By MAUREEN ELLIS IT'S difficult to fathom how the timeless grace of Marlene Dietrich dovetails with the angular rock of Radiohead, but somehow Scottish Ballet's latest Autumn Season provided the seamless bridge between the contemporary and classic.

THEIR coalition to run the Capital has seen its share of drama - and now Steve Cardownie and Jenny Dawe are starring as Romeo and Juliet in protest leaflets about the decision to axe the annual GBP 40,000 council grant for Scottish Ballet.

IT'S the hottest celebrity fitness trend to hit Glasgow . . . and it boasts a supersculpted A-list fanclub. Madonna does it, Julianne Moore and Kim Cattrall do it, and Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest star to sign up.