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What accounts for such extreme behavior? Traditional rivalries, for one thing, have long mirrored societal rifts. Glasgow Celtic fans are Catholic, and Rangers fans are Protestant. In Rome it was communist vs. fascist; in Madrid nationalist vs. Catalan or Basque. Yet as those old markers fade, the violence seems to continue, fueled by little more than alcohol and malice...
That’s all. It’s high time a new guard with energy and healthy immune systems took over. I’d like to thank Simon for Gossip Gal and the ed office, Danny for the article about football in Glasgow (by far the best article ever run anywhere), Lowell M-41, the extended Gadfly family, and of course, the wonderful souls that make FM happen. Cheers...
...this fires your enthusiasm, take a word of advice: the best experiences tend to be at castles still in private hands. Some are even run by descendants of the original owners. About an hour-and-a-half's drive from Glasgow, on the shores of Loch Fyne, is Castle Lachlan, tel: (44-1369) 860669. When you check in, it's often Euan MacLachlan, the clan chief himself, who gives you the room key along with lessons in local lore. If that doesn't beat listlessly watching the History Channel in your motel room, what does...
...spring 2005 collection for Burberry, designer Christopher Bailey drew inspiration from an English classic: blue-and-white Wedgwood ceramics. The French fabric company Pierre Frey recently introduced Hong Kong, a toile depicting its namesake city, including skyscrapers and traffic jams. And the Glasgow-based design firm Timorous Beasties' toile honors the company's hometown with a tableau of familiar local spots...
...thought it would be great to do a toile that showed scenes of now-what people are doing in an urban environment, what they look like-but to do it as beautifully as possible," says Paul Simmons, 37, one of Timorous Beasties' designers. From afar, Glasgow Toile is a lovely wash of red on white. But step closer, and it's not so pretty. In one scene, a junkie uses drugs in a graveyard-"the moral tale being if you shoot up, you will literally end up in a graveyard," says Simmons...