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Perms, chips, favourite TV shows... farewell, Shoot!

Hugh MacDonald on Saturday: Once there was a magazine that spoke to the youth of the West of Scotland. It was called Shoot! And it is no more.

In Glasgow, a magazine is something one puts in one's machine-gun. Elsewhere it has a different connotation and can even be taken to describe a selection of articles contained innewsprint. Glasgow calls this a fish supper.