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A Taste of FreeganismWhen one persons trash

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Surviving MumbaiA Scots eyewitness accountof the 2008 terrorist attack

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A

side rom the feeting glimpse o

some sunshine over Scotland ater

those bitter winter months, April

marks the return oBuzz.

Welcome to the seasonal magazine

that talks to Edinburghs young

proessionals about all that is new

and important or any cultured city-dweller; whether it

be current aairs, music and the arts or cosmopolitan

liestyle.

Buzz2011 fnds itsel with some big shoes to fll,

arriving in the wake o last years edition which stole the

attention o the magazine industry. It was always going

to be a challenge to take on the mantel o the previous

publication, but this years team have strived to build on

the success oBuzz2010.

A man who knows something o a challenge is political

character George Galloway, a candidate in the running

or Holyrood this year. Read what he had to say in his

rank interview on page 20.

Award-winning photographer Chris Park displays some

o his latest work rom his Dualism exhibition in our mainphoto eature on page 4 and we go underground to talk

to music label LuckyMe, just one o many success stories

rom Scotlands thriving music scene.

So what else can you expect rom this years Buzz? Our

liestyle sections centre on the return o the alternative.

One o our journalists gets their hands dirty with the

latest dining experience, reeganism. We also rediscover

baking and knitting and fnd out how they are more

appealing than you think.

Whether on the bus to work, eating lunch on the go or

getting your caeine fx, the 2011 edition oBuzzreally is

the essential companion or the world around you.

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26 PandaPlomacyChinas gift to Edinburgh

30 The GradulTsGrowing up or giving up?

34 a new limb, a new lifeHaitis amputees

37educaTion under occuPaTion

The lives of school children in Palestine

39 survivinG mumbaiA Scots account of the 2008 terrorist

attacks

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44 sTyle adviserGetting the high street style treatment

46 label me eThicalFashion with a conscience

48 iTs KniT JusTfor GranniesThe new chic world of k nitting

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50 carry on baKinGCakes on a comeback

54 no such ThinGasa freelunch?

Eating out with Freegans

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59 The buzz GuideToeuroPean arT fesTivals

62 alTernaTive Travel GuideEdinburgh uncovered

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10 forTune favoursThe braveGoing underground with record label

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cover StoryA portrait of photographer Chris Park

20 curious GeorGeThe Holyrood ambitions

of George Galloway


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They say a picture isworth a thousand words.No one understandsthis old adage betterthan award-winning,Edinburgh-based pho-tographer, Chris Park.

Since his interest in photography beganat the age o 15, Park has used picturesas his voice, his means o expression, away to escape. Pictures, arguably, werehis means o telling a story, o capturingmoments and emotions but, in his latestexhibition, the thousand words are get-ting their chance too.

Dualism: Portraits and Poemsis thebrainchild o Park and commissioningeditor, Tom Laycock. Te concept is arelatively simple one: to employ the useo poems and portraits to explore thedichotomy between the outer shell andthe inner person. By placing a portrait oa poet next to their work, a deeper, moresculpted image o the poet emerges. Terelationship between the public personaand the inner sel is revealed.

Although this exhibition is unique inits approach, the concept is not whollyalien to Park: he has always been inter-ested in portraiture, ever since his earlydays playing around with old relics heound in his attic. Tere is somethingabout the process, he says, which ap-peals to him. Its about creating ways todevelop the portrait into something withgreater depth or narr ative. Its aboutthe people you meet. When you arephotographing someone something veryinteresting happens, sometimes reerredto as a meeting o subjectivities thecharacter captured in the image reectsboth the personality o the sitter andthat o the photographer. He ndsit easier to relate to a portrait than toa still-lie or a landscape, and this isreadily apparent in his work. Each o hisportraits evokes a sense o truth, vulner-ability, lie and a sense o the natural.One eels that he gets to the very hearto his subject and then shows that, andnothing else.

But his style and his process 4

apicture and athousand wordsInterview: David Walsh | Words: Kirsty obin | Photographs: Chris Park

The Sailor

I pool your ace in my hands like a mirror,

seeing mysel or the very rst time.

You spin my name on your tongue, and I am shocked

its the song o a spindle-shell miles rom the sea.

You are the moon that ploughs my aimless tides;

a single crow on the clock tower; omen.

With my ace in your hair and a seaward breeze,

I nd I am home.

Claire Askew

Im on the Television

By remote control I shrink that bright world

to a singularity, watch it ade.

Figures in sharp ocus: talk-show hosts, celebrities,

newscasters who clearly enunciate reports o chaos;

Ive replaced them with a blurred nonentity,

slouched in an armchair on the ar side o the room.

Theres no doubt its me, that dun-hued shape,

but who is this unamiliar?

More evasive than a mirror, this screen

instructs me less on who I am, removes

the burden o being something denite.

Now I can sit among these muted colours,

invent narratives or this midnight hour;

and these will slowly merge with dreams,

where the living and the dead will meet,

exchanging names and personalities.

Mike Davenport

onarTs&culTure

Having worked in the fashion houses of Paris and on the UKmagazine scene, Edinburgh-based award-winning photographerChris Park puts his life, work and latest exhibition in focus

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involve more than this.o keep things natural,he almost has a crimescene investigatorsdetachment rom hissubjects. He likes to justobserve, not letting him-sel direct too heavily andnot afecting the trutho the images. I can re-member eeling invisiblebehind the camera, ableto quietly observe andcapture evidence withoutdisturbing the scene.

Perhaps, in part, thisis due to the act that heappears to be very mucha people person. Park isa multi-award winner.He has won scholarships

and prestigious prizes.Yet when asked what thehighlight o his careeris, its none o thesethings. He describes,instead, his rst timeworking in Paris. He waslacking condence and,according to him, lessexperienced than thosearound him. o describehim as nervous might beunderselling it a little. Iwould work through theday and walk the streetso Paris at night lookingor locations, making sureI didnt miss anything orlet anyone down. Yet,because o the peoplewith whom he was work-ing, this became a timethat would stick withhim. Paris is a magicalplace but the greatestpart o the experiencewas the people I wasworking with. Although

intimidating at rst, oncewe began to shoot I edon their talent, experi-ence and enthusiasm. Inone week in Paris I learntmore than I had in theprevious six months. Icame home with imagesI was proud o and somereally great riends.

Paris is just one placewhere Park has pursuedhis crat. Ater his gradu-ation rom college, Parkwas awarded a scholar-ship to work in Florenceor three months. Tisescapism was a dreamcome true or the North-ern Ireland-born artist,who always elt restricted

by lie there. Tere wasnot a great wealth ocontemporary art andculture. Tere just wasnt

the room or it. In thatsort o environment theworld outside seemed tobe a large and unreach-able place. My am-ily didnt travel so I hadnever been of the island.I ound mysel trying toescape, whether that bein the orm o art, lm,music or photography.Eventually, he star teddown the photographypath ater dabblingin ne art at DundeeUniversity. He used thisskill to travel the world,meeting new people. Tecamera seemed to be thepassport.

Park settled in

Edinburgh ater havingstudied in Dundee, at theuniversitys Duncan oJordanstone College 4

Storm Chaser

The wind holds you up

only so long as you can stand it.

Stand the dark, stand in the dark and it will surprise you.

Palms genuect. Fenders and trash cans.

surrender themselves. A trailer

kick ass against a wall, shatters.

You stand it, stand in it,

shout into your mixed-up means

o holding on to something, pinning down.

the act that all it threw at you went by.

Rain gatling gunsa the main street,

tarmac seethes like insect lie.

And this one, as you rock it out

behind a wall, pumps twister ater twister

through the climate in your veins.

Brian Johnstone

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oArt and Design, staying in Scotlandjust made sense. For someone whocouldnt aford L ondon but wantedto get away rom small-town Ireland,Edinburgh t the bill. Hes still based inthe city but is not averse to moving on atsome date. I am curious about living orworking in the States, but Edinburgh ishome or the oreseeable uture.

He still travels or work, taking partin shoots in London or urther aeld, aswith his Paris and Florence experiences.But, with an extraordinarily variableschedule, he cant always be luckyenough to get away. I have no set rou-tine. Every day is diferent. Sure, somedays are ashion shoots or magazines ordesigners or agencies, site visits, locationscouting, travelling, gallery openingsthose are the good days. Other dayswill involve tedious hours o retouch-

ing, admin, marketing and all the otherboring stuf that goes hand in hand withrunning a business. Its easy to see howhe might not have an easy time ndinga second just to stop and breathe. I usu-ally work about 75 hours a week, so whenI do get some time I usually dedicate itto artwork or just sleeping.

So whats let or this already ac-complished photographer? For Park,its all about improvement. He says that

Signing or the dea

Today just stop talking,

close your eyes in this city street,

raise your hands to trace

and curve in the air

contours and slopes,

depict in slow motion

those distant hills o home,

map every arm and eld

each boundary o ence and hedge,

and sheep trails and orest tracks

chart in the sky

movement o the birds, animals,

all the lives let behind,

colour in with ower, lea, berry

the changing seasons,

cup the moon in the pond,

show impatient rush hour shopper

a single blade o grass,

ofer up to this dea generation

handuls o treasured earth

Jim Carruth

even when his work is up on the walls,warring with relie is subjectivity. Heis never 100% happy with an image. Ialways want to improve and I know Ihave masses to learn. He would alsolove more opportunities to work inashion photography but, realistically,sees himsel spending more time doingadvertising work. As he says himsel, heneeds to pay the bills. One things orcertain, with the attention Dualism isgetting (its heading Stat eside next), hesdenitely not going to be relaxing anytime soon.

Dualism: Portraits and Poemsisshowing at Montrose Museum. Formore inormation on Chris Park, go towww.chrisparkphotography.com

I always want

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Heralded as one of Scotlands most creative forces, LuckyMelabel co-founders Dominic Sum Flannigan and Martyn Fine

Art Flyn, grab a bite to eat with Ry Phip to discuss the labels

origins and their disillusionment with keeping it real

Fortune Favoursthe Brave

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t ovi to Glsow, Fli otth o ost hi-ho ihth h st with two oth LyMo-os, Hso Mohw MiSlott. It ws ot til Fly h ov to Sotl two ys lt tht th i tostlish ll h th ot.

O yo ov , w si iht,wv i th iht, wv oi is, lts o th si o.

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Premiering this summers big releases

on the French Riviera

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This years CannesFilm Festival willtake place fromth to ndMay at the Palaisdes Festivals etdes Congrs. e

organisers have yet to reveal theofficial selections, but announcedthat Robert De Niro will be thisyears Jury President. De Niro,along with eight other jurors,will decide which film wins the

famous Palme dOr.ese types of festivals help

connect the international filmcommunity and have a lastingcultural impact, de Niro said.e Cannes Film Festival is arare opportunity for me, it is oneof the oldest and one of the bestin the world.

Woody Allens newfilm,Midnight in Paris,will openthe Festival. In this film, Allenbrings together famous namesfrom French and American

cinema: Owen Wilson (eDarjeeling Limited), AdrienBrody(e Pianist), MarionCotillard (Inception, PublicEnemies) and also Frances FirstLady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, in herfirst big role. While the film willopen simultaneously in France,a release date has yet to beannounced.

is summer sees the releaseof several much-anticipatedblockbusters and sequels. Johnny

Depp will again be on cinemascreens in the newPiratesof the Caribbean film, whichpremieres in May. e final HarryPotterfilm will launch on theth July.

Other summer sequelsinclude: e Hangover , Kung FuPanda , Cars andX-Men: FirstClass. From Cannes Festival tothe latest Transformers offering,Summer promises to be agreat time for the film industry

Tina Charon

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The AttainableThe Attainable Art

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Buying original works of art is often

considered the preserve of the elite, shrouded

in the mystery of exclusive auction houses.But you shouldnt let this put you o.

Abby Dryden explains how all you need is

and an interest in art

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the reasons or buying

art are as varied as the

artistic works themselves.

Traditional watercolours,

oils, modern silverware,

ceramics, urnishings

and ashions all have the

potential to be seen as works o art. While

art can be conceptually complex, it is

arguably more consumer-riendly than

ever. It has become accessible to all wage

brackets and income levels.But that does not change the act that

where you source your art can make

a huge dierence to your purchasing

experience.

Frances Campbell o Bonhams

Edinburgh describes the auction house

experience in a way that dispels the notion

the process should be ound daunting:

The auction house is an oten overlooked

source o treasures, especially by a younger

generation who may assume that it is

complicated to buy at auction or that it is

simply beyond their price bracket. I can

assure you this is not true.

The key to buying a piece o art is oten

the preparation. Campbell advises that a

potential buyer should research the lot

they are interested in, either through a visit

to the saleroom or personally inspecting

the item. Sales are usually available orthe public to view several days prior to

the auction and items can also be ound

online. I a buyer needs additional help or

inormation beore making their selection,

most auction houses oer a service

through which experts provide specialist

advice by discussing pieces and answering

questions.

Campbell insists that the auction

process can actually be great un and that

people shouldnt be put o by ear or

apprehension. Going to an auction can be

a great day out and is something that can

be enjoyed by anyone, young or old and

the thrill o the sale day is something thatshould be experienced at least once, she

says.

Many o us eel the need to be

surrounded by beauty, but sometimes

we neglect that or thrits sake. In our

endless quest to save money, we ock to

superstores on the edges o towns and

purchase at-pack urniture, non-brand

ceramics, cheap sot-urnishings and

bargain-basement art. We oten never

bother to consider artists or cratspeople

because we somehow think their original

advocate o not assuming something is

going to be expensive just because it is

handmade: Making something beautiul

and taking the time to choose the

materials and style lends an object value

beyond what it would have i you walked

in to buy it in a supermarket. It makes it

more yours, and that need not cost as

much as you might think.

Nevertheless its understandable that

the concept is still intimidating; there

remains a misconception that purchasing

drew in over 12,000 visitors, and over 1,000

artworks were sold or a combined value in

excess o 1m.

Andy Naismith o Arte in Europa is keen

to point out that the Fair oers a mix o

established artists and newer initiatesto the art world, giving a huge variety o

choice or the budding collector. There

is also a huge range o work rom many

highly talented artists just starting out in

their careers, he says. Picking up on these

uture stars is without doubt one o the

best ways o starting ones own collection

o original art, and the Fair is without

doubt the best opportunity o seeing the

work o these artists alongside the current

stars o the art world. And with some

pieces going on sale or as little as 75, 4

works are more likely to be expensive, or

the process o buying them too dicult.

Sot-urnishing designer Christine MacLean

however does not agree.

Based in Scotland, MacLean makes

individual pieces rom a range o

traditional and modern materials. Mixing

tartan with luxurious silks, satins and

velvets, each piece is handmade and

displays an individuality and cratsmanship

that mass-produced items cannot. She

sells pre-made pieces but occasionallytakes commissions. With the cost o items

starting at 25, Christine MacLean is a great

art is the preserve o patrons o exclusive

London galleries. This can give people the

idea that art ownership is above them. In

its seventh year, The Edinburgh Art Fair is

proving that this is not the case. The Fair

has provided a venue with inormality

and diversity lacking in some London art

houses and has played host to a stunning

array o artists and exhibitors. As a result,

the airs popularity has grown signifcantly.

For instance, last year alone the estival

Tere remains amisconception thatart is the preserve of

patrons

It has become accessible to all wage brackets

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the Fair is the perfect place for art

enthusiasts to encourage their interests

without having to dig too deep into their

pockets.

We have to remember too that artisnt just about having something to

hang on your wall. It is also possible to

combine aesthetic beauty and functional

performance.

From his studio in the Borders, award-

winning Scottish silversmith Adrian Hope

produces pieces with which he aspires to

straddle the divide between function and

beauty: I like my work to be, for want of a

better word, friendly. The reason for using

silver at all is because it is a wonderful,

forgiving, pliable material that I can

manipulate with complete sympathy.

I want the owners and users of my work

to enjoy it, so it has to be direct and

approachable and tactile. Preciousness is

a hindrance. Usefulness a happy bonus.He achieves this marriage between

the gorgeous and the useful by using

wooden tools that create a softer, more

tactile nish, both pleasing to the eye and

irresistible to the touch.

Next time you nd yourself looking at

an empty space in your home, or next time

you have a blank spot on the bookshelf

or a naked wall, dont be daunted. Know

that theres quality artwork available for

an aordable price, usually just at your

doorstep

Bonhams Edinburgh is located at

Queen Street, Edinburgh.

Provisional dates for the Edinburgh Art Fair:

th to th November.

Further info at www.artedinburgh.com

Adrian Hope oers commissioned pieces.

For more information go to

www.adrianhope.co.uk

I want the owners of my work to enjoy it

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Scotland Rugby InternationalMike Blair

Scotlands inspirational scrum-half

and vice-captain, Mike Blair, will help

muster Scotlands eorts at the 2011

Rugby World Cup in the autumn.

Michael McKeand caught up with

Mike, who has 71 international caps to

his name, to talk about the upcoming

tournament.

So Mike, are you looking forward to the

World Cup?

MB:Really looking forward to the WorldCup, however there is still a long time to go

before getting on the plane.

What do you think Scotlands chances

will be of winning?

MB:Chances of winning will depend very

much on what happens in the pools. Were

condent that as a squad and individually

we are improving and can put ourselves in

position to win every test match that we

play.

With both England and Argentina in

Scotlands group, some may think that

qualication to the quarter nals will be

dicult, perhaps unlikely. What are your

thoughts about this?

MB:Its denitely a tough group but they

all are. The Welsh group for example. Quali-

cation through the pools will be hard but

denitely something that we are capable

of doing.

Romania and Georgia make up the rest

of the group, what sort of opposition do

you think they will oer?

MB:They are both big, physical teams and

will be tough to play against, especially in

the rain!

At the moment New Zealand seem fairly

unstoppable and Scotland will most

likely have to face them at some point.

How do you feel about this?

MB:It would be a great challenge New

Zealand at home in the World Cup knock-

out stages but an exciting one.

Are there any teams in particular who

you think will shine this year?

MB:Samoa. If all their key players are t

and available

Are there any players in particular you

are looking forward to playing against?

MB:At this point Im just hoping to be

there.

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georgecuriousFamed or his antics on

Celebrity Big Brother,out spoken and oten-

controversial politician

George Galloway talks

candidly to Buzz

about the man

behind the orator

and his Holyrood

ambitions

Wd &PhtahDavid Walsh

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youtubemoments

Perhaps in his most notorious television

appearance, Galloway went on Celebrity

Big Brother in 2006 where he inamously

pretended to be Rula Lenskas pet eline.

Would you like me to be the cat?he

purred. Meow.

Having won the seat o Bethnal Green and

Bow rom Labour incumbent Oona King in

2005, Galloway walked of a live interview

with Jeremy Paxman ater he persistently

asked the victor whether he was happy to

have gotten rid o one o the only black

emale MPs in parliament.

While mp or Glasgow Kelvin, Galloway was

arrested in 2001 along with jailed perjurer

Tommy Sheridan at the Faslane naval base

on the River Clyde while protesting against

Trident nuclear weapons.

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ath than thbtln hb t n wa; th w-h th wh th wld.

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t at h. H ha-btal bt and nn-day l-ndn t th a hlh th t tnn bth ba-l n Salnd. Hnt t thl-d l thStth alantha d n tl,

nldn ltnth-nt h.I thy ty t that n , Ill b ndflty. I hall havt a th nt n thhab and thn

ntn n th ta td. Bt I dd, Ithn l wld b n th ta l-tnn t than ann n th habt ltn t th th.

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ithinkmorepeoplewouldbeonthe

stairslisteningtomethanremaining

inthechambertolistentotheothers

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Pandaplomacy

IllustratIon:

JohnAlanBirch

Tis yer Sotlnd ill develop ne reltionship ith Chin.Ahed o speil lon rom the Chinese, Jen McCluredisovers tht pnd diplomy is r rom bl nd hite

Smiles ll rond, rmhndshes nd some shphotogrphy onlde sessl del ith Chin.Five yers o persistentnegotition hve pid o.

Te uk, ter 17 yers ithot resident pnd, ill see to rrive tEdinbrgh Zoo this tmn. in innd Ynggng, (Snshine nd Seetie)hve been pired together in this diplomtimission to Sotlnd. Teir mission, i theyhoose to ept it, is to prode pnd

b nd they hve 10 yers to do it.I pnds erent enogh, the uk is

no set to benet rom trde greementsith Chin orth 2.6 billion. Pt simply,the pnds re jst the iing on themetphoril money e. Lrtive dels

ere mde ith Jgr, Lnd Rover ndSotlnds biggest minlnd oil renery tGrngemoth. Who old hve thoghttht onservtion nd ommere old gohnd in hnd?

In reent yers, Edinbrgh Zoo hsseen deline in visitor nmbers nd the

neessry removl o its exotibird hose.Tere re only nine ly zoos otsideChin here yo n see gint pnds.

When pnds rrived t Adelide Zooin 2008, visitor nmbers shot p 70%. IsEdinbrgh Zoo liely to see sh jmp? Azoo spoesperson ommented: In the erlystges, e expet visitor nmbers to doble,

ith orresponding inrese throghot2011. Crrently, only 2% o EdinbrghsEropen torists go to the zoo. Instedthey hed to histori ttrtions sh sEdinbrgh Cstle. Tese ioni nimls re

expeted to beome the ltimte ttrtiont the zoo, overthroing the pengins s themost poplr inhbitnts.

Te ultimate gift of friendship?Pnd diplomy hd its heydy dringthe Cold Wr bt, or more thn vededes, Chin hs sed pnd diplomyto me riends nd inene people.

Te most ioni exhnge s dring brethrogh smmit ith PresidentRihrd Nixon, the rst Amerin presidentto visit ommnist Chin.

If we transported bamboofrom Europe, it would cost

70,000 per year

Bt ith delining nmbers in the ild,onservtion grops in Chin deidedtht pnds ere too rre to be giveny s diplomti trophies. Te ChineseGovernment implemented system olons rther thn reebies to sve the pnd

popltion rom extintion.ody, the min reson or pnd

diplomy is to ondt reserh nddevelop sessl breeding progrmmes.His Exelleny Mr Li Xioming,Ambssdor o Chin to the uk, sid:Pnds re Chinese ntionl tresre.[Te pnds] ill represent n importntsymbol o or riendship nd ill bring orto people loser together.

High maintenancePeople love pnds. Te dorble bershve ght the herts nd imgintions o

people or entries. Teir overhelmingteness jst mes yo melt espeillyhen they re smll bs. As onservtionrelint endngered speies, the sheeride o their possible extintion oldsend the orld into pndemonim. Btthe to pnds oming to Edinbrgh Zoore both eight yers old. Not extly thezzy r blls o joy tht me people

gsp . And they re not the mostosteetive nimls to eep in ptivity.For strters, the gint pnd is held ptiveby its diet. Originlly rnivore tht gvep on eting met, the pnd is mostlyherbivoros, eting hopping 30 to 40g o bmboo dy. A zoo spoespersonexplined: Bmboo, in the orm o vedierent speies, eqtes to 99% o GintPnds diets, nd the nimls et or 16hors dy. So ho ill the zoo spplyto gint pnds ith sh n enormosmont o bmboo? Te zoo hs stted tht

they intended to gro bmboo on theirgronds nd ill be dditionlly spplied bynrseries in Englnd nd Germny.

Bt Gry Wilson, the zoos ChieOperting Ofer, dmits: I etrnsported bmboo rom Erope, it old

ost 70,000 per yer. An lterntive oldbe to eed the pnds yorsel. Tt is i

yo hve somehere to gro yor onbmboo. Other pnd zoos, sh s tht inSn Diego, te spply o bmboo rommembers o the pbli ho hve signed pto n orgnised dontion sheme.

Aside rom isses o mintenne, mnyritis o the lon onder hy movethe pnds t ll? Animl rights grop,Oneind, re ginst the move, lling oronservtion nd breeding progrmmes tosty ithin Chin. Ross Minett, the sienend reserh mnger t OneKind, sid:I onservtion nd breeding o pndsis the prmont onern then it oldbe r more sensible to see the moneybeing invested in good ildlie reserves inChin. Te min reson tht pnds re nendngered speies in the ild is beseo the destrtion o their hbitt thetemperte bmboo orests.

We hve lredy sid tht the ltimtegol o this exhnge is to prode one ormore pnd bs, bt this ill prove to be nextremely diflt ts or the zoo. Femlepnds only ovlte one yer, nd thenonly or to to three dys. Tere re nogrntees nd the rte o sess is very

lo. And even i they re sessl, ny bsborn belong to the Chinese.

In terms o ost, it is nderstood tht theChinese Government slly hrges hety500,000 to oreign zoos or pnd lons,bt Edinbrgh Zoo hs resed to ommenton ho mh the 10yer projet illtlly ost. I yo ere ondering hogets the money, the lon pyments or thepnds re pid diretly to Chinese WildlieConservtion Assoition (cwca), not theChinese Government nd ill spportontining onservtion reserh


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Jobs or graduates are becoming increasingly difcult to

come by. Youth unemployment is at record levels, leaving

thousands o graduates stuck somewhere between being a

student and an adult

There is a stack

o empty

pizza boxes

in the corner,

bordered by a row o

empty bottles. Whatis let o the oor is

covered with letters rom

previous occupants.

Countdown plays quietly

in the background,

Stellings dulcet tones

drowned out by the hum

o the Xbox. The kitchen

sink is ull o matter,

whilst an anonymous

man sits on the soa

eating cereal rom a pan

pub. Living a student

lie, without learning.

Recession graduates.

Dave McCourt

graduated with a degree

in journalism in 2008,and since then he has

driven across America,

inter-railed around

Europe, travelled across

The Gambia and skied

in the French Alps,

all unded by pulling

pints in his local in

Manchester: Working

in a bar is a great way to

accumulate cash whilst

keeping your reedom

to travel. A grad-scheme

may give you 28 days

holiday, but youre not

spending a month

driving the east coast o

America and still having

a job to come back to.

In the early 1960s,

only 5% o school

leavers went on to

university. In 2010, thatgure was almost 50%.

Degrees are becoming

increasingly devalued,

with some universities

oering the most

bizarre o academic

qualications: Zombie

Studies, How to train

in the Jedi Way and, o

course, A History o Lace

Knitting in Scotland.

A boom in

employment in the

earlier part o last

decade saw many big

corporations oering

graduate schemes; jobs

tailored specically or

the graduate, without

the need or a specic

degree.

What are these

ubiquitous graduateschemes, though? There

are hundreds, i not

thousands o them, all

oering a big salary and

lots o perks, in return

or working or a multi-

national (selling your

soul). Call me cynical,

but that is what I see

when read an advert

rom a conglomerate

cosmetics company

with a wooden spoon.

Regular student digs,

right? Well, in a way.

Except no students live

here. Meet the gradults.

An increasinglycommon breed, the

gradult is not a student,

but not quite an adult. It

is one who has a degree

but is not working. Not

in a proper job anyway.

They tend to be ound

hanging out in student-

type-run-down-grotty-

but-liveable houses,

oten in bed, or, in rare

cases, working in a

Degrees

are becomingincreasinglydevalued

Neal Wallace

MEET

THE

GRADULTS

or Junior-Graduate-

Regional-Analysis-and-

Sales-Intelligence-Assistant-Manager.

Budget supermarket

Aldis graduate scheme

is consistently voted in

the top ten by The Times

Educational Supplement.

For graduates at Aldi:

Only the best will do.

Its a philosophy that has

made us a driving orce

in retail. They oer their

graduates 40k a

infocus

IllustratIon

WilliamBHill


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I kept thinking, i I sit in an oce doing 9-5 or however many years

rom now, Ill commit suicide

Tey ofer their

graduates 40k a year,an Audi A4 and all

sorts o other trinketsand doubloons. Seems

good, except rumourhas it they have their

graduates working wellover 70 hours

year, an Audi A4 and all

sorts o other trinkets

and doubloons. Seems

good, except rumour

has it that they have

their graduates working

well over 70 hours, 7

day weeks in the back

end o beyond. Which

is ne because, it would

seem, thousands o

graduates have dreamt

o becoming an area

manager or a budget

supermarket all their

lives. That is why thecompetition is so erce.

Matt Cowburn is a

recent graduate on a

large supermarkets

graduate management

scheme. His reason

or taking the job was

simple: The money.

It seems that more

and more graduates

are taking this route

to escape perpetual

gradulthood. But is

selling product or a

multi-national really

any more ullling and

worthy o a career than

working in a pub? Matt

seems to think not:

Living the dream?

Far, ar rom it. The job

demands are ridiculous

and it isnt what I want

to be doing, but I

needed to start some

sort o career.

All this begs the

question: is applyingor a graduate scheme

giving up, or growing

up? That stark realisation

that maybe becoming

an astronaut or a ghter-

jet-pilot is probably not

going to work out, and

that these aspirational

careers are let only to

the very gited and very

lucky.

David Laverty

graduated last year, and

managed to get himsel

a place on a large IT

companys scheme

or non-IT graduates.

David wanted to be a

ootballer when he was

growing up. So why

IT? To be honest, ater

graduating I applied or

most positions available

and so I cant say that

there was one particular

actor that drew me

to this position. I just

wanted a job.For Matt, there is a

disparity in the way

graduates are treated on

a day to day basis: Grad

schemes seem to me

to be a promo-exercise,

to say, Look, we invest

in youth but really they

dont know what to do

with grads. Youve got to

use your initiative and

be a leader o the uture,

but then when it suitsthem youre a grad.

Dave did not take the

plunge straight rom

university: I was terried

o started a job that I

was going to be doing

or the next 20, 30, 40

years. I wanted to be a

gradult. I kept thinking, i

I sit in an ofce doing 9-5

or however many years

rom now, Ill commit

suicide. In hindsight it

was a short-sighted view

but I hated the idea o

being another suit who

talks about mortgages

and eats microwave

dinners.

It is probably also true

that, to an employer,

our years on a graduate

scheme will look better

than our years o limboand schemes oten give

vindication or doing a

degree that wouldnt

necessarily lead to a

specic career. Andy

Hopkins loves his job

on the Sainsburys

management scheme: I

have ended up in a role

that Im very happy to

be in or a company Im

proud to work or on a

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A newlimb,a new

lie

More than a year on rom the earthquake that devastatedthe Caribbean island o Haiti, evidence o its terrible legacy

remains. Te provision o prosthetic limbs ofer Haitians hope,as Buzz discovers

Rya C. Gava

infocus

J

auary 12th 2010 was a rmalday r Severe. She t up adwet t schl like ay ther

day, t kwi that her liewuld chae rever. As thewalls bea t crumble, thereseemed t be hpe. Severe,

w 15, was the ly survivr rm therty-fve childre i her schl. Her liecame at a price: her riht le.

Hers is t a islated case. Maychildre like Severe lst limbs i thedisaster. Te ly way t ive these childretheir lives back was t ft them withprsthetic limbs.

I the immediate atermath the

earthquake, the iteratial cmmuitybud tether t help the Haitias. Oeprblem t immediately apparet thuh

was that thusads required prsthetics.By mst accuts, thse mst requiriamputatis am the victims werechildre. Frtuately, there are ngos thatcus prvidi prstheses t them.

Prject Medishare, with a $1.5m ratrm the Kihts Clumbus, are wrkit ive every child a ew limb ad a ewlie. Dr. Rbert Gailey is the directr the prramme. We had a vast umber childre cme thruh ur prramme,we ft them, they lear t walk relativelyquickly ad abut their busiess, he

tells Buzz. He is t ly cmmitted tprvidi prsthetic care, but t chaia cultural stima assciated with amputees:because the vd lre, it seems thatthe percepti amputees is that they havede smethi wr t deserve it.

Gailey tries t iterate the childre back

it the cmmuity by raisi tballmatches. It is a pprtuity r them tejy themselves but als shw that they arestill physically able. Tere is thi rthem t cheer abut; there is thi rthem t eel a rmal existece, eve i rly a hur r tw. It seems that amputeesccer has really de that, he said.

Fr Jas Miller, a physitherapist rMedishare, it is a wder that the childreare playi tball at all. I ca barelybelieve hw quickly they are able t walkater we ft them, he said. Usually it wuldtake mths rehabilitati t eablepeple t walk but 95% these childre arewalki the frst day.

Part Medisharessuccess is theirivativetechiquesi prsthesisftti. Davr

Krchelich, acertifed prstheticrthtist r theraisati,says the eeralprcess hasbee simplifed.Whe we et aew patiet, theprcess is relatively eeric. Te traditialprcess takes a l time ad is quite laburad kwlede itesive, says Krchelich,Nw we are maki prsthetic scketsas they shuld be i the 21st cetury. Oaverae it is taki us a week t te days rthe whle prcess.

One problem not

immediately apparentwas that thousandsrequire prosthetics

PhotograPhs:DepartmentforInternationalDevelopment/RussellWatkins

Severe and Jason Miller

Below: Prosthetics production line

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Medishare are proud of what they haveachieved but their work is limited by

funding issues. Even with the next two yearsbeing covered by the Knights of Columbusgrant, their outreach in Haiti is relativelysmall. We are one shop in one location,says Miller. e problem for us is that weneed to try and find children from outlyingareas so we do mobile clinics to find kidsthat are unable to get to us.

Miller speaks about his patients withan air of amazement. His passion for hiswork in Haiti really shines through whenhe begins to talk about Severe: is hascompletely changed her life. When she first

came to us, she was so shy and closed inon herself. Now that she has her new leg,

every time we see her she has just grown inconfidence. ere is such a vast difference.

Despite the disaster, Haiti is movingon. rough these programmes long-termchange is occurring. Medishare have helpedthousands of children but now Miller andhis team are looking to the future. ey aretraining Haitians so they can fit limbs afterthey have gone. at way, says Miller, weare not just putting a plaster on the problembut actually treating the issue in thelong-term.

Usually it would

take monthsbut 95% of thesechildren are walkingon the first day

PHOTOGRAPHY:W.D

aniels/HandicapInternational

Above: We are making prosthetics like they should be in the 21st century

37buzzmag.org

As students host occupations at universities protesting education cuts,Claudie Qumsieh examines the state of education in the truly occupied West Bank ofPalestine. For the full article please visit buzzmag.org

The picture you seehere was taken by ateenager taking partin a photography

workshop in BeitUmmar in Palestine.On the th January

one of the students, year oldYoussef Ikhlayl, was shot in the headand killed by settlers while workingin his field.Palestinians have had to face what

many in the may see as insur-mountable barriers to educationover the years of Israeli mili-tary occupation. Imagine you, likePalestinians, had to pass militarycheckpoints on your way to uni-

versity, being humiliated and heldback for as long as the soldiers want.

Would you still make it into class?How many students in the worldgot used to guns pointed at them

on their way to college? How many students in theworld protested against a foreign occupation bytaking lectures on checkpoints under the burningsummer sun, as a way to say, you can capture ourbodies but not our minds and souls? ese arethe words of Mirna Bamieh, a student from the

West Bank who contributed to a photo journal forBirzeit Universitys Right to Education Campaign.Universities are targeted and have been closed bythe Israeli military. During the four-year closureof Birzeit University teachers held secret classes:in fields, in churches, in mosques, in their own

homes. In his book Peaceful Resistance: Build-ing a Palestinian University under OccupationDr Baramki tells how soldiers would scour thetown for such [secret] classes and if they foundany, the teachers and students could be impris-oned, Israel would announce the discovery of cellsof illegal education. What could be illegitimateabout education, we ask ourselves? In a situationlargely out of their control, education is the onlyempowerment against oppression, and as a resulthas unjustly been made into a legitimate target

Israeli soldiers watch a young boy during peaceful anti-wall demonstration

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It i one o the hadet qetionyoll eve have to a yoel: ithee oom o d eet? Indlge and

yo might go om an elegant -ciency to ncomotaly ll. Reitand yo cold pend yo nightcaving omething weet. Needle

to ay it i a delicate alance t aely amatte o lie o death.

Sitting in the etaant o the extava-gant Oeoi Hotel in Mmai, Roge Hnthad jt nihed hi main coe. He nowaced the t o what wold e a eie odiclt deciion he wold mae in the next43 ho. Rememeing the lice o cae heate ealie at an oce paty, Roge paed

p pdding and made hi way to thehotel eception to change ome moneyinto pee. It coldnt have een theeminte late when on hi way to the lithe hed pat two acpace. S-pied that thee cly deed menwold e checing into one o the motexclive hotel in India, he looed acand noticed they wee caying gn. Inwhat he decied a total dielie, hewatched them open e on the dine hehad let jt moment eoe.4

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inated on a towel to top himel ominhaling the me. He nc ot o hihiding place to the window and coldee onlooe and a e engine elow.He lit p hi phone and Blacey and

waved them in a cico motion in anattempt to attact attention. When thee igade geted o him to moveaway om the window he thoght tohimel, Im not going to get ot othi.

Ate ho o elative ilence, theviolence eemed to have moved ot ontothe teet. Knowing the hotel aily wellom a pevio viit, Roge decidedthat he wold leave hi oom and ecapedown the ac taiwell. I went to openthe doo and I paed and I thoght,

no, Ill give it anothe 15 minte, enminte late the clicing o doo oethe ilence a othe get egan to leavethei oom. Liteall y minte atethat, I head the ceam o a woman a

he wa hot. It wa at thi point thatRoge accepted that hi only chance ovival wa to tay pt.

Roge main pioity wa eepinghimel hidden om the teoit. Heeited opening the mini a, nowingthat the tiny l at eception woldlight p and give the game away. Whenthe phone ang he let it e, too caed togamle on it eing ecity oce on theothe end. When the attac wee latepieced togethe y intelligence oce,who dicoveed that the teoit 4

Roge, om Macd,Banhie, had een ona ine tip withthe Royal Ban oScotland. Ate a goodday at the oce,thee wa a paty o

all the employeewith ithday inNoveme. Roge hadjt egn to tc intoa lice o ithday caewhen a colleage pointedot it wa an Indian ctomto the cae in omeone ele ace.Being a typical Scot Roge thoght tohimel, I cant my cae in a tot altange ace, and contined eating,not ealiing the ignicance it woldhave late.

Standing in the hotel loy, Rogeonly option wa to tae the lit p and

away om the hoo elow. Whenhe eached the 14th oo a cowd oconed get had gatheed on thelanding, ome wee leaning ove thealcony looing down on the loytying to ge ot what the noie wa.A man aed Roge i the noie waecace. He eplied, no that intecace, Ive jt een people einghot and illed. All o a dden theget head the ceam. Hoping itwa a local ed o dg elated, Rogeeaoned that ate the hooting theteoit wold qicly ee om the

hotel.Yet thi wa not jt a local dipte.

Ealie that evening ten men had a-ived y oat on the hoe o Mmaiom Paitan. Tee men then went onto maace an etimated one hndedand eventy people in a eie o coodi-

nated attac and omingthoghot the city. Tey

wee jihadit om Lah-a-e-aia, o Amy othe Pe, an otlawedteoit Ilamic gopom Paitan. Te

gop had pngto exitence at theheight o the conict

ove Indian Kahmi inthe 1980. Mot o thei

attac had een caied otwith the intention o lieating

Mlim om Indian contolled Kah-mi and etoing Ilam to India.

When the gnmen eappeaed in theloy the cowd catteed and diap-peaed into thei oom. Roge made itto hi oom and vival intinct et in.He gaed hi ey, plane ticet andpapot the only thing he wold

need to leave the conty. Roge im-mediately hit eply on hi phone to anemail a colleage had ent him ealie.He wote, pleae dont teat thi a ajoe. Te hotel i nde attac. Ive jteen people illed.

A the ond o hot, ceam andgenade eonated thogh the Oeoi,Roge eached hi oom o a place tohide; the wadoe wee no e andthee wa no pace o him to qeezehimel nde the ed. Te only poileplace to hide wa ehind a oa which hedagged into the cone o the oom and

climed into the pace ehind it.Downtai, the teoit detonateda om. It wa a devatating lat yetit only oght down one ide o thehotel leaving the othe in ame. Rogewa in the ide that emained. Seeingthe moe eeping into the oom, he

Above: The Taj Mahal Hotel was also

targeted in the Mumbai attacks

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when the next ig diategoing to happen?

It i alo widely micon-ted that ate a peiod otime the vivo lie willetn to a pe-teoimnomality. Pimentel advice i

that the vivo, mt tlyaccept the lo, mae it pato o live, and lean to liveagain. Roge qit hi jo atrbs and i now head o H-man Reoce at Aedeenaipot, meaning he can nowpend moe time with hiamily. In pite o the dicl-tie, the expeience gave himthe coage to eevalate hilie. Lot o thing now haveecome o inignicant thatactally, deciion maing andeally diclt deciion ma-

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along the l anding. I didnthave any hoe. It wajt oen gla. Ovethe anite yo coldee the dead odie lyingdown in the eception.

Bt o Roge, lie

many vivo, thatwant the end o thetoy. Palo Pimentel, thePoject Diecto o p-pot netwo o Svivoo eoim ay, theate-eect o a teo-it attac come in manydieent hape and ize.

had ed the phone callto taget get in theioom. One Atalianlot hi lie ate picingp the phone.

It wa now Fidayatenoon and Roge had

gone ove 40 ho withno leep and nothingto eat o din. He waoth phyically andemotionally exhated.Ate litening to theang o a long gnattle, Roge eganto ea hi lie wa in

and wee now tainghotage.

Soon thee wa a angat the doo and a call ohim to open p. Unaleto ee om ehind theoa, he cold only hea

the clan o metal omthei gn. Roge, eali-ing that they might eece, egan to panic.I he wee to tatle themwith any dden move-ment they may open eon him. He hoted ot,pleae dont hoot, pleae

Literally mite ater thatI heard the ream a wmaa he wa ht

dont hoot. Te aelo a gn peeed ove thetop o the oa. A Rogegot to hi eet, he anti-cally canned the plainlac niom o any

telling inignia. Ae yoiendl y? he aed.Aeyo iendly oce?

What Roge wa latetold wa that the gnattle he head on Fidaymoning wa etweenthe teoit and theIndian National SecityGad, ette nowna the Blac Cat. Tegad led him om hihotel oom. I waled

dange: yo coldactally hea the noielevel o the gn a theywee ing coming p,coming p, coming pand that wa when Ithoght thi it i theyenot going to get hee in

time to ece me.Togh the wallo the adjacent oom,he head a mfed yetamilia voice. It wa theman who had mitaenlythoght the hootingwee ecace. Hewaited to hea a gnhotand when that noieneve came he con-clded that the teoithad ecome depeate

Tey can ange om eao tavelling, lo o ttin othe, eing in plicplace, govenment andothe ecity evice,

e-evalation o one lieinclding caee, elation-hip, goal and manyothe ie. Roge, a el-decied optimit, cedithi amily o eing theingle igget heale inthe atemath o the at-tac. Althogh he admitthat when he etnedto the uk, dealing witheveyday activitie wa atggle: I ept thining

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Enter the high streetstyle adviser. Whenever

the sales assistant throwsthe choice o clothes ontothe hook in the chang-ing room, it is normallyjoined by, I you needany other sizes or helpthen let me know. Tatis ne as a general rulebut sometimes we need asecond opinion on some-thing. Many retail outletsoer a separate servicewhere you place yourselin the care o a specially

trained expert.opshop oer theirpersonal shopper as awhole experience thatcan last rom 30 minutesto an e ntire day. TeEdinburgh branch has itsvery own apartment stylechanging room, completewith soas and moderndcor that make youeel more like a celebrityseeking an outt or their

next award ceremony.So a decent environ-

ment combined with theidea o people bringingyou wonderul clothes,rather than sticking outall elbows, knees and sti-letto heels in a sea o lastseasons sale racks seem toreally appeal.

Lets take MissSelridge as an example.Upon entering the store,I was introduced to thesmall team who will beassisting me in redesign-

ing my look. It was herethe advisers really showedhow much ashionexpertise they need tohave. Its not just bring-ing clothes in the rightsize and saying all theright phrases, I am askedwhat outt I am lookingor and then inormedabout the current stylesthat are popular at themoment. Te outt being

We could all do with a bit o

advice now and again whenpicking out a decent outft.

Georgi Bomb investigates

the role o the high street

style adviser and checks out i

they can expand her ashion

horizons

adviserSTYLEstyled is one that can gorom night to day, roma selection called New

Bohemian, which StoreManager Ruth calls: ahuge deal in L.A rightnow. A new collect ionthat is eminine and un,foral and sweet. A realfirty and summery look,a collection I would neverhave looked at normally.

Te team o three toour specialists sprintaround the shop, ndingar more outts than Iasked or, which is no badthing. Teres no such

thing as too much choice,right?

I tried on two jump-suits, satin shorts, andtops that have a foatyeel to them. None othese items I wouldhave picked out mysel.Not because I didnt likethem but because I eltthey wouldnt suit me orfatter my shape. Atermy experience with thestyle adviser, I have ound

I look at ashion in adierent way. Just becausepast attempts at wearingtrends have ail ed, doesntmean new ranges willhave the same eect. Awell-tted jumpsuit willnot drown a short rameand fesh tones will notcreate a washed out look.Most importantly, ash-ion really can be as un asyou want it to be

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Labelme

Ethical

The clothes we

by come withan invisibleexpiry date. Astrends changewith everyseason, we are

sed to loving a pair o shoes, ashirt or a sweater or a limitedamont o time. Althoghvery protable or the indstry(denitely not or or savings)this attitde to shopping isextremely wastel and hasdeveloped into a throw-away

ashion cltre bilt on lowprodction costs that come at aprice: exploitation and abse.

In the eyes o a sceptic, ethicalashion is an oxymoron. Anindstry that eeds on peoplesvanity, celebrating the new anddiscarding the old, cannot claimto be moral at the same time,maing it easy to write it o asa mareting tool. Althogh thismight all be tre in the worldo mass prodction, by shiting

ocs rom the high street to

individal initiatives, everythingchanges and the concept o beingethical oten becomes a story thattranslates into a label.

Designer Isobel Davisstarted Izzy Lane, now an awardwinning brand, hoping to maea dierence. One o her mainconcerns is animal welare in anindstry where, ntil recently,there was no traceability oranimal bre in any sort o wool.Believing that ashion cold besed in order to raise awareness

and bring positive change, IzzyLane began rescing sheepthat wold otherwise be sent toslaghter and sheltering themin a Sheep Sanctary. Orwhole prodction process is veryslow and very laborios, IsobelDavis explains. We start romnrtring the sheep and actallycaring or them to shearingthem. Te idea behind it is singmaterials that yo can cherishand love becase o the whole

natre o what we are doingand, thereore, creating clotheswhich can be ept and worn ordecades.

Contrasting with the generaltrend to shit prodction abroad,at Izzy Lane, British feece and

bre are trned into nitwear,sirts and jacets by sing thelast o 51 worsted spinners andone o the only dyers remainingin the Bradord area. Te cloth iswoven in Selir with Victorianmachinery. With its roots inthe local commnity, the storybehind this label shows thethoght pt into the creativeprocess, and the importance osaving traditions. Here, clothesare not designed or an ever-changing maret bt or a byerwho appreciates their timeless

appeal.For those on a smaller bdget,

independent ashion stores,sch as Te Godiva Botiqein Edinbrgh, are small ethicaloases o their own where newdesigners can showcase theirwors. Uniqe items are sold ataordable prices and the pblicis welcomed in a riendly andamiliar environment. Te storeoers a mlti-sided experience,ll o image and nance, taingyo down the rabbit hole into a

romanticised and clich versiono a yong womans inner space.Fashion is all abot the individalhere. Im against High Streetand Fast Food Fashion, theowner Fler MacIntosh tell s,explaining that they choose torecycle clothes and abric, tosell vintage and hand mae alltheir pieces in the uk. One extraeco -riendly service is allowingcstomers to bring their ownabric in and have it transormed

Prchasing the right thing to wear involves more than selectingsomething that ts. Lately, it also means checing the label and maing aashionably ethical choice. Sandra Juncu explores some alternatives

The simple yetcaptivating beauty of

the British countryside

is translated into fashionwith a classical appeal

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CommunityKnitting

For those who want to take thecommunity spirit urther how about

knitting or the CoolWool project? Part othe Leith Festival taking place in Edinburghrom 10 19 June 2011, CoolWool is a

guerrilla knitting project that aims to getpeople knitting woolly jumpers or thetrees in Leith Links. Guerrilla knitting isa orm o grati, decorating the urban

environment with wool. CoolWool is askingthose who want to get involved to knit 6

x 6 squares that will be sewed together todecorate the trees o Leith. At the end othe estival the jumpers will be recycled

into blankets and clothing.

I you are interested in joining theCoolWool project, please

contact Adele Conn [email protected] to give heryour name, address and contact number.

leithestival.com

ehnology has made a lo o diereneas hey an now mae he mos amazing

yarns, says Ly Bailey, managing direoro he Edinrgh wool shop MAreeBrohers. We hae one ha nis paomaially ino a Fair Isle paern. Alsohe designs are mh more rendy hesedays. A lo o he op rands isse paernsha imiae he awals. Rowan reenlyissed a oo o paern designs y sdensa he Royal College o Ar in London

knitting is a

social afair thatgives knitters

a chance to be

creative

IllustratIon:JenCollins

Its Knit Just

for Granniesae a loo a he new soial newor wih Susannah Radford

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old 11 e he yearo he older woman?Miriam OReilly hal-lenged or aidesowards ageism whenshe won her employ-men rinal agains

he bbc aer eing dropped rom he tv

showCountryfle.Laerly oinidingwih his landmar ase, rond-neloses, weed sirs ha hoer a asensile mid-lengh and low-heeledshoes are maing a omea. Laelledgranny hi, old i e ha i is imeo anowledge ha Mm does nowes and ha Granny go i righ oo?

As aides owards age hange,i is no srprise ha wha was onedeemed old-ashioned is now seen asrero. Kniing, one frmly in Grannysdomain, is rrenly eing enjoyed ywomen (and a ew men) in heir 20s

and 30s. As a resl o his niingrenaissane, and heralded y a sringo Alis sars rom Cameron Diaz oSarah Jessia Parer, niing gropshae een popping p aross he uk.Nowadays niing is a soial aair hagies niers a hane o e reaie andexpress heir indiidaliy.

Cra grop enhsias, ClaireKnowles, saw i as a hane o mee pwih riends and e inspired y whaohers are maing. o Clare Sherwin,

a memer o a niing grop, i meanshaing aess o niing experise; Isa really nie eeling o e par o a gropwih a shared ineres oo. My niinggrop hae ep me moiaed, no omenion agh me a lo ao niing.

Bdgeary onsrains are no nees-sarily he reason people are rerning o

raing. Kniing is no a heap hoy,so perhaps his rren rend is more oa alash agains mass prodion aswell as a pride in maing yor own. Ihin niwear is ashionale again -aer a long period o i no eing so,says Sherwin. Is par o he wholerern o he inage moemen as well.Eeryhing old wih a modern wisis in hese days and I hin niing andmaing yor own lohes is par o ha.Knowles agrees; I hin people wan omae heir own iems and o e moreindiidal.

I is somehing ha wool shopshae pied p on. Denise Desh,mareing manager or Mandors FariSore (whih oers niing maerialsin is Glasgow ranh) ehoes hesenimens ha niing has eomepoplar again. I defniely has. I hini eame qie ool ease a lo oeleriies were doing i. People arerying o mae personalised gis.

Te sope or his reaiiy hasinreased as he ehnology improes.

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37 million industry.But thats all about to

change. And this is duein no small way to thewatchword o the decade:economy. Were acinghard times. We have beenor a while now, and wewill be or the oreseeableuture. People are begin-ning to see cakes (and all

manner o store-boughtbaked items) as luxuries,rivolities. So where dowe turn? Te only placewe can: baking.

Jill Colonna, authoroMad About Macarons!

Make Macarons Like the

French, knows that bak-ing is certainly the moreeconomical, tasty andhealthy choice or us lov-ers o all things sweet and

decadent: We shouldntorget that we canmake delicious stu at araction o the price athome and much bettertoo. Jills success is proopositive that baking is onthe way back.Mad About

Macarons!has toppedAmazon.coms bestsell-ers in conectionary. She

took up baking when herchildren were born, even-tually publishingMad

About Macarons!. Andshes kept very busy. Now,she says, she spends allher time promoting herbook or working on newmanuscripts. And shesutterly devoted to baking.For her, its the best wayto relax: Its a kind oyoga. I switch mysel o

Since thedawn o thenew millen-nium, homebaking hasbeen puton the back

burner. With the pop-cultureinspired popularity o nichebakeries, cupcakes came intovogue and home baking was

put in real danger o beingpushed o the cooker en-tirely. And with some o thesebakeries, mostly American atthe time, charging a mini-mum o $2.75 (1.70) ora single cupcake, spendingexceedingly large amounts omoney on store-bought cakesalso become the ashion dujour. In act, they became sopopular that in 2009 a NSsurvey showed cupcakes as a

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rom the world, listen tomusic and have the luxuryo time to mysel. Now, isthat not sheer bliss?

I know what yourethinking. Easy or JillColonna, publishedauthor, to say its relaxingand enjoyable. She hasyears o experience

Yes, it can be daunt-

ing at frst, but it doesnthave to be. A lot o theavourites are easier (andcheaper) to make thanyoud think. Tose cup-cakes were all so ond o,are so easy to make thatthey only take our ingre-dients and less than anhour o your time! Its alsoworth noting that whilesome bakeries charge up-wards o 24 or a batchPh

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o 12 cupcakes, making adozen at home can cost aslittle as 3.86.

Te savings dont stopat cupcakes either. Tesimple yet delicious jamtart, when made at home,costs a lowly 1.17 or abatch o 12 plus. o make25 cookies will only setyou back 1.37. Caramel

shortbread is ridiculouslycheap to make: two bak-ing sheets worth (around60-70 bite-size pieces)can be made or as littleas 3.22. With prices likethose, how can you sayno? Get bakingdelve into

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Tilly and Eliza

Craston, students.

Tilly, 20: Lamu, an

island of Kenya.

Id have to take

suncream, I cant go

out in sun without it!

Eliza, 18: Florence.

Id take a camera

or a sketchbook!

Anne Mackie and Patrick McPartlin

Susan Hogg, 20,

studying dietetics.

Greece, because o

the sun. I couldntgo without my hair

straighteners!

Michael Faulkner,

28, sales manager.

Malaysia. The people

are riendly, and thereare monkeys on the

beach! First thing

in my case would

be atershave.

Danielle Gallagher,

19, studying theatre

and costume.

Italy. Im going to

Milan on Saturday

or Fashion Week.

First in my suitcase

would be Lambi a

toy lamb who comes

everywhere with me!

Thomas Taylor, 23,

sales advisor/barista.

The west coast

o Scotland, orits rugged beauty

and tranquility.

What would I take

with me? Probably

my Playstation.

Sam Ojo, 21, studying

political sciences

and linguistics.

Croatia or me, the

beaches are great.

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something like The

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Sneakingaroundthe backo an Ed-inburghsuper-market,

with hood up and gloveson against the cold night,I can hear urtive rustlingand mued voices.

Rounding the corner,gures reveal themselvesthrough the dark, theiroutlines highlighted bytorches. One o themlowers himsel intothe depths o a black,industrial-sized skip, andbegins throwing bags outto the others. Te moodis cheerul and polite; ithas the atmosphere o aBoys Own adventure, acamping trip. Someoneoers me a slightly dam-aged bag o usilli pasta.Tis is my rst experienceo skipping. As part oa wider eth

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