Alasdair Gray, Writer and Artist
Pat Byrne, 2002 Sadly Alasdair Gray died today, Sunday 29 December, 2019. I’m so happy that in October, after chatting on the phone, Alasdair invited me along to his West End flat. He showed me the cover for Purgatory, which was just going on sale and I gave him a copy of our Ten Writes […]
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Friday, April 1, 2022 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
Avril Paton: Artist – Pat’s Guide to Local Characters in Glasgow’s West End
In 2016 Avril Paton created a large painting of Kelvingrove Art Gallery – it will be on loan to Kelvingrove from 17 May, 2018. Avril’s painted piano ‘Beatrix Rose’ in Queen’s Cross Church, part of Glasgow Piano City projects. You can listen to Tom Binn’s chatting to Pat about his work with Glasgow Piano City […]
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Monday, April 30, 2018 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
Avril Patton Artist – archived comments
I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF AVRIL PATONS WORK FOR A FEW YEARS NOW THERE’S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT WARMS MY HEART, WINDOWS IN THE WEST IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PAINTING I HAVE EVER SEEN, WHEN I FIRST VISITED SALTOUN STREET I STOOD IN THE STREET FACING THE BUILDING AND COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT […]
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters
The Glasgow Cabbie – Glasgow’s Hidden Gem by Jane Sweeney
King of the Courts – The Glasgow Cabbie – raising money with the help of Andy Murray People Make Glasgow – Glasgow Cabbie’s welcome on the Tour Bus Glasgow is a city of surprises, if you look beyond the beautiful buildings to the empty spaces you find all sorts of delights, including poems! It […]
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Monday, January 9, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Glasgow West End Local characters, Jane Sweeney: Blogging about Glasgow and its hidden gems., People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
Glasgow Local Characters: Gordon Wallace, Cabinet Maker, Artist and Volunteer with The Salvation Army at Partick Cross
The Salvation Army, 91 Dumbarton Road, Partick Glasgow, G11 6PW I often pop into The Salvation Army in Dumbarton Road, where I have picked up many a bargain, including on Wednesday this week a perfect AllSaints top. I also love a look in their window to see the antiques and collectables they’ve gathered for their […]
Friday, September 2, 2016 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Glasgow West End Local characters, Vintage and Retro Clothing
A description of A.E. Pickard – The last of the great eccentrics
by Kirsten O’Neill Albert Ernest Pickard was actually born in Bradford in 1874 but was known as a Glaswegian because he spent the biggest part of his life here. He moved to Glasgow in 1904 and lived here until he died in 1964. A.E. Pickard was a business genious, millionaire and an eccentric with an […]
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Friday, May 20, 2016 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters
Bob McDevitt, Aye Write! Programmer and Photographer
(101 Men in Kilts, photography by Bob McDevitt) Bob McDevitt is a Glasgow based photographer, who focuses on taking photographs of people including professional headshots, family portraits and weddings. Among his work you’re likely to see photographs relating to his other passions: the stage and books. In his spare time Bob has acting in […]
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Friday, January 15, 2016 | Filed under: Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival 2016, Glasgow West End Local characters, Pat's Home Page Blog, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
Local Characters: Tom Cannavan: Leading Authority on Wine
Tom Cannavan – formidable force in the world of wine and web-master of http://www.wine-pages.com A man of many talents and wide ranging experiences he’s enjoyed a circuitous route in arriving at his present position. A graduate from Glasgow School of Art Tom worked for a number of years as an Art Teacher before moving on […]
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Friday, November 6, 2015 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
Local West End Character: Phil Benson, Wood Carver
Phil Benson is a very ‘well kent face’ around the West End. He can often be seen strolling purposefully along Great Western Road with his dog Zoltan by his side. When the weather is clement he can also be spotted working ferociously, high in a tree in Kelvingrove Park, where a wood sculpture of a […]
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Michael Dale, Director of Glasgow’s West End Festival
Michael Dale chats to Jim Byrne – Jim and Pat’s West End Chat Podcast (2018) (2021 – West End Festival now in 25th year) Michael Dale presents an urbane and elegant figure; easily spotted around the West End with his thick mane of silver hair and smart suits. He is often out and about, enjoying a […]
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
Remembering Ronnie Clydesdale – West End Restaurateur
Ronnie Clydesdale – restaurateur Sadly Ronnie Clydesdale passed away in April, 2010 Feature by Roy Beers It’s just possible some readers may have heard of – may even have visited – a reasonably well-known West End restaurant called The Ubiquitous Chip? I went along to ‘The Chip’, in Ashton Lane, in the heart of Glasgow’s […]
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Marianne Wilson – Photo Gallery
I am now a graduate of Visual Communication and Photographic & Electronic Media after having studied at Grays School of Art for five years. I have been awarded the graduate in residence space at Studio Warehouse Glasgow (SWG3) and I will be working at SWG3 for the up coming year. Alongside the graduate in residence […]
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters
Greg Hemphill:West End Actor,Comedian and Rector Of Glasgow Univesity
Greg Hemphill:Actor,Comedian and Rector of Glasgow University I first met Greg Hemphill, new rector of the University of Glasgow and co-star (alongside his pal Ford Kiernan) of the prize winning comedy show Chewin the Fat, at the opening of The Stand Comedy Club last year. Jess and I toddled along to Woodlands and had a […]
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Malcolm Lochhead, Textile Artist and Designer – Glasgow West End Characters
Malcolm Lochhead: textile artist and designer. Emeritus Professor of Visual Design, Glasgow Caledonian University. I went along to meet Malcolm Lochhead in his amazing home in Glasgow’s West End; a tribute to his excellent taste, artistic flair and flamboyance. We settled down in his lounge with some marvellous coffee and chatted about his work and […]
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Monday, February 23, 2015 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
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Gerard Sampaio – Film Maker
(R.I.P. Gerard. Gerard sadly passed away in November, 2022) I recently met up with Gerard Sampaio in Cafe Cherubini on Great Western Road to chat to him about his film ‘West End Story’ – much of which was set in Glasgow West End. For a man who has accomplished so much with so little in […]
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013 | Filed under: Glasgow West End Local characters, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
