrule with Master Quest, the next chapter in the acclaimed world tour, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses.

Master Quest is a never-before seen or heard multimedia concert experience that celebrates the beloved 29-year-old The Legend of Zelda franchise. It’s not to be missed! To view a complete tour schedule with ticketing information, tour updates and also sign up for a regularly updated digital newsletter, visit zelda-symphony.com.

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ADAM DeVINE STARS IN UPCOMING COMEDY ‘MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES’ With roles in Workaholics, the Pitch Perfect movies and Modern Family, as well as a hit stand up comedy career, there truly is an Adam DeVine for all tastes. Born in Waterloo, Iowa, DeVine started making a name for himself in comedy in 2006, when he and friends Blake Anderson, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck formed a sketchcomedy group that achieved success in the early days of YouTube.

The group launched Workaholics on Comedy Central in 2011, a sitcom about the lives of three college dropouts who work at a telemarketing company. With a sixth season airing, and a seventh on order, the show has become one of Comedy Central’s biggest hits, and it turned DeVine and his co-conspirators into household names. Also on television, DeVine’s role in Modern Family as Andy, the Pritchett-Delgado family manny, went from a bit part into a multi-season recurring guest role.

As Bumper Allen in the 2012 surprise hit musical comedy Pitch Perfect, DeVine attracted a new cadre of fans, starring alongside Anna Kendrick and Elizabeth Banks as the all-ego antagonist and head of a rival a capella group. A sequel followed in 2015, and other film roles include The Intern, The Final Girls and the upcoming Ice Age: Collision Course.

In Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates, DeVine plays Mike Stangle. The titular Mike and Dave are brothers, warned by their family to smarten-up their hard-partying ways before their sister’s wedding in Hawaii, and to bring two respectable girls as dates.

After posting an ad on Craigslist, they’re contacted by a cadre of prospective suitors, and they ultimately settle on Alice and Tatiana, whose interest in Adam and Dave extends to little more than the prospect of a free holiday on the islands.

The film is based on a true story – though the real Mike and Dave sensibly decided not to bring dates from Craigslist in the end – and was written by Andrey J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien, with Jake Szymanski behind the camera. It also stars Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza.

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“MUSICIANS AGAINST HOMELESSNESS” Alan McGee talks candidly to The Student Advertiser about his upcoming initiative: Musicians Against Homelessness. A fortnight of fund-raising gigs throughout the UK, which will see all profits go to homeless charity ‘Crisis’.

The events launch in McGee’s adopted hometown of Talgarth, mid-Wales, where John Power and Jay Lewis of Cast will kick off proceedings, alongside Willow Robinson and others.

Speaking of the initiative, the Oasis-founder says: “You don’t have to be, and we’re not trying to be, a Bob Geldof or a Bono. If you’re a band that wants to put on a gig, do it; get in touch with us, register, then just charge your mates a fiver or so, and send the money to Crisis.

If you get 10 people through the door, or 10,000, it doesn’t matter, the money will go towards helping Crisis continue the great work they do.”

The launch night was initially penciled in for Leeds O2, but East-Kilbride born McGee decided to switch that to The Tabernacle Chapel in Talgarth. McGee says: “We were planning on Leeds, and we thought about London, but Homelessness is a UK wide problem, not just the major cities. So we wanted to highlight that.”

There are currently, based on Government figures, just over a quarter million homeless throughout the UK. However, McGee doesn’t believe this is an accurate figure. The record industry executive went on to tell of his own experience of being homeless; “I was 19, Andrew Innis (of Primal Scream) and myself moved to London, but we had nowhere to live.

We were homeless, but just too fucking young and stupid to realise, we were sleeping in fucking tube stations.”

He continues; “These figures only show the numbers that the system know about, there are many more, people who the Government don’t know about. There is breakdown in relationships, when one will leave the house, sleep in their car, on a friend’s couch, these people are also homeless.

“There are people sleeping in empty buildings, who have maybe been dis-owned by their families, they need support also.

“You could probably take that figure and double it. There is a stigma attached to homelessness, where people are scared or embarrassed to ask for help. There is the stereo-type ‘junkie-on-the-street’, not everyone that is homeless takes drugs. It CAN be a gateway to it, they might take drugs to

anaesthetise themselves from the pain and pressure, I don’t condone that, not at all, but I can understand. They are down on their luck, and it’s an easy way to block-out everything that is happening to them” McGee goes on to explain that a BBC3 programme, ‘Hidden and Homeless’ hosted

by Professor Green, was a big influence on his decision to launch Musicians Against Homelessness; “It opened my eyes when I watched that, it made me go ‘Oh my God!’, watching that programme took me by surprise, it was one of the things that made me really want to do this” There will be Musicians Against Homelessness gigs throughout the UK to raise funds, with Scotland hosting events in Dundee on 1st October at The Whitehall Theatre; Edinburgh on October 21st at Electric Circus, and Glasgow on the 1st October at The Classic Grand.

Organiser of the Glasgow Event, musician Andy Welsh, says; “The homelessness situation is getting out of hand in the UK. You will see a homeless person begging on every second Street in Glasgow. While reading through the news back in April, I discovered that MAH gigs existed. I thought that the organisation was a good idea, and as I am music lover and know a lot of musicians, I thought it would be worthwhile trying to put my input in to help the cause. Hopefully we should raise a lot of money for the homeless, the artist’s on the bill have fun and everyone has a good time.”

Gary Broadhurst, director of The Classic Grand, says; “This is such a worthwhile cause, and we are honoured to be doing our little bit to help raise money and awareness for such a cause.”

Colin Syme, of ‘The Well Happy Band’ who will be performing at the Glasgow gig, adds; “I wish there wasn’t a need for such an event, but sadly there is. So we want to do what we can to help raise money. It’s a great initiative that Alan McGee has set-up, with the monies going to such a worthwhile cause” In closing, McGee says; “Look, we’re doing it this year, who knows how much we will raise.

But this might just be the start of something; we might have a few teething problems, but hopefully we can do it again next year, and raise even more money for Crisis.

“If people in the music industry can’t take time out of their day to help, then who the fuck can?”

For more information go to musiciansagainsthomelessness.net or search for “Musicians Against Homelessness” on Facebook.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT – WILL YOU BE AT THIS YEAR’S EDINBURGH’S FOODIE FESTIVAL? How does great food prepared by Michelin star and top chefs at your fingertips sound?

Pretty splendid, I know.

From the 5th to the 7th of August, Edinburgh will be celebrating all things food at the Foodie Festival this year.

An immense array of top chefs and bakers alike will be appearing all weekend at the festival, giving talks about their profession and passions, and also cook live! This all kicks off on the 5th of August at noon, when Kaori Simpson of Harajuku Kitchen will be appearing for the Chefs Theatre. Five other chefs will also be giving talks all the way through to 5pm, when the

A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE VEGANISM This month, you can take the chance to explore a different world of food – you can take a peek into what it’s like to enjoy some cuisine, with absolutely no dairy, meat, fish or any other animal by-product.

Vegans get a lot of shtick for their diet, but give it a chance and you might enjoy! No, you don’t actually have to be a vegan to just enjoy some of the cuisine. Just spread your wings, open your mouth and have fun!

On Saturday and Sunday, August 20th and 21st, Vegan Fest is coming to Charlotte Square in Edinburgh. The Roxburghe Hotel will be hosting the festival, and tickets for those interested are only £2 for adults and £1 for kids.

The Vegan Festival came to Edinburgh for the first time last year, and for its second year the hype is strong – festival organisers are predicting thousands of people to attend this year.

For vegan business owners, this is a brilliant chance to market, promote and develop.

On offer at the festival will be cakes, chocolate, hot takeaway food, make-up, clothing and even vegan cheese, among other things. There will also be a wide range of fresh, healthy produce!

This will be some good fun for vegans and non-vegans alike, who can explore all sorts of food, and realise that it’s not all just tofu and lettuce.

The Edinburgh Vegan Festival has the support of the Handmade Burger Company, who are trying to promote their vegan and vegetarian burgers, unfortunately not a lot of people know about these menu items!

Everyone in attendance at the festival will receive a two for one voucher on all vegan burgers.

There will be stalls at the festival, selling all sorts of vegan goods for everyone to enjoy.

Let your taste buds have some fun! Explore the world of veganism, get to its roots and learn something new on the weekend of the 20th of August!

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Three Sisters Bake will draw the night to a close.

The Cake & Bake Theatre has a wide range of activities starting at 11:30 in the morning, which starts Eteaket Tea Tasting.

How sophisticated! This is followed by a tutorial on how to “Taste and pair fine chocolate with beer.”

All weekend, each Cake & Bake Theatre will be ending with a chilli eating competition. Sounds hot, right? This famous challenge continues this year and spice fans can test their might. Can you beat last year’s champion, Shahina Waseem? You may as well find out. From bell peppers to the Carolina reaper, this is a chance for foodies to challenge their taste buds and maybe even win something.

Alongside the Chefs Theatre and the Cake & Bake Theatre, there will be events at the drinks theatre and the kid’s theatre.

The former offers beer tasting sessions from 11:30am (if you want to get on the sesh early) and champagne, wine and whisky master classes. The latter has a few picnics in the park for kids to enjoy!

The next two days offer exhibitions and talks just like the ones on the first day, but promises to be an exciting event, which will include Adam Handling, Great British Menu 2016 star, sharing summer recipes and cooking tips.

This weekend doesn’t just end with food, of course. Local bands will compete at the festival to win the Unsigned Music Awards. Come along and listen to the music – you may be listening to a future star! There will also be a 1920’s tent with a grand piano and mirror bar, sponsored by estate agents and solicitors Simpson and Marwick.

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Edinburgh is excited to be entering its second decade of hosting the Foodie Festival, as this is its 11th year running.

The record breaking 10th festival last year welcomed around 38,000 visitors. To truly celebrate food and drink this year, the festival is showcasing a whole host of new events and brilliant chefs from all over Scotland.

There will be something for everyone this year – see for yourself! Jump down Street Food Avenue and see a feast of international flavours and delicacies. Food from all over the world will be showcased and you won’t be leaving feeling the slightest bit peckish. A spotlight will be shining on Brazilian street food in particular, to celebrate the Olympics being hosted in Rio. There’s going to be something for you old souls too at the New Vintage Tea Room and Cake, Bake and Tasting Theatre. You can enjoy afternoon tea in a beautifully decorated, old fashioned tea room with a selection of scones, jams, and finger

sandwiches, served on china from a tea trolley!

Children will have the opportunity to get interested in cooking early on at the Children’s Cookery School. Again, for this year’s Olympics, mini foodies can have lots of fun with their own gold medals for icing, and attend pizza and cupcake making lessons.

Where was this stuff when I was a kid?

A three day adult ticket is £20, but you can go VIP for an extra £18 and get a glass of bubbly on your red carpet welcome!

Kids under 12 go free to the festival when accompanied by an adult.

This winter, there will be a second Foodie Festival in Edinburgh, likely to showcase more wintry foods.

This is an amazing opportunity to explore food if you’re a bit fussy, and a chance for foodies to have a great time. With something for everyone – music, food, drinks – there is no doubt that Edinburgh’s 11th Foodie Festival will go down a treat (get it?) and there will be many more to come in the future.

Kimchi Cult 14 Chancellor St

Go back in time a few years in Scotland and you’d struggle to find a place that sold Kimchi but now there’s a growing number of Korean eateries and pop-ups selling the stuff.

But what is Kimchi exactly? Well, it’s a potent mix of seasoned, spiced vegetables (mainly cabbage and radish) which is traditionally stored underground in summer and left to ferment until winter when the pungent dish is taken out and eaten but of course nowadays it’s eaten all year round.

Kimchi Cult began life at farmer’s markets

in Glasgow before finding permanent premises just off Byres Road in the west-end of Glasgow. We popped along to the dinky sit-in, which seats a maximum of 10, to see just how authentic the Kimchi is.

Of course, it’s not just Kimchi they sell but it’s an important part of what they sell, with the delicacy working its way into burger toppings and even being incorporated into their fries. If you like garlic, chilli and ginger – when eaten together that is – then you’ll probably be into Kimchi.

The Kimchi is sweet, tangy but also spicy, as much of Korean cookery is, as Mr Foodie

found out when he visited Seoul as part of a trip around Asia in 2011 – funnily enough the same year that Kimchi Cult started!

On our visit to KC we ate pork belly bao, pork in a bun with pickled cucumber, hoisin and sriracha sauce, served with a side of Kimchi of course!

2 lots of spicy chicken thighs, a portion or two with a soy glaze and another pair coated in gochujang sauce (a mx of red chilli, rice, fermented soybeans and salt).

With so much protein we then hit the cheesy Kimchi fries which is the first time we’ve come across that particular combo!

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KAORI SIMPSON FROM HARAJUKU KITCHEN

Coming from four generations of chefs, Kaori Simpson went back to her roots, ditching politics and going back into the kitchen. Since going back to cooking, she has opened an authentic Japanese restaurant in Edinburgh with poultry farmer Richard Lumgair, an admirer of Japanese cuisine. So, the restaurant has been open for a few years now, and Kaori told us about her love for cooking that’s been with her since childhood and her wonderful restaurant. Kaori Simpson will be at this year’s Foodies Festival where she will showcase her skills and share insight into this year’s food trends while answering questions from the audience.

TELL US ABOUT THE SUSHI MAKING CLASSES YOU’VE STARTED OFFERING – HOW MANY PEOPLE USUALLY ATTEND THEM? DO YOU SEE REGULARS COMING BACK FOR MULTIPLE CLASSES? We began the sushi classes about a year ago as there was a demand from customers who wanted to learn the art of sushi. We have one or two regulars, most of the customers are pretty much happy when they learn the basics of sushi. We would love to do a higher-level sushi class when they are satisfied with the beginner’s session.

DO YOU FIND MANY PEOPLE STRUGGLE WHEN IT FIRST COMES TO MAKING SUSHI, OR IS IT FAIRLY EASY TO LEARN? Most of the customers are sushi lovers and so have a good idea of how it works, so they are pretty good at making the sushi when they get into it.

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HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF EXPANDING YOUR CLASSES, AND TEACHING PEOPLE OTHER TYPES OF JAPANESE CUISINE? Yes we are thinking about doing so. We’d love to have private events for lunchtime once the busy festival’s over!

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Bimbibap next, a huge rice-based dish with seaweed, Kimchi, gochujang and a raw egg which is cracked into and whisked into the steaming bowl was up next but we couldn’t finish it but don’t worry if you order too much food as they will happily give you a doggy bag.

We loved Kimchi Cult, the food is great, seems to be authentic and is pretty affordable. Gluten-free and vegetarian options are available but bear in mind that they do not take bookings, though they do takeaway if you can’t get a seat, also, there’s no toilet.

TSA’s guest contributors, Foodie Explorers, started blogging way back in 2007 and cover all things concerning food and drink in Glasgow along with sharing stories of their travelling adventures.

They definitely know their stuff when it comes to Glasgow’s foodie scene and we couldn’t think of a better pair to ask for advice in seeking some of the best joints in town.

Know of a food, drink or travel story Mark and Emma should know about? Send them an email – contact@foodanddrinkglasgow. co.uk or check out their blog www. foodanddrinkglasgow.co.uk

BEFORE YOU MADE YOUR RETURN TO THE COOKING WORLD, WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO STUDY POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS? I worked as Assistant Director for the Japanese national TV – Asahi TV. There, I worked with political team and news anchorman and followed lots of international events, such as APEC and ASEAN. At that time, my hunger for Political knowledge grew and so I decided to study in UK. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO REALISE YOUR HEART BELONGED IN COOKING, NOT IN POLITICS? After graduation, I landed on my dream job – which was in the charity sector, working for women and children in the world. However, after a few years I realised that I was happier cooking than working for a charity organisation – which I thought strange as I love charity – but I’m happier working as a volunteer than working for a charity organization.

HOW MUCH OF HARAJUKU KITCHEN’S MENU DID YOU CREATE YOURSELF? Most of the recipes and flavours come from my family’s restaurant recipes – however, I amalgamate my own style and add new ingredients to the recipes – so there is a twist and this represents the old and new generation.

APART FROM AROUND CHRISTMAS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER OCCASIONS IN THE YEAR IN WHICH YOU CHANGE YOUR MENU? I do make special New Year’s food nearer to Christmas time. I like to make special bento boxes on Valentines and mother’s day, too.

DO YOU THINK HARAJUKU KITCHEN WILL EVER EXPAND INTO OTHER AREAS OF EDINBURGH, TO GLASGOW, OR BEYOND? You never know; as long as there is a demand we will be there!

DO YOU TAKE MUCH INSPIRATION IN YOUR WORK IN THE RESTAURANT FROM YOUR GRANDFATHER? Yes a lot of zen – calmness, strength and boldness. Just like my samurai great grand father.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DISH IN YOUR RESTAURANT? My favourite is simply tempura and I eat them with hot steamed rice! Yummy!

DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR YOUR PEOPLE CONSIDERING A CAREER IN COOKING? As long as you have the taste for food, enthusiasm and love making it, go for it!

IF YOU COULD TALK TO A YOUNGER YOU, PERHAPS YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAD JUST BEGAN STUDYING POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOURSELF? I would just let her do what ever she wants to do.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE FOR HARAJUKU KITCHEN? Not yet but I will let you know!

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WHAT’S ON

IN THE KNOW WHAT’S ON IN AUGUST

CORONATION STREET TOUR AT SECC OPEN AIR CINEMA AT BOTANIC GARDENS Fingers crossed the rain stays off for a couple of days at least this August so we can make the most of the free screenings at the Botanic Gardens, courtesy of Visit West End on 18 and 19 Aug. The public will get to choose which films are screened with old cinema being the theme of the Thursday event (choose between Casablanca, Breakfast at Tiffany’s,

After a massively successful run in Manchester last year, Coronation Street On Tour is coming to Glasgow and will offer Corrie fans the chance to explore favourites like the Rovers Return and Roy’s Rolls, along

with checking out the other sets, props, costumes and memorabilia. The event will premiere at the SECC from 27 Aug – 1 Jan 2017.

Some Like It Hot and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ) and modern classics on the Friday (choose either Ghostbusters, The Goonies, Raiders of The Lost Ark, Back To The Future or Indiana Jones.

Whilst the event is free, it’s also capped at 500 people (including staff), so get down early and bring a blanket or sun chair for seating.

IGNITION FESTIVAL OF MOTORING

GLASGOW FILM & COMIC CON

If you’re a fan of all things motoring then this will be right up your street. The creators of Top Gear Live have created a brand new event with a specially constructed street track at SECC for the Ignition: Festival of Motoring.

Taking place between 5-7 Aug, features include a live action zone, appearances from David Coulthard, some of Europe’s top drifters from Team Japspeed and the Red Bull Racing Formula One Team, plus the chance to view displays of classic cars, super cars, rally cars and motorbikes.

Guests including Grado, Colin Baker and James Marsters will all be on hand for photos and autographs at the Glasgow Film & Comic Con over the weekend of Sat 20 and Sun 21 August at Breahead Arena.

Along with more of your favourite stars from TV, Film and Comics there will also be a whole host of activities includin. panels and hundreds of stalls full of TV and Film memorabilia to browse.

PIPING LIVE! STREETRAVE SUMMER ALL DAYER After the success of their event last summer at SWG3, STREETrave are back on 6 August with another 12 hours worth of summer vibes. From 2pm-2am at SWG3 you can hear live acts like Adeva, N-Joi and FPI Project along with DJs including Seb Fontaine, Bob Jeffries, Rab Sinclair and a very special guest, Lenny Dee.

Over 50,000 music fans travel to Glasgow annually for Piping Live! – a week long celebration of bagpipes and traditional music.

Over 8,000 performers feature in more than 200 events in various locations around the city.

This year’s festival takes place from 8-14 Aug and will be headlined by the globally-famous Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Other events include The Masters Solo Piping Competition, the International Quartet Competition, Piping Live!

Presents A Summer Session with Glasgow Gin Club and Ross Ainslie, Ali Hutton and Friends.

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All the best events taking place in Glasgow and Edinburgh this August...

THE 2016 ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO Held every year during Edinburgh’s worldfamous summer festivals, the Edinburgh Tattoo is one of the most spectacular shows in the world, attracting visitors from across the globe to witness almost 1,000 musicians, pipers,

drummers, singers and dancers perform at the Edinburgh Tattoo on the Esplanade. It’s something everyone should see at least once in their lifetime and tickets are still on sale for performances between 4-27 August.

REAL MARY KING’S CLOSE Respected for being one of the best tourist attractions in Edinburgh, Real Mary King’s Close have a whole new late night tour experience launching this month to coincide with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

From 5-28 August, Condemned will offer a unique insight into Edinburgh’s fascinating history with witches and witchcraft and tells the stories of the infamous accomplices and

STANDARD LIFE OPENING EVENT: DEEP TIME

HOT DUB TIME MACHINE

We’re quite sure you’ve seen Edinburgh Castle at least once or twice before but are you ready to see it as you’ve never seen it before? The Standard Life Opening Event: Deep Time will take place on 7 August and is part of the Edinburgh International Festival.

It will transport you through 350 million years of Edinburgh’s history using emotional storytelling, trailblazing technology and narrative drama with deep, emotional music from Mogwai at this outdoor public artwork event at the castle terrace arena.

The world’s first time travelling dance party is heading back to the Fringe for the fifth year with five dates this August at the massive Edinburgh Corn Exchange to play the best music of the last 60 years. From the Beatles to Beyoncé it’s no wonder this epic party always sells out, there’s literally something for everyone. Head to page 24 for more info about the events.

VIRGIN MONEY FIREWORKS CONCERT

EDINBURGH’S AFFORDABLE VINTAGE WEEKEND

The 2016 Edinburgh International Festival will finish with a spectacular event on 29 August that combines orchestral music from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and amazing pyrotechnics. The event will be specially choreographed by international fireworks artists Pyrovision to add a special element to the musical experience. Tickets are still on sale, starting at £13.50.

The Out of The Blue Drill Hall in Leith is set to be full of vintage delights this August as Judy’s vintage fair returns to the city with over 30 stalls packed with classic, unique and trend-led vintage fashion, accessories and homewares from the 1940s-1990s and it’s all obviously affordable. It’s just £3 entry for both days or £2 entry per day and takes places Sat 6th and Sun 7th August.

opponents from that time.

The tour will explore how the lives of the inhabitants of Real Mary King’s Close and how they were implicated in crimes relating to witchcraft and the fate that befell them.

The tour kicks off at 10.30pm and advanced booking is recommended, admission is £17.50.

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GLASGOW SUMMER SESSIONS As summer comes to a close and we begin to say our goodbyes to the good weather (not that there’s much of it), the people of Glasgow welcome the highly anticipated Summer Sessions with open arms! The annual festival takes place at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow every August and continuously brings outstanding artists to the stage, with the likes of Eminem, Calvin Harris and The Killers rocking the stage in previous years the expectations for this year’s line-up are high and rest assured, Bellahouston’s upcoming concerts will not disappoint!

Headlining the first night of the two-day music extravaganza is Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, the band will play their biggest headlining show in Scotland to a massive crowd on the 26th of August.

Fans can expect to hear the tracks from the band’s latest award-winning album Chasing Yesterday and other hits like ‘What a Life’ and ‘In the Heat of the Moment’ as well as iconic songs from Noel’s Oasis years that’s sure to be crowd pleasers. Noel and his High Flying Birds are no strangers to a large Scottish crowd after bringing this year’s T in the Park to a close and if that performance was anything to go by, Glasgow Summer Sessions is set for a ground-breaking kick off!

Closing the Summer Sessions will

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be our home-grown rockers Biffy Clyro on the 27th, rallying their loyal fans to a Glasgow stage for the first time since their three night sell out performance at the Barrowlands in 2014. With the debut of their new album Ellipsis last month we can be sure to hear new material as well as favourites such as ‘Many of Horror’ and ‘That Golden Rule’, delivered with the ferocious energy seen in what can only be described as a trailblazing production from their performance at 2014’s T in the Park.

The Biffy boys have promised to give us all ‘a night we’ll never forget!!’ that’s sure to have the whole crowd chanting their war cry ‘Mon The Biff!’ all night long!

Of course both bands can’t be expected to take the stage without the crowd being warmed up for them and yet again the organisers at Summer Sessions have not disappointed! Special guests such as The Verve’s former frontman Richard Ashcroft and indie-rockers Circa Waves will be riling up the crowd for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds on the Friday with further additions to the line-up to be announced in the next few weeks. In keeping with the high calibre of support acts from the night before, the Saturday event will see the Biffy Boys follow an adrenaline filled performance from their iconic American brothers Fall Out Boy with electric-grunge rockers Wolf Alice and Cage the Elephant entertaining the crowd throughout the day.

It’s safe to say, anyone attending this year’s Summer Sessions at Bellahouston will have a day and night filled with iconic songs, legendary artists and a great Scottish atmosphere to embrace! With a line up like this, you do not want to miss out either!

Tickets for this year’s Summer Sessions are on sale at www.glasgowsummersessions. com or by phoning 08444 999 990.

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AUGUST 2016, ISSUE 24 Wolf Alice are a band who, despite them being relatively young, have proven themselves to be a force to be reckoned with. A band who can consistently defy expectations and heave through critical blitzkrieg – it’s a trait which few bands seem to share lately. But this is what make them special. You don’t expect to be a huge fan when you first listen to their tunes, but they stay with you and the moment you find yourself involuntarily humming to ‘My Love Is Cool’ or the chilled-out monster ‘Bros’ slithers up your spine and catches you off guard. That’s when you know you can’t get enough of them. Perhaps this is the true test of what makes a band great, the ones you don’t expect to love but suddenly they consume your Spotify playlists, YouTube suggestions and Twitter feeds. Addictive, this is the one word which describes Wolf Alice.

We spoke to vocalist Ellie Rowsell ahead of their set at Summer Sessions 2016, about the upcoming festival, it’s line-up and a bit about how the band are getting on with the new record: SO YOU’RE GEARING UP FOR GLASGOW’S BIGGEST MUSIC FESTIVAL, SUMMER SESSIONS, WITH BIFFY CLYRO, CAGE THE ELEPHANT AND FALL OUT BOY. WHAT A LINE-UP! AS A SEASONED FESTIVAL BAND, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST? It’s a huge honour to be invited to play Biffy’s hometown with them, we love playing in Glasgow so this should be a really fun night!

IT’S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR’S LINE-UP IS AMAZING, TO SAY THE LEAST. HAVE YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET ANY OF THE OTHER BANDS? I briefly met Biffy Clyro at a festival but it was a fleeting introduction. Hopefully we can have a couple of lagers this time.

WE CAN IMAGINE YOU’RE SO READY TO PLAY SUMMER SESSIONS; WHO ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING ALONGSIDE? It will be great to play alongside all the bands.

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ENOUGH OF THE FESTIVAL FOR NOW. EARLIER IN JULY YOU SPOKE TO THE NME BEFORE YOU PLAYED BRITISH SUMMERTIME FESTIVAL ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF YOUR NEW ALBUM. YOU SAID AT THE TIME THAT THE SONGS WERE STILL “AT TOO FORMATIVE A STAGE TO HAVE FIGURED OUT ANY THEMES YET”. HOW’S THE PROCESS GOING NOW? WE’RE ALL SO EAGER TO HEAR NEW STUFF FROM YOU GUYS!

It’s still pretty much in the same position. We are going to make some demos in the coming weeks as the four of us, so perhaps things will be clearer after that. For now, I can say things are exciting.

WE SPOKE A FEW MONTHS BACK, PARTLY ABOUT HOW YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING TO A GLASGOW CROWD, AND THE GIG WAS FANTASTIC. HAVE YOU MISSED GLASGOW? Yeah we had a wonderful time at Barrowlands; it’s one of our favourite venues so we are eager to return.

ALSO WHEN WE LAST SPOKE, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE ALL ADJUSTING TO PLAYING LIVE WITH ALL THE EXTRA KIT AND WITH NO BACKING TRACKS, JUST DOING IT ALL DIY-STYLE. HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU’VE PROGRESSED SINCE THEN AS A BAND? Yes, we’ve been playing these songs for a while now and are confident in our set. It will be exciting and challenging to start introducing new music in to our live shows next year.

SO WE LOVE FESTIVALS HERE IN SCOTLAND, SOME OF THE VERY BEST IN THE WORLD ARE HERE EVERY YEAR. AS A BAND WHO HAVE PLAYED FESTIVALS ACROSS THE WORLD, MOST RECENTLY NOS ALIVE IN PORTUGAL, WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE FESTIVAL TO PLAY? I think the crowd in Reading is always good fun, and I really liked playing Benicassim and Latitude, and NOS Alive as well.

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REGULAR SUMMER NIGHTS Following a stunning 2015 run, the Glagsow Summer Nights will be in full swing this August with intimate shows at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Bandstand. Starting August 4th and finishing on the 14th the festival promises to entertain and intoxicate music lovers in the heart of Glasgow’s swanky West End. Do not fret however, the locale of this fantastic show isn’t just for those with trimmed beards, vintage denim jackets and the ability to quote obscure Vice articles in any opportunity they get the chance to. It’s for music lovers with a passion for their city as well as decent cider. It’s a chance for you and your mates to come see some shows where the bouncers outside aren’t horrible and no one spills a plastic cup of Jack & Coke down you.

So why come to the festival? What’s actually on?

Well for a start it opens with the award winning Irishman Van Morrison on Thursday the 4th as well as the stellar Idlewild the day after. But if those aren’t enough to hook you then the following week sees the bar raised, offering the talents of Tom Jones, Will Young and on Thursday 11th music-royalty Primal Scream take the stage and bring their patented neo-psychadelia to the lush scenery of Kelvingrove. What’s more the music students of Glasgow Kelvin College’s very own label, Electric Honey will have their very own day on Friday the 12th!

Mark Mackie of Regular Music said: ‘We are delighted to be returning to the Kelvingrove Bandstand for the third year, bringing with us such a varied selection of world class performers to this truly unique setting right in the heart of Glasgow.’

Replacing Magners as Summer Nights’ sponsor is Birra Moretti, signed up for the next three years. The Birra Moretti Village will offer up fine beers along with a selection of Italian street food to help relax and soak up the atmosphere. Gates will open each night at 6.30pm.

Summer won’t last forever, Scotland knows this better than most, so make the most of your time off and get down to this one of a kind festival right in the heart of the city. We guarantee you won’t regret it!

FULL LINEUP AS FOLLOWS: THU 4 AUG – VAN MORRISON FRI 5 AUG – IDLEWILD AND C DUNCAN PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

SAT 6 AUG – SUPER FURRY ANIMALS PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

SUN 7 AUG – LLOYD COLE AND THE LEOPARDS, JUSTIN CURRIE AND THE PALLBEARERS THU 11 AUG – PRIMAL SCREAM PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

FRI 12 AUG – ELECTRIC HONEY SESSIONS SAT 13 AUG – EDDI READER AND FRIENDS, PLUS SPECIAL GUEST KRIS DREVER

SUN 14 AUG – WILL YOUNG PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

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Formed in 1995, Idlewild are still making music with their latest album, Everything Ever Written. The five piece alt rock band from Edinburgh have had various members over the years but right now, Idlewild comprises of Roddy Woomble, lead vocalist, Rod Jones, lead guitarist, Colin Newton, drummer, Andrew Mitchell, the bassist and Luciano Rossi on the keyboard. Having gone into hiatus in 2010 the band came back in 2013 to start recording again.

We caught up with lead vocalist Roddy Woomble to chat about IDLEWILD’s upcoming slot at Regular Music present Summer Nights, what’s next for the band and their favourite things about our great cities!

YOU PLAY REGULAR MUSIC SUMMER NIGHTS THIS MONTH, PLAYING A SET ON THE KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND. ARE YOU EXCITED TO GET ON THE STAGE AND GET GIGGING?

YOU’VE GOT A FEW DATES COMING UP TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH AND AUGUST/SEPTEMBER, SO DO YOU ALL STILL FEEL LIKE IT’S A HOLIDAY?

WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE BAND?

It is always good to play concerts in front of an audience. Kelvingrove bandstand is an iconic Scottish venue, so yes I’m excited.

Touring feels different every time. Now that we’re older we get something different out of it than what we did when we were 21. Travelling and playing music with your friends is a good thing to be doing with your time though – at any age.

MAGNERS SUMMER NIGHTS IS A FANTASTIC FESTIVAL WITH SOME EVEN MORE FANTASTIC ACTS LINED UP LIKE JAMES FOR EXAMPLE. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE INCLUDED IN SUCH AN OCCASION?

RODDY, YOURSELF AND ROD HAVE BOTH BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER SOLO PROJECTS, HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN YOU COME BACK TOGETHER TO PERFORM AS IDLEWILD? IS IT ALWAYS EXCITING TO PERFORM TOGETHER AGAIN? Idlewild is our main focus, our life’s work if you will, so it always feels worthwhile.

Rod and I are only parts of the band though. Idlewild has always operated as a collective. We have had a few different members over the years who have all brought something unique to the group.

With Andrew and Lucci the band is sounding more interesting than ever.

HAVE YOUR SOLO RECORDS AFFECTED YOUR SOUND AS A BAND AND HOW YOU PLAY TOGETHER? Not really no, they are quite separate things, and musically quite different also.

YOU PREVIOUSLY TOURED YEARS AGO AS “LIKE GOING ON HOLIDAY WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS”, AND

YOU’RE A BAND BRED IN EDINBURGH BUT YOU’RE MORE THAN EXPERIENCED IN PERFORMING WITH DIFFERENT CROWDS. WHAT, IF ANY, DIFFERENCES ARE THERE BETWEEN A GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH CROWD? Glasgow has always been much more of a musical city with better venues and crowds. That’s not to put Edinburgh down – it is a marvellous place with lots of its own unique strengths! I like them equally but would generally rather play in Glasgow if I had the choice – better venues – Barrowlands, ABC, Oran Mor etc. – that said, the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh is great.

YOU’RE A PRETTY POPULAR BAND TO SAY THE LEAST, MARKED AS ONE OF SCOTLAND’S BEST AND BRIGHTEST. AFTER A SHORT HIATUS BEFORE YOUR LATEST ALBUM IT’S SAFE TO SAY YOU WERE BADLY MISSED!

We’re making a new record which will be out next year. We started recording it recently in Los Angeles.

Like I say we’re all excited to play at the Kelvingrove bandstand. C Duncan are opening for us also, and they are a fantastic band.

YOU HAVE A DEVOTED FOLLOWING FROM SCOTLAND’S GREATEST CITIES AND WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF YOU GUYS! TELL US YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH? Both places are full of memories for me and often I just like to wander around – particularly Edinburgh, or the west end of Glasgow, where I lived for many years.

Stravaigin and Cottiers are two favourite west end pubs. In Edinburgh I normally hang out at Rod’s local down in Leith – Nobles or at the Scottish poetry library or the Film House. During the festival Edinburgh is an exciting place to be. I was a student in Edinburgh so festival time was always the social highlight of the year. We never went to bed.

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ELECTRIC HONEY SESSIONS RETURNS WITH SUMMER NIGHTS Regular music presents Summer Nights isn’t just a big deal for Glasgow, it’s also a big deal for the Music Business students at Glasgow Kelvin College – who have only managed to bag themselves an entire day in the festival!

If last year’s success is anything to go by then this is a sure-fire powerhouse of a night and a real highlight of what has culminated to be a fantastic festival already. Success is something Electric Honey have in spades, having worked with the likes of Biffy Clyro, Belle and Sebastian, Snow Patrol and more, spanning across a twenty-year long history making them one of the world’s best student record labels out there.

“THE MOST SUCCESSFUL STUDENT-RUN LABEL IN THE WORLD” Uncut Magazine

The operating force behind the hugely successful Electric Honey label will be hosting their line-up Friday 12th August, in the form of Electric Honey Sessions, a one night event being put on by the

much respected student record label and will see sets from HECTOR BIZERK,

COLONEL MUSTARD AND THE DIJON 5 PRONTO MAMA, BE CHARLOTTE THE SUNSHINE SOCIAL MICKEY 9s and THE CLARAMASSA. Speaking of Electric Honey’s debut at the iconic Kelvingrove bandstand last year, Ravechild described the event as ‘…a fantastic night and a great showcase of musical talent; here’s to many more years of great Scottish music being played in the great Scottish outdoors’.

The students are delighted to have a spot in Regular Music’s Summer Nights alongside other internationally acclaimed artists such as Primal Scream, Van Morrison and Super Furry Animals.

Summer Nights has shaped up to be a one of a kind festival. It’s a chance to come along and support an independently run student label with a history of great gigs in its back pocket. as well as fill your boots with booze and grub while being drowned in some fantastic music amidst the backdrop of Glasgow’s hipest area.

You’d be daft to miss it.

by Conor Tollan Twitter:

@Mr_ConorTollan9 c.tollan@tsaglasgow.com

THE BOY WITH THE LION HEAD RELEASE NEW EP WITH HEADLINE SHOW AT BLOC+ IN AUGUST Hawick band ‘The Boy with the Lion Head’ are releasing their new EP Everything is Temporary with headline shows at BLOC+ – (August 17th) and The Electric Circus – (August 18th) to celebrate the launch.

Last year the band released a self recorded acoustic EP The Ebb and Flow. So far in 2016 they have supported JR Green as part of the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow and Man of Moon for their (everyone was there) EP launch at King Tuts in May. Speaking to singer David Reid just after its launch he explained that the initial idea behind the EP was to capture their live sound but soon the recorded tacks

dovetailed to influence the gigs. The live feel is still present, sound is lush and atmospheric and sounding a decent few miles away from DIY despite being recorded in the guitarists bedroom. Always good to keep a friend with a masters in sound engineering handy.

On the surface The Frightened Rabbit comparisons are inevitable but repeat listens reveal a subtlety and elegance all of their own. “This is a Battlefield’ might just be the stand out track, head over to the Bandcamp for a wee listen yourself.

“Everything is Temporary is out on iTunes and Spotify from the 19th August and their shiny new cardboard sleeved limited edition CDs in are available now on their Bandcamp page. Fill your boots!

We caught up with Caitlin and Chris from euro-euphoric electro rock band Claramassa before their gig at Kelvingrove Bandstand on 12th August.

SO YOU’RE PLAYING THE ELECTRIC HONEY GIG AT THE KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND AND BELLADRUM, HOW’S THE PREPARATIONS ALL GOING FOR THOSE? Prep and rehearsals are going well.

We’ve spent the last month in the studio with our eyes closed imagining playing to these crowds and there is a lot of excitement in the air.

WILL THEY BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GIG FOR YOU OR JUST APPROACHING IT AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER? These gigs are a bit different and special to us in that they could provide us with a whole new audience who will listen to, and hopefully enjoy our music. We’re used to putting on our own shows, performing for our friends and family, so to be afforded the opportunity to play at these established events is a game changer for us.

ENJOYING THE TRACKS ON YOUR SOUNDCLOUD, CAN YOU TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR SOUND AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT? Everyone in The Claramassa has an eclectic taste in music so we all throw a lot of ideas into our songs. However, we have such admiration for the artists

and genres that inspire us. We try not to sound like any one of them, which has left us with an unusual hybrid sound. When people hear us they can’t immediately say we sound like this band and that artist stuck together. It takes them a while to figure us out.

INFLUENCES/ DREAM COLLABORATIONS? Our dream collaborations would be with, Elizabeth Fraser from the Cocteau twins, the Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan or David Byrne from Talking Heads. All these bands have made albums that have influenced us and our music. Albums that we all love and all agree are brilliant, which is hard to do since there’s six of us. The Blue Nile especially because their songs come straight out from the streets of Glasgow. Treasure, Heaven Or Las Vegas, Hats, A Walk Across Rooftops and Remain In Light are some of our favourites.

WHAT’S YOUR THOUGHTS ON ELECTRIC HONEY IT’S HISTORY AND SUPPORT, ALL THAT THAT BRINGS TO THE BAND? We think Electric Honey are an essential part of Scotland’s music scene, both for the work they do now and their known history. They take up and coming bands/ artists and provide support, info, access and exposure, all the necessary things that a band need when trying to get noticed. We realise how lucky we are that we have their backing and hope we can be as successful as the bands they have already helped.

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COLONEL MUSTARD AND THE DIJON 5 If there’s one thing Scotland can offer, it’s a great gig. The atmosphere, the people, the venues our little country have to offer are second to none, but they wouldn’t be worth anything without the amazing music, and the artists who make it.

Here we, here we, here we go with five Scottish bands and artists you have to know about.

“I can tell you what makes us stand out from most other bands, Scottish or otherwise,” said Chinely Biggins, who is the bass generator for Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5, “It’s the fact we genuinely want to have a good time by creating an environment for people to have a good time and we are willing to invest our money, labour, blood, sweat and tears to make that happen. The vibe from that is infectious.”

Pioneers of the Yellow Movement, a collection of bands devoted to happiness and basically a mini festival in itself, Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5 is the feeling of joy in the form of music.

Recently, they’ve been absolutely everywhere. The likes of Mugstock, Eden Festival, Hootenany in Inverness and many other venues and festivals have had their presences graced by these rock and roll

legends.

Mortimer Chester Winthrope, who plays guitar for the band, says, “We are all about fun and we don’t take ourselves seriously.”

This year you can catch this exciting act at Lindisfarne Festival in September, Electric Fields Festival and Party at the Palace in August.

Greg Vanilla Johnson, the trombone player, said, “What makes us stand out is that we wear so much fucking yellow and reflective disco clothing we are practically fluorescent.”

This five piece alternative band hails from East Kilbride and has been about since 2014. This year, the Lapelles rocked the T Break Stage at T in the Park, and the past few months they’ve been playing all around Glasgow, too.

HONEYBLOOD This punk rock and roll all girl duo is just everything you need, musically. Nothing seems to be missing despite the fact this act only has two members – Cat Myers on drums and vocals and Stina Marie Claire Tweeddale on guitar and vocals.

record label signed them soon after they caught the sights of Honeyblood, and since 2014 the band has released an album and the second one is on its way. They’ve gotten off to a good start, though, with NME giving their debut album Honeyblood a 9/10.

Originally, this powerful pair was made of Tweeddale and Shona McVicar, who was originally the drummer and vocalist. In 2014, however, she left to chase down different dreams. Back in 2012, when the act was first created, the dyad considered bringing in other members and forming a full band, but realised their sound wasn’t actually missing anything.

Although Honeyblood was their first album, we have to give Thriftshop an honourable mention – this was a cassette that was recorded in a bathroom with a single microphone, and is made of two songs; ‘The Girl on my Left’ and ‘No Spare Key’. These girls don’t need nobody else – their music is full sounding and simply brilliant.

These two drew the attention of FatCat records after their second gig ever! The

Both Tweeddale and Myers hail from Edinburgh, but they’re coming to Glasgow this September!

IDLEWILD

THE LAPELLES The Lapelles is catching the attention of some big names, including Chloe Grace Moretz, who praised the vibes that the band gave out in their music. They also opened for a little band called The Last Shadow Puppets, who only has Alex god damn Turner from the Arctic Monkeys in it.

Electric Fields are going to be lit up by the band this month, and this act is clearly going places. The Lapelles started small and is made of just five young men, but have launched themselves forward powerfully – you can expect to hear quite a bit from them now.

NME named their song Grab Life By New Music of the Day, hailing it as, simply, “massive.”

Catch these lads this year at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival this month, and Tenement Trail later this year.

STEVE GROZIER

This one’s been about for a while – formed in 1995, Idlewild is still making music with their latest album, Everything Ever Written, coming out last year.

Idlewild is a five piece alternative rock band hailing from Edinburgh and has had various members over the years. Right now, Idlewild comprises of Roody Woomble, the lead vocalist, Rod Jones, lead guitarist, Colin Newton, the drummer, Andrew Mitchell, the bassist and Luciano Rossi on the keyboard.

The likes of Gavin Fox, who is the bassist for Corcerto for Constantine, and Allan Stewart,

the bassist for Holy Mountain, used to be in Idlewild. Woomble, Jones and Newton have been in the band since its beginning.

This band went into indefinite hiatus in 2010 but fortunately came back in 2013 to start recording again.

I will say that their most recent album is a little bit more indie than their older music, but regardless, sounds great! An absolute pleasure to listen to.

This month, Idlewild will be playing Summer Nights at the Bandstand. You can check out their interview on page 20.

Glasgow based singer-songwriter Steve Grozier is due to release his debut EP Take My Leave on Friday 2nd September, with single “Drink Before Dawn” on sale now.

To support the EP release Grozier will be holding a launch party on Thursday 1st September at The Hug and Pint, Glasgow Best known for his solo career and as a member of alt country band Low Winter Sun. A familiar on the festival circuit, his appearances have included Celtic Connections, Edenfest, and Butefest, alongside well established Scottish venues, King Tuts, Hug and Pint, and Classic Grand.

Having returned to the Glasgow music scene following a long hiatus, Grozier has quickly become recognised as one to watch with Glasgow’s New Hellfire Club likening him to an early Bob Dylan:“This is a man who not only knows how to write a damn fine song, but knows how to sing it exactly as it should be sung too” – NHC

by Holly Fleming Twitter:

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h.fleming@tsaglasgow.com

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August PICK OF THE MONTH It’s no great secret that Scotland’s music scene is a thing to be proud of. So we here at TSA have teamed up with Scotland’s very own New Hellfire Club to bring you a monthly pick of who we think are doing epically well right now. Keep your eyes out for these up and coming bands. This is TSA and New Hellfire Club’s ‘Pick of the Month’.

BELTUR RIGHT THEN, BELTUR! HELLO THERE AND CHEERS FOR TAKING PART IN THIS MONTH’S POTM. WE AT NHC HAVE OBVIOUSLY KNOWN YOU GUYS FOR A WEE WHILE NOW (FEELS LIKE FOREVER...) SO TO START YOU OFF EASY, WE ALWAYS ASK ‘WHAT’S IN A NAME’? (AND WE LIKE TO LOOK ALL THOUGHTFUL AS WE DO IT) SO TELL US, WHAT ACTUALLY IS IN THE NAME? WAS IT JUST A DRUNKEN IDEA YOU CAME UP WITH ON THE TAIL END OF A MENTAL SATURDAY NIGHT? A band name is basically what becomes synonymous with the whole image and sound of the music you are trying to portray. We came up with the name ‘belter’ as we are from Glasgow and that word basically means very good! It is used daily

by Glaswegians and other folk alike, almost as a punctuation mark to exaggerate any given situation. “That goal wiz a belter”.

The reason for the ‘unique’ spelling of BELTUR is we basically got threatened by a lawsuit from a band in London with the

IN PARTNERSHIP WIITH

same name (belter) saying they copyrighted the word (still don’t know how you go about doing that) anyway... So we thought let’s annoy them by changing 1 letter, hence the name BELTUR. YOUR BAND HAS HAD A LOT OF UPS, DOWNS, AND OVERALL CHANGES RECENTLY. IS IT GENERALLY HARDER, DO YOU THINK, TO KEEP A BAND GOING THESE DAYS, ESPECIALLY WHEN ADULTHOOD STUFFS START TO SNEAK UP ON YOU? Like many a band before us and most likely many a band in future, we have had a lot of line-up changes. Various folk having personal reasons for leaving from health to career decisions, let’s face it there ain’t a lot of money in today’s music game! We suppose the basic rules apply from the beginning of popular music weather that be in the 1950’s or the modern day. Every member of a band/act must be on the same wavelength and know what direction

the band as a whole are aiming for, be that 18 or 80 years old. Personal ego’s MUST be left at home sometimes.

YOU’VE RECENTLY(ISH) RELEASED A NEW MUSIC VIDEO CALLED SOBER, HOW WAS THE FILMING FOR THAT ONE? IT’S AN EXCELLENT VIDEO, SEEMS LIKE IT MUST HAVE TAKEN A WHILE TO SHOOT! WAS IT AS TIME CONSUMING AS IT LOOKED? Our latest video/single Sober was shot 3 times from start to finish (for editing purposes). It was basically a flat party with lots of alcohol consumption involved, so what you see is what you get in the video.

It was hands down the most fun-to-shoot video we have ever done! Big shout out to ‘C H I E F’ for that video.

TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR OWN BAND’S FAVOURITE SONG, AND WHY IT TOPS YOUR LIST. IS IT THE BEST ONE TO PLAY LIVE, OR IS IT MORE OF A FAVOURITE BECAUSE OF THE PERSONAL MESSAGE IT CONVEYS? Our favourite song to play live is probably ‘100 years from now’ It has everything in it musically, great chord structure and classic song structure. With a powerful breakdown. The chorus lyrics are quite inspirational also, but take what you will from the song, as long as you enjoy it.

SO TELL US WHAT’S NEXT FOR BELTUR THEN, ANY NEW RELEASES OR VIDEOS PLANNED IN 2016? WE HEAR YOU GUYS HAVE A CHARITY GIG COMING UP IN GLASGOW AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE TOO? The rest of 2016 will see us release a new EP containing 3 of what we think are our best songs to date. Each one will

be accompanied by a video. Gig wise, we have some amazing shows lined-up including a few festival appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe & Scarecrow Festival in West Kilbride. We also have been given the honour of opening a superb show in Glasgow’s Classic Grand for the ‘Musicians Against Homelessness’ benefit concert put on by A W Music Ventures, to raise awareness of homelessness and everything that entails, and in that we are excited to be playing alongside Medicine Men and the other acts, with Alan McGhee as the charity figure head. So please get involved in that as it is a subject close to our hearts.

BELTUR are now basically Joe Scott and Frank Casey, who write and structure the songs, with other amazing musicians ‘ghosting’ the band for live and recording purposes. When us two set out to be in a band we did it simply for the love of music and to one day play on a stage, many years and emotions later we still have that same simple outlook. People come and go in life, some who we thought would be friends forever. No single person is bigger or will EVER be bigger than the music, so to any young or older aspiring musician starting a band, this is our advice; do it for the love of music. Nothing else; and more importantly remember why you do it. We are doing all we can to survive in this game and pump out as much new music and songs as we possibly can, but are no novelty act and take the music very serious. This is not an announcement. It’s a promise.

We are Beltur, and we are here to stay.

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by Kieran Fisher Twitter:

@HairEverywhere_

k.fisher@tsaglasgow.com

TWEAK FESTIVAL OPENING PARTY 6th August, Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh

Just look at this line-up then let it sink in: Hot Since 82, Subb-an, Theo Kottis and Moodymann. If that doesn’t get you in the mood for a party, then you’re mind and body clearly haven’t been pummelled with their groove assaults yet. Hot Since 82 is basically one of the best DJ’s on the entire planet, and his support understudies won’t let you down either.

This is the perfect start to the Fringe, though you probably won’t make it out of bed for the inauguration period because you’ll be well and truly devastated after this night.

RETURN TO MONO WITH SLAM ALL NIGHT LONG 12TH Aug, Sub Club, Glasgow Despite being in Glasgow every other weekend, Slam are unmissable whenever they play. You’d think with after 30 years in the game that they wouldn’t be a priority anymore, but the reality is that they’re just masters of their craft who continue to evolve. No set is ever the same as their last and you can bet they’ll be on point with the tune selection. The fact they’re playing a four hour set at the best club in the country is basically as good as it gets. Expect to see them start of nice and easy as they cast their spell before unleashing sonic boom of dancefloor shattering bass.

JOSH WINK

6th August, La Belle Angele, Edinburgh If you don’t make it to see Hot Since 82 on the same night, then maybe you can settle for Josh Wink instead. That being said, one does not simply settle for Josh Wink: he’s one of the biggest names in the history of house and techno music, and when he steps behind the decks you can expect to enter a ‘Higher State of Consciousness. Don’t let my bad puns put you off seeing him; Wink is an icon who continues to sit atop Mount Techno after all these years, and this gig is going to be one of the best parties of the year without question.

PRESSURE SEASON OPENING PARTY 26th Aug, SWG3, Glasgow

As Ibiza season draws to a close, it means those of us who didn’t get to go this summer can finally get to go see all the top DJ’s in Glasgow.

The new season will kick off with Slam and Joseph Capriati headlining alongside Shonky, Dyed Soundorom & Dan Ghenacia. Pressure is the monthly Superbowl of city nightlife, and this line-up is a brilliant combo of the huge and exciting. It might not be the most star-studded bill overall, but the headliners have enough star power to sell tickets fast so make sure you grab one quick as it will sell out.

TIME TRAVELLING DANCE PARTY ARRIVES IN

GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH THIS AUGUST Dubbed ‘the world’s first time-travelling dance party’, Hot Dub Time Machine blasts tracks from the 1950s to present day and is fronted by 35-year old Aussie DJ, Tom Loud.

I first discovered Hot Dub in the muddy confines of King Tut’s Wah Wah at T in the Park. I was surprised how something so simple as this worked so well. You are thrust into hours of breathless partying, leaving you longing for more even when your body can’t

handle it.

Loud or Lowndes as he is originally known, is notably one of the first DJ’s to mix genres so as to present a show suitable for all. Consequently, you find yourself partying with people of all ages and musical tastes, to old classics and forgotten gems to tracks you might never have heard of.

The most interesting element is probably the use of audio visual technology, with on screen countdowns

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AUGUST 2016, ISSUE 24

LORD FORGIVE ME FOR MY SYNTHS: WHY SYNTHWAVE MUSIC SHOULD BE DOMINATING YOUR SPEAKERS

Put on your shades, hop in your Ferrari 365, turn up the speakers and prepare to immerse yourself in the neon-drenched sounds of the past, because we’re about to party like it’s 1985. Granted, most of us weren’t even born back then; but you can bet your bottom dollar that your parents got jiggy with it to the sounds of Erasure and New Order, or perhaps even to the ominous score of a John Carpenter horror film. That’s right everyone, our parents have carnal desires just like the rest of us, but their bedroom canoodling isn’t the purpose of this article, though those aforementioned musical sensations of yesteryear are integral. No, for this piece I’d like to reflect on the retro-inspired musical genre that goes by the name of synthwave.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock all these years, chances are you’ve seen Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 masterpiece Drive. In the film, heartthrob Ryan Gosling plays a silent getaway car driver and spends a good chunk of its running time looking handsomely broody as he cruises the neon-lit streets of Los Angeles’ night accompanied by the sounds of hip French electronic artists. When the film was receiving an abundance of critical plaudits upon its release, the majority noted the brilliance of the soundtrack, in particular the songs from artists College and Kavinsky. In fact, the very few people who disliked the film didn’t even

and ‘cabin attendant’ Lulu Loud (wife Alexandra Pilm) to take you through the years. Just when you get comfortable with the current track you are transported into the next one seamlessly and literally kept on your toes.

If that wasn’t enough, lights pierce the chosen venue, whilst the accompanying music videos of chosen tracks remind you of cheesy dance moves. Each show is guaranteed to be slightly different from the last as Loud likes to keep things fresh.

He claims only 50% of the tracks remain the same throughout, with the rest depending on the location and how he’s feeling on the night.

Hot Dub Time Machine first debuted

deny that the music selection was nocturnal ecstasy. You’ve all heard College and Electric Youth’s collaboration “A Real Hero’. Even if you don’t recognise these artist’s names, chances are you’ve still found yourself singing along to the lyrics of its repetitiously soothing chorus. Do the words “a real human being and a real hero’’ ring a bell.

The success of Drive shone a spotlight on the synthwave genre, and all of a sudden countless bedroom producers around the planet were inspired. However, the genre itself has been around from the mid-2000’s.

It just didn’t rise to prominence until Drive started the snowball effect. All of a sudden a new breed of electronic producer was ascending: a kind who embraced the cinematic composers of 80s genre cinema, Sega video game scores and contemporary club music. If you took the theme of Miami Vice and crossbred it with the dancefloor oomph of modern electro, then you’d have a creation that summed up general synthwave.

Though it would be unfair to categorise so generically, as like all genres of music, there is variety to be found.

Take Perturbator for instance. Originally a black metal musician plying his musical craft in bands that sounded like the musical equivalent of banshees having an orgy in a burning church, the French native would take those macabre influences and

in 2011 with Loud playing Australian comedy festivals, the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Fest. This seemed the perfect place to kick-start his DJ career with crowds open to new and varied acts.

The act eventually sparked global interest, beginning tours in the UK and Ireland, before debuting in the US. The act soon became a full-time job for Lowndes, who writes, produces and performs the entire show with the help of his wife while touring the world.

To date, the show has sold over 30,000 tickets to Edinburgh, Sydney and Adelaide Fringe festivals alone, not including tours to the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Lowndes’ native Australia.

apply them to his own brand of retroinspired devilish dancefloor devastation.

While a core group of synthwave artists – spearheaded by the likes of Miami Nights 1984 et al – romanticise listeners with the nostalgia of 1980’s pop and disco to create an accessible party sound for bikini-clad clubbers, Perturbator typifies an alternative breed of artist who make party music for an apocalyptic dystopian world raped and pillaged by demons. His debut album Dangerous Days sounds like the playlist for a discotheque for the eternally damned, where as his latest, titled The Uncanny Valley, is a soaring triumph of musical progression.

The darker side of synthwave has been explored to heaps of critical acclaim in recent horror movies and TV shows. In 2014, It follows scared audiences worldwide by suggesting that our next STI could be a paranormal entity, and the soundtrack by then then-unknown producer Disasterpiece garnered rave reviews. The film itself was a throwback to the suburban nightmare Halloween in many ways, so it was natural to find a composer whose music was reminiscent of John Carpenter. That being said, Carpenter himself has also being enjoying a resurgence the past couple of years since he dedicated his time solely to making music. His Lost Themes album – along with its sequel – typify the sound of an

Excitement for the act only continues to grow steadily, with 25,000 likes and counting on the official Facebook Page. Fans have become known as ‘Hot Dubbers’ and a range of merchandise is available on the host website HotDubTimeMachine.com Before bursting onto the DJ scene, Tom Lowndes was an in-demand TV Sound Designer, and has been DJ-ing since his first ever gig in 2001. Lowndes believes his show has the potential to create a real story through entrancing DJ sets. His love of all kinds of music has led to a desire to create something new and unique, yet so simply satisfying.

If you haven’t already had the chance

old dog showing all these young pups how it’s done. He might not make movies these days, but his new music allows us to envision our own in our minds. More recently, the genre has featured in Netflix’s outstanding Stranger Things.

However, most of it embodies the culture we imagine when we think of the 80’s: colour, vibrancy and cheese. Artists like Miami Nights 1984 will make you want to grow a mullet and throw on a Hawaiian shirt, while Timecop1983 will ignite a spark that appeals to your inner romantic yearning for love.

The pinnacle synthwave artist (if you only listen to one recommendation from this article, make sure it’s these guys) is Gunship. What makes Gunship stand out from the pack is that it’s an entire band, playing real instruments like a real band do, embracing the genres staples while adding a fresh, unique spin to it. Earlier this year they released their self-titled debut album, and with it they brought a craftsmanship for song writing that raised the bar completely.

It’s an album where every song has verses and hooks, in a genre where the majority of the artists place their focus on instrumentals with the occasional featured singer or vocal sample. The regularity of the same lead vocalists in the songs makes the band stand out from their peers – and they’re more likely to enjoy crossover appeal with the indie and rock crowds more so than other artists in the genre because of it.

Synthwave music possesses a cinematic quality; so much so that it sounds like it’s made with imaginary films in mind. Other times it’s inspired by classic arcade video game scores and those of vintage consoles.

On one hand, it’s the club music for those who spent their weekends avoiding nightclubs because they were immersed in virtual reality. On the other, it’s perfectly serviceable party music for any boozing establishment or weekend empty. Overall, it’s a unique genre that deserves more attention, so go search some of these artists on Youtube then follow down the rabbit hole from there. It might even lead you to Wonderland.

by Kieran Fisher Twitter:

@HairEverywhere_

k.fisher@tsaglasgow.com

to see this act, you’ve probably been told that you need to. And if not I’m telling you now. Head for a dance party like no other ready to be exhausted, yet left longing for more.

After recently wrapping up the Australian leg of the tour, DJ Tom Loud returns to the UK and will tour until mid October. He is playing at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh on 12,13,18,19 and 20 August and at the O2 ABC Glasgow on 26 August. Tickets are available online via the official website and Ticketmaster.

by Carmela Caserta @carmelacaserta1 carmelacaserta@live.co.uk

The events listed below were correct and up to date at time of going to print but please check the venue’s own website prior to booking

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Gig Guide: Music & Clubbing

Edinburgh TUE, 2 AUG Clockwire + Bellarose + Cheyne Halliday Electric Circus: £6/£8

THU, 4 AUG Sarah Hayes + Olympic Swimmers Electric Circus: £7/£9

FRI, 5 AUG Man Of Moon Electric Circus:

SUN, 28 AUG

SAT, 6 AUG

DEATH SPELLS BROADCAST:

The Social Order + The Mink Stoles + One Iota Electric Circus: £5/£7

TRANCELATE present PSYZ with VINI VICI 69 BELOW: £15.00

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS CLASSIC GRAND:

MON, 29 AUG

Deathkill4000 Ultra-cutting edge dark electro, hip hop and post punk Bloc: FREE

Lost In Vancouver + Shambolics + Rudi N’spider + Solar Sons + The Lutras Electric Circus: £5/£7

WED, 31 AUG Swmrs Electric Circus:

£7.50/£10

SAT, 6 AUG The Blackbeez Electric Circus:

£5

FRI, 12 AUG The Oh Hellos + Wildwood Kin Electric Circus: £12/£15

SAT, 13 AUG Roxy Musique Electric Circus:

£10/£12

MON, 15 AUG Teek Electric Circus:

£5/£7

WED, 17 AUG The Durty Works + The Begbies + Colour Carnival Electric Circus: £5/£7

THU, 18 AUG The Boy With The Lion Head Electric Circus: £5/£7

FRI, 19 AUG The Rich Electric Circus:

£5/£7

£8/£10

MODERN BASEBALL MASH HOUSE:

£14.00

Glasgow

Slowclub Presents: Blochestra Bloc’s own mini orchestra - new members welcome to join no matter your experience Bloc: FREE

TUE, 2 AUG The Honeybadgers + The ‘62 A night of classic rock with a modern twist Bloc: FREE

WED, 3 AUG Polarnecks + Killer Bangs + Vanilla A night of musicians that sound like your favourite first bands Bloc: FREE

THU, 4 AUG VAN MORRISON KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND:

£60.00 £7.00

SAT, 20 AUG

ORAN MOR GET’S MOIST ORAN MOR: £10.00/£8

Red Light District, The Back Beats, Carl Thacker Electric Circus: £5/£7

FRI, 5 AUG

SUN, 21 AUG JASON ISBELL LIQUID ROOM:

£17.50

MON, 22 AUG Julianna Barwick Electric Circus:

£10/£12

JASON ISBELL LIQUID ROOM:

£17.50

WED, 24 AUG The Garden + Snide Rhythms Electric Circus: £8/£10

THU, 25 AUG Bloodlines + Fires In The Alps + Posable Action Figures Electric Circus: £6/£8

FRI, 26 AUG A Sudden Burst Of Colour + Earths + Forgotten Drive Electric Circus: £6/£8

SAT, 27 AUG Speak & Spell Electric Circus:

£10/£12

MAKE ‘EM LAUGH BRITANNIA PANOPTICON: £ 6.00/£4 OCEANS EP LAUNCH BROADCAST: MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS BRUNSWICK ST STAGE:

£6.00

£17.00

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND: SOLD OUT

MON, 1 AUG

DEPARTURES KING TUTS:

THE GREAT AMERICAN VAUDEVILLE SHOW BRITANNIA PANOPTICON:

£10.00/£8

DANCECORE: JOHN NEAL – DJ NEMESIS 69 BELOW: £6/£8 Dirty Sirens Crossover hip hop and grime from up and coming DJ fatale Bloc: FREE THE GREAT AMERICAN VAUDEVILLE SHOW BRITTANIA PANOPTICON:

£10.00/£8

MOONLIGHT ZOO KING TUTS:

£7.00

JIMI HENDRIX RE-EXPERIENCE ORAN MOR: £15.00 ICW: ENTER THE ASYLUM PRO WRESTLING ASYLUM: 312.5 SMD BOAT PARTY + AFTERPARTY RIVERSIDE MUSEUM: £26/£10.00 STREETrave SUMMER ALL DAYER SWG3: £24.50/29.50 CHAMELEONS VOX THE ART SCHOOL:

£17.00

SUN, 7 AUG Bloc+Jam Open Mic Weekly Open Mic with hosts Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) and guests Bloc: FREE THE DEATH DO US PART DANGER SHOW CLASSIC GRAND: £8.00 LLOYD COLE & THE LEOPARDS and JUSTIN CURRIE & THE PALLBEARERS KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND: SOLD OUT CARINA ROUND * rescheduled from 8/8 KING TUTS: £10.00 THE OLD FIRM CASUALS NICE N SLEAZY:

£12.00

BRIGGAITS MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL THE BRIGGAIT: £12.00/£9

MON, 8 AUG

£6.00

Slowclub Presents: The Blas Collective Celtic Connections glitterati perform a night of inspiring covers, originals and classics Bloc: FREE

DEATH TO NOODLES (ED LAUNCH) BUFF CLUB: £5.00

MAIRI FENELLA & ST. DUKES HUG & PINT: £6.00

ANHORESS CCA:

£14.00

BACK TO THE OLDSKOOL CLASSIC GRAND:

THE WATERBOYS KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND:

£35.00

£10.00

SONIC TEMPLARS BROADCAST:

MADNESS CORN EXCHANGE:

Sold out

IDLEWILD KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND:

£27.50 FOGGY CITY ORPHAN KING TUTS: DAG NASTY O2 ABC2:

£7.00 £15.00

JIM SMART as FREDDIE MERCURY THE FERRY: £12.50

BIG D and THE KIDS TABLE O2 ABC2: £12.00 SCROOBIUS PIP ORAN MOR:

£14.00

TUE, 9 AUG LEFTOVER CRACK AUDIO:

£15.00

The Kut + Little Hands of Silver + Misc. Meat London female rock outfit for fans of Hole, L7 and Placebo Bloc: FREE

SOLD OUT £12.00

TOM JONES KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND: SOLD OUT BOB WAYNE O2 ABC2:

£12.00

WED, 10 AUG MDC AUDIO:

£10.00

Dammit Presents: Werecats + Spoilers + Kimberly Steaks Post punk, pop punk, emo for the masses.

Prepare to rammy Bloc: FREE SHOW ME THE BODY BROADCAST:

£8.00

NAPOLEON CLASSIC GRAND:

£7.00

WE ARE CARNIVORES & TIRADE OLD HAIRDRESSERS: £6.00

THU, 11 AUG I DECLARE WAR AUDIO:

£10.00

GOLD MOLD and STRUGGLETOWN present Stonethrower Dundee’s Stonethrower promise complex riffs, math rock sensibilities and punk attitude Bloc: FREE PRIMAL SCREAM KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND:

£37.50 SONIC DISPACE KING TUTS: DJ YELLA ST LUKES:

£7.00 £13.00

FRI, 12 AUG DISCO’S OVER 69 BELOW: VELOCITIES AUDIO:

£10.00 £5.00

Enjoyable Moment Cosmic Dead curated avante-electro psyche-out DJs Bloc: FREE CLOUD OF STARLINGS BUFF CLUB:

£6.00

SULK HUG & PINT:

£6.50

ELECTRIC HONEY SESSIONS featuring HECTOR BIZERK, COLONEL MUSTARD KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND:

£15.00 THE LABEL KING TUTS:

£7.00

THE BREW & WIRED rescheduled from 2 April NICE ‘N SLEAZY: £10.00 HARDSTYLE SUPERHEROES *rescheduled from 29 JANUARY 2016 O2 ACADEMY: £24.00 RETURN TO MONO SUB CLUB:

£10.00

ROXY MUSIQUE THE FERRY:

£12.50

FULL NELSON _ a tribute to WILLIE NELSON THE FERRY: £14.00

SAT, 13 AUG BOW WOW WOW AUDIO:

£16.50

Fantastic Man Incoherent madness for those with a deathwish, the worst clubnight in the world Bloc: FREE THE OH HELLOS CCA:

£13.00

Celebrating 10 years of TAYLOR SWIFT CLASSIC GRAND: £10.00 EDDI READER & KRIS DREVER KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND:

£26.50 THE DELTA SLOW KING TUTS:

£8.00

THE UNDERGROUND JAM THE FERRY: CANCELLED

SUN, 14 AUG Bloc+Jam Open Mic Weekly Open Mic with hosts Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) and guests Bloc: FREE WILL YOUNG KELVINGROVE BANDSTAND:

£37.50 PARADE OF LIGHTS KING TUTS:

Cancelled

PAINTED WAVES KING TUTS:

£7.00

THE TYLA J PALLAS BAND NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY:

£8.00

MON, 15 AUG Slowclub Presents: Blochestra Bloc’s own mini orchestra - new members welcome to join no matter your experience Bloc: FREE

TUE, 16 AUG Ten Mouth Electron An unrivalled feast for the mind and ears, their kraut/electro jams are terrific and terrifying in equal measure Bloc: FREE NO ZODIAC & COLD HARD TRUTH G2: CANCELLED TKAY MAIDZA KING TUTS:

£6.50

WED, 17 AUG SWALLOWS & HAYWORTH AUDIO:

£5.00

The Boy With The Lion Head + Esperi + Draws Creature Mask Hawick 5-piece will bring their experimental/ambient soundscapes to Bloc Bloc: FREE MINISTRY & DEVIL DRIVER O2 ABC: £21.00 MIRACLE LEGION ORAN MOR:

£15.00

THU, 18 AUG REPEATER Presents: Cavalcades + Knifed Out Of Existence A masterclass in sparkling Scottish guitar music with ‘0s US emo and indie influences to the fore Bloc: FREE SICK OF IT ALL CLASSIC GRAND:

£15.00

ALLAN TALL COTTIERS:

£12.00

MARIACHI EL BRONX KING TUTS:

SOLD OUT

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FRI, 19 AUG Master Blaster A clubnight dedicated to the best of Motown, funk and soul Bloc: FREE FOXBEEF (FINAL SHOW) BUFF CLUB:

£5.00

GUNZ N ROZEZ HARD ROCK CAFE: THE BRONX KING TUTS:

£10.00 SOLD OUT

THE UNION – IN FUNK WE TRUST THE FERRY: £10.00

SAT, 20 AUG Monster Hospital Botch meets Beyonce DJ smash Bloc: FREE GOD LIKE GENIUS CLASSIC GRAND: ABSOLVA IVORY BLACKS:

£10.00 £7.00

KEVIN MORBY BROADCAST: COHEED & CAMBRIA O2 ABC:

£9.00 £22.50

I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN, THE BROWNING THE CATHOUSE: £12.00

TUE, 23 AUG Vivienne The Witch (ITA) + Blood Of The Bull Female Italian trio bring their starkly, explicitly rock n’ roll set to Glasgow Bloc: FREE TRAVIS SCOTT O2 ABC:

£18.50

£20.00

THU, 25 AUG

SUN, 21 AUG Bloc+Jam Open Mic Weekly Open Mic with hosts Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) and guests Bloc: FREE HARK KING TUTS:

£8.00

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL BARROWLAND:

£25.00

£20.00

Stretched The secret meeting place of contemporary jazz-enthused savants Bloc: FREE INSIDE THE ROPES : ERIC BISCHOFF GARAGE:

THE WHO *rescheduled to 7 APRIL 2017 THE HYDRO: postponed

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OZ IN THE UK feat: WILL SPARKS TOMMY TRASH, UBERJAKD O2 ACADEMY: £24.50/29.00 BLAZIN’ FIDDLES ORAN MOR:

£15.00

PRESSURE opening party feat: SLAM SWG3: £17/20.00 £12.50

BIFFY CLYRO & FALL OUT BOY BELLAHOUSTON PARK: £45.00

STRUMMERJAM FOUR ZERO CLASSIC GRAND: £10.00 SONGWRITERS SANCTUARY SESSION NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY: £5.00 THE FAST CAMELS “TALES OF THE UNEXPECETED” ALBUM LAUNCH O2 ABC2: £7.00

KING TUTS:

£7.00

GEORGE BOWIE’S GBX NIGHT in aid of CASH FOR KIDS BARROWLAND: £20.00

MON, 22 AUG

NOEL GALLAGHER & RICHARD ASHCROFT BELLAHOUSTON PARK: £45.00

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A tribute to ROBBIE WILLIAMS THE FERRY: £12.50

FRI, 26 AUG

£10.00

Slowclub Presents: Blochestra Bloc’s own mini orchestra - new members welcome to join no matter your experience Bloc: FREE

CROWS FEET

SUNDAY CIRCUS with Craig Richards THE COURTYARD: £12/14.00

DANIEL NORGREN BROADCAST:

MON, 29 AUG

£20.00

A LOVE FROM OUTER SPACE now 22 October THE ART SCHOOL: postponed

£15/£30

TOTORRO, VASUDEVA, DIALECTS STEREO: £10.00

Slowclub Presents: The Blas Collective Celtic Connections glitterati perform a night of inspiring covers, originals and classics Bloc: FREE

PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH O2 ABC2:

BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS MONO: £12.50

JOEY BELTRAM STEREO:

£12.50

£15.00

GONZO The quest to bring epic nostalgia back in the form of all things MTV2 (pre-trash) and 120 Minutes continues. The return of Indie Disco.

Bloc: FREE

GOOD CHARLOTTE O2 ACADEMY:

Shake Appeal 6 decades of rock and roll on under one roof hosted by the ultimate DJ trivium Bloc: FREE

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£14.00

SAT, 27 AUG

£10.00

£7.00

HOT DUB TIME MACHINE O2 ABC:

Exxasens (SPA) + Mount Vertigo Prepare for a full on etheral, emotive and inspiring night of music with these post-rock giants Bloc: FREE

£7.00

FAIRWEATHER AND THE ELEMENTS KING TUTS:

SILVER APPLES HUG & PINT:

WED, 24 AUG

ERNEST live O2 ABC2:

NON JOVI THE FERRY:

£10.00

DURANANDURAN THE FERRY:

HUXTABLE KING TUTS:

1994 LIVE & DIRECT SUMMER WAREHOUSE PARTY SWG3: £20.00

GALLUS COOPER HARD ROCK CAFE:

YOUNG SOUL REBELS: feat Stuart Cosgrove ADMIRAL: £5.00

SUN, 28 AUG Bloc+Jam Open Mic Weekly Open Mic with hosts Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow) and guests Bloc: FREE COLT CABANA’S the art of wrestling (5PM) G2:

£6.50

ICW: FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHT CLUB THE GARAGE: £15.00

TUE, 30 AUG Nuclear Club Perth alt-rock outfit Bloc: FREE

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DANIEL DOCHERTY ST. LUKES:

£10.00

JAYHAWKS THE ART SCHOOL:

SOLD OUT

SWMRS BROADCAST:

£8.00

LANY KING TUTS:

FRI, 2 SEP

£8.00

STAN DARSH SINGLE LAUNCH AUDIO: £6.00

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN O2 ABC: £25.00

DARKSIDE 17 YEARS CLASSIC GRAND:

WED, 31 AUG

STONEFACE, MASON HILL HARD ROCK CAFE:

£8.00

IRON REAGAN AUDIO:

BIG THIEF HUG & PINT:

£9.00

KARL BLAU HUG & PINT:

£12.50

£45/25.00

£9.00

WE ARE SCIENTISTS KING TUTS:

£16.50

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN O2 ABC: £25.00

BARENAKED LADIES O2 ABC:

£28.00

THU, 1 SEP

MARCUS SCHULZ & FERRY CORSTEN SWG 3: £24.50/19.50

DICK GAUGHAN COTTIERS: TWIN PINES KING TUTS:

£16.50

JAMES LAVELLE presents UNKLE SOUNDS SWG3: £15.00

£8.00

SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF BRUT THE ART SCHOOL: £7.00

THE SKA VENGERS & ESPERANZA NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY: £8.00 HOODIE ALLAN O2 ABC:

£15.00

GUNS ‘N’ ROSES EXPERIENCE THE FERRY: £12.50 PETER BRUNTNELL & BAND 13TH NOTE:

£12.00

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A PREVIEW OF THE TOP GIGS GLASGOW & EDINBURGH HAS TO OFFER IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

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STICKY FINGERS AT 02 ABC2 (03/09/16) Aussie legends Sticky Fingers announce largest UK tour to date, following the release of their 3rd studio album.

Sticky Fingers – or STIFI to their legions of Oz followers – throw together reggae, psych, pop and Bourbon, “hypnotizing you into a swaying trance” and then it will “punch you in the face for dancing like a hippy”. It’s borderline contradictory fusion of flavours will speak to every walk of life, reflecting the multiplicity of the native Australian. It’s the perfect summer soundtrack.

In 2015 they continued touring relentlessly with sellout shows all over the world, including their biggest London headline show ever at the O2 Kentish Town Forum.

The Sydney Morning Herald said of Sticky Fingers that they “have blossomed into the

YOUNG FATHERS AT CASTLEHILL (05/08)

The Mercury Prize-winning hip hop trio, Young Fathers are performing in their home city with a gig at Castlehill on 5 August as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. The band, who met at an under-18s hip-hop night in the Bongo Club, have been on nearly every ‘ones to watch list’ since 2011 after they officially released the EPs Tape One and Tape Two and the universally acclaimed album, Dead.

Despite being the underdogs on the shortlist, Young Fathers won the Mercury Prize with Dead and have now released White Men Are Black Men Too, which has been noted as their “most fearless record yet”.

DJ YELLA

AT SAINT LUKE’S (11/08) Born and raised in Compton, CA, and DJing in Los Angeles clubs as a teenager, DJ Yella soon met Dr. Dre and the two fast became friends. Influenced by Grandmaster Flash, Dre and Yella formed the World Class Wreckin’ Cru in the early ‘80s to capitalize on the new form of music ElectroFunk capturing the clubs.

He’s now returned to the music industry and released a new album, entitled WestCoastin’, which was released in the summer of 2012, reigniting his friendship with his former NWA members, thus contributing to the BIO film script: Straight Outta Compton and is now touring the World telling his West Coast Story via his DJ sets.

THE BOY WITH THE LION HEAD AT ELECTRIC CIRCUS EDINBURGH (18/08)

This five piece band from Hawick in the Scottish Borders list Frightened rabbit and Silver Mt. Zion as some of the bands they’re influenced by and it shows in their experimental, melodic alternative rock sound.

They like to combine their ‘raw edged’ Scottish vocals with intricately layered sounds to create catchy songs and in 2015 the band released a self-recorded acoustic EP ‘The Ebb and Flow’ which was met with great reviews. They’ve now supported JR Green as part of Celtic Connections and Man of Moon for their EP launch at King Tuts in May and have just released their new EP ‘Everything Is Temporary’. Edinburgh fans can catch them on 18 Aug at Electric Circus.

band guaranteed to sell out”.

Coming off the success of their critically acclaimed sophomore album Land Of Pleasure – the band have had an impressive last few years. The lads spent most of 2015 abroad with a plethora of shows around the world, taking them to USA, Canada, Europe, UK and New Zealand. The album debuted at #3 on the ARIA charts, stormed the AIR Independent Album Chart at #1, was Triple J Feature Album with three tracks making it into the 2015 Hottest 100 (Gold Snafu making it to the top 20) and also making it in 2016 despite not releasing a single that year (their Like A Version of DMA’s “Delete” coming it at number 84).

You can catch Sticky Fingers at 02 ABC2 on 3 September.

MILESTONES

AT CLASSIC GRAND (09/08) Milestones will be joining Ohio emo band, Hawthorne Heights on the UK leg of their 10 year anniversary tour of their album, If Only You Were Lonely. The band have just released their five track EP, Equal Measures which has been released through Fearless Records.

They’ve had a very busy summer having just wrapped up a tour with alt-rock band Area 11.

You can catch them at Classic Grand on 9th August.

THE OH HELLOS AT EDINBURGH ELECTRIC CIRCUS (12/08) & GLASGOW CCA (13/08) The Oh Hellos are brother and sister Tyler and Maggie Heath from southern Texas.

The two began making music together in 2011 with a song written for their mother’s birthday, followed later that year by their selftitled, self-produced, independently released EP. The 4-track recording featured the hit song “Hello My Old Heart” which received national airplay and currently has over nine million streams on Spotify.

They will continue to support their latest album, Dear Wormwood, with select tour dates, including stops in Glagsow and Edinburgh.

Since forming, the band has earned a rightful reputation as a very special live act.

PUP

AT KING TUTS (06/09)

Following the release of a critically-acclaimed new album after a run of blistering UK/EU shows in April, PUP announced their first headline UK run in years to compliment the dates supporting Moose Blood in Europe. The UK leg will finish up at The Dome in Tufnell Park, the band’s biggest headline show on these shores to date, with a stop off at Glasgow’s King Tuts on 6 September.

“Effortlessly cool, charmingly nerdy, and wholly brilliant.” – NME, PUP is not one to be missed.

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PRIDES AT PRIDE 2016

Glasgow-based Prides create infectious, uplifting synth-pop and following their epic performance at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, a successful debut album and a headlining tour, they remain one of Scotland’s best bands. Two years after TSA first sat down with the band, Prides perform at Pride Glasgow 2016, bringing their anthemic sound to Glasgow Green on Sunday 21 August. by Jonny Stone HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT PLAYING AT PRIDE GLASGOW 2016?

Really excited! I’ve actually never been before, but so many friends have been telling me they’ve had the best time there so I’m looking forward to it.

WE LAST SPOKE IN 2014, JUST AFTER YOU’D PERFORMED AT THE COMMONWEALTH CLOSING CEREMONY AND BEFORE YOU’D RELEASED THE WAY BACK UP. WHAT HAVE THE LAST TWO YEARS BEEN LIKE FOR THE BAND? Pretty manic, a lot has happened since then! We were working towards completing and releasing the album, last year we were touring all over the place and we had an amazing summer festival season. We finished the year headlining a tour with the biggest shows we ever played.

This year so far we’ve been settling back into things and tentatively started our second album.

WHAT DREW YOU GUYS TO PERFORM AT GLASGOW PRIDE THIS YEAR? They were kind enough to ask us to play! With us being a

Glasgow band it made perfect sense; we hadn’t played in a while and after working on new material for a while it felt like a great one-off celebratory event for people.

ASIDE FROM YOUR NAME, WHAT DOES PRIDE MEAN FOR YOU? Yeah, we did wonder how long it would take for people to make the connection! For us, we didn’t click the reference at first, but it’s a fortuitous coincidence. We’ve got such a great fan base within the LGBT community and are thrilled to have been asked to perform.

WHY DO YOU THINK PRIDE CELEBRATIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN 2016?

They are massively important, especially with this year so far seeing so many horrendous things happening around the world. The only way to stand up and fight against that is to do so with celebration and love. We need to promote unity and show that kind of hatred isn’t allowed to happen. Love comes first, always, and this is a way for us to show support and be involved.

HOW’S THE SET LIST SHAPING UP FOR PRIDE? WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT TO HEAR? We’re playing some new material, which we’re quite excited about. There are some tracks we’ve been working on with a tentative release near the end of the year so it’ll be great to perform them at Pride.

WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR GAY ICONS? Elton John, absolutely; he’s the musician who made me want to play the piano. George Michael is an amazing singer, Freddie Mercury…basically all my record collection!

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE REST OF 2016?

We’re going to get our new music out pretty soon, hopefully by the end of the year. Hopefully travelling around Europe a lot and playing shows, probably doing a tour before the year’s out. Our focus is on writing and trying to make a start on the second album, which is slightly intimidating but I’m really excited about it.

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PRIDE 2016 HITS GLASGOW THIS AUGUST 20 AND 21 TH

With Pride celebrations taking place all around the world, Pride Glasgow 2016 is nearly upon us. Each festival offers something totally unique to each location, and our city’s own is no exception. Pride Glasgow is Scotland’s largest LGBT+ Pride festival, and takes place between Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August.

No Pride celebration is complete without a march through the city. The Pride Parade is one of the most exciting and vibrant parades in the city’s calendar, as one of the few parades still to go through the city centre it is seen by around 100,000 people and with over 4,000 people talking an active part in the parade. The route is the

same as 2015 and starts at Glasgow Green continuing onto Greendyke St, Saltmarket, Trongate, Albion St, Ingram St, South Frederick St, George Sq South Aspect, St Vincent Pl, St Vincent St, Renfield St, Union St, Jamaica St, Clyde St, Bridgegate, Steel St, Turnbull St and Greendyke St before arriving back at Glasgow Green. The Parade starts at 12pm and participants must at the Parade Point in Glasgow Green by 11:45am at the latest. Everyone is encouraged to wear bright colours, hold banners and show off what Pride means for you.

Performers at this year’s Pride Glasgow weekend include headliners Toploader, famous for their huge hit “Dancing in

the Moonlight,” as well as Prides, one of Scotland’s most popular and successful new bands who performed at the Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony in 2014. Joining them throughout the weekend are chart-topping girl group Booty Luv, the eclectic and talented Stooshe and MNEK collaborator and rising star Karen Harding.

As well as music and marching, Pride Glasgow offers something for everyone, especially in 2016’s new Village Square, home to the ever popular community expo where you can find out all about the different organisations and services that support the LGBTI community across

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Scotland, as well as a family-friendly area with face-painting and entertainment throughout the weekend. And following on from this dog fanatic’s highlight of last year’s festival, the Pride Dog show is back again on Sunday 21st August. The Pride Dog show will host a range of categories and prizes judged by those that know dogs! More information on how to enter the dog show and the categories will be available shortly.

Each year Pride Glasgow offers an entertaining and eclectic weekend of celebration and 2016 is no exception.

Glasgow’s biggest Pride party proves how colourful our city truly is.

FREE PRIDE RETURNS IN 2016 Looking for a different way to celebrate your Pride this year? After a hugely successful inaugural celebration in 2015, Free Pride returns for another weekend of events promoting LGBTQ+ culture with an emphasis on diversity. Free Pride is a Glasgow–based collective of intersectional and inclusive LGBTQ+ aiming to provide an accessible and inclusive alternative to mainstream Pride celebrations.

On Saturday 20th August, Free Pride will be at the Art School, not just to make a radical stance against pink washing but also to give people an educational and intellectually stimulating environment; with talks, live music and stalls followed by a night event of DJs and live performances, Free Pride aims to offer a broad range of events to broaden people’s perspectives and ideas. As with 2015, there will be an emphasis on accessibility, with BSL interpreters and a wheelchair friendly venue with gender-neutral toilets.

In a conscious defiance of charged mainstream Pride celebrations across the country, Free Pride aims to bring back LGBTQ+ grassroots activism by placing a spotlight on voices that are not often heard within mainstream LGBTQ+ community. Free Pride is about emphasising the changes that are still needed to make society safe for us, while actively

contributing to making those changes ourselves. In short, they refuse to be silent.

There are several highlights throughout the day to inform and challenge visitors; Sex Workers Open University and UK Black Pride will be running workshops, and there will be presentations on being trans, on vlogging, and on being disabled and deaf from local activists. As well as these workshops, there will be stalls held by LGBT Youth, Glasgow Women’s Library, and Rape Crisis among others. The celebrations will finish with night time performances from Jak Soroka, Sgaire Wood, and Bea Webster.

Many more acts and workshops are yet to be announced.

Free Pride will be holding various fundraising events, including a self-care day, club nights and live music. They will be as inclusive as the main event itself and will continue Free Pride’s important values of accessibility and solidarity.

Free Pride is an important and inspiring addition to Glasgow’s LGBTQ+ community landscape; our city needs a compelling and thought-provoking platform that actively promotes diversity and accessibility within our community. Free Pride is a radical and inspirational alternative to mainstream Pride celebrations dedicated to giving a voice to those who are silenced.

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by Jonny Stone @jonny_stone_

A HOMAGE TO DANCE AT EDINBURGH FRINGE

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Looking for something a little different at this year’s Edinburgh Festival? The city’s yearround Home of Dance has announced its programme for the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at which companies from more than 10 countries – including Palestine, Taiwan, South Africa, Denmark and Ireland – join top Scottish talent at the Festival’s leading dance venue. 2016’s events suggest a strong theme of freedom in this year’s programme – both political freedom and freedom of movement – as shows tackle new possibilities and the subversion of expectation. Throughout the year, their £7m dance facility is visited over 50,000 times, for 130+ different classes and workshops, but the festival allows the company to support and nurture professional dancers and their work at all levels through classes, workshops and a programme of residencies.

Dance Hub’s Artistic Director Morag Deyes said of this year’s theme of freedom of movement – both political and personal – “freedom is a word synonymous with dance, with letting go of inhibitions, doing impossible things and transforming the mundane into something magical – so what happens when dancers, dance artists and choreographers start to tackle the things that matter to us all, right here and right now?”

Highlights of this year’s festival include Lïnger, a tender and muscular look at gay Irish masculinity choreographed by exRiverdance principal Breandán de Gallaí, and MIS – All Night Long, a riotous take on 21st century manhood from Denmark’s electrifying physical theatre company DON GNU. Dance Base 2016 also presents an unmissable Palestinian/Lebanese double bill from El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe / SHAMS Association / Marhabtain Organization: The Rooster, a collaboration between Palestine and Lebanon looking at masculinity, chauvinism and dictatorships and the deeply personal solo work Partial Memory, recounting growing up with a father constantly being taken away by Israeli forces. There is also a continuing involvement with Taiwan Season, with Resident Island Dance Theatre’s Taiwan Season: Lost in Grey exploring mental health in Taiwanese culture and Water Reflection Dance Ensemble’s Taiwan Season: NuShu), a fascinating look at the secret language used exclusively by women in Hunan, China to record their private thoughts and feelings.

Dance Base put it perfectly themselves: “Throughout the world, there are dance works being made that speak of the right to freedom in so many important ways.

Gender, sexuality, territory, religion, the body politic and the politicised body ... true life stories of human rights and art that exercises its right to be extremely silly.” The festival celebrates cultures around the world, challenges audiences and reminds us that everyone has a story to share.

THE HISTORY OF PRIDE CELEBRATION For the LGBTQ+ community, summer is the season of Pride celebrations throughout the world, when cities across the globe unite to promote queer culture and pay tribute to our rich and complex history. Glasgow hosts celebrations throughout the city in August to make sure our voices are heard and our colours are bright enough for all to see.

The history of Pride celebration can be traced back to the Stonewall riots, an event largely agreed to have launched the LGBTQ+ rights movement in 1969. Taking place at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in the Greenwich Village neighbourhood of Manhattan, the six day riot came as a result of impending friction between the authorities and LGBTQ+ civilians. The first

event, fittingly, was the LGBT Pride March in New York on 2nd November 1969 and ever since the festival has become a global event to celebrate being proud to be LGBTQ+. One overlooked LGBT pioneer is Marsha P Johnson, a drag queen and gay liberation activist who was a key player in the Stonewall riots. Johnson and fellow icon Sylvia Rivera co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR); together they were a visible presence at gay liberation marches and other radical political actions, as well as providing food and clothing to help support young drag queens, trans women and other street kids living on the streets. In the 1980s Johnson continued her street activism as a respected organizer and marshal of HIV/AIDS organisation ACT UP. Each Pride festival can vary in tone; whether the march is largely political – with a particular issue or agenda to promote to thousands of people on the streets – or a celebratory, Mardi Gras-style affair, there is no better way to unify people behind the cause of equality, and Pride can sure bring in a crowd. Sao Paulo’s festival in 2006 brought in an estimated crowd of 3,000,000 people, the biggest ever celebrations. Not sure Glasgow Green can accommodate such numbers, but we’ll try our best to fit everyone in.

2016 has been a traumatic and painful year around the world, especially for the LGBTQ+ community. The Orlando massacre reminded us that despite our progress, we are still a vulnerable and targeted group. Pride may not be for everyone, but there’s no argument to suggest we don’t need it anymore: while we in the UK and the rest of Western Europe have achieved so much in the way of LGBTQ+ equality, it’s too easy to overlook countries in which being queer can cost you your life.

Pride Uganda 2014, for example, went ahead despite homosexuality being illegal and the recent invalidation of the Kill the Gays Bill.

We shouldn’t take Pride for granted: it’s the perfect platform to celebrate queer culture and all we have achieved as a community.

Also, there’s face paint.

Pride is massively important. We need space to promote diversity within the LGBTQ+ community, celebrate the progress we have made in achieving equality for all and ensure future generations do not take their history for granted. Whether you join the parade, take part in one of Glasgow’s various Pride celebrations or, as our house will be doing, creating the gayest playlist known to humanity and throwing an enormous Pride Party of our own, take this opportunity to show pride in yourself and your community.

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STILL SHOWING IN CINEMAS LEGEND OF TARZAN

Although the film was enjoyable to watch, with great action and an interesting plot, the cheesy script left us cringing more than once and really let down the movie. It could have been great, Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie were excellent as actors but sadly weren’t enough to help us forget the cringy lines.

BFG

It’s slightly annoying hearing people complain about the lack of action/excitement in the BFG because it was directed by Stephen Spielberg, this is not a film that can be compared to Jaws like some have been doing. It’s sweet, charming and whimsical and that’s exactly what it should be – these are not criticisms, they’re highlights.

STAR TREK BEYOND

PICK OF THE MONTH

SUICIDE SQUAD When you think of comic book adaptation, one based around a group of cut-throat villains probably isn’t what would spring to mind. Furthermore, many a fan raised an eyebrow when it was announced that not only would Suicide Squad be an addition to the DC Entertainment Universe (DCEU) but it would be released in the same year as Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice – possibly the most highly anticipated comic book movie ever. Since then though, Suicide Squad has gone on to surpass the interest shown in Dawn of Justice with trailer views and talk on social media. With the release date now upon us, the only question that remains is this: will it live up to the hype?

A quick recap though, shall we?

The DCEU passes near enough in real time (at least so far,) so events kick off around 30 years ago from now in Man of Steel; starting off on Krypton with the exact circumstances of how and why baby Kal-el (better known on Earth as Clark Kent) was launched to Earth. What follows is a series of flashbacks and flash-forwards highlighting Kal’s struggle with his powers, culminating in his acceptance as protector of Earth – which is lucky as the only surviving members of his race would soon arrive hell-bent on conquering the planet.

After a brawl from Earth to outer-space and back again, demolishing many an innocent building in the process, Zod and his army are eventually defeated.

This brings us to Dawn of Justice. Now this will be brief, so if you’re wondering how it fully plays out, you’re probably better off watching the movie (extended cut at that). Batman is enraged at what transpired in Metropolis during Man of Steel, and has begun to devise a way to kill Superman.

Meanwhile, Superman is doing what he does best, but the world doesn’t seem to be fully open to the idea of an unchecked superhuman. After an incident in the desert with bodies left in his wake, the Senate demand Superman explain his actions. As it turns out, Lex Luthor has been behind it all and had been manipulating both the heroes, resulting in a death match which saw the kidnapping of Ma Kent as leverage against Superman. Ironically, this somehow unites the two heroes and they stop Luthor, but not before he unleashes ‘Doomsday’. Even with the combined trinity of

Batman, Superman and latterly Wonder Woman, it still takes the ultimate sacrifice from Superman to save the day.

This brings us directly into Suicide Squad. With the death of Superman, the government has to ask questions about who will protect them from meta-human threats. Enter psychopathic Intelligence Officer Amanda Waller and her Task Force X intiative; to take highly skilled criminals and put them in a black ops unit in dangerous missions, whether they like it or not. It’s not long, though,before the squad is drafted in to stop a powerful unknown threat in Midway City. Oh, and there’s some guy called the Joker hunting the squad to get Harley Quinn back. No big deal though I’m sure.

So, who exactly is in the squad then? First up is Rick Flag, one of the few non-criminal members of the squad. Flag has been given the job of leading and disciplining the squad as well as saving the world. No pressure.

Then there’s Katana who is a volunteer and acts as Flag’s bodyguard.

One of the heavy hitters is Deadshot who is trying to put his murdering days behind him for his daughter. Good luck with that.

Then, of course, you’ve got Killer Croc, a cannibal with bad skin. Doesn’t mix well.

Every team inevitably has that one team mate no-one trusts. That man, in this case, is Captain Boomerang.

El Diablo is a man of contradiction. Sure he can summon the fires of hell, but he’s also a devout Christian. Chances are that won’t last long with the squad.

Last but not least, Harley Quinn. This article could be dedicated entirely to why Harley Quinn is an amazing character but I’ll simply say she is as deadly as she is funny.

MVP of the movie, guaranteed.

What, then, can we expect from Suicide Squad? First of all, action. While superhero movies are never deprived of the stuff, you can expect a special quality from director David Ayer for Suicide Squad.

Comedy will play a bigger part in this. Not laughs a second, mind you, but the interaction between a group of less than friendly psychopaths is bound to create some comedic gold.

Finally, a fun time. Squad is a big blockbuster that’s bound to entertain.

Squad will make its money back at the box office. Being not as big as Dawn means Squad has less pressure to perform, although that doesn’t give it an easy ride either. The real battle here is to get fans back on board the DC ‘Hype Train’ who were let down by Dawn and get them invested in the DCEU. Talk about squad goals.

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Book Corner

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD PART ONE & TWO Although the film itself kept us totally engrossed from start to finish, a special mention is deserved for Simon Pegg and Doug Jung’s script, it was both brilliantly funny and touching, it fit perfectly with what the film was trying to achieve and whether you’re interested in the franchise or not, it’s entertaining and well worth a watch.

It’s finally out! The eighth instalment is now available to buy. Harry is now an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three children. His youngest child, Albus, struggles with the weight of his family’s legacy and as the past and present fuse ominously, Harry and Albus learn that darkness can often appear in unexpected places.

THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 Although it’s starting to feel like anything with a female and hint of mystery will be compared to Girl on The Train or Gone Girl, this genuinely thrilling tale of a travel journalist who finds her dreamlike allexpenses-paid cruise turns into a nightmare after being the sole person to witness a fellow passenger going overboard is far superior to Gone Girl with it’s claustrophobic and beautiful yet enthralling plot.

THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO Star of the acclaimed film Trainwreck and Emmy Award-winning comedian, Amy Schumer, is set to have us laughing uncontrollably on the bus to work with the release of her collection of observational and extremely personal essays. She’s written about sex, her family, relationships, her teenage years and experiences she’s had over the years in her typical hilarious style, we think it’ll make us love her even more.

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THE SHALLOWS

When it comes to the ocean, there’s nothing worse than being out on open water and realising you’re not alone…

Mia (Blake Lively) is a seasoned surfer, experienced at riding the waves in all sorts of conditions. When she grabs her board and heads to the beach, seeking escape from recent tragedies that have plagued her life, she expects nothing more than the sweet release of being at one with the wind and water.

What she doesn’t know is that this time evil lurks beneath the jewel-coloured waves.

A sudden shark attack leaves Mia floundering in crisis. In a fit of luck and quick thinking, she manages to scramble out of the water and finds refuge on a sliver of rock.

The beach is only 200 yards away – but with the great white monster waiting somewhere between her and the shore, it might as well be 200 miles…

Stranded in the sea, with nobody to hear her screams and the giant predator waiting to strike, Mia begins to wonder if she will ever reach land again…

The latest from horror-mogul director Jaume Collet-Serra (The Orphan), this suspenseful story outlines the struggle between woman versus wild and stars Lively (Gossip Girl) alongside Óscar Jaenada (Pirates of the Caribbean).

SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS The classic novel Swallows And Amazons comes to life in this new adaptation, following the Walker children on their adventure to claim an island in the Lake District.

Heading over there on the boat Swallow, they soon discover they’re not alone. Another gang of children, the Amazons, have already set up camp there, and a battle for the island begins. But with Britain on the brink of war, real battles aren’t far away, and their childhood paradise is turned upside-down.

Set sail aboard the Swallow and relive the beloved adventure Swallows And Amazons, a thrilling new take on the evergreen novel.

Swallows And Amazons is in UK cinemas 19 August.

MOVIES OF THE

MONTH WAR DOGS

Miles Teller and Jonah Hill become unlikely arms dealers in this truelife comedy from the director of The Hangover.

David (Teller) and Efraim (Hill) are a pair of twentysomething dudes living in Miami Beach who happen upon a great money-making scheme during the Iraq War. A little-known government initiative permits small businesses to bid for US military contracts. They’re soon raking in cash and partying hard, but bite off rather more than they can chew when they under-bid spectacularly to land a $300m Pentagon deal to arm the Afghan military.

Now the bumbling, gun-running duo find themselves rubbing shoulders with some very shady characters indeed – many of whom are on their own side.

Based on a story so improbable that it can only be true, this is an eye-opening, fast-paced, laugh-out-loud buddy comedy drama.

War Dogs is i. UK cinemas on 26 August.

MORGAN

Corporate troubleshooter, Lee Weathers (Kate Mara) is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a mysterious incident. She soon discovers that ‘Morgan’ caused it, and Morgan is something quite remarkable.

She’s an artificial human, created in a laboratory. Fiercely strong and intelligent, she’s growing and developing faster than anyone thought possible. And when her creators put her back in her cage, she had a tantrum. Now she wants to get out for good.

SAUSAGE PARTY Finally! It’s amost here! Sausage Party will be hitting UK cinemas on 2 September.

So if you’ve been living under a rock the past few months, here we will tell you what it’s all about.

Down at Shopwell’s supermarket, the food items have just one goal in life: to be picked by customers. They believe these benevolent giants will then whisk them off to paradise. All they have to do is remain pure and pristine until they’re chosen. That means Frank the sausage (Seth Rogan) is unable to consummate his relationship with alluring bun Brenda (Kristen Wiig). But Frank and his friends are about to discover the awful truth about what awaits them in the ‘great beyond’!

The twisted brainchild of Pineapple Express and This is the End creators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, this outrageously profane comedy might look like a magical Pixar movie – but it’s most definitely not.

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THE HISTORY BEHIND

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SUICIDE SQUAD

Of all the DC properties to adapt, Suicide Squad may not have been seen as a priority for some. It has villains as its lead and the ‘good guy’ may really be one of the worst guys, so a box office hit wasn’t always a guarantee. Suicide Squad, though, has been a popular title in DC comics, not only in the most recent years but throughout the history of DC. In fact, the roots of the Suicide Squad stretch all the way back to the Silver Age of comic books, when the Suicide Squad made their first appearance in the Brave and the Bold.

Now for those unaware, the Silver Age is the terminology used to describe books written after the Golden Age era of comics (1930s to early 1950s) and was a great time of resurgence for comics as stories focussing on advancement in all aspects of society were written and this is where we find our first appearance of the Suicide Squad.

Now it’s a bit of a cheat here as it’s not the Suicide Squad as we know it, but instead the origin of what they would be.

Instead of a rotating team of criminals, it was a group of four explorers sent on missions to fight monsters and dinosaurs, your general B-movie creature fodder. The series (or the Suicide Squad part of the book) only lasted six issues with half of the group being killed (well one was turned into monster but let’s not go there) and the two surviving members (who happen to be a couple) going their separate ways. Now you may be sitting there thinking that has nothing to do with the modern Suicide Squad, but in fact it’s later revealed that the program was moved to Task Force X, which is in charge of the squad. This, and the fact that one of the surviving members of the original team is Rick Flag Jnr (played by Joel Kinnaman in the movie) who goes on to ‘lead’ the modern team. See, it wasn’t just pointless rambling.

Now the Suicide Ssquad as we know it was created in the modern era of comics, which basically means it was created post Watchmen and the Dark Knight Returns when stories were less “gee, thank goodness that guy dressed as a bat was here” to “holy crap, why did a guy dressed as a bat just brutalise all these criminals?” A modern squad for a modern era.

The concept was revived by writer John Ostrander who was looking for an angle on a story involving a black ops team, when the idea of a Dirty Dozen style team made of villains clicked. The rest, as they say, is history. Although the team first appeared in the Legends book, they soon received their own series which lived up to the covert element. The squad acted in some severe political hotspots and the book touched on the nature of the Cold War, the threat from Middle East terrorist cells and the American response to international dictators. Not only this, but the book put minor villains such as Deadshot and Captain Boomerang, who were little more than nuisances for heroes like Batman and humanised them to the point where they became fan favourites. Throw in all the D-list villains who could be killed off at any moment and you had an intense, high octane series.

The book lasted 66 issues before it was cancelled, with the squad being dismantled by Amanda Waller.

Thereafter, the squad would make fleeting appearances through the years, popping up in other books. A new series started in 2001 with writer Keith Griffin who injected some dark humour into the squad, but this only lasted 12 issues. The squad continued to be limited to minor appearances until original writer John Ostrander returned for an eight issue mini-series which dealt with the return of Rick flag Jnr after he supposedly died on mission. It wouldn’t be until DC’s 2011 New 52 relaunch that the squad would get their own book again.

This is where we find the main source of the squad’s recent popularity, as the relaunch gave the Suicide Squad a new book and new creative team. While the writer and artists changed from arc to arc, the series remained highly popular with a strong team dynamic which included fan favourite Harley Quinn, the seasoned veteran Deadshot and newcomer Diablo (all of which are in the movie, funny that) among an otherwise rotating cast of cannon-fodder. The series is still going strong, albeit after a few months rest and a retitle with the cast additions of Black Manta and the Reverse Flash, to name just a few.

The future is only looking brighter for the squad as they have a new book set to launch under the rebirth initiative with a cast that is near identical to that of the film. You just can’t keep good villians down.

Locations are just as integral to characters as their origin in the comic book world. Now of course you can take the characters out of these environments and they’ll still be who they are, but these characters are at their best in their natural environment. Think about it; Batman is at his most terrifying when prowling the rooftops and gothic spires of Gotham. Or take Superman; the most iconic images of the ‘Man of Steel’ are always among the towering, futuristic skyscrapers of Metropolis. This being the case, it is very important that these locations are translated with the heroes that defend them; otherwise a part of the character is lost. The DCEU (DC Extended Universe) is still in its early days, but we have already seen several iconic locations from the comics on the big screen. Let’s go through them, shall we?

With these things you should always start small – so where better than Smallville? (See what I did there?)

Smallville has been seen twice so far in the DCEU; it was a central location in Man of Steel, as well as the sight of a major battle, and the Kent family farm was later seen in Dawn of Justice (it counts, it’s in Smallville). Smallville is an important location for the simple fact that it is where Clark Kent himself was raised. If Superman was raised in a city or some other environment, he could have turned out vastly different. However, the fact he was raised in this small town and taught the simple values of work and helping your neighbour has always been central to what makes Superman tick. This, in a way, turns this small old Americana town into one of the most important locations on Earth (in comics at least.) In terms of screen translation, it’s pretty spot on as it’s a small rustic town that on the surface has modern society going on, but remains a farming community at its heart.

Now to Metropolis; where better for the Man of Tomorrow to make his home than in the City of Tomorrow? We’ve seen Metropolis twice so far in the DCEU; first in Man of Steel, right before Zod and his Kryptonians decided to turn it into ground zero for the terraformation of earth (lots and lots of demolition) and then again in Dawn of Justice, and it’s never looked better, with its new buildings and futuristic architecture including the Lex corp tower dominating the skyline. Metropolis is in many ways a representation of Superman, in that no matter what happens to it, no matter the damage imposed upon it, it will still be the beacon of civilisation in an unsure world

and will always lead the way forward. Initially, the on screen appearance of the city wasn’t quite a match with the comic book counterpart, but after its destruction, it was rebuilt in the image of a city of the future and pretty damn close to the comic portrayal.

Across the bay, however, we have the twin city of Metropolis; Gotham City. The very name conjures up mental images of dark twisted spires and shadow choked alleyways, and it is of course home to the Batman. Gotham has been portrayed plenty of times on the big screen, but it has only been seen once within the DCEU; in Dawn of Justice. Gotham is an incredibly important location as it is a major part of Batman’s lore and character. It created the criminal element that murdered the Waynes (Thomas and Martha, better known as the parents of one Bruce Wayne,) but also birthed its greatest protector. It reflects Batman the way Metropolis does Superman in that there’s a conflicting duality with a surface that appears normal (Bruce Wayne) yet has a terrible darkness lurking beneath it (The Batman). Not much of the city scape has been seen as yet, but what we did see was run down, dirty, gritty and generally didn’t seem like a nice place to live. So pretty much spot on.

One of the most iconic places in DC, and in fact fiction as a whole, Arkham Asylum is the prison for the worst of the worst. Populated almost exclusively by Batman’s rogue gallery, Arkham is the one prison in which the villains of the DC universe do not want to end up residing. Arkham will make its debut in Suicide Squad, unsurprisingly so as it is home to several members of the squad. We have seen little to none of the DCEU depiction of the Asylum thus far, with the film not yet released at the time of writing, but as long as the place looks and feels claustrophobic and oppressing, it will do just fine.

Two final locations that will soon be making their debut are Belle Reve prison, aka “Amanda Waller’s Super Happy Fun Land.” Simply put, if you try to escape, you will die.

This is the premium prison in the DC universe and can hold most meta humans.

Finally, Midway City. Midway city is fairly ordinary by comic book standards, having only one hero during the golden age, and it’s now under siege by an unknown force.

Suffice to say it’s seen better days.

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WHICH DC VILLAINS DESERVE THEIR OWN MOVIE?

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DC comics is home to one of the richest galleries of rogues in the entirety of fiction. Even their closest rival (Marvel Comics) can be said (subjectively, of course) to struggle to match the villainy that DC has created.

Suicide Squad is the first major comic book movie to feature villains as its central cast. This is nothing new for comics though; for years villains have been getting their own books. More often than not, these series humanise the villain and give them even more motivation than the heroes they fight.

Now that DC has translated Suicide Squad to the big screen, what other villains could make that leap?

First up, Joker and Harley Quinn. These two really don’t (or shouldn’t) need any introduction, with both being massive fan favourites. We’ll be getting a glimpse into the relationship of these two in Squad, but a Bonnie and Clyde style movie would be a great way to explore these two further.

Even separate solo movies could work, with Joker having many tales exploring the madness that drives him such as the Killing Joke. Or perhaps a Harley Quinn slapstick action adventure piece. Will this happen, though? A solo Joker film, while not impossible, would be a tricky task, requiring the right person to develop it. However a Harley spin off is already rumoured to be in the works as a future addition.

Sinestro is a name that implies villainy, so it’s no surprise the Green Lantern’s greatest foe turned to the dark side.

Sinestro is the arch-enemy of not just one Green Lantern, but all Green Lanterns, having been the first to wield the light of fear and create the Sinestro Corp, a terror group dedicated to spreading fear in the universe and murdering Green Lanterns. On the surface, it would be very easy to make Sinestro a moustache twirling villain, but beneath that hate is a fallen hero.

Formerly one of the greatest Green Lanterns, he lost the love of his life, and

with that his will to overcome fear, and was pushed to instil order by any means.

And to top it off, the man he trained and called his best friend was the one to bring him in. Sinestro has become one the most complicated villains in recent years, and he would be a fascinating addition to the movie verse in a solo movie. Unfortunately, the Green Lantern brand is tainted on the movie side by the 2011 flop, so an immediate Sinestro spin off is unlikely. But if the stock of the brand rises along with the vast expansion of the DC Entertainment Universe (DCEU,) who knows?

Of all the villains to be given a solo series, Deathstroke is one of the most successful. Debuting as a character to hassle the teen titans, Deathstroke, aka. Slade Wilson, has become one of the most popular villains at DC, even prompting Marvel to create Deadpool (aka Wade Wilson) as a tribute to him.

Deathstroke is one of the few characters that makes Batman think twice and would be the perfect character for a big, intense, R-rated action movie.

Something in the vein of Smokin Aces

as Slade tries to protect a client from other famous mercs in the DCEU, or even eliminate a target. Deathstroke is more than a likely candidate for adaption as he is a hugely popular character, is known to a mass audience through his appearances in the hugely successful TV show Arrow, has ties to Suicide Squad and most importantly has been tapped for the DCEU and thus won’t reappear on the TV side because of planned appearance for the movies. One to keep an eye on for certain.

Next up, we have Bane. One of the most fearsome opponents Batman has ever faced, Bane is amongst the elite of DC villainy. Audiences are already familiar with the character as a villain, but not as the anti-hero he has been in the comic book world. Bane is by no means a Saint, but a solo movie that portrays him as a product of his environment and up-bringing would be a great way to show his reflection as a twisted version of Batman who more often than not defends the innocent from an evil that would harm them.

Bane is a very strong candidate for a solo movie; audiences are already familiar with him and there is a strong arc to be told with him and his history with Ben Affleck’s Batman. The solo Batman would need to happen first, but consider this a strong contender.

Finally, there’s Lobo. Technically not a villain, Lobo is no angel and is in fact barred from heaven and even got kicked out of hell. As such, he’s immortal, although he was hardly vulnerable before that with a power set that’d make Superman jealous.

An intergalactic biker bounty hunter, Lobo would be an amazing character to see on the big screen, and could be portrayed in similar vein to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. At this point in time Warner Brothers has ordered a script from the writer of the Wonder Woman script, so here’s fingers crossed.

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THE ACTORS WHO PLAYED THE JOKER The Joker. One of the most iconic villains of all time. You don’t need to be a comic book reader to know the Joker. The very embodiment of chaos, the Joker has been the perfect adversary for Batman. Such a character has earned quite the reputation for translating to the big screen, but it’s not a role to be taken lightly as the character takes its toll on the man behind the make-up. While many would assume the Joker’s look came from making a clown slightly creepier, it in fact has cinematic roots within 1928 film The Man Who Laughs; cited as inspiration particularly for Joker’s twisted grin. In a way, the Joker has been there since the beginning of cinema itself; but what about the actors who have played him? The Joker isn’t simply a role, but more a tapestry, with each actor adding and displaying a different aspect of the character throughout the years The first man to portray Joker in live action was Cesar Romero, a fairly successful movie and television actor.

Romero’s Joker was a far cry from the psychotic murderer we know (and love?) today, instead focussing on and personifying the clown trickster element of the character. For around two years we were greeted with a Joker that was no doubt criminal but was far more obsessed with making sure Batman and Robin fell into his highly elaborate prank themed traps – even if Batman always had the perfect gadget for getting out of it. The legacy Romero leaves for the character here is really the same and why we love the 60s show; sure it’s campy and flamboyant but he nailed that prankster Joker that at the time was the Joker.

It would be years before Joker returned to the big screen but did he do it with style. In 1989, Jack Nicholson gave his legendary interpretation of the Joker as a true criminal mastermind, and it became the benchmark for Joker performances. Nicholson’s Joker wasn’t the gleeful prankster seen before but instead a twisted gangster with an affinity for deadly practical jokes

(that hand buzzer). While we only saw Nicholson’s Joker for a single movie, it left a massive impact on the character with the balance between laughing maniac and the dark intelligence behind it. Nicholson’s legacy is the bar he set for character acting as well as showing us that the Joker is both a madman and a twisted, criminal genius.

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For many, many, many fans, though, Mark Hamill has become the embodiment of the Joker. Now if you’re sitting there right now wondering why you can’t remember Luke Skywalker being in a purple suit, then that’s because he’s never been in live action.

However, this does not diminish what Hamill has achieved as an actor with the character. While not appearing in live action, Hamill’s Joker has appeared on the big screen in animated movies as well as numerous animated series performances and in video games.

Hamill has arguably been one of the greatest contributors to the character of the Joker, having well over two decades of experience with the

character, and he is still voicing Joker to this day with the release of the Killing Joke in cinemas this year. Even still, he has said he is not done with the Joker yet. Hamill has managed to embody the Joker as a whole through the power of voice alone; with his Joker having ranged from gleeful prankster to criminal genius to sympathetic product of life. Simply put, Hamill is the Joker.

There’s no doubt that decades from now when the Joker has outlived all of us, that Hamill will be regarded as one of the greatest Joker performers ever.

By mastering the madness of Joker, Hamill will always be the embodiment of the character for many fans worldwide.

Heath Ledger was the next man to step into the role, and although his tragic passing made headlines worldwide, his portrayal of the character has been immortalised. What can be said about his performance that hasn’t already been said or seen for that matter?

Ledger threw himself into the role which would unfortunately lead to his passing, but his performance in The Dark Knight will stand as one of the finest in the whole of cinema. A fantastic portrayal of the unstoppable anarchist that is Joker.

This leads us to the present day, with the Suicide Squad movie pending. Jared Leto has some big shoes to fill, not least those of Ledger. Leto’s casting has had no shortage of controversy from the initial casting to the character’s design for the DCEU. It is worth noting that many felt the same about Ledger’s casting, but Leto still has to convince those not yet sold. What has been said is that Leto’s portrayal is intense and that there hasn’t been anything seen like it before. It must also be said Leto has thrown himself into the role and his portrayal of a more psychotic Joker could be great addition to the Joker lineage.

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F1 2016 ARRIVES THIS AUGUST

by Cameron Paterson Twitter:

@PatersonCameron

c.paterson@tsaglasgow.com

The latest release in the Formula One game franchise is set for release on 19 August, the eighth game to be created by Codemasters since they began creating games for the franchise in 2009. For the second year in succession, the game will be released for XBOX One, Playstation 4, and PC. A lot of people have already parted company with their copy of F1 2015 and are not feeling that remorseful about it.

The last release of the game was arguably the worst game in the recent history of the series. The game was needing more Pest Control rather than developers to get rid of the bugs lying within it.

Some problems would see cars not under control by the user, usually resulting in a trip to the barrier or the gravel. If you didn’t see a glitch, you were probably the luckiest user ever. The game also saw some normal racing features from the sport removed such as the safety car, and after a patch, had very difficult penalties added to the game.

Although a very popular ‘pro career’ mode was added with the hardest settings, you could no longer personalise a driver with your own name, having to use one of the 20 drivers who drove in the 2015 Formula One season from Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to Manor Marussia’s Roberto Merhi.

The 2016 version promises recovery. The

reintroduction of the safety car, the virtual safety car included which came into the sport during the 2015 season, and driver personalisation. If you really like to get immersed in a game – personalisation will be your thing. You can use your own name, pick your own custom model for a driver, and even pick your own helmet and own number. Picking your own helmet as part of the game has been missing for a few editions of the game, since around 2011.

Picking your own number is a relatively new thing to the sport.

In other motorsport series it has long been a thing to see drivers have their own unique numbers which immediately jump to mind when you think of them.

In MotoGP, for example, legendary racer Valentino Rossi is known for his number 46.

This came into the sport in 2014, with the likes of Hamilton known for having number 44.

Finally you can use your favourite number, your lucky number, your birthday even. Not only this but the return of a cut-scene with agent for the first time since around 2011 and interesting scenes with members of your own team whilst playing inbetween sessions in your own team’s motorhome brings another level to something that isn’t far away to what the drivers do for a living.

Formation laps, the lap a driver does before the start of the race, also returns to

a Formula One game for the first time since ‘F1 Championship Edition’ which came out for the PS3 in 2006. There is also the introduction of an ‘ultimate’ difficulty to really test yourself.

The game does bring realism to the playing experience and what you have to do to drive your car. With things such as research and development (R&D) tasks to improve your car, much like drivers would do over the course of a season or two, and many targets to hit during sessions to earn research points, you finally have something that drivers would do to prepare their weekend in real life.

Not only does it increase the immersion if you are a hardcore fan of Formula One, but it does give you something to do rather than just monotonously lap around a circuit time after time.

It should be a fun experience of racing, and as always, your car can fail, can pick up a puncture and other random things.

The career mode itself spans for up to ten seasons if your experience of the game lasts that long – that being potentially 210 three practice sessions, qualifying session and race.

The damage system to the car when the user crashes also seems to have improved.

Rather than having wheels just come off when there is an incident, wheel tethers should hopefully now have the wheels still attached to the car rather than always

coming off. These tethers are used in actual racing to keep wheels as attached to the car as possible after a crash, although they can rarely fail.

Some of the increased use of Sky Sports’ UK practice commentary team of David Croft and Anthony Davidson before and after racing also brings some immersion.

The grid is even run down by Croft like it would be both the start of a grand prix if you were watching it. Like any game with recorded lines it will get boring hearing the same phrases repeated. The only other downside is that is maybe not as excitable a commentary as you would get from them if you were watching the sport.

The game also features changes just because of the 21-race calendar the sport is racing at during the 2016 season. This sees the introduction of the new Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan that played host to the first European Grand Prix earlier this year in June. It also sees the return of the Hockenheimring track for the German Grand Prix as it returned to the Formula One calendar for the first time since 2014 in late July.

With the return of things that made other games special and what looks to be something with interesting new features, the game looks like one of the most promising titles in the series for some time and should be a real shot in the arm for people wanting to play the franchise again.

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LIFESTYLE

THOSE HIDDEN GEM CHARITY SHOPS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT Charity shops were once a relic of the past, a sour shrine to unused summer clothing of July’s gone by. Many still house unwanted Monopoly’s and Jenga’s, incomplete and sellotaped shut, on dusty shelves beside paperback books with folded-over corners and musky, yellowed pages.

However, access to excess has meant that people today are hoarding far more unopened and practically new items in their homes.

Blame it on the summer sales. The need to buy something because it’s just too good a price to miss is now stronger than ever, and the charity shops bordering Glasgow’s style mile are benefitting from our poor shopping habits.

A select few places are like gold mines, rich in big names and small labels like cheaper, even less organised branches of TKMaxx.

Charity shopping no longer has the stigma attached to it that it once used to and Glasgow has many of these bargain hubs all over the place. In fact, you’re foolish if you don’t give it a chance at all. Granted, not every store you enter will stock the reduced Gucci bag you’re after but what can be guaranteed is a quality source of barely used items at reduced prices which will also benefit charities, local and nation-wide.

Wandering around Glasgow City Centre in daylight and phone-free, one of the first things that occurred to me this year was the number of charity shops.

Vintage ones, furniture ones, music ones and book ones: it seems that in this tiny quarter of Glasgow City Centre there are so

many people making donations that there’s enough to create separate shops for specific needs and demographics.

The result of this is a plethora of charity shops that are well-rounded and operated by volunteers who can offer more tailored shopping experiences, similar to their fullpriced forerunners. This also means that the screening process for stock is more thorough, making items for sale more likely to sell. For example, a dining table can be donated to a furniture-only store which is more likely to catch the attention of customers in a shop window as opposed to being a place for resting book ends.

BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION

(TWO STORES: FURNITURE & GENERAL) ARGYLE STREET, GLASGOW

The British Heart Foundation is the leading heart charity in Britain, offering information about heart disease and how to prevent it. Their furniture shop on Argyle Street is always full-to-the-brim with donations and sells everything from bed frames and rugs to desks and Chesterfield couches. It’s sister shop, which is a more general donations store, boasts four floor-length clothing rails and an irresistible ‘4 for 99p’ book sale.

Swoon!

Speakeasies should have, in theory, fizzled out in 1933 along with the prohibition when there was no longer a need for the illegal, secluded drinking spaces.

Thankfully for us in recent years an interest in all things quirky has seen a resurgence in these hidden gems, which means we get to enjoy traipsing across the city in search of the newest and hardest to find – it’s kind of like searching for Pokemon but with a lot more alcohol. Whilst not technically speakeasies because they, presumably, all have alcohol licenses, here’s our favourites in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

PANDA & SONS

Ever thought it slightly odd that there’s a barbers on the corner of Queen Street run by a family of pandas, offering haircuts for 25 cents? Yup, us too.

Which is why further investigation revealed that sadly, pandas are not on hand offering what we can only imagine would be the worst but cutest haircuts in Edinburgh.

It’s actually just a clever ruse for a hidden speakeasy, accessed via a special bookcase, serving some of the best cocktails in Edinburgh – seriously, they are like works of art.

LIQUOR LIBRAR. Located in the New Town on Broughton Street, the Liquor Library is another speakeasy in Edinburgh which requires a secret password from its patrons.

Don’t worry it’s easily found on their Facebook page but changes weekly and never fails to make us smile. If you fancy quietly whispering to a doorman, “drinking just to get drunk is like having sex just to get pregnant” or “you’re not

HOOT THE REDEEME. From the award-winning team behind Panda & Sons, Hoot The Redeemer is the 1950s New Orleans themed speakeasy that is easily the funnest out of our picks. The bar’s ethos is “we aren’t a serious bar but we take having fun very seriously” and with the arcade machines, Punch and Judy DJ booth, alcoholic ice cream parlour and claw crane machine that produces bespoke cocktail ingredients instead of cheap toys, it’s pretty safe to say there’s plenty of fun to be had here, actually you might never want to leave.

GLASGOW

PANTHER MIL. BAR Follow the neon signs in Tabac on Mitchell Lane to discover this tiny bar-within-a-bar, otherwise known as Panther Milk Bar. It’s definitely worth exploring but be warned, book ahead.

The charity is the leading care charity in South Eastern Europe. There are three branches in Edinburgh. It’s best for clothing but also boasts a nice collection of fiction and vintage-inspired goods.

by Rachael Procter @rrretro___

EDINBURGH & GLASGOW drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on”, then this is the bar for you. It also offers “scrumptious cheese and charcuterie” and an ever changing list of cocktails made with seasonal ingredients.

HOSPICES OF HOPE, EDINBURGH

r.procter@tsaglasgow.com

SPEAKEASY BARS IN

EDINBURGH

BARNARDOS

The bar is genuinely tiny, it’s hidden in an old elevator shaft and has space for just 30 people. Plus you’ll only be able to drink here on Friday and Saturday nights between 9pm and midnight and the drinks list isn’t exactly what you’d call extensive.

on every week like ‘Carry On Karaoke’ on Thursdays and legendary ‘Trophy Room’ upstairs on Saturdays, where you can indulge in the amazing, unapologetically cheesy hits.

In fact the only drink on offer here is ‘Leche De Pantera’. Or as it’s known in English, Panther Milk – an infamous Spanish cocktail consisting of condensed milk, gin, rum, Cointreau, peppermint and a sprinkle of cinnamon. It might sound a bit bizarre but trust us, it’s delicious and goes down far, far too easily.

It’s easy to understand why the Berkeley Suite and sister venue Chinaskis keep a low profile. Both are located on North Street, just a few minutes walk from Sauchiehall Street, which of course as we all know can attract some interesting clientele, so they operate more like speakeasies, brilliant venues hidden behind unassuming entrances, where it’s unlikely people will wander in drunk after a Sauchiehall Street bar crawl.

SPEAKEASY It’d be a bit daft to write about all the best speakeasies in Edinburgh and Glasgow without actually discussing the article’s namesake, which is a quirky gay bar tucked away in Merchant City with prohibition era décor and all of the cheesiest tunes you secretly love.

Speakeasy really is the “perfect drinking den”, as claimed on its website, thanks to the cheap drinks, cheap food, friendly staff and the brilliant events

THE BERKELEY SUITE/ CHINASKI.

You’d never expect that the classy interiors, delicious food or multi-tiered ‘bourbon and cigar’ gardens were waiting behind the plain, blue, nameless door of Chinaskis. Or that the ‘pawn shop’ next door had top DJ’s playing regularly inside the former ballroom of an old Victorian public house, which still has many of it’s original glamorous features intact.

by Courtney Hendry Online Editor

@courtneysarahx

c.hendry@tsaglasgow.com

OXFAM BOOK SHOP

ROYAL EXCHANGE SQUARE, GLASGOW Oxfam is a globally renowned aid and development charity. They have several stores within Glasgow, however, their book shop in Royal Exchange Square is rivalled by none. The store is fairly large with a cosy, Waterstones/retro feel to it. It’s excellent for full sets of books, like Harry Potter, and anthologies which will be of use to students of literature and possibly even philosophy. The workers are usually book worms themselves and are nice to chat to/ fangirl with.

OXFAM MUSIC

BYRES ROAD, GLASGOW The musical sister branch of Oxfam is their Oxfam Music store on the notorious Byres road in Glasgow’s West End Quarter. If you’re after L.P.s and cassette tapes, look no further. However, this shop is also particularly great for sheet music and some musical players and instruments, which contrasts nicely with the typical characters of all music shops like reduced CDs.

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HOW POKÉMON IS LIFTING SPIRITS EVERYWHERE The world is currently a bit unevenly split.

More and more people are downloading Niantic Pokémon Go, especially nostalgic adults. Many people, like adults who are considerably less nostalgic, don’t care for downloading. Some people in the latter group are dismissing the game as silly and/ or stupid, but it’s likely those nay-sayers don’t actually know the good it’s doing for a lot of players.

In July, the game was released in a few select countries. This didn’t stop Pokémon enthusiasts everywhere from downloading the game through sneakier means. Since then, Pokémon Go has been downloaded more times than extremely popular dating app Tinder.

So yeah, more people are going Pokémon hunting than they are dating.

Honestly, no complaints.

Even people who formerly had absolutely no interest in Pokémon have jumped on the bandwagon, thanks to absolutely everyone raving about it.

Since the millions of players started their adventures, many trainers have praised the game for how it has lifted their spirits.

The game requires players to actually get up and go outside to find new Pokémon, get experience points, hatch eggs and level up. If you try to just stay in the house, or in bed and play, you simply won’t get too far at all in the game.

Basically, players with depression and other mental issues say that the game has encouraged them to go outside and get exercise, when before downloading the app they did not.

Considering many Pokéstops (locations you must walk to that will give you free items and experience points) are libraries, churches, museums and other kinds of monuments, the app is also encouraging people to explore their home towns and beyond, which can actually make for some good adventures and days out.

Placing a lure (an item in the game that will attract wild Pokémon to Pokéstops) in a busy area, like a shopping centre or a park, not only will bring Pokémon to you, but other players.

Near where I stay, there’s a small area that always has a few lures on it, and there’s always a few, sometimes 10’s of other friendly players who are willing to have a laugh and talk about the game. My friends and I have agreed, there’s a new feeling of safety when it comes to being out late at night. If you see someone else, or a group of people, out and about and walking while staring at their phones, you damn well know what they’re doing.

They’re chasing Pokémon.

Sure, this game can be seen as silly, but so are most of the best things in life. It’s doing amazing things for players, who are feeling a new happiness. How many kids dreamt of going on a real life adventure when they were younger, watching Pokémon and playing it on Gameboys and Nintendo DS’s? Now those kids, all grown up, have that opportunity, and for many, it’s bringing about a new lease of life.

by Holly Fleming Twitter:

@hol7ly

h.fleming@tsaglasgow.com

BEST PLACES TO (POKÉMON) GO! So your friends and family want to drag you out for some excursion but you need to make it worth your while, right? Need to load up Pokémon Go and catch something new and hatch some eggs? Well maybe you ought to persuade your companions to go to these places!

EDINBURGH CASTLE, EDINBURGH Edinburgh Castle is a gym on Pokémon Go, which means if you take that gym you basically own Scotland, let’s be honest here.

Full of history and right by the bustling Royal Mile, going here would make for a great day out with friends and/or family, and there’s so much to do and so many places to explore that go beyond the historical castle.

A day out to Edinburgh Castle can suit anyone looking for adventure, some education, something out of the ordinary to do during the weekend, and those looking to train some Pokémon.

THE VILLAGE, EAST KILBRIDE Not far from Glasgow, the small area in East Kilbride called the Village is rife with Pokéstops which normally have lures on them.

The area is small and full of cute little boutiques, a variety of restaurants and cafés and pubs which always throw a great party at night. Spending an hour in the village will get you tons of Pokémon and items, and there are countless opportunities to make a great day out of it, too, in the scenic little area.

THE GARAGE NIGHTCLUB, GLASGOW Firewater is also a Pokéstop, by the way.

So basically, you can get items while pre drinking, and then even more stuff in the club, if you’re so inclined. I know Pokémon hunting is not exactly what most people aim to do on a night out but hey!

It’ll be fun and trust me, you won’t be the only one on the app there, either.

The Garage occasionally have Harry Potter themed nights, so there’s a bit of nerdiness there. Those at the Garage are

probably quite happy to see that the club is a Pokéstop!

With a variety of music and cheap drinks, the Garage always makes for a great night out, Pokémon hunting or not.

DUNDONALD CASTLE, DUNDONALD Dundonald isn’t too far away from Troon beach, so on a sunny day, a road trip to the beach and a few stops might make for a great time.

The castle stands on top of a hill and offers tours, and there’s a café right next to it too.

Kings of Scotland, Robert II and Robert III lived in Dundonald Castle in the 1300’s, so you can catch Pokémon where kings of our country once ruled. How times have changed, eh?

Standing on the hill Dundonald is perched upon offers a fantastic view, and the castle is surrounded by myths and legends. Get in and have a look!

PRINCES STREET GARDENS, EDINBURGH Truly a place for Pokémon nerds to convene and catch Pokémon and collect items!

Located in the centre of Edinburgh, it’s hard to avoid this area if you’re on a day out in Edinburgh from anywhere else, really.

The sky’s the limit when it comes to having a day out in Edinburgh; you can go shopping, walking, eating, or whatever and still catch Pokémon while at it. You may as well go for a leisurely sit down at Princes Street Gardens when you’re at it.

Maybe you’ll make a new pal with another Pokémon Go

by Holly Fleming Twitter: player. @hol7ly

h.fleming@tsaglasgow.com

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EMPLOYMENT

ScotGrad Case Study: Steven Watson

KICK START YOUR GRADUATE CAREER Are you about to graduate? Or, have you already completed your degree, and you’re searching for your first graduate job? If you’re thinking “yes” when reading this, then you’ve come to the right place. ScotGrad is here to help you kick start your career!

In today’s competitive graduate job market, employers aren’t just looking for a good degree qualification; they’re also looking for proven skills and tangible experience.

ScotGrad is a free programme that offers paid placements in dynamic organisations across Scotland, to help you get into the graduate workplace.

Steven Watson recently graduated with a 1st class joint honours degree in Business with Marketing from the University of Stirling. He always took an interest in how companies presented their brand and products to consumers, and felt ready to apply his skills in a worthwhile job.

After considering his options, Steven applied for a marketing placement with Mindstretchers Ltd, a small business based in Perth & Kinross. Steven was invited to an interview and offered a graduate-level role in the Mindstretchers team. He told us “I would recommend applying for a ScotGrad placement. The application process is significantly easier and faster than others. Since it is mostly small companies, I also found it was much easier to get an interview. The ScotGrad team are really helpful!”

Mindstretchers Ltd is unique in the provision of a full package of early years’ educational leadership. Their training services, publications, support services and products connect children, parents and educators with the tools they require to create inspirational educational experiences. “After learning the theory throughout university, I’m excited to see what the real business world is like. I’m going to be developing a strategy for expansion into the USA and Australia. I’m also going to be reviewing the domestic marketing and social media strategies, and helping to develop the overall corporate strategy.”

“It is a huge opportunity to get experience in international marketing. I get to actually make a difference in a small company, and develop my own skills.”

As part of Steven’s ScotGrad placement, he was invited to join 18 other graduates on a free training course in Edinburgh. Graduates at different stages of their placements worked on tasks to benefit the delivery of their placement projects, as well as attend evening events to expand their networks.

With sectors such as IT, Tourism, Food & Drink, and Engineering represented, the course is an excellent opportunity to learn from top class tutors as well as hear about other industries in Scotland.

Bianca MacLachlan, a graduate at Avanticell Science told us: “This has been invaluable training, beneficial to not only myself but also to any employer I choose to work with.”

As well as opportunities for training, graduates who undertake a ScotGrad placement are able to gain tangible experience and a salary, which is of great benefit to their confidence and employability.

Siobhan Rooney is currently 8 months in to her placement with Eclipse Blinds, and was delighted to get into her chosen field: “The most valuable aspect of my ScotGrad placement so far is the industry experience I am gaining. I am lucky enough to be working in my degree field in Scotland (a rarity for textiles) where I can put theory into practise, and really develop my skills and knowledge in order to progress my career.”

ScotGrad offers graduate placements all year round, in every sector in Scotland. Check out our latest listings on the ScotGrad website, or drop us a message to say hello! www.ScotGrad.co.uk/Graduates

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GRADUATE PLACEMENTS ScotGrad offers paid, project-based placements in dynamic organisations across Scotland. A range of graduate placements in all sectors are posted every single week, and recent graduates from any degree are eligible to apply up to four years after graduation.

Visit: www.ScotGrad.co.uk/Graduates to view our full listings and start your applications!

Check out a taster of our opportunities below…

GRADUATE PLACEMENTS:

WWW.SCOTGRAD.CO.UK/GRADUATES/PLACEMENTS

CREATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN *NEW* GRAPHIC DESIGNER/WEB CONTENT EDITOR: Adeo Group (Glasgow) Apply by 9th August 2016: http://bit.ly/29XV20u

WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

METASCANNER PROJECT GRADUATE X 2:

*NEW* DIGITAL MEDIA ASSOCIATE

iMetafilm Ltd (Glasgow) Apply by 4th August 2016: http://bit.ly/29tTMFq

3D CAD DESIGNER/ESTIMATOR:

Spaceright Europe Ltd, (Lanarkshire) Apply by 30th August 2016: http://bit.ly/28QfqQE

Impact Solutions, (Forth Valley) Apply by 21st August 2016: http://bit.ly/2a6Lphc

GRADUATE PHP PROGRAMMER:

Adeo Group, (Glasgow) Apply by 9th August 2016: http://bit.ly/2a8iABX

MARKETING, MARKET RESEARCH AND PR

MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND LOGISTICS

*NEW* MARKETING GRADUATE

*NEW* RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DISTILLER

MARKETING AND STRATEGY PROJECT GRADUATE

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRADUATE:

SALES AND BUYING

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

*NEW* SALES GRADUATE

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANT:

Outreach Ltd, (Forth Valley) Apply by 21st August 2016: http://bit.ly/2ame9p5 Dunns Food And Drinks Ltd (Lanarkshire) Apply by 23rd August 2016: http://bit.ly/2aLxxts

Gilmour & Dean Limited – Eurostampa UK, (Glasgow) Apply by 14th August 2016: http://bit.ly/2a8Yjd5

Trossachs Distillery Limited, (Forth Valley) Apply by 21st August 2016: http://bit.ly/2axxZeV Glencraft Ltd, (Grampian) Apply by: 7th August 2016: http://bit.ly/29n29Qe

Argent Energy (UK) Ltd, (Lanarkshire) Apply by 2nd August 2016: http://bit.ly/29pR0Pr

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FULL TIME CUSTOMER SERVICES - GERMAN SPEAKING THE STUDENT ADVERTISER

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Salary: £17000 per annum + plus shift bonus Agent: Total Recruitment Skills: Customer Services Location: Glasgow Based within their modern, state of the art, well equipped Glasgow offices (with parking, coffee shop, internet cafe and lunch venues on site), you would join a fun, friendly and very outgoing team environment.

Handling all manner of customer inquiries, over the phone and via email, you will have first class communication skills, both verbal and written (GERMAN AND ENGLISH). This is NOT a call centre environment, but much more of an open plan, friendly, large office environment. SHIFTS 3PM - MIDNIGHT, Wednesday to Sunday, £17,000 PLUS 10% shift allowance. INITIALLY 12-15 weeks TEMPORARY BUT WILL LEAD TO A PERMANENT CONTRACT FOR THE RIGHT PERSON. APPLY WITHOUT DELAY - RECRUITING RIGHT NOW!!!!

JUNIOR LAND SURVEYOR Salary: £13-16/h Agent: Hudson Construction & Property Skills: Construction/Trades/Property Location: Glasgow My Client is an English contractor that is expanding to the Central Belt of Scotland and building its team. There is lots of work lined up and already underway with the leadership of a good core team that we have built up in recent months. We are now seeking a Junior Land Surveyor to join the team and assist in levelling, target shooting etc. on multiple contracts including rail road, and water projects. Any experience is helpful, but there is significant opportunity for training and development.

This will be on a contract basis to start Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV. Hudson is a leading provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management solutions worldwide.

CREDIT CONTROL CLERK (TEMP TO PERM) Salary: £17,500 - £19,000 Agent: Anderson Knight Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Anderson Knight are currently seeking a temporary Credit Control Clerk to work for a well known client based in Glasgow on a ongoing temporary contract with the chance to go permanent. Main Duties: Cash Collection by telephone, letter and email. Opening new accounts . Maintaining accounts and putting accounts on stop. Cash Allocation. Review ledger . Produce monthly KPI’s. Adhoc finance reports when required . Deal with all customer enquires . Adhoc duties as required . In return my client is offering a competitive salary with fantastic working hours, with great development opportunities. Interested please apply now to patricia@ andersonknight.co.uk or call me on 0141 348 7754 for more information.

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

TELEPHONE ACCOUNT MANAGER Salary: £21,500 Agent: Anderson Knight Skills: Financial Services/Investment Location: Glasgow Anderson Knight is looking for a Telephone Account Manager to work permanently in Glasgow. This will be working with a well established financial services company. Main responsibilities: - Account management - Hitting realistic sales targets - Conducting outgoing sales calls - Maintaining and strengthen relationships Developing a team of advisors The ideal candidate must be a polished individual with a professional approach and a background in financial services. Please apply for further details.

CHEF DE PARTIE Salary: £Competative Agent: Halo Hotels (Crowwood) Skills: Hospitality/Catering/Tourism Location: Glasgow An opportunity has arisen to join the team as a chef de partie at one of our hotels, with a busy guest restaurant and banqueting for 140, we are looking for someone who has at least 3 years experience in the kitchen and holds the relative food safety, and training documentation appropriate to the position. The position is available immediately with a competitive salary offered commensurate with experience, the position is permanent and full time. In the first instance send your cv, and you will be contacted in order to arrange an interview

BOOKKEEPER ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT Salary: £DEO Agent: Stafffinders Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Stafffinders are currently recruiting for a permanent full time experienced Bookkeeperfor our Glasgow client.

Must have experience in the following: Maintaining Sales and Purchase Ledger. Bank Reconciliation.

Preparation of VAT and PAYE Returns. Processing of timesheets, credit control,supplier payments.

Preparation and submission of invoices. Sage line 50.

Sage Payroll. Sage Job Coasting. All Microsoft packages.

To apply please email CV to Karen.auchincloss@ stafffindes.co.uk

SITE ENGINEER - GLASGOW Salary: £20-£24 per hour Agent: Hudson Construction & Property Skills: Construction/Trades/Property Location: Glasgow Site Engineer in Glasgow Our client is a national contractor, seeking an experienced site engineer for a 2-3 month contract on a new build RC structure in Glasgow. The role will require someone capable of an early to mid-April start. Must have: CSCS. Desirable: Large Structural experience. Experience with trimble s6. Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV. Hudson is a leading provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management solutions worldwide.

Salary: £DOE Agent: Independent Accountants in Scotland Limited Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow IAIS have an excellent opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to join them on a permanent basis. Our team provide high quality advice and assistance in every aspect of our clients’ financial and accounting requirements. You will be required to assist in the preparation of Accounts, Tax Computations, Management Accounts and VAT returns with the addition of other ad-hoc duties within the office as and when required. Ideally having worked in a practice setting you will be comfortable in preparing accounts with minimal supervision although working in a team and be comfortable using Sage to Trial Balance and a working knowledge of Iris would also be beneficial. As you will be the first point of contact for many clients an excellent telephone manner along with strong communication skills are required.

PART TIME CASHIER Salary: £8.00 - £9 per hour Agent: Allstaff Skills: Retail Location: Glasgow AllStaff Paisley require a Permanent experienced Part Time Cashier for our client based in Hillington. The location of the client can offer parking facilities & good public transport links. Hours required to be worked WILL be Thursday 1-7pm include a Saturday between 7am to 12noon. Candidates will be required to cover F/T hours during periods of annual leave. Duties will include: Inputting data from tills onto system and balancing cash. Checking invoices and matching. Answering customer calls and queries. Uplifting cash from tills and checking cash into the safe. Inputting details onto the system. Filing, faxing, photocopying. Updating excel spreadsheets. General office duties. Allstaff is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR Salary: £23,000 + Benefits Agent: Lusona Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Lusona’s Client a well known business based in the city centre of Glasgow seek to recruit a payroll administrator on a permanent capacity This is an excellent position for a candidate looking develop there career within payroll Main Duties for this role are: Process monthly payroll .

Process all PAYE and NI contributions. Processing various expenses. Update all RTI information. Deal with any auto enrolement queries. Liaise with various department regarding payroll queries. Process all year end payroll.

Ensure all current payroll legislation is adhered to .

To apply for this role you will have at least 2 years previous payroll experience based within a fast paced environment, have excellent interpersonal skills and have the ability to work own your own initiative

SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR Salary: £10 - £12 per hour Agent: Hudson Contact Centre Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow My client a large forward thinking organisation is currently recruiting a Senior Compliance Administrator.

You will be responsible for : Supporting the manager with implementation of departments strategy.

Managing customer databases . Accurate processing of all documents . Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedure. Liase with internal and external contacts. This will be a 3-6 month role and to start ASAP. You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. The ability to deal with several administrative skills at the same time is essential. Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV. Hudson is a leading provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management solutions worldwide.

ACCOUNTS MANAGER Salary: Negotiable/Competitive Agent: JGB Steelcraft (UK) Ltd Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow We are a busy steel manufacturing business based in Hillington Glasgow seeking an experienced Accounts Manager/book-keeper for an immediate start on a permanent basis. Responsibilities: Full responsibility for the finance including:- Sales Ledger & Purchase Ledger Preparing Supplier payment runs Bank reconciliations Credit Card reconciliations Payroll - Weekly and Monthly Staff expenses/petty cash VAT Returns Experience:Sage Job Costing Sage Project costing Sage Line 50 You must have excellent customer service, accounts and administration skills. You should have working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and SAGE experience essential. Must possess the ability to prioritise and accomplish multiple tasks. To apply please forward your CV giving your salary expectations and availability Call 0141 892 2000

RECEPTIONIST / ADMINISTRATOR Salary: Agent:

£ Commensurate with experience The Centre of Therapy and Counselling Studies Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow An opportunity has arisen within our expanding organisation for someone to take charge of the reception area while sharing some of the duties carried out by our administration team. This is a full-time post working from Monday to Friday within a busy academic and clinical environment. Duties will include: Managing a busy reception desk as first point of contact with visitors, students, clients, therapists and trainers.

Answering incoming telephone calls. Carrying out specific administration tasks and operating systems.

Essential Qualities: Warm and friendly manner Mature and professional attitude Good communication skills Good organisational skills Ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team Reliability and punctuality

TEMPORARY ACCOUNTANT Salary: £34,000 - £38,000 Agent: Anderson Knight Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Anderson Knight is currently working with a prestigious client of ours who seek a Qualified Accountant to work on a temporary to permanent contract based in Glasgow City Centre. Main Duties: Producing Monthly Management Accounts including the P&L and Balance sheets Carrying out all Balance Sheet reconciliations Responsible for all PAYE Preparation of monthly VAT Returns Adhoc duties as required To be considered for this role we are looking to speak to candidates with immediate availability. Interested please apply now to patricia@andersonknight.co.uk stating your notice period and salary expectations. Or call me on 0141 348 7754 for further information.

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PRODUCTION OPERATIVE Salary: £7.20 to £7.90ph Agent: Uin Foods limited Skills: Production/Manufacturing Location: Glasgow Food Production Operatives Location: Cambuslang, Glasgow We are recruiting for Food Production Operatives for different departments. These roles initially are on fixed term contracts potentially leading to permanent employment; depending on performance and Company requirements. We are looking for candidates with recent experience of working within manufacturing workplace. Successful candidates will be expected to follow food hygiene procedures and be able to work accurately under pressure in a fast paced environment. Available shifts: Bakery 8am to 4:30pm Monday-Friday Bakery 8am to 4:30pm Saturday-Sunday Production 7:15am to 7:00pm (Monday Tuesday Saturday Sunday one week; Wednesday Thursday Friday second week) Hygiene 7:00pm to 6:45am (Monday Tuesday Saturday Sunday one week; Wednesday Thursday Friday second week) Rates of pay Dayshift £7.20ph Nightshift £7.90ph

PHP SQL DEVELOPER Salary: Up to £40,000 DOE Agent: RHA Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow RHA is a specialist audio company based in Glasgow.

We develop, manufacture and market innovative audio products with sales channels in over twenty countries. We are seeking a full time Developer to develop and support our internal ERP system.

Development includes all aspects of the lifecycle, including design, development, deployment, training and maintenance. The ideal candidate is creative, and passionate about developing quality software, using good programming practices. Candidates should also have a strong willingness and aptitude to learn the latest web development technologies. Required Skills & Experience Strong knowledge of system architecture, data structures, design and integration. Object-oriented PHP, JavaScript, CSS3, and HTML. SQL, database design & normalization. Problem solving attention to detail Selfsufficient, can take user requirements, debug code and solve problems with minimal guidance This is a great career opportunity within a truly innovative company

REFRIGERATION ENGINEER Salary: £27,000- £30,000 Agent: Anderson Knight Skills: Engineering/Technical Location: Glasgow My client is a leader in the Facilities Management sector and due to continued success and growth they are looking to offer a permanent contract to a Refrigeration Engineer. Your main duties will include: Planned and

reactive maintenance within your designated region.

Completing necessary paperwork and reporting.

Promote and maintain safe working practice in line with Health and Safety guidelines. Participate in on call rota for out of hours breakdowns. Assist fellow team members as and when required. The successful candidate will have: F-Gas 2079. Previous experience working in a similar maintenance role. Full Driving licence. This successful candidate will receive the following benefits: Excellent basic salary. Overtime.

Company van. Other additional benefits. If you have the qualifications and experience required for this role then apply now or call Paul on 0141 348 7767 to discuss the position in much more detail and in confidence

COACHBUILDER Salary: £10.00 - £14.00 per hour Agent: Aspirare Skills: Engineering/Technical Location: Glasgow Coachbuilder, Glasgow, £10-£14 per hour Our market leading client currently has an exciting opportunity for a time served coachbuilder to join their renowned team with over 30 years’ experience for their blue chip commercial client base. Working in a fast paced environment, our coachbuilder will require experience in panel beating, vehicle bodybuilding and bodywork with the process continuing on to spray painting and completion. This opportunity provides a 6 month contract with a view of permanent position in a specialized company with rapid growth and progression possibilities. To be considered for the Coachbuilder position, you require: Time-served as coachbuilder Good knowledge of engineering standards operations Ability to follow plans and designs The forthcoming contract position are suited to hands-on, pro-active experienced coachbuilders who will undertake PSV and HGV vehicle rebuilding damage repairs. Apply NOW! Send your CV or call John on 01698 324664 to not miss out on this promising opportunity.

ACCOUNTANT Salary: £Dependent on Experience Agent: McAllisters Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow A full time experienced Accountant managing a portfolio of clients. Minimum at least 3 - 5 years continuous experience in an accountancy firm required.

The Accountant role involves the following: Preparation of small limited company statutory accounts. Preparation of sole trader and partnership accounts and personal tax returns. Use of Iris software and Sage Line 50.

Involvement in personal tax, corporate tax, VAT and PAYE work. A good working knowledge of Sage payroll, RTI and Auto Enrolement. Familiarity With Xero, Kashflow & Sage ACT and other online accounting software would be helpful. The Accountant in Practice role would be best suited to the following type of

individual: An enthusiastic and positive individual who enjoys a variety of work and is confident in dealing directly with a wide range of clients. Someone with good organisational skills and the ability to work to strict deadlines. Strong communication skills and the capacity to work well as part of a team.

MANAGER Salary: £17000-22000 per annum Agent: Brown Opticians Skills: Retail Location: Glasgow Our business is expanding so a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full time Practice manager and Assistant Manager Management experience is essential for this role, as it requires someone with a proven track record to really drive the practice to the next level. If you have previous optics experience, with the ability to dispense as a minimum requirement and a proven managerial background then this will be the ideal role for you. Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be responsible for monitoring performance, driving sales and maintaining excellence in customer service.

Other duties will include staff performance, dispensing, managing the appointment diary, preparing and keeping all Practice paperwork up to date, handling cash and general housekeeping duties. A competitive salary will depend on your experience, will be provided. As well as further training and career development within the Optical industry. Please send a CV summarising your experience to date with a cover letter detailing your strengths, your aspirations and why you believe that you should be considered for this opportunity.

ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE ENGINEER Salary: £DOE Agent: Brightwork Specialist Recruitment Skills: Engineering/Technical Location: Glasgow This is a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Bias) to join our client’s well established and successful FMCG manufacturing organisation. The ideal candidate will have electrical and some mechanical experience. The main responsibilities are: - Carry out planned and preventative maintenance tasks when required. - Prioritise and plan workload, ensuring an effective maintenance service. - Involved in projects relating to the installation and commissioning of new equipment. The successful candidate should have relevant engineering experience and be able to work using their own initiative within a maintenance based environment. Ideally you will have a recognised apprenticeship or trade qualification to HNC Level or higher. There will be an on call rota every 3 week paid for too. To apply please send your CV and salary requirements to Daniel Cairney of BWSR - Brightwork Specialist Recruitment at daniel.cairney@bwsr.co.uk or call 0141 272 8129 to discuss further. Brightwork

Specialist Recruitment offers the services of an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

TELEPHONE ACCOUNT MANAGER Salary:

To £27,000 plus benefits and bonus (OTE £40K) Agent: JohnstonGreer Ltd Skills: Financial Services/Investment Location: Glasgow Telephone Account Manager To £27,000 plus benefits and bonus (OTE £40K) Account Manager required by this Life & Pensions firm to promote the company’s products to top-end wealth management firms within the IFA distribution channel. The company is very well known within its niche markets and has recently re-invested substantially into new products and infrastructure.

As the Account Manager you will be responsible for building close relationships with your existing portfolio of IFA accounts in order to maximise product awareness and increase sales, whilst also sourcing and cultivating new connections. You will receive a salary of up to £27,000 plus bonus and you will also qualify for the wide range of benefits including pension. Please call Chris Johnston on 0131 292 0778 or email chris.johnston@ johnstongreer.co.uk. JohnstonGreer is a recruitment agency covering Scotland & N.Ireland that specialises in the Actuarial, Life & Pension and Investment sectors.

JohnstonGreer operates as an Employment Agency in providing permanent job seeking services.

CREDIT CONTROLLER Salary: £19,000-£20,000 Agent: PRG Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow I am currently assisting my City Centre based client in recruiting a Credit Controller for their highly successful organisation. This is a permanent role and would be a fantastic opportunity for an individual with strong communication skills, and who has previous experience of working in a high volume credit control role. Duties include: Effectively manage portfolio of clients. Ensure individual and team KPIs are met. Maintenance of records. Timely collection of outstanding amounts.

Resolving disputed queries. Reporting to internal and external reports. Customer reconciliations. Ensure strict time deadlines are met. This position offers: Attractive market rate remuneration provided. Bonus incentive rewarding strong performance. Modern work environment. Attractive company benefits. If you are interested in hearing more about this role please send your CV to Paul Lyons stating your current salary and notice period. Please note that only CVs with a strong credit control background will be considered.

PART TIME PART-TIME ADMINISTRATOR Salary: Agent:

£Commensurate with experience The Centre of Therapy and Counselling Studies Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow An opportunity has arisen within our expanding organisation for two people on a part-time basis to join our administration team carrying out duties in varied aspects of our operations. These are part-time posts working from Monday to Friday with actual hours to be agreed. Duties will include: Carrying out various administration tasks, procedures and operating systems within a busy academic and clinical environment.

Essential Qualities: Warm and friendly manner Mature and professional attitude Good communication skills Good organisational skill Ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team Reliability and punctuality

PRODUCTION OPERATIVES Salary: £7.65ph Agent: Topstaff Skills: Production/Manufacturing Location: Glasgow Position: Experienced production operatives urgently required for part time assignments in the Glasgow/ Hillington area. This position will be ongoing temporary assignments with the possibility of going permanent for the right candidates. Requirements: Applicants must have a good work ethic, should be dexterous and have good attention to detail. This position involved small parts on a production line so nimble fingers and experience are essential. Working hours: Hours of work will be 22 hours per week Monday to Wednesday 16.30 until 21.25 and Thursday 16.30 - 22.25 For immediate interview please call Topstaff Employment on 0141 427 7070 or email your CV to warehouse@ topstaffemployment.com.

PART-TIME RECEPTIONIST Salary: £18,000 pro rata Agent: PRG Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow

PRG Business Support are recruiting for our client exclusively for a front of house professional to join them on a part time basis working Thursdays and Fridays in the centre of Glasgow. Based front of house for our established client we are looking to speak with individuals who have a proven track record within reception coupled with good administrative skills. Duties: Meeting and greeting clients and external partners. Answering telephone and relaying messages. Basic admin duties and housekeeping.

Dealing with incoming and outgoing mail. Please send your CV to Emma Cameron to be considered for this vacancy coupled with your current salary, availability and holidays pre-booked in the next 6 months. To be considered for this role please send your CV to supportroles@prgrecruitment.com confirming your notice period.

OUTBOUND SALES ADVISOR Salary: £8ph plus bonus Agent: AMH Marketing Ltd Skills: Sales Location: Glasgow We are currently recruiting for Outbound Sales Advisors to join our growing business within the financial services industry. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who enjoy working in a fast paced, target driven atmosphere.

If you have a proven track record in outbound sales, are a confident and persuasive individual with a positive can do attitude then apply today. Immediate start available Responsibilities •Making outbound calls providing a range of financial solutions to individuals across the UK. •Working within a fast paced and friendly telephone environment •Working to meet and exceed sales targets Experience Required • Previous experience within insolvency would be highly desirable •Min 1 year outbound telesales experience essential •Hunger to earn money •Hard working and reliable Excellent basic monthly salary Bonus is paid weekly Full time: Mon-Thu: 12pm-8pm Fri 10am-2pm and 2 Sat per month 10am – 2pm Part time: Mon-Thu 4.45pm-8pm and 2 Sat per month 10am – 2pm Please state which shift pattern you would like to apply for OTE £21K+

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE TEAM MEMBER PART TIME Salary: £18,000 ñ 21,000 Agent: Hudson Accounting & Finance Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Hudson Accountancy and Finance client are looking to add an Accounts Payable Team Member to the current team on a part time basis. This is a outstanding opportunity to join a prestigious organisation based on the outskirts of Glasgow. Key duties of the role include; Maintain the integrity of the financial ledger. Receive and check purchase invoice from suppliers and internal departments. Complete journals and adjustments as required. Process data accurately in accordance with deadlines. Reconcile transactions for specific suppliers.

Creation of excel spreadsheets collating charges on a monthly basis. Provide a fast efficient service to internal and external customers. Experience required; Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures. Strong Accounts Payable knowledge. Supplier statement reconciliation experience. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work to tight month end deadlines. If you are interested in this vacancy please contact Greg McDermott or Pamela McCulloch in our Glasgow office on 0141 240 2444 or greg.mcdermott@jobs.hudson.com Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV.

BDC SALES ADVISOR Salary: £Highly Competitive + Bonus!!

Agent: Peter Vardy Ltd Skills: Call/Contact Centres Location: Glasgow BDC SALES ADVISOR - PART TIME - WEEKEND & WEEK NIGHT HOURS Peter Vardy is the fastest growing motor retailer in its sector and has ambitious plans for the future. Our vision is to create the world’s best motor retail operation as measured by our colleagues, customers and investors. The company has won Sunday Times Awards for being a Top 100 Company to work for and has a real commitment to gaining success through colleague satisfaction. Due to the continued growth and success of the contact centre, we have an amazing opportunity for a sales driven person with a desire to succeed. This role will see you utilising your passion for customer service, while offering your expert knowledge

to provide solutions. As a BDC Sales Advisor, you will be required to deal with customers on a one on one basis delivering a first class service every time. Person Specification: Skills/Attributes Required Confident and positive ‘can do’ attitude. Excellent communication and influencing skills. Good learner with willingness to develop further. Strong team player. Well organised and good time management. Flexible. Ability to thrive under pressure. Competent with PC and internet. Apply today to get your career started at PV!

SALES ASSISTANT / RETAIL ADVISOR Salary: £250 - £400 Weekly Agent: The Interactive Team Skills: Sales Location: Glasgow Sales Assistant / Retail Advisor Are you looking for a career within sales and working with customers face to face? Are you looking for something different from the usual 9-5? Are you interested in a sales assistant role that offers real career progression and does what it says on the tin? At A4 interactive, we know inspiring leaders comes from every sort of back round. What matters most is your ability to connect, provide innovative solutions, and create an environment where all can succeed! Looking for a sales position that combines you brilliant people skills with your enthusiasm with customer service? We are uniquely focused on delivering amazing customer service experiences and were looking for incredible individuals to work within our interactive team and strive for greatness!!! Customer service and sales requirements are: Ability to strike up conversation?. Fun, bubbly, positive personality. hunger to learn and develop. What we can offer is: Full training professional development programme. fun and inspiring work environment. weekly pay. Travel opportunities.

Experience in leadership. Full time/ part time positions.

Immediate start. If this sounds like you please apply now and start tomorrow!!!

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INCOME OFFICER (PART TIME) Salary: £30,714 - £33,726 pro rata per annum Agent: West of Scotland Housing Association Skills: Social Services/Housing/Childcare Location: Glasgow Income Officer (part time) Working Wednesdays Base - Glasgow East Office £30,714 - £33,726 pro rata per annum Defined Benefits Pension Scheme West of Scotland Housing Association is a dynamic social housing provider with a unique history and vision for the future. We are passionate about delivering exceptional services to our tenants. We also want to help make a positive contribution to the lives of those people living in the communities. Are you an experienced housing professional who is willing to take responsibility and make decisions? Can you convince us that you are a creative problem solver who is committed to improving service delivery and meeting demanding deadlines? Do you have a proven track record of forming effective working relationships with others because of your excellent communication and interpersonal skills?

Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is confident and assertive; a team player who will adopt a flexible and methodical approach to organising and prioritising a busy workload. You should have good knowledge of current housing policy and practice related to social housing income maximisation. If you are interested in an exciting opportunity to work in a progressive environment which strives for continuous improvement, please visit the recruitment page of our website www.westscot.co.uk to download an application pack, email vacancies@westscot.co.uk or telephone 0141 550 5650 to request a pack. Completed applications must be returned by 12noon on Wednesday 4th May 2016.

DEBT ADVISOR Salary: FTE circa £19,000 - £20,000 Agent: Campbell Dallas Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Don’t Fret About Debt is part of Campbell Dallas LLP, and offers Debt Solutions to our clients. We are now recruiting for a part time Debt Advisor to join our team. Hours of work will be Tuesday to Friday, either morning or afternoon to include early evening – 20 hours per week over 4 days. Campbell Dallas LLP is one of the most dynamic and progressive firms of chartered accountants in Scotland with offices across 4 locations and international links. The firm scooped Accountancy Firm of the Year and Training Team of the Year at the Scottish Accountancy and Finance Awards 2015. By joining us you will help to contribute to our success, whilst being supported and encouraged to maximise your own potential. Working in a fast paced environment your role will primarily be to firstly identify and thereafter to provide advice on consumer debt solutions available to individuals who have been referred to the Personal Insolvency Department for assistance. You will communicate to management and external sources on case progression whilst ensuring all deadlines are met. It therefore goes to say that we are looking for strong communicators who have a confident and polite telephone manner and who can engage at all levels. You should have previous debt advice experience, or have worked within personal insolvency. We are looking for IT literate candidates. You will work as part of a team, however should be able to work well with

minimal supervision. We are looking for a focussed individual who has a high level of attention to detail and can effectively plan and organise their workload. If this role is of interest then we would love to hear from you, please send your CV and covering letter.

TAX ASSISTANT MANAGER Salary: Up to £40k DOE Agent: Hudson Accounting & Finance Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Hudson Professional Services are currently working with a Big 4 Accountancy firm to recruit a Tax Assistant Manager with experience in personal or expatriate tax compliance to add to their already successful Tax team working on a diverse range of clients and projects.

This is an excellent role offering a competitive benefits package with the option of an annualised hours contract (spring off) and part-time hours for relevant experienced candidates. Whilst this role is based in Glasgow candidates who have the relevant experience in expatriate tax will also have the option to work from home and as such can be based in any part of the UK. Candidates with Private Client tax experience who are looking to transition over to expat / international tax will be considered as full onsite training will be given.

Key responsibilities include; Maintaining and developing client relationships and keeping them up to date with relevant tax developments. Review of UK Tax Returns for a broad range of international assignees. Preparation and review of tax equalization calculations. Day to day contact with HMRC. Management of compliance processes for international assignees. Advising and mitigating client risk issues. Project management.

Delegation of work and training of junior staff.

Skills required; Qualified CTA or relevant experience.

Demonstrable Tax experience within practice preferred.

High level of analytical skills and commercial approach.

Strong interpersonal skills. If you are interested in this vacancy please contact Yvonne Muldoon in our Glasgow office on 0141 240 2440 or email your CV to yvonne. muldoon@jobs.hudson.com. Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV.

environment Cleaning of the physical environment and all catering equipment including crockery and cutlery as directed by the Café Manager or Café Supervisor. General Preparation of food and drinks for the Touchbase Café and catering service. Serving customers in the café, this includes money handling. Reporting any Health & Safety or equipment malfunction issues. Attending supervision sessions with line manager Attending training sessions as required Undertaking any other associated tasks as reasonably requested

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR (PART-TIME) Salary: Circa £20k pro rata Agent: HR Consultancy Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow HR Consultancy is currently recruiting for an experienced Payroll Administrator on behalf of our successful and expanding client. This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of a period of growth within this UK wide business. Please note this role is offered on a part-time basis at 15 hours over 2 days. Your main responsibilities would include: Process and maintain payroll records accurately and efficiently Responsible for managing monthly and annual payroll cycles from start to finish Respond to all requests in a professional and customer focused manner Maintain employee records, process Payruns, SSP, Pensions, Other Deductions, end of year processing RTI submissions Prepare payroll reports for customer review and approval Keeping up to date with payroll legislation Maintain customer confidentiality at all times You must: Have considerable previous experience working in a busy payroll position Be confident and accurate in your own workload Have excellent organisational skills Enjoy contributing to team success If you wish to apply for this position please forward your CV to Eilidh Black via email at eblack@ hrconsultancy.co.uk or apply online. HR Consultancy acts as both an employment business and an employment agency.

CATERING ASSISTANT

APPLICATION PROCESSOR - PART TIME

Salary: £5.56 - £7.33 Agent: Sense Scotland Skills: Hospitality/Catering/Tourism Location: Glasgow Catering Assistant Location: TouchBase, Glasgow Salary Scale: £6.56 - £7.33 (10-13) Part Time: 25 hours per week We have a job opportunity in our Touchbase Café for a Catering Assistant who will be responsible for food preparation and presentation to the highest standards whilst adhering to all Health & Safety, Food Hygiene and Environmental Health requirements. The post holder will also work together with others in the catering team to provide a welcoming customer service environment which takes account of each customer’s needs. This will include the provision of information in accessible formats. DUTIES To comply with all Health & Safety, Food Hygiene and Environmental Health regulations – training will be provided on this if required. Adhering to all café processes and procedures in line with the highest standards of food hygiene and health and safety. Café physical

Salary: £8.75 per hour Agent: Pertemps Scotland Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow We have a fantastic opportunity to work in a highly regarded public sector organisation on the outskirts of Glasgow City Centre (Pacific Quay) as an Administrator.

These are temporary roles with immediate start dates. Candidates applying for this role must have a Disclosure Scotland certificate issued within the last 12 months. Post Overview You will be responsible for ensuring applications received have all mandatory fields completed and all information has been transferred correctly to the online system. You will complete and issue any necessary notification or communication to the Applicant/Organisation, requesting the provision of any missing information. You will also be the first point of contact for general enquires from the public via the Helpline and by email. Main Duties Application Processing Check the accuracy of application information supplied to ensure all mandatory fields are completed;.

Ensure all necessary documents/information associated with registration applications have been supplied;.

Ensure all relevant information is transferred accurately to the system, correcting where appropriate;. Complete and issue a notification to the Applicant or Organisation requesting that any missing information is supplied;.

Undertake quality assurance checks for your peer group;.

Undertake any other associated application processing tasks assigned by team leader;. Customer Relations Deal with incoming queries from the Helpline and by email, following agreed procedures and understanding how and where to escalate as appropriate;. Answer all incoming calls within the specified time;. Hours of Work Part-time - 20 hours per week. Option 1: Wednesday Friday 6pm -10pm and one day from Saturday or Sunday 9.30am - 6pm Option 2: One evening from Wednesday - Friday 6pm -10pm and both Saturday and Sunday 9.30am - 6pm Option 3: Tuesday - Friday 5pm - 10pm If you wish to apply for this role please submit your CV to contract.glasgow@pertemps.co.uk

FOSTER CARERS – GLASGOW AND SURROUNDING AREAS! Salary:

£Generous Allowance (May be exempt from tax) Agent: National Fostering Agency Skills: Social Services/Housing/Childcare Location: Glasgow National Fostering Agency Scotland (NFA) is one of the most experienced and long established independent fostering agencies in the UK. We’ve been finding loving foster parents to improve children’s lives for decades. Join our award-winning community today!

Foster Carers come from all walks of life and we’d like to hear from anyone considering Fostering, whether you are making an initial enquiry, or you’ve researched Fostering at length. You can be married, co-habiting, single, or divorced. You may or may not have children already. We welcome applications from all ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. What does it take to become a successful Foster Carer? The time and energy to invest in a child or young person. A spare bedroom for the exclusive use of the Foster Child. Patience and understanding. Have a genuine interest in children’s welfare and want to make a difference to a child’s life. If you are a couple you will need to arrange your working hours so that one Carer can be available fulltime. Single carers will need to have flexible part-time employment or be available full-time. Reasons to join NFA A generous, minimum Foster Carer’s Allowance (you may be exempt from paying tax). Support on a 24 hour basis – 7 days a week, 365 days a year. A nominated Supervising Social Worker. Training in your local area to widen your professional foster care skills.

Carer Support Group meetings. Annual social activities.

Remember there are many different types of Fostering!

We welcome applications for Emergency, Respite Care, Specialist Care (children with complex needs) to name a few. OPEN /DROP IN DAYS : EVERY WEDNESDAY 10am-12pm (NFA, Stirling Office: Springfield House, Laurelhill Business Park, Stirling, FK7 9JQ Please Tel: 01786 406 404 You can make a difference! If interested in making an enquiry to Foster a Child please email the Carer Recruitment Officer for Scotland directly ydonnelly@nfa.co.uk. Alternatively you can call the main switchboard on 0845 200 40 40 or enquire through our website: www.nfa.co.uk

GRADUATE SETTING-OUT ENGINEERS

MANAGER

Salary:

Salary: £24,416 - £26,190 Agent: Indigo Childcare Group Skills: Education Location: Glasgow The Indigo Childcare Group are recruiting a Manager for our Garrowhill Early Learning Centre to cover maternity leave. Reporting to and directly supporting the Director of Services, you will be an exceptionally wellorganised person, with a pro-active approach, skilled in collaborative working, recognising the importance and commitment required in this mid-management role. You must be an excellent communicator at all levels, demonstrate diplomacy and tact, with the ability to establish clarity. Candidates must hold or be working towards a BA in Childhood Practice / Postgraduate Diploma in Childhood Practice / SQA Professional Development Award Childhood Practice (360 credits at SCQF Level 9). If not working towards this minimum qualification, applicants must have an SVQ 4 or equivalent and be willing to undertake the BA. Candidates should also have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a senior role. CV’s are not accepted please click on the ’Apply’ button to show your interest.

Minimum qualifications apply.

£26000 - £36000 per annum + Pension, Car, Bonus Agent: First People Solutions Skills: Construction/Trades/Property Location: Glasgow First People Solutions are working with a market leading earth’s contractor within the construction industry.

Due to continued success the client has a number of vacancies for Setting-out Engineers based around Scotland. The Candidate You will ideally be from a main contractor background with at least 2-3 years post graduate experience. Experience with Trimble software. One man robotic. LSS advantageous. Autocad advantageous . Remuneration £26-£36k depending on experience. Car. Final salary pension. Bonus. Living away allowance £40 a night plus digs.

APPLICATION DEVELOPER GRADUATE ROLE Salary: Competitive Agent: Contact Advantage Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow As a Application Developer you will work as part of our development team to design, develop, and test products to ensure they meet set standards. You will be responsible for delivering projects on time and to set specifications. In addition you will provide assistance to our dedicated support team and interact with 3rd parties as needed. If you are looking for an opportunity develop your skills and grow within a technology company, apply today. EXPERIENCE: Degree in the area of Computer Science; or, equivalent work experience.

High attention to detail on projects completed. Selfmotivated with initiative to accomplish tasks. Familiarity with .NET Development (C#, VB.NET, ASP) and MS SQL Server. Mobile application development experience a plus .

IT BUSINESS SUPPORT Salary: £18,000 - £20,000 Agent: Nine Twenty Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Nine Twenty Technology are working with their client recruiting for an IT Compliance Executive and project support opportunity. Working for a growing business in their state of art offices on the outskirts of Glasgow towards Paisley. This role would suit a bright, switched on graduate or someone with similar experience who are looking to take on an exciting new opportunity within the IT sector. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new role and take ownership of duties which include: Ownership of compliance certification associated with technical designs to clients. Management of quality system. Company vehicle management, overseeing fleet administration. Project Coordination.

Other general support duties. Candidates would need the following attributes: Strong attention to detail.

Take ownership for projects. Strong communication skills. Team Player. In return you will be rewarded with fantastic professional office environment, friendly team atmosphere, competitive salary and benefits. For more information and to apply please submit your CV or call Joanne Steggell on 07881 300 527.

ASSISTANT BUYER Salary: Competitive plus benefits Agent: Arnold Clark Skills: Procurement Location: Glasgow This role would be ideally suited to a new graduate looking to make a career move into Procurement.

Your main duties will include the management of multifunctional teams concentrating on cost, negotiation, sourcing and product change within a complex supplier package. You will also be responsible for the development of partnership relationships with supplier along with being able to identify and project manage individual cost reduction projects. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills, good commercial awareness and IT literate. You will be educated to degree level and have CIPS qualification/membership (or working towards this). Candidates must have held a full UK Drivers Licence for a minimum of 1 year. We are currently recruiting at our Autoparts, Glasgow . With a turnover in excess of £3 billion, over 160 branches nationwide and an ever expanding portfolio, Arnold Clark is proud to be Europe’s largest independent motor dealer. The successful candidate will benefit from excellent working conditions, extensive training, life assurance and private health care, making our package one of the best in the industry. EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE ARNOLD CLARK GROUP IS OFFERED SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY REFERENCE AND DISCLOSURE CHECK. Only successful candidates will be contacted for interview. Please email your CV via the apply link.

ASSISTANT MANAGER Salary: £12.00 - £13.00 per hour Agent: HAYS Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow Assistant Manager RHI Scheme 22k pro rata Glasgow city Centre My client, based in Glasgow city centre, is currently looking to expand their existing team by adding an additional 4 Assistant Managers on a temporary basis. You will be a recent graduate who has preferably gained their degree in Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geography or Physics. You must be able to demonstrate experience of working in a team, have excellent both written and verbal communication skills and strong numerical and analytical skills. IT literacy and experience with using Microsoft Office is essential. As Assistant Manager your key duties and responsibilities will be: Check and verify the accuracy of supplied information. Register calculation on IT system. Ensure applications re dealt with in an efficient manner. Assess eligibility of applications. Dealing with queries from current and new applicants. Raise IT issues.

Providing support in and ad-hoc basis to other teams.

Due to the nature of this vacancy you must be available for interview at short notice. Successful candidate will start after a disclosure has been returned. An excellent opportunity, not to be missed, applications are being considered immediately. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

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£25000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent banking benefits Agent: Eden Scott Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Eden Scott’s client is a fast growing and highly innovate Agritech start-up using the latest cloud and IoT technology to drive innovation on the farm. As a result of sustained business growth they are creating

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AUGUST 2016, ISSUE 24 an Research & Development centre in Glasgow and are looking to hire a team of developers that are up to the challenge of creating the next generation of farming software. They are seeking Software Developers from graduate level through to experienced ( 4 years + experience) to work in a fast packed, agile development environment. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills and a great problem solver that can work issues on their own initiative. The candidate will be working on the their platform developed using the latest Microsoft technology and should be willing to take a lead in architectural decisions Skills required: C# MVC Framework 4.0.4,5. Fluent NHibernate. Jquery/ Javascript, Bootstrap, Knockout. Knowledge of Knockout and CQRS design patterns. SQL Server 2008 +. Experience with API’s, WCF and/or RESTful web services. UX/UI experience desirable. Microsoft Azure. Agile/Scrum. The company: A Microsoft’s Accelerator Company Winner of the most innovate start-up in agriculture Benefits: 25 day’s holiday. Training on the latest Microsoft technology. Access to labs, and experiment with the latest farm gadgets. Social events. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the growth of a tech start up. For more information get in touch: niall.bree@ edenscott.com or 0141 410 1008

PARA-PLANNER & GRADUATES Salary: £35,000 + bonuses to £45,000 Agent: IFA Consultancy Centre Ltd Skills: Financial Services/Investment Location: Glasgow An excellent opportunity has now arisen with the I.F.A Consultancy Centre Ltd for a Dip PFS level 4 qualified Para-planner to join a prestigious organisation based in the Southside of Glasgow. We offer excellent long term career prospects in a very busy I.F.A. office working with experienced and technical Consultants.

In addition, we are also looking for Graduates who are studying for the same level of qualifications and want on the job experience to develop their careers in the financial services industry as Para-planners. Salary negotiable subject to criteria. Role offered : Working alongside highly qualified successful Consultants, you will be required to provide client research & analysis supporting the Consultants in their role with both new and existing clients and proactively managing their tasks to support the provision of regulated advice through annual reviews. We would ideally prefer an experienced individual who has knowledge working with “Inteleflow” the Intelligent back office systems but not exclusively. Salary £35,000 + bonuses to £45,000 + exam support + career progression There is a genuine career opportunity to become a Chartered Financial Planner with this organisation if this is your long term goal, there are excellent career choices available as a technical Para-planner in relation to Investments, final salary and pension drawdown research. The salary and benefits package is negotiable for the right graduate candidate so please contact me by email, in confidence, to discuss the details. Please apply by e mail, enclosing CV via the apply now button.

GRADUATE/JUNIOR DEVELOPER (.NET) Salary: £22000 - £30000 per annum Agent: Cathcart Associates Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow .NET Developer - great career progression on offer - gain valuable certifications and work in a friendly environment Technology consultancy in Glasgow City Centre seeking a .NET Developer to join them in their base in Glasgow City Centre. The company were established in the early 2000s and have since gained an excellent reputation for providing bespoke solutions to their customers - their software helps their customers to automate workflows and improve efficiency and save time and money. They are a value-led organisation who are committed to providing a high level of service to their customers - and this has played a key role in their success with a huge amount of their business driven by repeat custom from happy clients! My client offer a relaxed and friendly working environment and are committed to helping you grow your technical and non-technical skills - this is truly a role you will enjoy and there are real development opportunities for driven Developers. They have a strong history of hiring Developers in the early stages of their careers and can offer strong training and mentorship. The company are based in Glasgow City Centre but have a global client base and you will have opportunities to travel Internationally for work. Your skills: *Experience with C# .NET. *Good SQL Server skills and ideally, T-SQL. *Web technology skills; HTML, CSS, JavaScript. * Agile/Scrum knowledge and experience. * Good problem solving and communication skills. If you’re interested in this role and keen to find out more, please apply online and/or call Rhona Kennedy on 0131 510 1500.

JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS Salary:

£18000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Agent: Harvey Nash Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Harvey Nash’s client, an exciting technology consultancy start up, based in a premium office location in Central Glasgow has an opportunity for Junior Developers to join their expanding team. This is an excellent opportunity for passionate and ambitious developers to work with hot, new technologies and liaise directly with a diverse range of clients. Whether you are a fresh graduate or perhaps want a fresh challenge this could be the role for you! About the Role: You will be working in an exciting, fast paced and varied environment where your input and ideas will be welcomed from day one. It is a tight knit team and you will be expected to deliver high quality software both individually and as part of a team. You will be creating smart process applications using the latest Microsoft development tools (.Net, C#, SQL) and working in a client facing environment so excellent communication/interpersonal skills are essential. You will have the opportunity for international travel and the chance to dramatically enhance your professional development. About You: Ideally you will come from a Computer Science or Software Engineering background or possess the relevant professional experience. Strong problem solving

skills and a positive attitude are required. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate knowledge of: Visual Studio, C#/.Net T-SQL abs QL Server Familiarity of Agile methodologies Web development skills, including JavaScript/JQuery, HTML and CSS would be desirable.

Knowledge of the Kofax TotalAgility suite would be a plus but by no means essential as excellent training will be provided. In Return: In return for your hard work you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a generous benefits package. To apply for this role please submit an up to date CV as soon as possible.

JUNIOR-MID LEVEL SOFTWARE ENGINEER (SCIENTIFIC R&D) Salary: £22000 - £35000 per annum + bonus Agent: Cathcart Associates Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Junior to Mid-level Software Engineer required for a Scientific Research and Development company in Central Glasgow. My client are a global organisation who manufacture equipment for scientific research and development. They have over 5,000 staff across several continents. Their Glasgow base is a small, close-knit team with varied technical skills, who work collaboratively on technically challenging projects. You will benefit from joining a large, stable organisation, but will work in a small team. High calibre Graduates and junior-mid level Software Engineers are required to join this small, friendly team. You will hold a degree in a relevant discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Software Engineering, Computer Science etc), and ideally, will have had some experience developing software in a commercial environment (whether this is a permanent job, or internship/placement through University). You’ll work with varied technologies - mainly C# and related .NET technologies, but also embedded software systems and C/C++. You will have: *A Degree in a relevant discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Software Engineering, Computer Science etc). *Ideally, some exposure to C# or an interest in learning .NET. *Exposure to any other programming languages a bonus; C, C++, Java. Bonus skills: *A background in a scientific discipline; Maths, Physics, Engineering etc. You will benefit from: *Contributory pension, BUPA healthcare and Life Assurance. *Annual bonus scheme. *On-site gym. *Convenient location good public transport links and parking available. This is a really great opportunity to really progress their career.

If you are interested, please apply and/or call Rhona on 0131 510 1500 to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

SENIOR CIVIL DESIGN ENGINEER Salary: £28.00 - £32.00 per hour Agent: HAYS Skills: Engineering/Technical Location: Glasgow Civil Design Engineer Waste Water Infrastructure Glasgow Your new company Currently the fastest growing consultancy in the UK operating across a number of sectors including construction, infrastructure, power and utilities. Your new role An urgent vacancy exists for a Senior Civil Design Engineer to support the Waste Water Infrastructure Design team for an initial period of 3-6 months. Drawing on your previous experience, you will deliver detailed design services on time and within budget undertaking any work

of a technical nature which falls under ability and competence, You will carry out site visits and surveys, prepare and check feasibility studies, inspection assessments and technical reports. You will also prepare design calculations, drawing and associated documentation. What you’ll need to succeed The ideal candidate will be Degree qualified and preferable be a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer. A minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience is essential as is the ability to work in a team environment to meet project deadlines. A high degree of computer literacy in MS Office is required. Previous experience in Waste Water Infrastructure design is preferable. What you’ll get in return What you need to do now If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn’t quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

BRAND EXECUTIVE Salary: Competitive Agent: Whyte & MacKay Skills: Marketing/PR Location: Glasgow BRAND EXECUTIVE LOCATION: GLASGOW (CITY CENTRE) SALARY: COMPETITIVE Whyte and Mackay Ltd, is a global spirits company with an outstanding portfolio of brands, including The Dalmore and Jura single malt whiskies, Whyte and Mackay blended Scotch whisky, Vladivar Vodka and Glayva liqueur. We are also proud to be the UK distributor for Flor de Caña rum, Ungava gin, Camus Cognac, Cockspur Rum and Rumchata and are a principal supplier within the UK Private Label whisky sector. Based in Glasgow we have this exciting opportunity for a Brand Executive to work on the The Dalmore brand. Reporting to the Brand Manager and part of a small and effective team, you will work closely with our UK & International sales team and distributors to ensure a coordinated approach, the role will involve working on projects to drive brand growth and build distribution and visibility in flagship markets.

This will include contributing to and shaping channel and regional marketing plans/strategies as well as day to day implementation of current brand and market plans/strategies and project managing campaigns and sales initiatives across the full range of channels and territories. Of graduate calibre, with preferably a marketing/business qualification, you will have at least 6 months demonstrable experience in a marketing/brand/ PR role within an fmcg or luxury brand environment.

You will have the ability to focus and drive multiple projects through to completion and demonstrate a flair for developing creative marketing ideas across digital and mainstream media. As a member of the sales and marketing team you will be able to communicate effectively and not only sell your ideas to internal senior members of the team but deliver them at pace into the marketplace. Please apply by sending a full CV and details of your current salary.

VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER DRIVER - NORTH WEST Salary: Out of pocket expenses Agent: Quarriers Volunteer Centre Skills: Fundraising/Voluntary Location: Glasgow Fred Martin project is a supported living service comprising of 7 houses situated in the north west of Glasgow. We provide 24 hour support to adults with a range of physical and learning disabilities. We are looking for a volunteer drive to drive people we support from their home to clubs and other social activities.

The volunteer driver should be an experienced driver who is confident, empathetic and must be able to keep calm in challenging situation. This will take place in various locations in the north west of the city. Monday - Friday between the hours of: 10.30 - 11.30am and 1.30 - 2.30pm and volunteers should be able to commit to at least one day per week. It would be beneficial if you were available for at least 6 months as this will allow you to get to know the role. Quarriers will provide all training that is need for the role including: Induction to Quarriers, Fire Safety, adult protection. The volunteer should have a clean licence or a maximum of 6 points.

The volunteer should be over 25 years old and have at least 2 years driving experience. Selection procedure will be volunteer application form, meeting with team leader, PVG and reference check.

VOLUNTEER ATIVITY WORKERS NW GLASGOW Salary: Out of pocket expenses provided Agent: Quarriers Volunteer Centre Skills: Fundraising/Voluntary Location: Glasgow Fred Martin service provides supported accommodation across seven locations in north Glasgow and provides for a range of abilities and needs. One of the services provide 24 hour support to 3 adults with learning disabilities aged between 39 and 49. We are looking for a volunteer activity worker to support the individuals out in the community such as going for a coffee,

going to the cinema as well as baking while ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the people we support.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: The purpose of this role to enable vulnerable adults to enjoy activities they choose in the local community. REQUIRED SKILLS, QUALITIES & EXPERIENCE: Good interpersonal skills. patient. motivated. reliable. person centred. trust worthy. willing to learn. WHERE AND WHEN: Meeting adults at North West Glasgow service and going out n h community once per week. COMMITMENT REQUIRED: Commitment to regular hours at least once a week to be carried out early evenings and weekends. TRAINING & SUPPORT PROVIDED: Quarriers mandatory training. calm training. support and supervision. SELECTION PROCEDURE: Volunteer application form, meeting with the team, reference and PVG check. Travel expenses will be provided

VOLUNTEER BEFRIENDER Salary: Out of pocket expenses Agent: Quarriers Volunteer Centre Skills: Fundraising/Voluntary Location: Glasgow We are looking for a volunteer befriender to attend activities with a 36-year-old man supported by Quarriers Fred Martin Service. The man is a resident at Northwoodside Road, a small house within Quarriers Fred Martin Service. It is shared by three adults who have learning disabilities. It is situated in the West End of Glasgow (Maryhill) and is surrounded with good transport links such as buses and the underground. It has plenty of pubs and cafes nearby. The role of the volunteer will be to befriend and form a relationship by spending time engaging in sociable activities that are enjoyed by both parties. Main tasks for this role will be to support a male on outings such as the cinema, cafes, walks and pubs. The volunteer will always be supported by a member of staff as the male involved has a 2:1 ratio of support while out and about in the community. The volunteer would need to have a sense of humour and be a sociable person. Preferably a male as the person being supported is strong and may need assistance when crossing roads, etc. The person would also need to be fit and active. This opportunity will take place out

and about in the community for a couple of hours each week, with times arranged to suit both parties. Training provided will include strategies for crisis, intervention and protection course (SCIP). Travel expenses will be paid, and it would be advantegeous if the volunteer was a car driver. The volunteer will have access to the service’s car. The selection procedure includes application form, informal chat, references and PVG Disclosure.

VOLUNTEER IT ASSISTANT Salary: £0 Agent: Glasgow Council on Alcohol Skills: Fundraising/Voluntary Location: Glasgow Role Description JOB TITLE: Volunteer IT Assistant Hours : 3 - 4 hours per week minimum MAIN FUNCTION / RESPONSIBILITY To assist the Data & IT Manager providing IT support and assistance to employees and to assist with the maintenance and upgrades of computer equipment and printers. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS The Volunteer IT Assistant reports directly to the Data & IT Manager Main Duties Assist with computer maintenance and repair, performing upgrades etc. Provide user level technical support for end users with computers, printers etc. Provide user level support for daily applications used, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Publisher and other basic computer related skills.

Provide assistance with maintenance of client services database. Assist in research of new technologies and software that might be beneficial to the organisation.

Assist with the creation and documentation of IT systems. Ensure all paperwork is completed accurately and professionally maintained. Assist in the research of and implementation of new technologies. Work as a team with colleagues from all sectors of GCA to the benefit of clients. Participate fully as a member of GCA. Comply with GCA policies and procedures. Any other duties as required. If you are interested please send your CV and a covering letter explaining why you would like to volunteer with GCA to susan.philp@ glasgowcouncilonalcohol.org or call 0141 353 1800 for more information.

ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER Salary: £ Competitive Agent: Dogs Trust Skills: Retail Location: Glasgow Dogs Trust is the largest dog welfare charity in the UK and last year we cared for over 17,000 dogs in our 20 rehoming centres across the UK. Our mission is to bring about the day when all dogs can enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction.

Assistant Store Manager – Tollcross, Glasgow Are you an inspirational retail manager looking for a great place to reach your full potential and make a difference with an exciting and expanding charity? With a broad range of donated and bought in products, we are looking for a dynamic and flexible individual who has the customer and the charity at the heart of everything they do.

Now you can be part of our next chapter. Based in our Glasgow shop, we’re looking for a commercially minded Assistant Store Manager working 3 days a week (including most weekends) to help to build and inspire a team of volunteers, take personal ownership for the performance of the store, maximise profits and deliver excellent customer service to a constant flow of customers. In this varied and exciting role you will be instrumental in ensuring your store is a successful hub of the community, working closely with Rehoming Centres and representing the Dogs Trust brand. Reporting to the Store Manager (and also covering their full-time duties when they are on leave), you will be part of a busy and dynamic retail environment that changes every day! So, if you have retail experience, enjoy leading from the front and driving sales through commercial awareness and inspirational customer service whilst making a difference to the dogs in our care, please apply. To apply please visit our website by clicking on the apply button or post your CV and covering letter, saying why you are suitable for this post, to Charlotte Warmington, Dogs Trust, 17 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7RQ. Please note the closing date for this position is 15th May 2016

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SPORTS

SCOTS AT THE

OLYMPICS This month’s Olympic Games in Rio will mark a previously unprecedented achievement for Scottish sport. For the first time ever at an overseas Olympics, 50 Scots will join the 366 athlete squad; surpassing the previous record of 31 set at the 2008 games in Beijing.

That being said, then, there’s a very good chance we could also see a recordbreaking number of Scots finding themselves on the podium. The highest ever haul for Scottish competitors at an overseas Olympics, for now, remains the eight taken from Sydney in 2000, while the overall highest was just four years ago in London, where Scots took 13 medals.

Sportscotland, the aptly named agency for sport in Scotland, reckon we stand a strong chance of breaking at least one of these records.

A spokesperson for the organisation said: “I think we have between 15 and 20 medals ‘hits’ – in other words, they are in that medal zone.

“I think we could have as many as 20% of those 50 Scots in serious medal contention, and probably nine or 10 sports where we could win medals.

“We want a best ever away Olympics and I think we’re on track; I think we can get 10.’’

One of the sports contested by Team GB where a Scottish victor is most likely, it should be said, is tennis. Of the four

tennis players selected for Team GB, two are Scots who will be very familiar to most reading; none other than Andy Murray and his older brother Jamie. Andy Murray goes into singles competition in the form of his life off the back of his Wimbledon triumph, and the defending gold medallist will undoubtedly fancy his chances of repeating that feat on foreign soil for the first time ever.

He’ll join his brother Jamie, one of the best doubles tennis players in the world currently; currently 3rd on the ATP doubles rankings with his partner Soares Bruno; in the doubles competition. The Murray brothers, of course, have plenty of experience playing together, something which could give them an edge considering the bulk of other doubles teams will consist of makeshift pairings.

The area where Scots are best represented, though, is arguably the most popular, if only for the sheer amount of sports under its umbrella; athletics. A quite remarkable 15 Scots have made the cut for the 80 person team GB athletics squad. It’s a number beaten only by the 17 Scots taken to the 1908 Olympics, although it should be noted that this was at a time when an unlimited number of competitors could be entered by any nation. It’s even more remarkable considering Scottish Athletics had set an initial goal to get six Scots on the team; further highlighting just how formidable a year it has been for athletics competitors north of the border.

One such formidable performers is 29 year old hurdles competitor Eilidh Doyle, who is widely considered to be not only one of Scotland’s best hopes of an athletics medal, but ranks highly UK-wide in this regard.

Coming off a tremendous silver medal showing in the Commonwealth games,

her 54.09 seconds personal best is the sixth fastest time recorded worldwide in 2016, and her resounding victory at the British Championships to qualify served to solidify her one-to-watch status among what is a talented pool at this year’s games.

Now speaking of pools, one of the country’s brightest sporting prospects will be looking to make his mark in the swimming pool in Rio. 22 year-old Ross Murdoch already has a Commonwealth Games gold medal to his name, and will step out of his 200m comfort zone after qualifying for the 100m breaststroke event at Rio with his win at the European Championships. Elsewhere in the pool, Hannah Miley will be striving for the podium in either the 200m or 400m individual medley events, and Robbie Renwick and Duncan Scott – the youngest Scot on Team GB, having only just turned 19 – make up 2/4 of the 2x400m freestyle relay team.

Elsewhere, there are no less than eight Scottish rowers on the team, including defending Gold medallists Heather Stanning and Helen Glover in the women’s pair and Katherine Grainger in the women’s double scull – all of whom will be expecting to leave with the gold.

Of course, these are just a few examples of the vast array of Scottish talent that will be on display across the board when the Games get underway on the 5th of August.

Elsewhere, Scots will contest cycling, sailing, rugby, badminton, canoeing, shooting, fencing, diving, judo and even golf; a few too many to document in one article, granted, but if you needed a reason to tune into the Olympics, though, let it be the statement of progression in Scottish sport that will be made over 15 sports in 16 days in Brazil.

by Robbie Copeland Twitter:

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ARE YOU READY FOR THE OLYMPICS? Do the Olympic Games really need an introduction?

They represent, without a doubt, the greatest, most spectacular, broadest sporting event in existence.

On August 5th, the highest calibre of competitor in virtually every sport from gymnastics to golf will gather in Rio to compete for the greatest honour in their sport: Olympic gold. So, what does the schedule look like?

The ever eye-catching opening ceremony will take place on midnight (UK time) of the 5th of August, with the closing ceremony getting underway at the same time on Sunday the 21st. The first event, though, actually comes two days before the opening ceremony, on Wednesday the 3rd, when the women’s football tournament gets underway.

The first Gold medal of the games will be awarded on Saturday the 6th, around midday, to the winner of the women’s 10m air rifle event. The first week consists mostly of swimming, cycling and volleyball, and on the first Thursday of the Games, golf makes its long awaited and somewhat controversial return.

The first of the tennis finals takes place on 1600 GMT on Friday the 12th, with the men’s doubles event, potentially featuring the rather well-known Murray brothers should all go to plan for them. The singles finals will be contested at the same time on the following days.

Friday the 12th also sees the athletics events get underway, with Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill making their first appearances in the early hours of the morning. The athletics finals take place all throughout the 2nd week of the Games, coming to a close on Sunday the 21st with the men’s marathon. The final Sunday also sees four men’s gold medal matches in boxing and the final of the men’s basketball tournament.

Where can you watch it? BBC, as ever, have coverage running from start to finish, from 1pm through to 4am UK time on all channels, as well as 24 hour coverage online and on the red button. Should you somehow miss anything, however, a highlights show replaces their regular breakfast broadcast at 6am on BBC1, and repeats on BBC2 at 9.15am. Suffice to say, if sport is your thing, you shouldn’t be stuck for something to watch this month.

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OLYMPIC SPORTS TO BECOME A PRO IN IN 2016 It seems not too long ago that Britain was donning its distinctly rich-in-Lycra possessions in preparation for the most influential sporting event to be held in here since, well, the 1948 Olympics.

London 2012 would be the event of many British athlete’s lives. One which would not only find a select few of them at the forefront their country on a towering podium, but one which would also be abundant in career-defining moments and retirements.

Though, winning smiles, crisp, white tracksuits and medals aside, the Olympics is also an intense enlightenment to the sheer dedication of sporting super humans and the challenges found in their disciplines.

A few weeks of sporting television exposure in 2012 was all it took for we mere mortals to confidently explain the rules of canoe slalom to our grannies and the importance of rhythmic gymnastics to our darklydressed teenage cousins.

So, here’s what you ought to find yourself engrossed in in the small hours of the morning.

by Rachael Procter @rrretro___

r.procter@tsaglasgow.com

MODERN PENTATHLON

CANOE SLALOM

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

The ultimate test of moral and physical qualities, the modern pentathlon is a great, old jumble of Olympic greatness.

Split over two days, participants compete in five events: fencing, swimming, horse-riding, shooting and running – which covers just about every major, televised event in the entire competition. The well-rounded nature of the modern pentathlon was originally created to produce a winner which would be the ‘complete athlete’, therefore, these athletes are particularly striking.

Though you might never have previously associated boats with skis, this canoeing extravaganza is actually inspired by slalom skiing – and it’s really no wonder.

Clambering down a 250m steep, unseen river route, canoe slalom competitors must navigate obstacles in the fastest time to win. The unseen element of the trial places emphasis upon the athletes’ strength and ability as competitors surpass each obstacle whilst also navigating powerful currents and whirlpools. The doubles rounds pose the added threat of sound teamwork. Yikes…

Strikingly different to its Artistic counterpart, this women-only gymnastic event has elements of ballet, German weightlifting and Swedish exercising systems. Emphasis is largely placed upon the spectacle of each competing team. Athletes compete using different apparatus such as ball, hoop, ribbon and clubs with points being awarded for difficulty and execution. However, don’t get your hopes up. Russians have dominated the entire podium in this event since 1996…

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AUGUST 2016, ISSUE 24

IGNITION FESTIVAL OF MOTORING COMES TO GLASGOW

by Cameron Paterson Twitter:

@PatersonCameron

c.paterson@tsaglasgow.com

For fans of motorsport it has long been that if you want to spend some time at a good festival celebrating the sport, you have to travel.

Events such as the Autosport International in Birmingham in January has long brought together stars of motorsport, their cars, and interesting shows and stalls.

Despite Scotland’s motorsport history, talents and current events, there was nothing ever to rival these.

But there’s a new event to celebrate the sport, and it’s right at Glasgow’s doorstep.

On 5-7 August, at the start of the time where some motorsport series like Formula One take their summer breaks and the boredom kicks in, the SECC opens its doors to the IGNITION Festival of Motoring.

The show is brought together by the same people behind such shows as Top Gear Live, the London Classic Car Show, and CarFest North and South.

It’s not just a couple of nice things that are arranged either. The show has a lot to offer someone with multiple events happening with multiple motorsport personalities over the three days.

Formula One driver-turned-broadcaster David Coulthard, a 13-time grand prix winner in the sport, will be at the event to drive the Red Bull RB7 on the Saturday and Sunday.

Red Bull Junior Driver Sergio Sette Camara, currently racing in European Formula Three on trying to find a route into Formula One, is also going to be attending and driving the RB7 on the Friday.

That RB7 car dominated the 2011

Formula One season with that year’s world champion Sebastian Vettel. He broke the record for pole positions in the sport, 15 from 19 races, that Nigel Mansell had held from 1992 which still currently stands despite Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes dominance in the last few years. The combination of driver and car also claimed the most podium finishes in one Formula One season to date with 17 and the most starts from the front row, 18.

To underline its dominance, the worst finishing position Vettel had in that season was a fourth place finish in Germany. He only had one retirement during that season, at the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where he had pole position.

Coulthard will be joined by former Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber as a guest at the event.

Webber, currently driving sportscars for Porsche in the World Endurance Championship and the current series champion alongside Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard, will be driving power laps in a Porsche on the circuit.

The Formula One connections don’t stop there either, they continue with five other former cars driving at the event.

The Tec-Mec F415, raced only once in the sport at the 1959 United States Grand Prix by Fritz d’Orey and retiring after just six laps, will be bringing a historic feel from the first decade of the sport’s history.

Keke Rosberg’s championship-winning Williams FW08 from 1982 will also be there. This car is the epitome of consistent grand prix driving as the Finnish driver won

the championship that year by winning only once in a phenomenal season that saw 12 drivers win over 16 races. It’s still very apt to mention Rosberg as his son Nico is the driver currently battling Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for the 2016 championship, leading the championship for the first ten rounds of the season.

The Camel Lotus 101, which was driven by world champion Nelson Piquet and Satoru Nakajima in 1989, will be shown alongside the Benetton 193B driven by Michael Schumacher and Riccardo Patrese in 1993. Schumacher where he didn’t finish off the podium all season. The car, although only winning one race in Portugal with the German, was a very well designed car and the predecessor to two championshipwinning cars in 1994 and 1995.

BAR Honda’s 006 car, that brought Jenson Button ten podiums in the 2004 season is the fifth car at the event. 2004 was the height of Michael Schumacher’s dominance at Ferrari, winning 12 of the first 13 races of the 18-round season and taking 13 overall, and Button couldn’t win a race in it. That season was the Briton’s best season in the sport before he went on to win the championship with Brawn GP in 2009.

Another Scottish motorsport winner, two-time British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) champion Gordon Shedden will be there alongside professional drifter and ex-Boyzone member Shane Lynch having an on-stage interview with Webber in SECC’s Loch Suite. Jimmy McRae will also be driving his late son Colin’s World Rally

Championship winning Subaru in another part of the event.

There’s so much more happening as well outside of the big names. There will be a large number of stands from a large number of exhibitors from the world of motorsport. There will not only be a street circuit around the venue which will see many other cars lapped on it over the course of the weekend, there will be other events such as the Top Gear Live Stunt team having a live action zone and a Motorsport Hall celebrating Scotland’s triumphs and a Motorbike Hall celebrating the likes of superbikes.

The Event Director Jeremy Vaughan said earlier in the year that he believed that the city’s large portfolio of being able to phenomenally host events made the city the perfect home for the event.

“Scotland’s rich heritage and passion for motorsport coupled with Glasgow’s proven ability to stage world leading events makes it the perfect location for our innovative IGNITION Festival of Motoring,” Vaughan said.

“Following early discussion, the immediate enthusiasm from Glasgow City Council, the SECC, media, manufacturers and dealers – not to mention Scotland’s fervent motoring fans – showed there was a huge demand for a new kind of dynamic motoring event in Scotland. We’re delighted to be launching IGNITION in Glasgow.”

Hopefully the event should send hearts racing in the city.