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by Aileen McColgan More recently, the issue was Rectors states that the Bill "pur­ taken up by George McNicholl, ports to put into the chair of the the current chairman of the Scot­ Court a lay person more suited A ROW ha broken out over tish Principals. The move is seen than the Recotr. But who is better' proposals to remove the as an attempt by McNicholl, the fitted than an outsider elected in a ancient right of Rectors to Principal of Aberdeen, to dis­ ballot of thousands of members of chair Scottish Univer ~ty .lodge the new Rector, Willis Pic­ the university?" Courts. Rectors and tudent kard (editor of the Times Educa­ It points out that the "attack on repre entatives of the Scot­ tional Supplement, Scotland) the democratic rights of students ti h univer ities met in Edin­ fro in the chair. and in some cases staff who elect An Aberdeen student rep­ the Rectors sits ill in a Bill about burgh last week and issued a resentative told Student that schools and further education col­ statement deploring the "at­ McNicholl and Pickard disagreed leges ... it should be opposed not tack" on their "long-standing on many issues. It was anathema only by present-day students but rights of office" in Edin- to McNicholl, he said, that some­ also by graduates of the four " _ urgh, Glasgow, St Andrews one elected by students should be ancient universities. The assault is and Aberdeen. in a position of power. The previ­ as gratutitous as it is unneces­ The impetus behind the provi­ ous Rector had largely delegated sary." sion, the only one concerning uni­ responsibility to the Principal, but Muriel Gray told Student that versities in the new Education Pickard had insisted on taking the the move undermined "the demo­ Bill , is believed to come from chair. This, it was widely believed cratic right of staff and students to George McNicholl, President of in Aberdeen, was the reason elect someone to the highest pos­ St Andrews. behind McNicholl's desire for the sible position - that of chairing The question of the chair being legislation. the University Court". What was taken by Rectors had first been The four University Courts needed, she believed, was univer­ rai ed in 1987 by the then Princi­ •were cpnsulted before Christmas. sity legislation making prospec­ pal of St Andrews, on the election · . While Edinburgh said that they tive Rectors pledge their availa­ of Winnie Mandela as Rector. Sir did not want the system changed, bility to perform their duties in the Alwn Williams was unhappy that the other three concluded that Court. It was a "nasty, shoddy her absence necessitated his chair­ they would like the governm~nt to piece of legislation", she said, "a ing· of the Court, as he felt the legislate an option of electing a Jay piece of nonsense". chair should be filled by a neutral chairperson to the chair. The The Rectors are calling on MPs person. The committee he legislation, if passed, would result and peers to ensure the "excision appointed to review the situation, in the position of Rectors being from the Self-Governing Schools however, decided to maintain the almost completely undermined. etc. (Scotland) Bill of this offen­ The press release from the status quo. sive provision".

THREE Edinburgh Univer- burgh University Campaign stated: "The campaign is not they would not be paying as indi­ ical scientist, stated that on non­ ity professors will not be Against the Poll Tax (EUCAPT) limited to 100. Everyone who is viduals they felt they should not payment: "One should take the paying the Poll Jax; Berna~d to raise awareness of opposition against that Poll Tax should con­ use their university positions to protest as far as one possibly can. Crick, Honorary Fellow m to the Poll Tax within the Univer­ sitier non-payment. Of the lectur­ advocate political views." Normally one obeys even unjust sity. the Politics Department, ers we contacted all were against He said he "understood" the laws, but this law is constutionally Students listed include EUSA the Poll Tax - this clearly shows position of several lecturers who unjust in that it violates a long­ Peter Vandome, of President Malcolm Macleod and the intellectual bankruptcy of the he claimed were in favour of non­ established principle that per­ Economics, and Martin Secretary Mark Wheatley, with policy and that it should be payment, but felt they could not sonal or property taxation should Sclessor, of the Human Ecol­ the lecturers drawn from the Arts, defeated. make a stand as this would be graduated to the means to pay. ogy Unit. . . Divinity, Law, Medicine, Science "Fe~ lecturers said they would adversely affect their departments "The Government has been They are part of a campru~n of and Social Science Departments. not contemplate non-payment, when trying to get funding from clever to stick to financial penal- 100. including 25 staff and 75 s~u­ I an Robertson, who has been with most saying tney had not yet public bodies. continued on Page 3 · · dents, organised by the Edm- involved in forming the campaign, made up their minds or that while Professor Crick, a leading polit- . ' ·.. · ... .. ,• .. " . ~ .. ' ..• ..·...... ~ - ..~ . :. . . •.~ . ·._ ·...... • ...... " .~ .· :_·_ ·.. ~ ; . : ·...... · .· ·. :.:...... 0 . • • ...· ...... A A • • • ROCK 'N'.R0LL:·~~~-. ·· ":_ :·,. :... FOR·PEOPLE WHO.. CAN.···- . . . · ~ 'N' > . ·. ·;. READ .WRI·T::E:. . . . . -: ··...... ~ .

HE HAS his imitators, but there's only one Bryan Ferry. If two other pop stars one or h \led might conceivably ~ve ea an album Rete Notre.. none would have bothered wtth the circumflex. TIM DE LISLE. DAILY TELEGRAPH, NOV2 87

At Wembley, even allowing or a stage design which made them look three feet tall, the Pogues were little people sent to do the work of big beefy rock­ ers. In an acoustic best suited to power chords and football chants, the jolly, oddly-subtle interplay of skiffling guitars, Shane MacGowan's growling vocals, the concertina, banjo, pipes and saxophones, had the discordant lack of focus of two different performances in neighbouring pubs heard from 50 yards down the road. TIM IlOSTHON, DAILY TELEGRAPH, DECEMBER t9 1988 [STUDENT NEWS Thursday, March9, 1989 3

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The first four motions were GM Report compiled by Ewen Ferguson, Aileen McColgan and withdrawn by Malcolm Katka Krosnar. McLeod on behalf of the sRC since the attendance was so swss SWSS MOTION ON low at last Thursday's GM. RACISM MOTION (No. 5) IRELAND (No. 10) Of the remaining six, two were passed unopposed THE SWSS motion on THIS motion aroused much which led to the shortest Racism preceded a second exchange at the GM, in par­ General Meeting this year, Motion Against Racism, and ticular over the only resolve lasting only one hour. differed thoroughly in its of the motion that "EUSA RACISM Whose job is it to stop racist graf­ fiti on the desks in the libraries?" political stance. affiliates to the 'Time to Go' MOTION (No. 6) The direct negative to the SWSS MOTION Proposing the motion for Campaign." motion came from William For- SWSS , Rick Ford spoke for Murray Meikle began for Introducing the motion against rest, 0 N N Us (N. 0 • 9). racism not as an "abstract idea" SWSS by citing a personal view of racism, Leti Volpp began by say- ·but the policy of the ruling class the Irish situation, and asked for ing: "I can't believe there is a A further speaker for the THE SWSS motion on NUS exploiting society. He said he had our support for the "Irish people's direct negative to this motion. We motion stated that it was "hgh found it "disgusting" that Enoch affiliation proposed that a right to self-determination": should have had this ten years time a black persbn came up and referendum be held on the Powell MP had been given a plat­ affiliation to the "time to go" cam­ ago." talked here". She described how issue. Mike Cadger stated it form in the University last term. paign can only stimulate debate Ms Volpp continued by describ- only a coloured person or a person would be eficial for students · Morfydd Williams spoke in within the University, he s~id. ing racist graffiti on desks in the , being victimised could understand to be part of a union compris- opposition to the motion, and was Further SWSS speakers spoke University library, describing this how it felt to suffer from racism. · f l/ '}}' concerned at the credence it gave of the campaign as a step forward as "outrageous". "The quota sys- "If you have ever been in the · mg over "4 mt ton mem- to the racist argument being "im­ bers. The chance to influene& in bringing the "Troops Out" ' tern, too, is outrageous." situation where you are the only penetrablke". She highlighted the question on the agenda. Mike "Glasgow University is having a person with ~he skin colo~r you r.::;;;;..· the decisions of the NUS proposed "no platform for racists Cadger said it wa~ a constructive • must be seized. or fascists anywhere in the Uni- meeting about the problem, but hav_e -. that s how I feel m the movement in that it united liberals this city; it's ridiculous," she said. Umvers1ty. I want somewhere I The motion was opposed by versity" as a pretend solution to and intellectuals - "including can go." Patrick Archibald, (from the Pot- the problem. people like (EUSA Secretary) 1 Ms Volpp then talked of the terrow Committee) who said that In reply, another member of Mark Wheatley, believe it ·or new video game for 7-10 year "It's okay "to say everything is recent marches showed that Edin- SWSS addressed the meeting not." olds, with "Ku Klux Jo". "The hunky-dory. It's a completely dif­ burgh students could work with pointing out that "all were not Opposing the motion, several year is 2008 and the Pakis have ferent story when you are the per­ the NUS without joining it. The equal before the law" and that speakers spoke of Ireland as on taken over the world." son experiencing it." · . students, he said, were not at pre- racism and fascism existed the brink of civil war, when the "I don't need three minutes . The motion was passed inquor­ sent well informed enough to take because society was enslaved by IRA claimed every killing as a . when you look at this motion - ately; 100 votes for with one part in a referendum. the ruling class. "legitimate target." Their against. what will this. allow . EUSA to do? SWSS replied that there would Leti Volpp, rounded off the strength, said one speaker, was . be an awareness campaign before heated debate by telling those the "dreadful economic situation" the referendum, and criticised the present that it was not the case in Ireland, and the "Time to go". opposition for showing an unwil- that racism "didn't not exist" campaign undermined the situa­ lingness to debate the issues before recent racist attacks in tion by setting a date for with- raised. Edinburgh. drawal. • The motion was carried The vote taken 61 against and 31 voted against the motion unquorately 80:8. 15 in favour whilst 10 cast cotes in favour.

continued from Page I . today and will be producmg a Criper (Institute for Advanced four-page "Poll Tax Pull-Out" in Language Studies), B. D. Take the high • ties that can be attached at source, Midweek next week Edwards (University Settlement), removing any chance of opposi­ Dr 0. D. Edwards (American tion by the martyrdom of prison . The University staff who so far have declared their intention not History), Or Angus Erskine (So­ road to Heathrow Nonetheless, even if one cannot cial Policy) , R. Gunn (Politics), stop the law working, there are to pay the Poll Tax include the fol­ lowing: Dr H. Henderson (School of Scot­ some prott:sts that in justice or tish Studies), J. Holloway (Poli­ decency must be made." and back for Prof. B. Crick (Hon. Fellow, tics) , R. Kinsey (Law), D. Mac­ Professor Vandome stated that Politics), Prof. P. Vandome kenzie (Sociology), M. the overriding reason for non­ (Economics), Prof. M. Sclessor McLaughlin (Italian), Dr U. Mac­ payment was that it was "executed (Human Ecology), Or J. Banner­ Lean (Community Medicine), S. without the agreement of people man (Scottish History), Dr A. Maxwell (Politics) , R. Shaw (So­ In Scotland's but'also·attacked it Barker (German), C. Bell cial Anthropology), P. Smart in th'!-t it was "non-viable" as "the (Sociology), Dr D. Brown (Scot­ (Politics), M. Spencer (University £77 numerous attempts to introduce tish History), Dr C. Craig (Scot­ Press), C. Stobie (SCA Scottish tish and English Lit.), Dr C. Development Officer) . poll taxes in the past have If you' re looking for the best return, British showed" and that "compared with the rating system it will bear NI GEL GRIFFITHS, MP Midland's Super Key Return Fare is simply the unduly on those on lower PHENECIA cheapest way to fly to Heathrow from Glasgow incomes". RESTAURANT or Edinburgh. According to EUSA Secretary Mediterranean Cuisine All you have to do is book 14 days in advance Mark Wheatley: "The Poll Tax is and you can enjoy all the benefits of Diamond surely the most retrograde step. Vegetarian Food Available that any government has taken Service - the only Business class to Heath row. since the Second World War. Superior food and complimentary drinks on, every There's simply no way that I can flight. justify payment of a ~ax t_hat's designed to make the .nch ncher Children below 3 can travel free and up to 11 and impoverish the poor." year olds pay only 50%. This sentiment was backed by HELP AND ADVICE With eleven extra flights at weekends, Diamond EUSA President Malcolm Mac­ STUDENT 3-COORSE Service is the most convenient way to fly South and leod who said he thought "stu­ Every Friday & Every Monday LUNCH: £2.60 back again. dents should carefully consider from 9am-10am at 93 Causewayside also Soups, Salads, etc. whether to pay or not - I have And Third Saturday of Every Month done so, and am firmly of the 9 am Burdiehouse/Southhouse -o- Community Centre, Burdiehouse Street mind that non-payment is the Please bring your own wine. right course to follow" . 10.15 am Liherton High Sehool, Gilmerton Road No corkage charge. David Donahue of EUCAPT I 1.30 am James GiUespie's High Sehool, For full details and conditions, contact your revealed that the group will be Lauderdale Street -o- local travel agent or call British Midland on conducting a wide-scale distribu­ Or contact the Labour Party HQ Open Mon-Sat 12-3, 6·11 tion of their "Non-Payment: Why 93 Causewayside (Tel: 662 4520). Tel: 031-662 4493 041-204 2436 or 031-447 1000. It's Easy" leaflet which de.tails the Labour- Serring Our Community 55/57 )Vest Nicolson St. Fare subJect to avaJ/abiMy Fares valid 31 October 19881o 26 March 1989 consequences of non-pa~ment l, __4__ Th~u~·~~d~ay~.M_a_~_h_9._t9_s_9 ______F_{) __ C_U __ s_· ______S_T_U_D __ E_N_T~J TUDENT ALIENATION Established in 1887 As David Owen's political career faces yet . another crossroad~, Briony Sergeant asks whether his future holds 4_8 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ. Tel. 55811171~ compromise or isolation. NO ONE ever denied that ..------.., tatements on British Rail disasters are becoming political flexibility was a good a grim familiarity in the House of Commons. thing. It's a concept Mrs Transport Secretary Paul Channon has had a rough six months. He himself has suffered Thatcher has phased out as S swiftly as public ownership. • setbacks enough, both personal and political, and from the way members scream at him across the benches, But where can the merits lie ITS NOT BI~~ER ON you'd think he was the only one responsible. But he is in being such a chameleon THE INSIDt I guilty more of ineptitude than anything else. The that your identity is .eroded impression he gives, as mt'nth after month he issues altogether? . statistics about serious injuries and signal failures, is of For some time there's been one clueless and powerless to make radical change in fierce speculation that David Britain's transport systems. He visits the crash scenes, Owen is aligning himself with looks at the figures and waxes ever lyrical about public other political parties. Sometimes inquiries while remaining remarkably ineffectual. it's the Left, sometimes the Right, "We have a very worried public in this country," came . depending on which week it is - the astonshing understatement from one Tory back­ and they do say a week is a long bencher. But the only comfort the public can glean from time in politics. But Owen claims the powers-that-be is the British Rail chairman's advice that he's sticking firmly to his to already overworked train drivers to take "extra care isolated segment of the centre, to avoid another disaster". Until now, British Rail have unless of course...a tasty coalition · been able to slot their "area of concern" very package falls out of the sky. comfortably into the South-East, but now that there's Despite this, Labour and been a serious disaster in another extreme of Britain, Conservative have been giving the their argument wanes dramatically. And whether these good doctor the cold shoulder in. collisions have occurred as a result of signal failure or no uncertain terms. It has been. personal error isn't really the issue. On ·an antiquated some time since Kinnock has been system that employs staff who work up to 75 hours a reported as saying that his party week, it's surprising that there haven't been more would find it difficult to "find tragedies. room" for Owen amongst Labour · ~ ranks. And no one, least of all the The main problem is the government's inability to Tories, could have entertained realise that 1950s signalling systems sag under 1980s any serious notions that Owen traffic, especially in the rush hour congestion around shared much political ground with London. Should we put more trains onto the tracks to them, apart from slected nuclear alleviate overcrowding then? Oh no, say BR experts. defence policies. The tracks have more than el}ough to cope with. And the At a time when the entire ambivalent answers to higheF investment defy belief. nation is clamouring for Until now, the Transport Secretary has furrowed his alternatives to a government brow, nodded compassionately and talked about record whose middle name is "vested government spending. And meanwhile there have been interest", the David Owen camp. three major crashes since December and all that has chosen to behave in a similarly "experts" have come up with is a handful of public selfish 11\anner, adopting a inquiries still in their infancy. strangely doubJe-edged message. In the aftermath - of the­ Yesterday marked the official opening o(the Glasgow Richmond by-election, Owen was defiant, talking in emotive terms crash inquiry, as well as a further investigation into last disconcerted Labour Party there can always stand a better cha~ce November's derailment in Newcastle when a train driver about being "strangled" and is a considerable amount of in­ at by-elections than it can a was disciplined after ignoring signal warnings. In "smashed" by the other centre house bickering to get through. general elections, and so wh} Departmental desperation, Channon has promised that party, while still being "prepared .But even Ashdown has confessed Owen insists on keeping the to talk". But by last weekend, he he'll do "anything" that the inquiries suggest, but in . to exhaustible pati~JlCe. __ hatchet unburied on the pretext of was advocating a mass, · many ways the damage has already been done particu­ What Owen has to realise is that ideological "principles" I'll never larly in the extensive political mileage Shadow Trans­ indiscriminate coalition of any . he has no support. While he know, especially when his past port secretary John Prescott had made. anti-Thatcher party for a experiences the most successful principles have shown such an triumphant conquest in the next publicity revival since Cecil alarming elasticity. His only election. The government needs to be galvanised into action. Parkinson's reappointment, the honest course of action now is to Let's hope, given the latest disaster, that it'll be third Paddy Ashdown, we can o~ly diminishing SDP loyalists are be realistically democratic to the time lucky for them and they'll actually settle down to hope, is less seduced by . such confronting reality and moving majority of the SDP and become a ?oing~omething constructive for passengers' safety. bravado. Before the centre can over to the Democrats. Democrat instead of selling out to even think of clinging on to the Traditionally, the- centre ground his ego and calling it a political career. ACROSS STAFF LIST 1. More than one (6) FEATURES: PaulaCollins 4. Harmless Rounds (6) h'd'""'M' Maxton Walker ?.Payments to divorce (9) MANAGER: Harriet Wilson FILM: Bill Dale 9. Cash Penalty (4) ADVERTISING: Jane Sowerby TobyScott 10. Join (4) Rebecca Fitzgerald WHAT'S ON: JaneMoir 11. Comic (5) Simon Horrocks Sarah Chalmers 13. 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I have no author­ of ten years and have seen a Yours sincerely, ity to condemn anyone for sin; I gradual decline in the hunt's num­ Ian Pouncy . sin myself. I am no better than bers, thus as a result funds are low anyone who practises homosexu­ and efficiency is hitting rock-bot- . I found the evidence of Jusus' ality. I do not believe that God tom. Faith rising from the dead very difficult Sin sent AIDS to punish homosexuals Fortunately, we know of only a to explain away. The Apostles Dear Student, or the promiscuous. The only couple of foxes (but also at least . claimed to have met their risen message I have to pass on is that one domestic cat) killed this sea­ Lord, and subsequently died for a "It is not enough to declare God will forgive without son -one of which was killed on Dear Student, God's truth; we must also be pre- f As a Christian I felt that Mr faith whose truth they believed to avouritism anyone who goes to the popular Boxing Day hunt, • hinge on that fact. ,. pared to be involved in practical Him for forgiveness. which was thought to be~f a "bag­ Moreton's description of Christ­ caring." These words appeared in ianity as a"Bronze Age system of Without assuming ih.at the a pamphlet published by CARE I don't believe that being ged fox" (probably cornered by superstitution and phoney moral­ Bible was authoritative, and hav­ (Christian Action Research and attracted to people of the same terriers after it had run to safety to ity" (contrasted of course with ing an open mind about miracles, sex is sin. A friend (a woman of its earth, and dug out by the ter­ fact and reason) was somewhat I thought that the gospel accounts Education, 53 Romney Street, 24) has been attracted to other rier man to be bagged and let out unfair. of Jesus' life were honest and con­ London SWlP 3RF). CARE is a women since she was a teenager. 9irectly in front of the hounds). I have a very high regard for vincing. The characters are true to Christian organisation whom I She's a Christian. She reached a fact and reason (partly because I life and some incidents are not at quote because they take a firm point of despair over it about a But now ,to the point of this let­ am a scientist) and I spenJ: some all what one would expect in an stand on moral issues yet act posi- year ago, but now she says God ter-I appeal to anyone who feels tively to help "the casualties of has been "healing" her. "Heal­ strongly about what they've just time seriously questioning · my account contrived by people our society". faith. I was very concerned that I founding a new religion. EG. the ing" is her own way of describing read to come along this Saturday; apostles (includi.ng St. Peter), Regarding the recent con- it. She measures this by the fact as it is the LAST hunt of the sea­ might be blindly following some troversy, I would like to point out h 1 superstitious and irrational relig­ who became the leaders of the th t ·t · · "bl h d t at more recent y she has been son we want saboteur presence to ion and did my very best to new movement often appear in a a I IS qlutite ph~ssi ef toh oBI.btlo attracted to men, and hopes to get be as noticeable as possible. the mora eac mg o t e 1 e · d · I f Everyone, no matter how experi- . approach the issue as objectively rather bad light! (Science cann(l)t d 1 th B"bl , h. rtli marne sometime. t was not or- . r 1 and rationally as possible, using rule out miracles, as it only studies ~n fa so e des t~ac mgfo giveness she needed for this, but enced, plays an Important part on ~us 1 what USUALLY happens, and Ice, mercy an canng. n act healing. a sab as the sheer number of sabs the same standards and methods If I want to follow Jesus Christ there is no logical compulsion to present gives confidence! Please of judgement that I use in other then I am obliged to. In this Unlike Mr Moreton I believe in believe that this is what consider coming along to see for areas of my life. I was particularly respecJ I agree with Stephen prayer. I also believe in being true ALWAYS happens.) yourself. . careful to avoid the trap o-t believ­ Moreton (Student, 2.3.89) in that to our beliefs, and so I have no Finally I have seen and felt God ing just because I wanted it to be if I defend the Bible, I can't quarrel with him. I hope my views act directly in my own life (and I A tactics discussion will be held true. I became convinced of the defend homosexual practices at don't offend anyone. can11ot explain it away), and have at the EU Animal Rights meeting truth of Christianity because ~ the same time without being Anon. heard similar accounts from on Thursday 9th, 8 pm, in the ll*he following reasons. hypocritical. CARE lobby Parlia- friends whose integrity anbd · Somerville Room,rthe Pleasance, ~ I thought that Christianity judgement I have confidence in. ment . on many moral issues B1 ood to give an idea of what to expect. 1 explained the "arts" and including abortion, homosexual- If you're interested, but can't "spiritual" side of human nature So while I understand why Mr More ton holds the view he does, it ity and others. Yet at the same Dear Student, make it to the meeting, please far better than atheism. time they support practically such Perhaps you don't realise that come and talk to us at our Potter­ There are various bguely would be dishonest of me to agree with him. I am convinced of my initiatives as the Mildmay Mission foxhunting (yes, that great British row stall on Friday between 12 philosophical arguments, includ­ AIDS Hospice; and instigate faith on a rational evaluation of all tradition) still continues around noon and 2 pm. ing "How cvan an atheist justify others, like the "nationwide net­ the country at least once a week Cath Evans morality, except that of the facts available to me. And I've work of Christian homes" who tried to take God seriously in my every Saturday · between EU Animal Rights enlightened self-interest?" (There take in as part of their family such November and March, and even is no ~oralityinherent in atoms). own life and I m finding that He is needy people as pregnant young VERY real and makes life much more shocking, that this so-called women, single parents and others. "sport" goes on within an hour's

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LDI~:~ . @]l;m • C?ffiffiiV \JITlli • ·~ 6 Thursday.March9.1989 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT INTERN Ail O~AL CO~IMENT Missing· Persons What's been happening on the international scene this term? Despite new­ look superpower relations, on the ground it's been the same old story. Ben Carver reports. GLOBAL international rela­ There was always serious 1989 has been no exception, and tions may have appeared to doubts as to the well-being of the the old regulars are popping up have been improving over returning students, and in fact again like clockwork. the past six months, perhaps many other students were The Vice-Rector of the Univer­ arrested or detained on their sity of El Salvador Dr Herberth with the exception of the dis­ return. Many are said to have aster duo, Iran and Britain. Wilfredo Barillas, and the been tortured, and Zaw Win Tun, Administrative Manager Mario But beneath the gloss of a 21 year old student and Ran­ Alfredo Cabrero, both recently sJperpower par/er' the news goon resident died following his received death threats from the eminating from some parts of release from custody. Revolutionary Anti-Communist the world is as gloomy as Following their arrest, most of Action of Extermination ever. the 13 were charged with mem­ (ARDE). This group is one of the Education, educational institu­ bership of the illegal Turkish new self-proclaimed "death tions, and partict.larly the people Communist Party (TKP). Their squads" committed to the liquida­ that work within them seem to trial is due to begin on 13 March. tion of opposition leaders, univer­ have been specifically targeted by Some of the released detainees sity personnel and trade union remimes all over the world. From have alleged that information was leaders. Their activities seemingly Thailand to Turkey, Zaire to El . extracted from them under tor­ run unchecked by the govern­ Salvador, detentions, deaths and ture. ment. There have also been reports recently of "disappear­ disappearances h~e been occur­ In mid·January 1989 the focus ring with a numbing regularity. moved toTurkey, where a group ances" and detentions in Colom­ bia and Honduras. In early January 1989, 22 stu­ of about 13 people, including stu­ dents were forcibly repatriated to dents and teachers were detained This all seems to present a fairly Burma from Thailand. The stu­ between 12 and 15 January. Tur­ depressing picture, and one con­ dents h(!d previously fled Burma key had previously ratified the trary to t~at of world leaders smil­ following a military take over European Convention for the ing at each other over conference Prevention of Torture on 25 Feb­ there on 18 Sept~mber 1988. tables. But whether depressing or ruary 1988 and the UN Conven­ riot it is happening and some­ Following the establishment of tion Against Torture on 2 August thing that has to be dealt with. a military regime in Burma, there 1988. Yet it is widely alleged that . A mother in El Salvador mourns the loss of another victim. was a popular uprising which was torture still goes on in Turkey's There are many countries in the suppressed by the army. prisons and police stations. world who are signatories to the Thousands of students then left UN declaration on human rights, · seem lik~ an entirely natural state natiOnalism means very little if Burma for neighbouring Thai­ Sadly, countries in South but whose activities back ·home· of events. states are openly abusing their land. Repatriation began on 26 America always seem to feature are strangely incompatible with However despite worldwide own inhabitants. Maybe there's a December 1988, when 82 students prominently in any article con­ that document's aims and inten­ optimism over arms deals or the world conference that we could do were airlifted to Rangoon. cerned with human rights. So far tions . To the cynical this might ozone layer, increasing inter- with . AUSTRALIA A hanging question The 1988 bicentennial cele/;Jrations were not all good news for Australians. Lara Burns explains Look, . why the Aborigines felt they had something to no hands! shout about too. I

IT IS over two hundred years On the night of September 28th ago since the first white 19S3, John Pat, a sixteen year-old settlers arrived in Australia. Aborigine, was found dead in a Yet it appears that they still police cell in Roeburn. Doctors discovered that he had received do not fully understand or several blows to the head, and accept the way of life of the that he had broken ribs as well as 1988 indigenous poopulation, the a torn aorta. .. --- lrJ· Aborigines. This sparked off a fierce reac­ Originally budgeted for 2.5 mill­ ing it hard to testify due to lack of "suicide" is accurate. Yet there is Aboriginal deaths in custody are tion amongst the Aboriginal ion dollars, 'the cost has now funds. very little firm evidence coming to not a recent development. They · community, and as a result the blown to near twenty million as have been occurring with disturb­ Both the police force and the light to the contrary, and during . Committee to Defend Black the Commission hears more and territorial state in question (for the investigating judicial procee­ ing regularity throughout Rights was formed. The group more cases. Australia for many years. example South Australia, dure Aborigines are prevented was suspicious of the standard The inquiry decided initially to Queensland, New South Wales) from voicing their real opinions. police explanation that look into 106 deaths in custody are allowed legal representation But as the World Council of Aborigines were committing that had occurred during the past before the inquiry. Aborigines, Churches continues its interna­ seven years. This is a high enough suicide in prison. however, are not. d~nal campaign, and the spotlight QUALITYPE Then in August 1988, during figure , but in fact there have been Certain cases of cell deaths shifts on to the Royal Commis· the Australian bicentennial year, more deaths than this. sion's eagerly-awaited findings, it WORD PROCESSING a Royal Commission was set up to The CDBR is acting as a vehicle have very serious implications for is obvious that there will have to investigate the numerous for organising funds for some of the Government. On 12 June be some sort of proper explana- "deaths" in custody. This was the families represented. The 1981 · Eddie Murray, another tion. And one that do·esn't only SERVICES after yet another Aborigine, · Attorney General's office is sup­ Aborigine, was taken into police satisfy the government- but also Lloyd Boney, had died in mysteri­ posed to have put aside $5000 for ~ustody with a blood alcohol read- the Aborigines. 60 CASTLE STREET ous circumstances. Bob Hawke 1 tiach Aboriginal family waiting to mg of 0.3 . By 3.30 pm the same· . the Labour Prime Minister, s~id testify. But the Commission day he was dead. INTERESTED in international EDINBURGH that "This was the straw that allows more money to white wit­ Later reports that should have affairs? Eager to be. i~volved in the. EH23LU broke the camel's back." nesses, and some blacks are find- been sent to Sydney regarding cul~ure~ and pobtlcs of other Tel: 031-220 3554 Murray's internal organs were ~atlons. Then we need !our found to have disappeared. Police mvo~vement on the International High Qwlity . officers gave conflicting accounts Section of Student. Typing as to what had happened during Languages helpful. but not at ~11 Murray's detention. Mr Paul Coe ~ecessa~!· Theworkmvol.veswrat­ *REPORTS* of the CDBR believes that police mg, edltmg and translatmg copy were "upholding a policy of keep- from all over the world. *THESIS* ing Aborigines in their place." Great experience for all those wanting to pursue a career in jour- *DISSERTATIONS* It would seem that Australia nalism and other areas. has a racial problem here that is MEETINGS: 1.15 pm every potentially explosive. It is at best Wednesday at the Student offices, 7OLD FISHMARKETCCOSE­ doubtful that the official police '48 Pleasance. Or ring Student on Special Rates For Students EDJNBURGH TEL: 031-225 5428 version of every cell death as a 5581117/8. STUDENT SPORT Thursday, March 9, 1989 71 f: i i Glasgow crumble SPORT IN BRIEF

ATHLETICS the King Cup quarter-final against LAST Wednesday a distin- ORIENTEERING Edinburgh · City a scrappy ------encounter, but the visitors man­ . guished audience including EUOC followed bus-loads of aged to master the elements early, the Principals of Glasgow American tourists and silver­ going into a 2-0 half-time lead. and Edinburgh Universities haired crumblies up the bon­ The University fought well in the were witness to an outstand­ nie banks of Loch Lomond second half but could not match ing athletics match at the Kel­ the skill of their premier division on the trail of glory in SUSF opponents, finally succumbing to vin Hall, Glasgow. The occa­ and the inter-university sion was the Appleton a disheartening 4-0 de(eat. Churchill Cup semi-finals. The 2nd XI put in a more Trophy, the annual varsity They faced their biggest Scot­ impressive performance against athletics match between tish challenge for years against Spartans but they dropped valu­ Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow's new boat pack of super able points in a 2-1 defeat. The UAC. Of the 24 events con­ squaddies. With all SUSF medals Colts team meanwhile produced tested, 18 match records taken by the Glasgow men, cap­ the result of the day, a 2-2 draw were broken as Edinburgh tain Pakit eventually came in fas­ ·against Meadow Thistle. Despite test for Edinburgh over physical convincingly beat Glasgow the absence of hospitalised Guy courses climbing 1,500 feet into McPherson-Grant, the Colts were 157-110. the cloud. The cloud had a Keys­ unlucky not to defeat the league's Although Edinburgh domi­ tone Cop style display of inadequ­ most feared team. nated the track, winning all but acy. For top seed Andy Kitchin Tom Hartley three races, the best performance this meant running off the map of the day came at the end when completely, while Pakit tried to James Stoddart (Glasgow) navigate by the distant memory of SUMMER CUP jumped 2.07m in the High Jump, a damp disintegrated map aban­ which is the 7th best jump ever by doned in the swamp. Together a Scot. His performance was with Steve Conway, who failed to THE Summer Cup, the highlight accompanied by a Willie Banks start, it looked as though we of the Intra-Mural Soccer season, style clapping before each ju·mQ would not be smiling all the way to starts on the first wednesday of enerating a good atmosphere' the final for the first time in five the third term. The competition is open to any team composed of ~fore the pre~entation of the years. n.ppleton Trophy by Sir William It was left to Kirsty Bryan­ matricualted EU students. Last Kerr-Fraser (Principal of Glas- Barnaby Whyte competing at the Kelvin Hall. Jones and her team of girlies to date for entries is Friday march drag up the points level with Glas­ 17th. Forms available from the Several Edinburgh athletes in the 4 x 400m. Glasgow stayed in gow. The pass-the-parcel of Sports Union Office. were double winners including touch until the last leg where Dave trophies was stopped in EUOC's D.ave Hitchock (400m x 60m Hur­ finally broke away fr9m what was favour and the Churchill Cup dles) Sue Burgis (200m x 400m) a spirited Glasgow challenge to saved. and Janice Ainslie (High Jump our strongest relay team. Neil Melville VOLLEYBALL and Long Jump). Other notable Ian Harkness, running on the THE dedication of the Uni­ performances on the track were track after a hard cross country by Cathy Kitchen and Carolyn season, ran along with the pack CURLING CLUB versity women's volleyball Smith who both ran 800m x 1500m until the last 400m. in the 3000m. coach, Jon Burgess, paid off within an hour. Cathy managed to It then became clear that Mal­ THE Curling Club gained a on Sunday when the team win the 800m in a good time, coolm Brown's nightmare track highly commendable second won the scottish Universities 2.19.7s, coming back after a sessions at Meadowbank had place in the Haymarket Volleyball Championship. recent bike crash and Carolyn worked as Ian ran away from the Trophy at Murrayfield last Having .come second in managed to reverse the result in field. Unfortunately he was weekend. their pool behind the 1500m. Liz Edriera comforta- upstaged by Ian Hamer (BUSF A team of Lorna Matheson, . bly won the 60m hurdles by over a 5000m champion) from Heriot­ Strathclyde, they progressed Struan Macnee and Shona Watt to the semi-final where a two­ • second despite her doubts before Watt who won easily as expected. supported Hans Lorrschmidt the race. The field events were evenly through his many confidence set win over Stirling led them In the men's 60m sprint Derek matched with Glasgow winning crises, eventually winning three to the final, once again facing Jamieson ran well to pip a Glasgow their fair share of events. Claire out of four games agaiQSt fierce Strathclyde University. , runner on the line. Dave Adam continued her winning competition including ex-Scottish Edinburgh were on excellent Hitchcock had a similar run to ways by retaining the shot she won champions. last year. Similarly Ed Daintith form and after taking the first set beat Adrian Bond (also Edin­ convincingly 15-8, dominated the burgh) in the 400m in the final few retained the Long Jump jumping a good 6.52m. FOOTBALL rest of the match, drawing fully on metres but Adrian had previously the advantages of having played had a storming run in the 200m The Edinburgh team now must as a team all season. Success was running a superb 22.4 sec leading set their sights on retaining both A DISMAL week for the also achieved on a more personal all the way. Similarly Tom Blackie mens and womens outdoor SUSF Edinburgh footballers saw level when four of the nine team was never headed in the 800m, championships and making an them crash to defeat against members (Nick Thomson, Fiona gutsily holding off a strong chal­ impact at BUSF. So back to the Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Clemens, Rosa Shek and Nadia lenge from Glasgow's Alan winter training after what . has Bremsc) were selected for the McBeth. Adrian, Tom and Dave City. Putting on the pressure been an exciting indoor season. Driving rain at Peffermill made Scottish Universities' squad. were joined by Jamie Henderson · ChrisDay MOUNTAIN BIKES Rowlocks! FOR HIRE AND SALE dampen spirits at the pub after the · crew cold only race agains('ihe BOAT CLUB race. The adage held true once clock and try.to pare down their TRY finishing time for the four-mile . again that "off the water, all row­ BEFORE On Saturday, at the Tyne ers are gentlemen/gentlewo- course. Ronald Kern stroked the men". victorious crew of Edward Fol­ YOU BUY Head ofthe River in Newcas­ lows, Williams Roberts and tle, the Edinburgh Boat club In the heavyweight eights race, Simon Wilson. Coxswain Allison '.. 1 - ";J the opposing crews rowed nobly, BIKES FROM £125-£500 seized victory in all • Sefcick surpassed her steering lvooOON'TiiAV ro PE.N ! pushing the Edinburgh crew to its · efforts from the previous week's by British Eagle · Diamond categories. limits. Vincent Puma coxed Edin­ ·rw IMMORTAL LINE 1'0, The unprecedented sweep of third place showing in Glasgow. Black · Emmelle · Falcon burgh's crew of Steve Gantz, Tim . the men's heavyweight eight l' WRITE FOR Lees, Jeff Brown, Tony McDon­ The women's novice four had I Focus· Muddy Fox · Orbit category, the women's novice 1 nel , Tom Mortimer Duke, Simon an especially successful weekend, Raleigh · Ridgeback category, and the men's senior II t5TUDENT' Lund and Sam Patton. winning its category for the third fours category left the opposition ·week in a row. It has been noted, a bit dejected. One rower from In the men's senior II fours however, that the women's heads CENTRAL CYCLE HIRE South Hylton Boat Club was race, Edinburgh beat its nearest grow slightly in diameter with INTERESTED? 13 Lochrin Place quoted after the race as saying: competitor by three boat lengths. every victory. I- ·lpefully, these Come to the Student Offices, "Oh, come on lads. Let's just pull The timed race became especially fine representatives of our univer­ 48 Pleasance, at 6.00 p.m. on Tollcross the shell out of the water so that I challenging for the rowers after sity will not become too disfigured WEDNESDAY, 26th APRIL Tel: 228 6333 can forget about this." Luckily the they passed all opposition in sight. by'the end of the 1989 season. NB: FREE BOOZE results of the day did not seem to For the last half of the race, the R.D.Kern 8 Thursday, March 9, 1989 SPORT STUDENT In top Students set pace gear for Edinburgh University's two rep­ RUGBY resentatives, Adam Stratton and Mark Stewart performed SCOTTISH students con- . adequately in a scrum which tinued their development as a looked considerably less well dril­ summer force to be reckoned with led tha~ their opposition. Overall , however the match proved a dis- through two fine results last appointment, a static affair in week. On Wednesday a full which neither side lived up to its strength side drew with Scot- billing. CYCLING land U-21 at Inverleith, and a The Friday confrontation with side missing the Anglo-Scot the Irish proved very different. THE conditions were almost contingent defeated Irish Irish student rugby is divided bet­ perfect for the Musselburgh Colleges at Peffermill on Fri- ween Colleges and Universities Roads Cycling Club 3-up 25- and the Colleges proved to be day. mile team time-trial at Scottish Students 12 Scotland U-2112 Ormiston on Saturday. It was the first race of the sea­ Scottish Students 1'6 Irish Colleges 3 son for the University riders. The U-21 fixture was undoub­ weak and unable to mount a Twenty-nine teams entered from tedly the tougher of the two, and major challenge to the students. all over Scotland, with some big in the end the students side con­ An early try by Robertson and names bling attracted such as the taining three Scotland 'B' selec­ a fine penalty by Glasgow gave 1988 middle distance BAR tions were ratlller fortunate to the Scots a 7-3 interval lead, the champion, Dave Hannah, of come away with a draw. Two Irish points resulting from a fine Albariy Wheelers. penalties and a well struck drop penalty by stand-off Nicky Barry. The men's university team goal by Boroughmuir stand-off The students were never in trou­ (Richard Currie, Chris Howie and Murray Walker gave the U-21s a ble and coasted to an easy victory Graham Moore) did extremely 9-0 interval lead after a disap­ through a fine Crawford McGuf­ well to get ninth place with a time pointing first half, but with the fie try after he stepped inside two of 1:00:04. elements in their favour after the tackles, Glasgow adding the con­ The ladies' team (Joanne break the studt

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If you go down to 19 George Square, you '11 be confronted by the sight ofEU's new artist in residence, Hideo Furuta, working on his stone 'partner'. This twenty tonne piece of granite to be installed in George Square is the realisa­ tion of Furuta 's very individual artistic philosophy. Timothy Leuers interrupted this absorbed hive of activ­ ity to talk to the sculptor about Zen, aesthetics and the art of stonemasonry.

en, pure maths and George Square He escaped from the rational mode of thought of his _The exhibition at the Tal bot Rice Gallery traditionally have only this in common: they are the past and p1,1rsued zen emptyness: "I tried to be as empty given by the artist in residence has had to be abandoned as possible: I stopped reading, even drawing." due to access limitations- the lift has only a one-tonne inspirat~on for a colossal sculpture Since that time he has maintained a continously ' capacity. But far from being a disappointment, this is in Z which IS even now emerging from creative nomadic existence working on exhibitions of his keeping with his idealistic preference to avoid the twenty tonnes of granite at the rear of the Fine prints and sculpture in Japan, South America, Spain austerity and elitism of museums and galleries. Hideo Arts Faculty. In July this year the completed and, most recently, Britain, gaining commissions for never sells his work to the individual and survives solely work will be sited outside the Main Library for such diverse sites as Powys Castle, a hospital in Coventry on community-funded commissions to create open-air public consumption, and is a monument to the and a new town development near Swindon. sculpture, readily accessible to the general public. His relentless determination of Japanese anarchist, most enjoyable commission was perhaps in Peruywhere The themes behind Hideo's work mirror recent "poor people helped me and we enjoyed working sculptor and stonemason, Hideo Furuta, the Western aesthetic theory, particularly structuralism - together out of pure spirit of creation, not for money but new Edinburgh University Artist in Residence. where the mutual relation of the constituent parts are for ourselves". seen as defining the nature of the whole- but he denies · With an admiration for the influence of such bodies as its influence to the extent that he prefers to consider the Arts Council, he came to Britain in search of greater A man of profound contrasts with his himself a stonemason rather than a sculptor: "For me, appreciation of his work. He feels particularly at home Oriental heritage and Western education; working with stone is more important than sculpture in Scotland but retains a nostalgia for the crazy alcoholic his interest in pure maths arid philosophy; itself." artists he met on his travels in the United States. In England he rarely came into contact with artists who If you have seen this wiry-beared man on the front achieve the same level of "saturation" but rather more of The ~tone is not a material but a partner in , page of The Scotsman or around the University, you those who treat their work as a nine-to-five job. His anti­ could be forgiven for thinking him unapproachable. But the. manner of. a traditional zen sand. garde·ri . establishment inclinations are revealed by his beneath this se~re appearance Hideo Furuta's observation that here "you may get £1 ,000 for setting up anecdotal humour and youthful optimism testifies to his For Hideo the stone is not a material but a partner a~d a studio but at the same time it is weakening". genuine humanity and warmth. Hideo is a man of in the manner of traditional zen sand gardens it is seen as After ten y~ars' break from the academic world he profound contrasts with his Oriental heritage and part of the landscape. He believes in a critical feels his experience has filled a gap in his thinking. Pure Western education; his interests ir. pure maths and relationship between the sculpture and its setting: "In , maths is , for Hideo, like transparent sculture, a philosophy and his knowledge of aesthetics and zen the West, stone is given an all-round form, all the construction that can be viewed from all sides. ·" What is buddhism-the latter being a dominant influence on his tension of the stone is inside, a clear outline fantastic about maths is that it is free from gravity .. . work. But above all he embodies a spirit of distinguishes the work from its environment." In some maths are really beautiful, I can read a n1\ths book reconciliation through his search for a synthesis of these contrast, Hideo's work rises spontaneously from an like a poem." Philosophically he is interested in the divergent themes; to achieve their permanent union, appreciation of the whole and a deep understanding of comparison between Western logic-which attempts to figuratively, in stone. the stone itself: "Before starting the work I have only a reach conclusions - and Eastern thought - where vague idea, totally out of focus. From the nature and conclusions do not exist. Born in Hiroshima four years after the bomb, he soon character of the form to the surface finishing, I do what lost touch with his traditional buddhist upbringing and the stone is telling me." He retains a nostalgia for the crazy, alcoholic received a highly academic westernised training in classical drawing and etching. artists of the United States. In England he · The only Western sculpture with which Hideo feels rarely came into contact with artists who Then, ten years ago, his growing dissatisfaction with some affinity are ancient stone circles, such as achieved the same level of "saturation". the overly theoretical conceptualising of Western art Stonehenge, built before the advent of Graeco-Roman­ . brought_ him to a crisis point. Turning his back on dominated Western culture. He suggests that both Most recently Hideo gave a comprehensive academta, he set out on a spiritual journey of self­ Eastern and Western prehistoric man may have been introduction to traditional Japanese art and design discovery taking him to a Japanese quarry where he united in a more holistic appreciation of the spirituality culminating in a demonstration of brush painting. His served a two-year apprenticeship to become a mason. of stone in relation to the landscape and, further, that next seminar will deal with the subject of Taoism and He claims that this period helped him to find an inner this recognition of its power and elemental solidity is no promises to be as interesting as the man himself. Contact calm; he stopped theorising and concentrated on the less relevant today in our computerised textureless the Fine Art Department (129 George Square) for material, developing his now consum_ing love of stone. world of electronic media. details. 10 Thursday, March 9. 1989 FEATURES REVIEW. REVIEW FEATURES Thursday, March 9, 1989 11 I I

llobbk Collnute has never · believed in complacency despite his success. As alternative com­ edy becomes prime time enter­ who struggle against adverse odds to live a relatively normal life. The report will be a straight appeal for tainment, Scotland's biggest money. Is it a sign of the Thatcherite times, when charity funny man has moved on, now takes the government's place? 0 watch Robbie Coltrane at w'ork is a managing to combine novel writ­ "Well, I said at the time of Live Aid that it is just the T "I said at the time ofLive Aid that privatisation of compassion: It is all elastoplast on rare treat. To go for a nostalgic trip ing and political activism with capitalism's arsehole as far as I am concerned. I mean . around the lost tenements of Glasgow .it is just the privatisation of the money is there, we are just up against a meanness of in his pink American Polara 500 is even acting. But despite several seduc­ compassion. It is all elastoplast spmt." . better, but the ultimate is to discover, over a tive offers from Hollywood, all is "However, one of the functions of giving money to pint, that he is not the fat-jolly-comedian type on capitaliSm's arsehole as far as I charity is to make people feel good. Comic Relief allows you might expect. This man has a serious side­ not as it should be in his hyped-up am concerned. I mean, the money them to do this, and it is also a more efficient way to get not sombre, but pensive and penetrating, and funds to the problem directly. It cuts out government red world ofshowbusiness. Paula is there, we are just up against a tape and form B697417A, which acts as a severe disin­ with a dry wit which tends to centre on his talent Col/ins reports. centive to people parting with the cash." for mimicry. meanness of spirit. " In keeping with his liberated philosophy, Robbie Col­ The son of a Rutherglen GP, he was educated in trane is a feminist- "of course. Well, I try anyway." Glen almond-the Scottish Eton-and believes that his· "Women have nothing to lose but their chains- men public school background has had a positive outcome. people like Dame Edna Everage can use camp humour it ion to improve the lot of very poor people with just one have everything, so it is only natural that some will try to "It gives you a great advantage when you are a Socialist: and tell the jokes that gay guys tell, and get away with it. bloody word about contraception." "Is nothing sacred?" preserve that power. But the thing to realise is that some you know how to speak the enemy's language. Debates The fact that it is a man in drag seems to climate the "I don't see why the rich and powerful should be pro­ women are part of the conspiracy too." "Dirty Den and in Parliament are like arguments in the common room, 'Jimmy-Greaves-bloody-poofs' -type reaction." JR are two of the most popular fictional characters conducted on exactly the same basis and involving a lot tected against conjecture more than anyone else." His social conscience and obvious desire to protect the around, and I wonder what attracts women to bastards. of articulate rubbish." Mr Coltrane himself has been known to dress up in Is it some sort of sexual guilt where they transfer what He considers himself to be an actor rather than a com­ weaker sections of society were manifest two weeks ago women's clothing, recently as Annabel, a yellow­ when he spoke at a rally against loans in Edinburgh. He they see as evil in themselves on to the man in question? edian, although he didn't originally embark on his pre­ . ginghamed transvestite nightclub owner in The Fruit You know - 'What I am about to do is bad, but it is only sent career. It was a straight toss-up between drama seems to take his role as Honorary P.resident of Heriot­ Machine which he confesses to have been too busy to Watt seriously - "I thin_k I should, especially someone because of his corrupting influence'. Is that worth think­ school and art college, and the pretentious image of the have seen. He continues in this vein in a few weeks when ing about?" theatre world proved disuasive. "Acting always seemed like me who can raise the profile of the issue." In his After pondering the mysteries of the female psyche, filming starts on a new venture called Nuns on the Run speech he pinpointed the negative image that students a bit 'jessie-ish'," you know- "Oh dahling you're so which centres around two gunmen on the run who take he went on to the notion of the ideal partner, and the fact terribly intense" - and I felt the people were all drama -have, as" a bunch of scruffy Iayabouts." "And of course, that Rod Stewart has had a string of blonde six foot tall refuge in a convent. It features some madcap scenes with students do a lot to cultiVate this because a lot of them queens rather than serious actors. I have subsequently Sister Euphemia in the shower and apparently has "all girlfriends-"Do you really mean to tell me that he has discovered that there arc a lot of very articulate, intelli­ are middle class, first time away from home and they never met an interesting woman with dark hair? And the jokes they missed in Some Like it Hot." Despite this . want to show mummy and daddy just how naughty they gent people involved in the arts." At the time, he felt he minor trend, he insists he got the parts through casting they all look remarkably like him. I wonder what that is had to do what he was best at- painting, drawing and can be. I know, I did it myself. But they are still a legiti-" all about?"-said he, casting no aspersions on anyone's against type. He has consciously avoided being pigeon­ mate part of society. They are gloing to end up in charge film at the Glasgow School of Art- but in retrospect he holed from the very beginning of his career and has ego. Does he have an ideal woman "No." Would he like identifies writer and poet Step hen Mulry as a great influ­ - it is so obvious that money spend on education is an to be married. "Eh, no. If I wanted to be, I wou1d be. It's deliberately turned work down to dodge this pitfall. He investment for everybody." ence. He spotted his talent and encouraged his acting at ·also admits to "not letting on" to being Scottish because not for lack of offers" - with a wry smile. an early stage: "It is only when you approach 40 (he is 39 of the limiting effects on an unknown of having a strong He deplores the move towards vocational courses and "People talk about love and marriage as if they were this month) that you realise who the significant people in national identity: "A lot of people say that as an actor away from the tradition of higher education as a way to synonmous, but I haven't found that to be true. I know your past were. When you are young you get tied up with you can only play someone quite like yourself, which is improve and broaden the mind: "It is the only time in people who have been married three times - three authority figures and the institutions they were in." absolute bollocks. Unless you are an incredibly simple your life where you can say what you think without times they have stood up in church and said 'I have cho­ His unorthadox beginnings gave way to a fairly rapid chara.cter, you should be able to p_lay_your com'plete somebody coming down on you, without endangering sen this person and we are going to have babies and for­ rise to fame and films, and he hopes, with a wry laugh, opposite." your job, or your life or yourfamily. All that shit comes sake all others - how can you do that three times?" that his future lies in acting and directing. At the minute, later. lt surrounds you, and you ?re no longer a free per­ "People like being part of a couple so they get married however, he is writing a book - a social allegory, a Swif­ He is also doing a one-hour TV special -called The son." and I have always been a bit alienated from that." Why? tean tale where people are miniaturised and are then Robbie Coltrane Show, "with that mad imagination that "I think a lot of creative people are. They are content to obliged to build a lifesize person to represent them in 'people have in showbusiness" - which will be full of He believes that the abysmal state of middle manage­ live in their own minds. A lot of people marry for totally Parliament. Their lifespan has been shortened to corres­ film parody and "adult humour", says he in lowered ment in this country is the end result of the decline of selfish reasons - they want a new fridge, or a big party pond with their diminished size and so they become tones. He finds television too dominated by technology ;universities as centres of learning: "Middle manage­ and a white dress. And then they have kids as an exten­ . ~uch more selective and concerned with the quality of and film a much easier medium to be funny in. "TV is ment, even in films, are arseholes. They are not encour­ sion of themselves." hfe. In order to get this creature mobilised they must becoming brighter and brighter, and louder and louder. aged to think, to read books, to be creative or imagina­ He can't think of anything more dreadful than lots of restructure society and create a Utopian ideal. "But the It is killing itself." His recent run of commercials have tive. Look at the way they dress - endless beige nylon little Robbie Coltrane's running about Glasgow, but he _problem is that the man they create does not think the been done to make money, but he admits to turning suits, thick ties, shirts with stripes and a football com­ would like to procreate before he's "too old to kick a ball way they want him to." down up to £250,000's worth of work a year because of mentator's hairdo - all because the universities are. around with the boys in the park," and within marriage, So is he a Frankenstein's monster? "No. The frighten­ his conscience - smoking, drinking, sexist ads, banks being run down." simply because the children get such a hard time at ing thing about Frankenstein's monster was that he and companies with South African connections are all school "from the little bigots whose parents married looked like a fucking monster. This character has an censured. While he has sympathy for the problems students because she was pregnant anyway." attitude problem. Eventually they turn his engine off." face, a note of disillusionment creeps in here too: "One He has done the illustrations himself, but the work of the most depressing things is the student attitude. The hasn't been commissioned, and he wili finance it if needs only protests they ever make are about themselves. I ;be. As for a potential dose of the Coltrane humour on have yet to see a major student demonstration against paper- "No. I am always being asked to write a comedy South Africa or for CND, just about their own world. I is moral principles all tie in with his Socialist ell," he said suddenly, ''I'd better book for Christmas, but they end up being 200 knob suppose they don't feel that their actions will achieve beliefs. "I try-to be a Socialist, but it is very j>ower in Britain was always heavy industry- coal, rail­ ,go. What a:bout "Have you shag­ jokes and 200 farting jokes, and I don't find other lot dress like tramps and go around killing furry ani­ anything as most young people don't remember life hard in Britain, I think, like most people, ways, steel, the mines, and they are getting rid of them mals." '' ·ged Joan Collins?" - that's people's funny so I won't inflict mine on anyone else." before Thatcher." I am deeply depressed at . the moment all through privatisation. Think about it. All the spies in a favourite question." "Well have because people just don't seem to care any more, do this country have been rich, upper-class, homosexual While he is on the subject of smashing institutions, you?" "No, I wouldn't give her the pleasure." All witti­ ~hey?" He iden~itifies Labour's problem as pne of .and Oxbridge-educated. Not a Trade Union man in this great iconoclast turns his wrath on religion . "I some­ cisms aside, Robbie Coltrane is a surprising personality. Image, not of pohcy - but the ordinary working people sight, yet they are under constant attac)\." times wish I had been brought up as a Catholic, with He is down-to-earth, with more than a sprinkling of voted Tory because "Maggie's jolly strong, Gawd bless At the top of the privileged pile sit the Royal Family: something powerful to rebel against, and a tremendous humility~ and the fact that he collects memorabilia - sked about the current spate of alternative 'er, and because they didn't see the Labour Party as a "I don't care about them, and I am amazed that people sense of ritual." e will see another facet of his philan­ tea-caddies, key rings, and table-mats - from the place comedians around now, he says he likes world force. " He is particularly worried about the recent do. What I don't like is the fact that they are an extension "Catholicism is the last great multi-national, and the thropic nature on television on Friday A that sort of comedy very much, and also the It March lOth in the form of a film report his parents met reveals a soft side. But there is a sadnes~, attacks on Trade Union Rights, and holds a tidy but" of the class system. is all to do with land, with the Pope is the last absolute monarch. He is in the same pos­ a depression lurking beneath the surface, contrary to his more traditional slapstick variety. As in the sinister theory of conspiracy. "They (the government) Church of England (a self-protecting bunch of hooli­ from Belfast for Comic Relief. He visited ition as Henry VIII, and he has a lot to answer for. Look comic image: "I'm a bit disillusioned at the moment." Frankie Howerd genre, perhaps? "Well, he is a one off. have consistently, very intelligently and cynically, elimi­ gans), and the idea that they are better than you or me at these South American countries, with women having some of the most deprived areas of -the city and was "Why?" "I dunno. Don'~ yo_u ever ge_t like that, wh~~e He was doing camp comedy in the 50s, long before any­ nated all opposition to themselves in this country. They that I dislike. At least the French aristocracy knows nine children while he ignores the appalling corruption shocked by the brutal influence of the paramilitaries. you think 'Ah fuck, nothmg IS ever gomg to change? one else dared to. It is very interesting, the way that are doing it as we speak. The main bedrock of union about painting and food and making love, whereas our and the travesty of justice. He is in such a powerful pos- There was also a note of great adJY!iration for the people FREE-FREE-FREE-FREE-FREE-FREE-F'REE- FREE- FREE- FREE

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It's A Man's World! Filmhouse .Vicki Ridley looks back at the role of women· Dir: Zhang Yimou in cinema over the decades. -RED SORGHUM depicts life in a Chinese rural commun­ • ~N THE early days of the film population. To me, this turning ity; the events of the flim fol­ point is typified in the classic film mdustry, with the build up low on from the marriage of a to the Second World War, it Brief Encounter, in which Ceilia Johnson is a curious mixture of local girl (Gong Li) to a lepr­ seemed that men were real the old and new ideas of woman­ ous wine-maker, and her sub­ men and women were real hood, strong yet indecisive. A sequent inheritance of his women. Remember Mae Garbo or a Hepburn would have wine-making industry follow­ Diane Keaton is The Good Mother in Leonard Nimoy's new film. West's unconventional chat­ had no qualms about sacrificing ing his mysterious death. up line, "Is that a gun in your domesticity for the enigmatic Her remarriage to one of the THE GOOD MOTHER child-adult relationships; is Leo's stranger. particular instance of frankness pocket, or are you just men who carried the sedan chair Odeon pleased to see me?" And who And God Created Woman. for her first wedding allows her to wrong? If the child is unaffected, That pouting mass of vulnerable develop a passionate family life Dir: Leonard Nimoy and is wholly dependent on the can forget the cool detach­ mother, what right have we to sexuality whose only desire was to and devote herself to the blossom­ LEONARD Nimoy, with ment of Greta Garbo, Ingrid be loved by a man. She ripped ing wine-making community she interfere? But no answers are Bergman and Lauren Bacall? down the protective barriers of now owns. Three Men and a Baby proffered. While not wanting it to All that emotion concealed discretion and opened herself up However, this rural tranquillity behind him, returns to direct be a how-to film about child behind the dignified facade to abuse. is shattered by the atrocities com­ a film starring Diane Keaton, abuse, I found the bland open­ of "ice maiden". It was dur­ The 50s and 60s con­ mitted by invading Japanese sol­ who also comes from a com­ endedness of the conclusion ing this period that Hol­ jures up images of Doris Day dut­ diers, and the girl's decision to edy involving infants- Baby deeply dissatisfying. ifully sporting with Rock Hudson avenge her slaughtered friend She finds that again And the film, while watchable lywood's- great survivors Boom. enough, relapses into cliche too and Julie Andrews making a sym­ hurtles the film towards its tragic she has to deal with an unde- Bette Davis and Katherine bolically easy transition from nun climax . frequently for us to be sufficiently rage eo-star, this time six­ • Hepburn began their carers. to wife. Stereotyping meant that The effectiveness of the film involved in the characters' predi­ Women were strong, witty, this was a period when women owes much to the superb perfor­ year-old Asia Vieira. The caments to care. For example, often raunchy, and most were portrayed as being good in mance of Gong Li , who has a film, however, is altogether Anna's reported frigidity with her importantly individuals m the kitchen and good in bed and screen presence not unlike that of more serious. husband is instantly translated their own right. the danger was that society would a Chinese Isabell Adjani, but Anna (Keatorr), a sexually into moaning rapture at the touch of arty, charming Leo. So what went wrong? The war accept these images. owes more to Zhang Yimou's sup­ unfulfilled divorcee, discovers was to prove to be the menopause And so we get the feminist erbly succinct direction and Go truly loving sex with sculpting, The Good Mother is a worthy in the lives of women in film. movement of t'he 70s, but I'm Chang-Wei's photography. Irish Leo (Liam Nelson)- a man film, and admirably eludes worth­ From then on the diversity of afraid there is no social revolution Perhaps the most vivid sym­ who won a scholarship to Harvard iness' frequent comcomitant, female roles was crushed by gov­ and stereotyping lingers on in the bolism used in the film is the but found it to be full of people he dullness. This is a tribute to the ernment endorsed anti-women's films today. Actresses are still blood-red sorghum wine pouring didn't like. The couple's frank­ swift and sure direction of Nimoy lib propaganda, as men returning abnormally beautiful and only a from a smashed urn, reflecting the ness about sex with the inquisitive -but the patness that comes with from the war required women to few of the less commercial films fragility of the lives the film por­ Molly (Vieira) leads them into such facility proves to obscure or give up their hard-won autonomy cling tentatively to the strings of trays. 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CRAZYHEAD/JOHN MOORE & EXPRESSWAY The, Venue JOHN Moore certainly Silence is ·Golden didn't learn any manners from his stint in the Mary ·Chain. Though between insults his dogyard howl fit­ ted the bluesy/garage fusion perfectly. The single Out Of The Real McCoy single sleeve, My Mind was a masterpiece and the lush, deep blue paradise (among many) of grating of the sleeve for the LP A Blues guitar and sneering vocals. for Buddha. So, squeezebox, B~autiful, simple and effec­ ,screeching harmonica and omin­ ti'{e. ous lyrics about nuclear fall-out [fhen with the intro riffs of (Scottish Rain) clashed with the .. ·. Amazing Baby, Crazy head rousing and rollicking swells of e~ploded on sta.ge, armed and the singles Answer Me, The Real dangerous, with a sackful of McCoy and Painted Moon. talent. Contentedly ignoring the rules of generic categorisation The latter song illustrates the they strutted confidently through contradiction perfectly (and here a varied and exciting song bo'ok. comes our second quote). Intro­ . Time Has Taken . . . with its heavy duced cynically as a song about rock overtones was absolutely the Falklands, "another great 'breathtaking, sort <;>f R&B grebo British triumph", an astute young style. In Baby Turpentine Ander­ sir behind me muttered "prop­ son's gifted voice twists the Easy aganda shite". The problem is, Rider ethic into a contorted (al­ when songs about Glasgow and most) punk belter. Scottishness mix with post-Big Rags goes for the jugular in a Country guitar stomp and a crowd traditional but invigorating way. singing Flower 0' Scotland, there Ironically though, despite the really is no time in swelling hearts sheer energy of their originals the for lyrics that even verge on the jewel in the crown was their cover socially aware. of the sonics' Have Love Will ( Which is a shame. Jimmie Travel. It whipped the already O'Neill's vocals, supported by a moving audience into a kinetic ' bound tales of love, factories, . . . there are The Silencers: one rocksteady scaffolding of crisp frenzy of flailing arms and legs . THE SILENCERS the pain of live and a little bit of the Waltons, a punch-drunk guitars and percussion, speak of They turned their polished (and THE RIVER DETECTIVES more about love. · boxer, Soapy Soutar, Pat and more, so much more, than just accomplished) debut album into a Queen's Hall Greg Kane 's other brother, and a another excuse for a lads night out gut-wrenching live extravaganza Just as our unknown female's congenial "nitespot" bouncer with a sound so sharp and loud my aversion to sweaty shoulder-pads jumping up and down en masse, Heralded on by the skirl of the anthems for a doomed youth. But ears bled! With both hands meant style took precedence over tonight the weaknesses and TWO snippets of conversa­ pipes, buoyed along by a manic The Silencers are just too good at having a rockin' good time, so fiddle, and climaxed by blaring strengths of trad-rock were on dis­ tion serve to encapsulate this stylistic ideals somehow meant arousing (but not rousing) the guitars, The Silencers were off, to masses. play. Each skilfully avoided the evening's performances. "lt•s that The River Detectives felt boldly go where several bands . cliches (yes, it's that word again!) so hot in there ....see if my obliged to wallow in American have gone before; to explore and In the end, blue · paradise that have destroyed many of their shoulder-pads get soaked accents. When contrasted with reinterpret that old Celtic sound. triumphed over grey reality. In respective contemporaries. This is the broad dialect evident in the that sense, if good music equals live music as it should be; virtu­ ... !"comes first, heard in the between-songs patter, this glaring And did they succeed? Well, ·escapism , then The Silencers suc­ queue for the bogs as The ous, intense, spirited and very falsity overshadowed the genuine throughout the night, The ceeded overwhelmingly. enjoyable. River Detectives plied the excitement their massed rank of Silencers seemed torn between audience with their harmony- guitars conveyed. And then . .. the black and white grittiness of Craig McLean Keiron Mellotte Edinburgh International Folk Festival 17th-26th March Roachford Comp KICKING off with the traditional opening Ceilidh in the Debating Hall at Teviot, the 11th annual Folk Festival promises once again to provide the very best in folk THAT Roachford fella, 'ee's a rowlands on 30th March. music from the around the world. laff inn'ee'. Imagine calling your Luckily for two of you lot the a multitude of concerts, work­ single after a kiddies' plaything. Music Pages, in conjunction with shops and classes, with drinking Cuddly Toy, I ask yer, might as Dance Factory, have on offer a until 2 am every night, based at well have called.it Soggy Nappy. pair of tickets for the concert. Teviot and with enough going on to Anyway, said single is a bit of Yippee! interest evervone. If you thought alright, I'm sure you'll all agree, To win this fab prize all you Belfast Child was folky, come and as is the whole LP from which its have to do is tell us the name of try the real thing. Further details "lifted". And as his re-released four of the cuddly toys(!) featured from the Folk Festival Office in single Family Man is unleashed on good old "Play School". Fleshmarket Close (off Cockburn upon the waiting world, the man Entries to the Student offices by 1 Street). and his band are set to play Bar- pm, Tuesday. 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MANIC, MAGIC, MAJESTIC Band of Holy Joy Rough Trade LP I HAD a feeling that Manic, tragi-comic vision of Charles Magic, Majestic was going to be Bukowski. good, but I had no idea that it was As with Marc Almond (one of going to be this good. From the their few contemporary musical opening Route to Love to the final reference points) there is an almost fatalistic interest in the gloriously anthemic Blessed Boy, WIN Band of Holy Joy take us on a way greed, jealousy and rage can · breathless exploration of the tear people apart. Of course John Freaky Trigger emotional underbelly of today's Brown's voice does strain Virgin LP Britain. · sometimes and of course the But it's too easy merely to say musical backing is at times THE return of Win is squeaky that they show us slices of sleazy shambolic, but if you're going to . clean; precision production from low-life. Instead, that world is criticise this LP for that you're Zeus B Held lends a smooth, acutely observed and celebrated really missing the essential ugly­ soft-centred sound to their in a style that, if it is reminiscent beautiful quality of the Holy Joy .material, reflected in such yummy of anything, brings to mind the vision . scrummy lyrics as: "I wanna hang Manic, Magic, Majestic is the out with some rainbow trout/An' THE STYLE COUNCIL only record this year that will eat you off a dish The Singular Adventures Of The Style Council make you cry. A terrible beauty is You can fly south asleep in my Polydor LP born. mouth/An' I'll go swimming w~th DessieFahy your jellyfish." This wacky ONCE the blue-eyed (well, more red-eyed) boy of the NME, Paul innocence of approach, including Well er has rarely found it as difficult to struggle into the upper-reaches such song titles as Mid The gravy, of the Forty since 1977. Always a chart animal, he once berated The along with lots ofnice gooey Clash for their highbrow refusal to appear onTop Of.The Pops. soun?s--:- tinkling keyboards, a This compilation epitomises the second-coming of the Woking ___ llJ!f __ _ ·,;massive . , f-mput ofh "ooing" b k' and. · won d er m· h'IS now not-so-new gmse· o f t h e socJaltst · · European. Redo- THr 1\-\!\ll <4 fl()f ¥ )01' aamg rom. . t e .ac . mg smgers . ' 1en t o f th e d ays w h en an on· gm· a 1me 1o d y was a positive.. acquiSitiOn· · · an d ---- -~- 11/flntr~ mt. ml1je.\tu tnd a ~efmite fen;tmme slant m software for keyboards was something which the subliminal Mick av~ ender~on s v?cal sty ICO:- Tal bot scarcely envisaged, that first quintet of singles from eighty­ ~0~ d, 0 ~~ might thmk, provide three/four abounds with the alternative Zeitgeist of the ever-optimistic. t de m~re Ients for perfect, Speak Like A Child and A Solid Bond In Your Heart could have been se Wuct1ve pop. N h' . wntten· for a matunng· J am ( a preserve· ?).. Money-Go-Around and My Th ron1 .. ot. m;l h~re cuts It. Ever Changing Moods catalogue the introspection and the post-punk e ~esu t ISda J":I h ~Ja~ble of "gravitas" of the young soul rebel finally articulating a pent-up and mus y s_oun ~~It ar y even a partially thought-out anger. song; discerm~ . The track~ The true integration of the Council "as Council" however, was ~an ;r ~ro;n aimlessly as If marked by Long Hot Summer, that languorous anthem for our last ? 0 ~ t nob~ w~ere ~? go and decent warm spell. Together with You're The Best Thing, this earned a u 1 Im;t~ Yno~ mg IS ac Jeved by spin on the Jimmy Young Show. Weller,"triumphant, thus expunged any 0 t ~md _hhy th~ band are so any lingering thoughts of his former incarnation and achieved a curious r~eocc~pl~ W_It . trymg ~~SOUnd integration On his OWn terms. 1b e Scr;~ti ~o~tti , and failmg More recent offerings have occasionally been less memorable but a ysma y, 1 ~ eyond Paul, the New Man, has never been afraid to move with the New comprehen_siOn. There has_ be~n Times. He has flirted with electro-funk (It Didn't Matter) and a more L YLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND an ~~toundmg tran_sformatiOn m brassy groove (Life At A Top People's Health Farm). Wanted, dismis- qua Ity from the Wm that brought sed by the ingenuous as cappuccino Kitsch encapsulated the dilemma Lyle Lovett & His Large Band Thus suchp stormersd S as You'vep· · Got.d o f t h e talented man out of time.· Has he succumbed' or IS· he one step MCA LP e ower an uper opot ahead? Groove· all that is left are the ·( . . . . . ' The often soapy) sou! of Philadelphia IS deserted for Chicago and LUCINDA WILLIAMS wea k nesses. . th e t ren d'Ier terra m· o fD eep H ouse m· P romtse· dLan d . A concessiOn· to Lucinda Williams . Unfortunately •. Freaky Tngg_er the dance-crazed? Judge for yourself. Personally I will be "keeping the fires ~o shots; t~d1ous to the pomt faith." Rough Trade LP of bemg annoymg. Neil Finnie GOOD afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this season's Paul Rogerson "New Country Steeplechase". Although let me tell you, there's been a bit of controversy here even before the race has begun, with 2-1 odds- on favourite Lyle Lovett ditching his thoroughbred, backwoods Ameri­ can steed which did so well last year in favour of a hybrid beast of sassy brassy, jumpy pi ano and twangy guitar, urged on, as ever, by that whipcrack of a voice. As for relative newcomer Lucinda Williams, her • obscurity alone makes her the outsider in this race; but we could be in for a few surprises ... THE WONDERSTUFF And they're off! AND LOVETI'S MAKING A BREAK FOR THE LEAD ALREADY! Galloping along, he's straight into a jumpin' Who Wants To Be The Disco jive instrumental, The Blues Walk, confounding his critics and hushing King? the spectators here into awe. In reply, Williams keeps up a steady Polydor 12" pressure calling on her ample reserves of emotion to weep through I Wanted to See You So Bad. But it's Lov'ett by half a head. 'IS THE release of Who Wants To Oh my lord, Lovett's stumbled! A dreary spoken monologue Be The Disco King? a marketing with raucous racket (Here I Am) is his downfall, unsettling ploy aimed at riding the crest of de, and allowing Williams to push on rapidly. Straight from the Pop Will Eat itself wave into the ...... --""v"''"" School for Equestrian Refinement, Williams talks chart? Or is it a cunning attempt Sylvia the waitress, of love, beer and boots and then delivers a killer on the part of the band to alienate t that leaves Lovett sprawling: Like A Rose is so gentle and moving their "pop kid" fans and so avoid that God above must have leant that steed wings. Followed by the hipdom forever? It may just do mean and bitter Changed The Locks, and Lovett doesn't stand a both. chance. · The Wonderstuff excel at writ­ On to the ~econd half of today's race, and Lovett comes back at ing quirky individualistic songs. Williams! Urging his trusty steed on, the jockey that rides to victory This latest release may be a fun­ HORSE with She's No Lady She's My Wife comes up with another winner in I filled package of worthy senti­ You Could Be Forgiven ust Married Her Because She Looks Like You. Past the grandstand, ment, but there's no song in sight. Capitol7" and tired old nag Dolly Parton's seminal Stand By Your Man is trans­ Still, the live version of Unbeara­ formed into a sleek Arabian charger. Obviously Lyle and Dolly have ble ori the B-side serves as a NEW to the Capitol "stable" (ho! been "collaborating" down the stud farm. reminder that the Wonderstuff ho!) come Horse, with their The home straight, and they're neck and neck! Lovett appears to are a band to get excited about. singularly tame airing of what's have abandoned that brassy handicap for this half of the race, relying meant to be the "Sound of the strength of his pained vocals, tender accoustic guitar and caustic Vicky Senior Scotland". Soulful singing and a ddle. But throughout, it's been Williams who's done all the running, big tech backing is all very well, leading a solid race comprising a consistent excellence of pace and but isn't the product a little too constant freshness of steed. And now she's inching ahead, Lovett's left familiar? Still, aB-side of his renaissance too late! The rough raw edge of Williams' final burst, I reasonable stature adds a certain Asked' For Water (He Gave Me Gasoline) is too much for.Lovett. substance to an otherwise Williams.wins by a head. vaccuous release. James Annesley Craig McLean ARTS ..RE~iEW I OPERATIC CYCLE love, and love itseif, for wealth larly, and the ·giants (C:urtis Wat­ WAGNER: and power. This struggle is made son and Oddbjorn Tennfjord) had DAS RHEINGOLD play by the music and the staging; a very real presence. All the gods the strength of emotions and shifts are mesmerised by the gold and Scottish Opera, Playhouse · of force can be understood from cannot see reason except for Loge these alone without language. It is (Bonaventure Bottone), who a classic allegory of wealth and appears foolish but ultimately the GOLD means power; power love. wisest. It is not until the hypnotis­ corrupts. These are the two ing wisdom of Erda (Penelope most prominent ideas that While the singers are obviously Walker) that Wotan can finally this production puts over. paramount in an opera, the see things in their true perspec­ Gold, decadence and opu- orchestra have a very important tive; the giants foreshadow the lence are in evidence · role in this, which they fulfilled human response to wealth and impressively. In fact, ·some of the power by continuing in themself everywhere in the setting most striking scenes involve destructive jealousy. Erda. was except under the Rhine, the silence on the part of the pro­ hypnotic on appearance as well as only place that is not corrupt. tagonists, such as the struggle of voice, and the production as a the Nibelungs, and Freia's (Anne whole was ultimately made a suc­ The plot is one of a power strug­ Williams-King) despair at being cess by the setting, a constant gle, and as the ring changes hands sold to the giants. Wotan (Willard symbol of the themes of the and the characters struggle for its White) and Fricka (Felicity opera. ownership; they will give up any­ Palmer) both portrayed the agony thing, including the ones they of power and wealth spectacu- Katie Alcock

Giovanni's spirit and Mozart's and Judith Howarth (Serlina) ar~ MOZART:DON lighthearted charm and grace. suitably bewildered, · tender. and GIOVANNI Despite this the production sur­ sweet at the appropriate vives this interpretation surpris­ moments. The latter however is ingly well, not least because of the too much of a prim schoolmistress ONE ISN'T left for long strength of the cast. to convince us that she is in fact a wondering what the focus of Jonathan Summers as Giovanni zestful peasant girl. · this particular production is. manages miraculously to hold his The stage direction is both dis­ As soon as the D minor own , if only just, against tke ciplined and sensitive, the dance Andante is struck up a spot­ onslaughts of the formidable scene and its aftermath in particu­ light locates a black coffin Donna Anna played by Jane Eag­ lar~ is splendidly handled, while lis. This is despite being made to that of the music is all too often centre stage. This sets the look like a member of a radical stiff and stifled. The elegantly tone of the piece and the re­ gay cabaret. While he is made to grand set is intelligently simple iteration of this point later creep along the walls in scenes of and the lighting, employing on, when the coffin is thrust slimy seduction Jane Eaglis delciate oranges and yellows, through the curtains is unnec­ strides confidently to centre stage excellent. cesary if not gratuitous. from which she dominates the All in all it is not too surprising - entire auditorium with her that this production was so The production is gloomily spellbindingly powerful voice. warmly received though one was romantic as is its fixation with Jan Opalach is an excellent left feeling heavy as after a death; and classical in its delicacy , Leporello creating a character weight)yyagner rather than light­ and austerity. But it falls between who is at once servile, rebellious hearted as after an "opera buffa" throughout the concert. At times EDINBURGH UNIV. both stools, lacking both the and a comic fool in the tradition of by Mozart. .the phrasing lost some direction, fomantic fascination with the Vladimir and Estragon. Both Kat­ WIND ENSEMBLE but it did not take them long to Dionysian force and grandeur of hryne Bouleyn (Donna Elvira) Michael Burg~iester Reid Hall settle down to some slick playing in the faster sections. Wednesday 1 March "An Irish Rhapsody" by Clare WHERE were you on Wed- Grundman came next, preceding While the designer, Michael segregated action, directed the d ? a selection of numbers from PUCCINI: LA BOHEME Yeargan, went for an intricately eye beautifully. nes ay evening· The only Bernstein's famous "West Side Playhouse detailed period setting, he must thing that was really lacking Story" arranged for the band by surely have been influenced by In this act, Musetta appears·, was an audience, wh.i~h must Mr Duthoit and performed impre­ LA BOHEME must be one that 20th-century medium, the sung by Alison Hagley, and she is have been demorahsmg for ssively. The arrangement itself of the most popular operas cinema. Resisting the yawning in her element. Her gaudy the players ~ The programme works very well for wind ensem­ ever. A classic tale of ill-fated space of the Playhouse stage, he diamond necklace caught the light ·th. 1 but her whole dazzling bearing itself was varied and there ,ble and sympathetic performance. love and death in "Bohe- Created Sm a 11 er areas Wl m arge, , to gain a sense of focus: the garrett captivated the . audie~ce. She was something ' for most ~~e e~sen;tme fini.shed their pa~­ mian" Paris, you must excuse was boxed in claustrophobically, charmed her ~m tors w1th a taut tastes ranging from Ha dn to ttctpatwn ~~ the ftrst half ~f thts . . Y concert wtth "Toccata m D the cliches because it has with camera zooming in on the · elegance ~ nd mge.nuous demand Arthur BenJamm. . minor", attributed to J. S. Bach. proved fresh and enthralling tacky colour of a Bohemian bed- f?r attention, ultimately seduc- The ensemble, conducted ~y It was a quintet rendering "Di­ to so many opera-goers. And ·sit. ttve. ~eter Rutterford, began ~tth vertimento" by Haydn that when the producer admitted, The cafe in the stunning sec- The central couple, Rudolpho . Poet and Peasa?t Overture by brought us to the interval- quite, "this is a very traditional pro- ond act was divided into booths, and Mimi, were perhaps a little Franz von Suppe. The bras.s set a contrast. Again the ensemble duction"'. those fur-clad each framing a tableaux of drin- disappointing in comparison. the tone. ?f t~e . concert wtth a ~performed well despite certain . kers and relegating the confusion Angelique Burzynski and i>atrick ' warm lynctsm wh1ch returned fre- problems with tuning. • opera-goers1 h m the packe.d- of the street upstage, seen p ower sang w1t· h mtens1ty· · an d quently in various different guises D · ·. · M. ta- ·h om1mc ur g out P ay ouse sat more eastly through frost-glass partitions., emotion but their intricately (self- in their seats. j The set, with its layers of carefully consciously?) choreographed ges­ tures of love did not seem to come spontaneously. In the dramatic Your Best Value for Money Your Best Value for Money climaxes Puccini's music did the work, swelling on cue from the FROM EDINBURGH, lwlury Express c:oac:Ms .-y day and FROM EDINBURGH Luxury Express coaches every day crack band in the pit and some­ nl&ht to London and night to London times overwhelming the voices. AND LIVINGSTON . Plus NEW Weekender specially Scottish Express every TWO HOURS clesi&ned for easy -'rend trips - to Dunfennline, Kinross, Perth, INftS London 1430, returns mominp Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, The final act is a tantalising from Scotland TO PERTH, Stonehaven & Aberdeen build-up to Mimi 's inevitable Hostess Service on All London Hostess Service on All London death. I felt at times the atten.tion journeys with free tea DUNDEE AND journeys with free tea to detain, although visually stun­ and coffee and affordable and coffee and affordable ning, detracted from the earth­ TO LONDON appetising snacks. ABERDEEN appetising snacks. shattering emotions. Let's face it, CHOICE OF SUPER AND STANDARD CHOICE OF SUPER AND STANDARD in Puccini's operas we're talking SERVICE ON DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE ON DAY AND NIGHT BIG feelings. And so perhaps the LONDON JOURNEYS LONDON JOURNEYS ' singers never quite grew out of the naturalistic set into the larger­ JUST LOOK AT OUR FARES! JUST LOOK AT OUR FARES! than-life characters opera STANDARD RETURN TO LONDON: DAY RETURNS FROM EDINBURGH TO: Dunfermline KiN'OSS EdinburJh & Livinpton .£23.00 f2.20 , f2.70, demands. It was a beautiful pro­ Sinlle (£13.00) Perth f2.70. Dundee i4.70, Aberdeen .£B.OO duction, deeply satisfying musi­ SUPER RETURN TO LONDON: ORDINARY RETURNS FROM EDINBURGH TO: cally, but no one ever lo~t control, Edinbu'lh & LMn&ston f27 !IJ Dunfermline f2.60. Kinross 0 .40, Sinlle (£15.50) Perth 0.40. 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jREVIEW ARTS. Thursday, March 9, 1989 17 Ulster. Conor MacNessa, King of UNDER THE PASSING Ulster, desires her for his queen, STARS- EDWIN STIVEN but it is a long time before he dis­ covers she has married the dash­ Brunton Theatre ing Naoshe. .. . . 1-10 March . Modern symboltsm ana anctem folk tradition are united in this "OUR FATE is our fate and World Premiere Production which uses coloured lighting and we shall make it what we keyboard, pipes and clarsach will!" declares the courage­ music to brilliant dramatic effect. ous young clan chieftain The Homeric influence on Celtic Naoshe MacUshna, but the folklore is enhanced by the gods do nqt play games with emphasis on the elemental and self-important warriors. The the natural in the simple setting of power of prophecy that painted boulders which encircles reigns in this pre-Christian an old well. · Celtic world ultimately gov­ De~pite some difficulty in erns the minds of the defiant understanding the strongly prot<;tgonists, as does their accented Old Scots language, and the intricacies of the tensions bet­ service to the gods of ween the chieftains, the effect of jealousy and greed; in the this slow-moving tragedy is at end they admit, "some die, it once emotive, and exemplary of a is the will of the gods. " paradoxically beautiful but blood­ The story centres on Daerdra, stained Celtic heritage. Though raised by the wise woman Laevor­ well acted and surprisingly cham, who narrates some of this humorous, the play may not be ancient tale. Although Daerdra is everyone's idea of satisfying pronounced the most beautiful entertainment; nevertheless, no woman in Ireland, she bears the one can deny its poetic artistry weight of the prophecy that she and historical appeal. will be the cause of bloodshed in Melanie Hanbury

visual quality of the perfor- limits of physical possibility and he plays two pipes simultane­ BEFORE FORM 3: SKIN mance. then experiencing the frustration ANDYSHEPPARDSEXTET ously. The technical brilliance of all Covered in blue body paint with and alienation which this brings. Traverse Theatre Queen's Hall six performers, combined with red twigs protuding like antennae This was a demanding night for innovative and imaginative. excel­ 2-4 March from his head, John transformed a both dancer and audience as we 3 March lence , made this a pretty shot · potentially absurd image into a were plunged into awkward dark- show. It was jackets off for the THIS PERFORMANCE by powerful, almost inhuman one. ness or presented with some dis- SO WHAT'S this jazz? The musicians after the first piece, Lindsay John succeeded in The form of movement used was turbing images as "The body form evening began with the tech- with the exception of Andy Shep­ apparently based on a revolutio- strives to become reconnected." ll .f d . h shattering all my conven- nary Japanese method called • The experience _of Hiroshima nica y gi te eig teen year pard who was decidedly cool. tional notions of dance. Con- Buto. This technique involves an ~ould be used to Jnte~ret these . old piano soloist, Paul.Reid temporary dance is notori- exhausting combination of pain- tmag~s but the _elustveness of who promised, "I will move ously inaccessible and I fully slow or intensely energetic meamng added tmpact to the you from one side of your­ shamefully admit to my ini- . action. Here, John's level of phys- move~ents t~ems_elves . . mind to the other." Aban­ tial response being along the ical control and muscular tension A sttmulatmg, tf bafflmg, per- doning foot-tapping Ameri­ lines of "Yes, but what does it were startling. Judging by his con- forrnance which des~rved the r~~- can jazz rhythms, his Euro­ all mean?" yet the search for torted expression, inner control is tur~>Us applause for tts stark ongt- pean-style interpretations an essential aspect of the Buto nahty alone. logical meaning was replaced form. I had a voyeuristicfeelingof revealed a very rare under- . by intrigue with the stunning matching a body exploring the JulieTaylor standingofthejazztradition. However it was only when the place (the stage) we ~ere led magic potion as the "elixir of life" dynamic Andy Sheppard Sextet THE JEKYLL AND through the farcical motions of was explored in greater depth and came on that audience excitement HYDE FOLLIES · Bertie Wooster-type fops and we were masterfully brought ·rose to a pitch. Orphy Robinson _Q_u_e_e_n_'_s_H_a_ll______fools , Freddy Fellows and Bios- around to a finale that showed the on the vibraphone can do it with som ~itzroy. , cycle of rebirth and the perpetua- his wrists crossed. Simon Gore's 6-7 March Close attention to technical tion of man dying to be replaced arms blur as he wields the SITTING in a half-empty detail by director Pave! Douglas, by another. drumsticks with astounding however, and clever allusion to The brilliance of P. J. O'Con- rhythmic accuracy. Mamadi Kam- auditorium, surrounded by n h s r d , · r00 k I'k1 rsyc o, weeney L 0 ' Dracula, nell, musical director, songwriter ara s percussiOn set s e a If Charlie Parker quickened the elderly couples, foreigners Frankenstein and other Gothic andactor,heldtogetherthewhole tinker's cart from which he pro- pace of jazz, Andy Sheppard, and weirdos in shorts and monstrosities, gave the produc- performance. His contorted facial duces. effects with th~ ~xperti_se of with Coltranean licence, makes it shades, one instinctively felt tion a tangibility through the expressions must be second only , a radto sou_nd _techmcta~ d01~g a fast. Dramatic variety ensured the that desperate, sinking sensa- already established. to Rowan Atkinson. door-bell nngt?g, rusht~g wmd,' triumph of this highly original per- tion on realising- audience The didactic elements were footsteps ~nd dtstance v01ces all at forma nee. In 1953 Char lie Parker many but hinted at so slightly that Simultaneously this production 'the same ttme participation was imminent. oozed amateurishness, it was an · · · · said, "I can definitely say that they remained ' obscure. The Wtth Andy Sheppard pl~ymg tt, music won't stop. It will continue As the cast app.eared we were h I R excuse for melodrama, yet it sue- h th h t t t erne centra to obert Louis we av~ e sax?p one a t. s most to go forward." It seems he was subjected to a little gratuitous Stevenson's'Jekyll and Hyde is the ceeded in entertaining with its . expre~stve and 1? "romant~c Con- right. rudery and replied with embarras- duality of man, this tried to sur- topicality (a pet chicken named versatJOn " he gtves "playmg the sed laughter. face but was fairly well Edwina!) and its Fringe-like qual- pipes together" a new meaning- Oonah Me Neile Once settled in their rightful smothered, though the notion of a ities. Helen Johnston ~;.....;__------~---:-----:-~----tl ; Pamela Duncans were positioned a reasonable rendering with sev- . EUMS in the upper circle) . The text is ~raJ superlative moments, par­ Usher Hall taken from Taverner's Bible and ttcularly from the strings; perhaps · Revelation describing the fall of there could have been more 5th March Babylon and its cleansed rebuild- dynamic contrast within the cf~tMcf~, ing. Mus Soc Chorus combined movements and more concentra­ THIS year's Mus Soc prog­ with Napier Chorus sung electri- tion ·on intonation in the wood­ Malaysian · Singaporean Restaurant ramme for the most part con­ cally, displaying very_ clear dict~on . winds' sustained passages. throughout. The bantone sol01st, · - - -- sisted of~ golden oldies. ,. George Mosley, sung most admir- By the Mendelssohn the Schubert's Unfinished Sym­ ably with his warm British timbre. orchestra had warmed up (and 503 Lawnmarket Evening 6-11 phony and Mendelssohn's they certainly needed to, consid­ (Royal Mile) (Fri/Sat 6-12) Violin Concerto formed the Interesting moments in the score ering the tremendous speed -at first half, the content cul­ include his singing in unison with which soloist Elizabeth Layton Edinburgh EH12PE Lunch12-2 minating with the rarely the choir. Perhaps a variant on took the piece). Her playing was Tel. 031-226 2826 (except Sunday) heard Sancta Civitas by Vau­ Vaughan-Williams's theme of very expressive, complemented ghan-Williams. communciation with the common by solo work from the orchestra. man (the soloist becoming part of At some moments the orchestra Authentic Malaysian-Singaporean Cuisine. Without a doubt it was the lat­ the masses). • was left behind, racing along try­ The end of the work ing in vain to catch up. Fresh quality food including Satay (our speciality) • Mal ay Otrry • Rendang ter that both conductor and the . - . enormous forces present had the was remarkably well controlled Karma • Samba/ Seafood • Nasi Lemak • Chicken Rice • Laksn and Noodles most empathy for. Here Christ­ and the several seconds of silence Sweet and Sour • and Black Bean dishes opher Bell really showed us his that followed were testimony to The applause that concmut:u skill at shaping the multitude in a this. One just has to marvel at the : the performance said it all - SET THREE-COURSE DINNER FROM building wholly appropriate to the sense of finality within such an another successful Mus Soc ven- £6.50 Gabrieli-like antiphonal effects amorphous structure. ture. (the Waverley Singers under The Schubert was on the whole Benedict Warren 18 Thursday, March 9, 1989

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RED SORGHUM (15) 6.15 pm Fri 10, Sat 11; 8.30 Sat 11 clubs film SUSPECT (15) 2.30 pm, 5.15 pm, 8 pm Fri 10, Sat 11 THURSDAY9 ODEON JEAN DE FLORETTE 6677331 3 pm Sun 12; 2.30 pm, 5.45 pm Mon 13-Tues 14 SHAG Tickets £2.50 (students £1. 75) up ot6 pm; £2.80 (students 8.15 pm Mon 13 , Sun 12 11 ptn-3 am; The Mission , Victoria St; £1.50 £2) for perfs commencing after 6 pm. No concession on Subtitles If you give out free walnut whips at the door, I'll be your Fri/Saturday nights. love puppy. Or at the very least I'd stop warning you CARRY ON NURSE (U) · about the amount of roopy-doo that goes on here. Tsk, 1, SCANDAL (18) 6.30 pm, 8.30 pm Sun 12 tsk, tsk. Phone for times The big film of'89-with music by Dusty and the boys, GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (15) PUMP ROOM based on "The Profumo Affair". 6 pm, 8.30 pm Mon 13, Tues 14; 3 pm Tues 14 10 pm-i~te; Cafe Royal, West Register St; 556 1884 £2. Visions of muscular men disappear-it's only dance 2. COCKTAIL (15) PATHFINDER (15) Two perfs no Sat, Sun. Phone for details. 8.45 pm Tues 14-Fri 17; 6.45 pm Wed 15/Fri 17; Tom Cruise 1 3pmWed15 THE SOULAR SYSTEM DIE HARD (18) · 10 pm-3 am; Shady Ladies, Cowgate; £1.50 Evening perf. Phone for details. FAREWELL (15) Talk ozone layers here- totally cosmic man ... Bruce Willis "shoots out". 2 pm, 8.10 pm Wed 15

3. THE GOOD MOTHER (15) STAND AND DELIVER (15) FRIDAY 10 1.40 pm, 3.55 pm (not Sun), 6.10 pm, 8.30 pm 2.45 pm , 6.15 pm, 8.30 pm Thu 16-Fri 17 Fri 10-Fri 17 THE RENAISSANCE Diane Leaton's new film. BIRDY (15) 10 pm-3 am; Bermuda Triangle, Coasters, Tollcross 3 pm Thu 16, Fri 17 £1.50. Dead posh name for an lndie/Aiternative 2. CARTOONRAMA (U) gathering. 1.45 pm Sat 11; Sun 12 ·

THE ADVENTURES OF TIN-TIN 3. SHORT CIRCUIT 11 (PG) - 10 pm-4 am; The Mission, Victoria St; £2 1.50 pm, 3.55 pm Sat 11, Sun 12 Lots of Shag-sters, but at least the name's better, don't A sequel! you think? Ah, such is life in this boppy world. theatre CAMEO SPANISH HARLEM 228 4141 10 pm-3 am; Wilkie House, Cowgate; £2 HIGH HOPES (15) KING'S Costa del bop lfR bop! Con mucho acido e casa. 2 pm, 6.30 pm Fri, Sat, Sun (not 2 pm) 2 Leven St; 229 1201 ROCK NIGHT 4.15 pm, 8.45 pm Mon-Thu 9 pm-3 am; Madisons, Greenside PI " ... he's got high apple pie in the sky hopes ... " LA VIE P ARISIENNE £1 before 11 pm; £2 after Mon 6-Sat 11 Mar; 7.30 pm; Sat mat 2.30 pm; £2-£5 Frrargh! Many interesting specimens of those DEAD RINGERS (18) Offenbach's operetta. ) hevvymetull people. Wherever did. they get the name 2 pm, 6.30 pm Mon-Thu from though?! · .4.15 pm, 8.45 pm Fri-Sun LYCEUM "I'm looking for a man to give me real satisfaction; Gfindl;ty St; 229 9697 ROAODRUNNER I'm gonna fell my daddy I'm missing in ACTION." 10 pm-3 am; Calto·n Studios, Calton Rd; £2 THE CHERRY ORCHARD Beep! Beep! ... SPLATT! THE BIG CHILL (18) & SILVERADO (15) Fri 10 Mar-Sat 1 Apr; 7.45 pm 11.15 pm Fri 10 Sat mat 25 Mar, 3.15 pm; £2.50-£7 Free preview Thurs 9 Mar FRANTIC (18) & ROSEMARY'S BABY (18) Chekhov's classic. 11.15 pm Sat 11 Danger, Desiiiiiiire and Desperation in Frantic. TRAVERSE SATURDAY 11 BABETTE'S FEAST (U) 112 West Bow, Grassmarket; 226 2633 2.15 pm Sun 12 BIG BIRD UTOPIA 10 pm-4 am; Wilkie House, Cow gate; £2.50 £1.20for l!itperf; £2for 2ndand3rdperfs; £2.90 for last Tue 7-Sun 12 Mar; 7.30 pm ; £3.50 (£2.50) Sounds like a creche, but there's a house with four funky . per[ Ideals and utopias, as discussed ·between a man and a souls and a lot of acid. You have to be over 18 though. woman . DOMINION KANGAROO CLUB 4472660 ADAM HOUSE THEATRE 10.30 pm-3 am; The Mission, Victoria St; £2 Chambers St;225 3744 If you can find one, you've got problems- really. 1. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? (PG) • 2.20, 5.20 Fri 10-Fri 17 THE WHITE DEVIL NEUTRON Tue 14-Sat 18 Mar; 7.30 pm; £3 (£2 cone) 10.30 pm-3 am; Shady Ladies, Cowgate; £2 . GORILLAS IN THE MIST (15) Tickets from the Usher Hall or the theatre one hour Atomic. 8:20pm Fri 10-Fri 17 before the performance. Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Sigourney Weaver's "Born Free Il". group presents a "fast-moving Jacobean drama of J) THE AMPHITHEATRE passion, murder and revenge". 11.30 pm-4 am; 31 Lothian Rd; £4 2. A FISH CALLED WANDA (15) Half-price before 11.30 pm. I think Rick Astley is El vis! 2.15 pm, 5.15 pm, 8.15 pm Fri 10-Fri 17 During the holidays, look forward to M uppets , Monsters Either him or Kylie. Obviously a new film just out, 'cause I haven't heard and Magic at the City Art Centre- those lovable Jim anything about it! Henson animals and mutts; City Lights at the King's, THEHOOCH 27th March-8th April- the COil]edy series hits the 10.30 pm-4 am; Coasters, West Tollcross; £2.50 3. LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE (15) stage; Wayne Sleep iri Bits and Pieces at the King's, Jaczidzzowsesole .. bored yet? 2 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm Fri 10-Fri 17 18th-22nd April. My pick of the week.

Tickets £1. 70 for late matinee perfs. between 5 and 6 pm; all other times £2.60 (students £1.50 all perfs except evening perfs in 3).

OUTER LIMITS 10.30 pm-3.30 am; Coasters; West tollcros ~ exhibs £I before 11 pm; £2 after CANNON More woogie-boogie. 229 3030 £2.50 cinema 1, 2 and 3. CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market St; 225 2424 ext 6650 1. NAKED GUN (15) TWILIGHT ZONE 1.15 pm, 3.30 pm, 5.50 pm, 8.35 pm Fri 10-Fri 17 SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT 11 pm-3 am; Shady Ladies, Cowgate; £1 A comedy from the makers of Airplane bound to be · Until 29 Mar .Mix together alternative, house and dance, and what do brill. Starring Leslie Nielson, Priscilla Presley and Young artists depict Edinburgh's fall today. you get? Miami_Yice. Ricardo Montalban. FRENCH INSTITUTE 2. DANGEROUS LIAISONS (15) 13 Randolph Crescent; 225 5366 2 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm Fri 10-Fri 17 Mon-Fri 9.30 am-l pm, 2 pm-5.30 pm WEDNESDAY 15 3. THE ACCUSED (18) PHOTOS DE MODE 2.05 pm, 5.05 pm, 8.05 pm Fri 10-Fri 17 Until17 Mar THE DEEP Three French photographers' view of fashion. 10.30 pm-3 am; The Mission, Victoria St; £2 From the makers of Fatal Attraction. "Don't don't don't, don't, don't believe the hype!" ' ' Photos of couture. Just another name for acid. Honestly, it's like calling Shag a youth club! FILMSOC THEATRE WORKSHOP I 557 0436 34 Hamilton Place; 226 5425 THE WHIRLPOOL 10 pm-3 am; Shady Ladies, Cowgate; £1 £I 1 membership available all showings. Tickets for non-members on sale at Union shops. DOGS BLOOD RISING Psychedelia man. 1-30Mar FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE Lawrence Nowosad , a Cut magazine photographer. (fina14 episodes) pm Cafe St James (behind St James Centre); £2 6.4S FRIDTMARKET GALLERY Latin, jazz, soul- I've explicitly to tell you ... NO DEATH RACE 2000 8.45 pm 29 Market Street; 225 2383 Fri 10 Mar, Pleasance ACID! Yay! Tue-Sat 10 am-5.30 pm; Sun 1.30-5.30 pm SIX DUTCH ARTISTS MAINLY MOTOWN UNDER SATAN 'S. SON 6.45 pm · 28 Jan-12 Mar 10 pm-3 am; Wilkie House, Cowgate; £2 THREE MEN & A CRADLE 8.45 pm Young artists, new to Scotland. If you walk along North Sun 12, George Square Theatre · Soul, funk and disco, but only this one, especially for Bridge or near the Waverley Market/Princes Street, you you. can see an item of the exhibition- a large cube with SHE'S GOTTA HA YE IT neon lights. I'll bet that's satisfied your curisoity, or 7 pm , Wed 15, GST total confusion. Thursday, March 9, 1989 19

TEX FILLET FIVE • Negociants, Lothian Streel; 225 6313 A cross between Texas Five Star and a piece of fish! They aren't? Who says? I bet you haven't been to sec rnuszc them either. , I . . • EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CONCERTS St Cecilia's Hall Patricia Cooper on harpsichord- good luck to her! V GUIDE HEARTS AND MINDS, RUNAWAY TRAINS, 1.10 pm. BEAUTIFUL SUIT WELL, it's that time of year again Reasonable en·ough viewing, too, is Venue, Calton Rd; 557 3073 when exams are looming. Days are Forty Minutes (Thur, BBC 2). called CATCH THE PIGEON This week's Cirkus Clu~ offering. Raging Belles, this focuses on "Hell in Preservation Hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 spent feverishly scribbling in the My advice to you is don't bother, it'll only do something library, and nights tossing in fits of Boots" and "Beautiful but Deadly"; ANTHRAX nasty on your head! Evening. Free. panic. (Yeah, sure!) My advice, two women wrestlers preparing to Playhouse, Greenside Place ; 557 2590 battle it out for the British Ladies Metal/hip-hop fusion. Phone for details. however, is to forget such mundane WEDNESDAY IS MARCH activities and instead do something Championship Belt. Interesting stuff! THE BROTHERS much more productive- watch some There seems to be quite a lot going Preservation Hall , Victoria St· 226 3816 WOOD ROW WILSON TV! After all , there are many on filmwise this week, with something That's what !love about the Pr~servation hall-always Negociants, Lothian Street; 225 6313 . bound to suit even the most discerning ringing the changes! Free. Smce they told h1m any old half-w1tted B-mov1e actor wonderful programmes on which you with a black rinse could do it , old Woody gave up the couldn't possibly miss ... could you? of tastes. Starting tonight, Channel4 FRIDAY 10 MARCH pPresidency for his first love - music! Downstairs. The one thing this week which I continue their Film on Four season Free. suppose you all should watch, studying with Hidden City, a haunting insight ALI EN SEX FIEND or not, is into London's secret places. The THEWA TERBOYS Comic Relief- The TV Venue, Calton Road ; 557 3073 Doris Day season also continues; on Barrowlands, Glasgow Show, being screened tomorrow to Rather you than me! Yes, I know this is Edinburgh- but some things in celebrate Red Nose Day 2. Lenny Sunday (BBC 1, 3 pm) with Pillow are worth that little extra effort (she sa id Henry and Griff Rhys Jones host a Talk , a romantic comedy starring the ROADSIDE PICNIC woman herself plus Rock Hudson. Queen's Hall , Clerk Street; 668 2019 philosophically). seven-hour marathon of mayhem; No, not something your gran stops for on a Sunday featuring specially commissioned Worth a look too should be The CHARLIE McNAIR aft ernoon drive but jazz/rock players with an electric mini-comedies, golden oldies, and the Conformist (Sat, BBC 2, 10 pm), a Preservation Hall, Victoria St ; 226 3816 style. Debut album just out. 8.30 pm. study of sexual and political torment, Blues/jazz. Free. best of live humour. Look out for £3.50. Concessions for students at door. appearances by Billy Connolly, written and directed by Bernardo The Robbie Coltrane, Harry Enfield, and Last Emperor Bertolucci; Excalibur SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA (Fri, C4, 10.30 pm), a tale of King Usher Hall , Lothian Road; 228 1155 the hilarious Steve Martin. Mahler Symphony 11/o. 6 conducted by Peter Gros Arthur; and Invasion of the Body 7.30 pm. Tickets from £2.50. COMIC• RELIEF '89 Snatchers (M on, ITV; 12.30 am) whose title really says it all. ' events THENJERICO • The winner of this week's avoid-at­ Playhouse, Greenside Place; 557 2590 THlJRSUA Y 9 MARCH all-costs award has to be The Music of My pal's sister has a record.of them (so you can sleep Bulgaria (heh! heh!), Saturday at 8.05 easy in your beds tonight knowing that!). Go see them EU CHAPLAINCY pm on BBC 2. Watch this, the press Phone for times. 1.10 pm; 6th Level Common Room, JCMB release urges, and "discover the Lunchtime talk: Dr Edgar interprets the past. intensity and richness of the country's • Hall , Victoria St; 226 3816 EU HOMEBREW SOC musical tradition". Quick Quiz­ special guest- "Miss Chucking It Down With 7 pm; Pleasance name as many Bulgarian pop stars as Rai n''! £1 after 9 pm . Bring along your homebrew to be judged. you possibly can? The first person to correctly identify all six of them will SATURDAY 11 MARCH COMIC RELIEF POPMOBILITY receive a Greatest Hits LP by 5.30 pm ; Pleasance EDINBURGH BACH SOCIETY CENTENARY £1 to buy a Comic Relief hat used in routine. Stoyanka Boneva. That's one to keep CONCERT you guessing over the Easter holidays. Queen's Hall , Clerk Street; 668 2019 FRIDAY 10 MARCH Avril Mair Something for everyone (who is a complete and utter Bach fan!) . 7.45 pm . COMIC RELIEF CELEBRITY AUCTION I Student concessions £2.50 from Box Office. 11 pm; Teviot, during Centenary Binge THE ROGUES Possessions from Bob Hoskins, Neil Kinnock, Andy N · L h" s 2 s Roxburgh , Margaret Thatcher, Raymond Briggs and egoc1ants, ot 1an t; 2 6313 many more. GIG GUIDE lnsh band , have appeared on TOTP-what d'ya mean that's The Pogucs? Downstairs . Free. COMIC RELIEF SPONSORED HEAD SHA YE MUSIC-WISE things are definitely single and album, both due out within 10.30 pm in the Sist State, during Centenary Binge. looking brighter. Looking ahead the next few weeks. BROTHER BEYOND EUSA DP Paul Ryan gets a haircut. there's a promise of some very big Futher ahead, THE Playhouse, Greenside Place; 557 2590 names in the summer term. Sooner WATERBOYS have sold out just A must for all teeny hoppers. Anyone over the age of16 LSC PRESENTS: about everywhere, including must be accompanied by a squealing lovesick 14-year­ than that though there's the dual JIM SILLARS, MP Edinburgh Playhouse (13th March) old sporting blue eyeshadow, lip gloss and a Kylie'· "Scotland and the Unwritten Constitution" talents of McCARTHY and EAST T-shirt. 7 pm, Old College, Rm 175 VILLAGE at Potterrow on Friday, and Glasgow Barrowlands (14th and both well worth a listen. Also on 15th March). Also at the Barrow lands MIDNIGHT GRAND SCAG TELEPHONE CRAM-IN Friday at the Venue, Mr and Mrs there's THE WONDERSTUFF (17th ·p«•n, ,t;r,n Hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 Comic Relief March)- the latest "indie" band to Hailing from Newcastle (with gale force winds moving Fiend bring the latest incarnation of I pm , phone box outside Teviot. ALIEN SEX FIEND. Go along even make it into the Top 40, much to their northerly, showers with sunny intervals expected in the own disgust. Still at the Barrowlands, east!) £1 after 9 pm. if it's only to hear the most wonderful POLITICS SOCIETY HOMEBREW PARTY ROACHFORD will be previewing SUNDAY 14 March 6.30 pm; Politics Dept, Large Seminar Room gothic-disco single ever, Ignore The 75p members; £1 non-members. Machine. their debut album on 30th March. FRIENDS OF SCOTTISH OPERA On Sunday in Glasgow at Rooftops, NEW ORDER also make one of Queen's Hall, Clerk Street; 668 2019 CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION the ever-wonderful CLOSE their occasional outings at Glasgow Norman White talks on the operas of Puccini. . Bread and cheese LOBSTERS will no doubt be playing SEC with A GUY CALLED 3 pm. Tickets £2, or £1.50 if you're a friend- of the 12.30 pm-2 pm, 23 George Square selections from their eagerly awaited GERALD on 25th March. opera, not me! James Haliburton CENTENARY UNION PALAIS CHARLIE AND HER SHEEPDOGS Teviot's big night. Preservation Hall, Victoria St; 226 3816 Includes Love Decree (n.b. Win cancelled), We Free I can't think of anything baaad enough to write here, Kings, Deaf Heights Cajun Aces, Skint video, Mark SEX FIENO without looking a complete Charlie (she said, Miwurdz AND Becks Beer Promo. sheepishly). Evening: Free. Comic Relief screened all night in 5 I st State.

SATURDAY 11 MARCH MONDAY 13 MARCH IGOR OISTRAKH and NAT ALIA ZERTSALOY A HEA YEN UP HERE Chambers Street Union Queen's Hall, Clerk Street; 668 2019 What else is there to do on a boring night like Saturda You think I make these names up, don't you? Honest, they're real, though what's wrong with something SUNDAy 12 MARCH simple like Janet and John I'll never know. Concert by celebrated violinist lgor and pianist Natalia. 7.45 pm. METHSOC Student concessions £2.20 at door. 8.45 am Breakfast Communion 6.15 pm Evening Service JOHNNYSUNBEAM At Nicolson Sq Methodist Church Negociants, Lothian St; 225 6313 Who wants to hear about sunbeams when it's pouring MONDAY 13 March rain anyway? Free! POLITICS SOCIETY THEW ATERBOYS Prof Richard Rose: "Europe closes in on the White Playhouse, Greenside Place; 5S7 2S90 House". If there was a pick of the week, this'd be it. They can 7 pm; Politics Dept, Large Seminar Room. bang my ear any day of the week! 7.30 pm. WEDNESDAY15MARCH ZAID FLORENCE Preservation Hall , Victoria St; 226 3816 BREATHLESS "Zebedee, Zebedee, wherefore art thou Zebedee?" Evening; Potterrow Union ;SOp. zaid Florence. Evening. Free. • FRIDAY 17 MARCH TUESDAY 14 MARCH AD HOC GROUP ON UNIVERSITY EXPOSE PUBLICATION AND PROMOTION Queen's Hall, Clerk Street; 668 2019 4 pm; PD R2, University Staff Club Supposedly i young group ofEnglish composers I 20 Thursaay, March 9, 1989 NEWS STUDENTf ·- ' ' Students angry at Exam Postponement

by Katka Krosnar 1 h exam had been cancelled were angry because one of the principal reasons people chose the exam as MANY students have an outside course was that the reacted angrily to the recent degree exam was held in March, announcement that certain thus allowing students to coHcen­ degree exams, originally due trate on their other exams in June. to take place in March/ April, Professor Vandome, President have been rescheduled for of AUT Edinburgh, commenting As part of this week's celebration of Teviot Row's centenary, the House debated the motion "History June. on the announcement, said: "It is will absolve us". According to Fiona Malloch, a pity that if this dispute had been Speakers included broadcaster, journalist and EU graduate James Naughtie, Dr Owen Dudley class representative for settled earlier this would not have Edwards of the EU History Department, and Professor Neil McCormick, Dean of the Law Faculty· Economics 2Ah, those most upset happened~ and I am sorry about The debate was lively with Dudley Edwards rumoured to have thrown a glass of water over at the change are foreign students. that. McCormick. The latter had made the mistake of talking during the former's speech. Students from countries such as "I am very sorry that the CVCP USA and Germany could not have not seen fit to come back to afford to stay in Scotland until negotiations, but I am hoping they September for re-sits, should they will come back to this. If the AUT ANSWERS fail the exams in June. Before the come back to talks, and agree to President told AUT exam boycott, the re-sits l!N ·-vz q;;,;;,g arbitration,the dispute can proba­ dw;;,.L 'IZ A;J:>f:JBI '81 uoslBM were due to take place in June. ·zz bly be settled very quickly." 'LI qJ;;,dns 'S"I (BJJQ 'ZI l;JJ;JH Most students said they felt that Questioned on approaching '11 ;;,pqdOU!S '8 lU;)lU[nuuy . L the postponement of the exam deadlines by which time June Scots Backward were enterprising and go-ahead; p;J:>fBOS '9 pqy 'S" BUBUBH ·-v l;)d. ' would create an unfair workload degree exams are normally by Aileen McColgan those they had "left behind" were -Wq '£ ;)(01{ ·z qBJ;JJd '1 :UMOQ in June. marked, Professor Vandome "backward". Scotland had more Another exam which has been stated: "Up to the beginning of EUSA President, Malcolm spent on it per head than any .\poqoN ·gz Jedoqa postponed is Business Economics next term would not be too late to other part of Great Britain, and 'S"Z ;J;JSS;JUU;JJ. '£Z· :J0(8 ·zz lUnd 2h. One student, who did not wish set exams." McLeod, claims to have been to be named, said: "In some ways told by Tory MP Jacques· still it was "whinging about inde­ OZ [Bd '61 [OqJBM 'LT J;Jtutuns Meanwhile, the National ' S"I PJOJJV 'tl l;;l[[D8 '£1 OUB;JH I am annoyed because I wish the pendence." Union of Students are seeking Arnold, that the Scots are '11 )jU!I 'Ql ;JU!d '6 S;J!UOW![V exam was over and done with. It's advice on the legal positi,on of stu­ "philosophically backward." Arnold dismissed the allega­ 'L S)jUB[H ·z [BlD[d '1 :ssOJ:JV really annoying that some exams dents affected by the AUT exam McLeod was lobbying MPs in tions as "patent nonsense," and within the department are cancel­ boycott. AS spokesman for the London on the issue of student told Student that he would "never Where have all the news hounds led and some are not. It means NUS said: "We are carefully loans. He told Student that he had say anything of the kind." The g<.me? News needs enthusiastic that certain people have more reviewing the possibility of stu­ discussed loans and the NHS with conversation, he said, must have people to report on events in an exams at one time." dents taking legal action against Arnoid, before turning it to the been a misunderstanding. around the University next Another student who did not . the universities if they are not able subject of Scottish devolution . McLeod expressed no surprise wish to be named said that most to take exams, and we are seeking Arnold, he said, told him that, at Arnold's response. "He would term. No experience necessary. students whose History of Science couns~!'s upinion. whilst the scots he had met abroad deny it, wouldn't he?" STUDENTS,

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