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Helen Rose Outdoor Diary: Cairneyhill to North Queensferry

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April, 2026 Fife Coastal Path The Glasgow HF Outdoors Club is organising stages of the Fife Coastal Path with a view to completing it this year. The Fife Coastal Path is a long-distance walking trail of around 117 miles (188km) long. It starts in Kincardine in West Fife and ends in Newburgh in North Fife. […]

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog

Hinba Bakery Hyndland – Expansion Plans

Hinba bakery hyndland

Dough rolls in as Hinba Bakery’s Rachel Palmer satisfies the West End’s insatiable appetite for sourdough and croissants  Award-winning Hyndland specialist plans expansion to supply restaurants, hotels and other bakeries Bread is the king of the table “Bread is the king of the table,” said the American writer-turned-farmer Louis Bromfield, “and all else is merely […]

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Glasgow Merchant City Festival 2026

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24 – 26 July and 31 July- 2 August, 2026 The Merchant City Festival returns for 2026, transforming the heart of Glasgow into a vibrant hub of creativity. From circus and dance to a dedicated family programme, bringing arts and performance out of the theatre and onto the pavement. As a flagship event of the […]

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When Billy Met Alasdair

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Saturday 28 March, 2026, 7.30 p.m. Written and Performed by Allan Bissett Thr Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals St, Gorbals, Glasgow G5 9DS ‘Allow me to give you some advice, Billy… ’ Award-winning writer and performer Alan Bissett, creator of The Moira Monologues, takes on the dual roles of two Scottish cultural giants – Billy Connolly […]

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Byres Road Community Hub Day: A Prescription for Change

byres road community hub

Saturday, March 28, 2026, 12 pm to 4 pm UofG Byres Community Hub Byres Community Hub, Clarice Pears BuildingGlasgow, 90 Byres Rd, Glasgow G12 8TB Welcome to the Byres Hub Community Day 2026: A Prescription for Change Join School of Health and Wellbeing staff, students and Byres Hub community groups between 12noon and 4pm on Saturday 28th March for the […]

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Earth’s Greatest Enemy film review Pat Byrne

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Earth’s Greatest Enemy  Director: Abby Martin, Mike Prysner Cast:  Abby Martin I’ll be 80 this year – ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ is the most disturbing and revealing documentary I have ever seen. The scale of environmental devastation being wrought globally by the U.S. Military is terrifying and incomprehensible. In the documentary Abby Martin captures the tragedies […]

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Film Reviews, Film reviews, Pat's Home Page Blog

The Kelvin: Restaurant, Bar, Wedding and Events Venue

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Scottish Kitchen : Cocktails & Whiskies : Weddings & Events 416 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, Glasgow G4 9HZ The Kelvin is a stylish bar and restaurant in the fabulous A-listed building, previously Lansdowne Parish Church at Kelvinbridge. An impressive addition to nightlife and leisure in the West End, it offers traditional Scottish cuisine, cocktails and a […]

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Glasgow Shopping: Currie and Quirk Opticians, Byres Road, G12

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Fabulous Selection of Eyewear at Currie and Quirk Eye Care and Quality Eye Wear 142 – 144 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8TD, 0141 339 2900  currieandquirk@aol.com Currie and Quirk Provide a Range of Services   NHS & PRIVATE Eye Examinations Contact Lenses, complete with Care Plans from as little as £19.00 per month Specialist Paediatric […]

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Scottish Handmade Crafts, Gifts and Artists at Janet & John Glasgow

  Janet & John – promoting Scottish creativity. A haven for Scottish Handmade Crafts Upper Floor De Courcy’s Arcade Cresswell Lane T: 07731 768373 Delightful gifts handcrafted by Scottish artisans Janet & John Website Mother’s Day Cards and Gifts Always Something New at Janet and John   Lovely Gifts Wild Swimming Hairy Coo Ashton Lane […]

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Mermaids at GFT – Mother’s Day

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Mother’s Day Movie – Sunday 15 March, 2026 4.40p.m. New England…the early 1960s. Cher stars as an unpredictable single mother of two who is a source of constant embarrassment to her confused 15-year-old daughter (Winona Ryder), who’s trying to deal with her own sexual awakening and not having an easy time of it. Based on a novel […]

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Monday, March 9, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Mothers' Day, Pat's Home Page Blog

Effi O Blaenau review Pat Byrne – Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Effi o Blaenau

Marc Evans’ Welsh language film Effi O Blaenau had its world premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2026. An adaptation of Gary Owen’s critically acclaimed play, Iphigenia in Splott,  Evans shifts the location to Blaenau Ffestiniog, a rundown town in rural North Wales. This is where we meet Effi (Leisa Gwenllian) an angry young woman who spends […]

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Glasgow Film Theatre Announces Programme for March 2026

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 Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) – the city’s home of cinema for over 85 years – has revealed its programme for March 2026, following Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) which runs from 25 February – 8 March. Highlights include: A season celebrating the work of British filmmaker John Schlesinger Programmes from Glasgow Short Film Festival and Catalan […]

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It’s A Fine Thing To Sing – Songs and Singers of Inishowen Peninsula Documentary

Thursday 26 March, 2026 The Deep End Venue Space – Govanhill Baths Community Trust21 Nithsdale Street, Glasgow G41 2PZ Event by Paula Larkin and Irish History Group Bob Gallagher, Documentary, 60 min, Ireland, 2023 This 60 minute documentary features Ian Lynch (Lankum), Ye Vagabonds and The Henry Girls arranging and singing six songs from Clonmany and Buncrana singers: […]

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Midwinter Break – Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Review

Midwinter Break Review

Based on the novel of the same name  by Glasgow based, Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty, the film follows Stella and Gerry, a  retired teacher and architect living in Glasgow, as they go on a city break to Amsterdam. Apart from taking in the sites Stella reflects on past trauma experienced during ‘The Troubles’, problems […]

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Thursday, February 26, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Film reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog

Julie Fowlis with Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Celtic Connections 2026 

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Review by Pauline Keightley The touching, mystical and lyrical beauty of these well-crafted Gaelic songs surrounded by live trad folk music   Julie Fowlis performed with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Celtic Scots and Irish traditional folk voices were enhanced by the depth of sound of the classical orchestra. As well as Julie’s crystal clear voice […]

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Everybody to Kenmure Street – GFF2026 Review

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Everybody to Kenmure Street – Documentary by Felipe Bustos Sierra    Felipe Bustos Sierra is a Glasgow based, BAFTA winning documentarian; his powerful film ‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’ opened Glasgow Film Festival 2026. The film recreates the spontaneous response by neighbours and activists who came together in this multi-cultural community in Glasgow’s Pollokshields on 13 […]

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Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Film reviews, Glasgow Film Festival 2026, Pat's Home Page Blog

Free and Low-Cost Activities at Glasgow Film Festival 2026

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25th February until 8th March, 2026 Glasgow Film Festival’s 22nd edition opens Wednesday 25th February –  it includes an extensive programme of free and affordable screenings and events. Based at Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) and venues across the city, Glasgow Film Festival (GFF) presents a wide range of free and low-cost activities as part of […]

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Broken English – Glasgow Film Festival 2026

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Thursday 26 February 5.15 p.m.  & Friday 27 February, 3.45 p.m. 2026 A collaborative documentary which turned unexpectedly into a posthumous memorial, this unorthodox portrait of rock icon Marianne Faithfull is a richly layered mixtape of first-hand interviews, rare archive material, musical performances and star guests. Faithfull, who died midway through the project, looks back candidly on […]

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Lynne Ramsay to receive Cinema City Honorary Award at Glasgow Film Festival 2026

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Friday 6 March, 2026, 12.15 p.m. ‘From Page To Pulse’, Glasgow Film Festival Adelaide Place, 188 Pitt St, Glasgow G2 4HZ Glaswegian director Lynne Ramsay will receive Glasgow Film Festival’s Cinema City Award at a public In Conversation event,  From Page to Pulse. Critically acclaimed writer-director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin, Die […]

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The Arlington Baths Club

Arlington Baths

61 Arlington Street Glasgow, G3 6DT Telephone:0141 332 6021 info@arlingtonbaths.co.uk www.arlingtonbaths.co.uk Lola, Film Night, Saturday 28 February, 2026 6 p.m. Lola – Screening Arlington Bahs Club Big vs Small, Saturday 21 March at 6 p.m. Big vs Small, Film Night, Arlington Baths Club Learn To Swim At The Arlingon Baths Club News at the Arlington […]

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tell it slant at Locavore

express yourself

Friday 27 February 2026 @ 7 p.m. Express Yourself – Tell it Slant at Locavore, 349 Victoria Rd, Glasgow G42 7SA Take your seats at 7pm, get to know each other and the poetry starts at 7.30pm. There’s an interesting surprise featured poet. “A poet I have never met but approached me asking if I […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – filmaking talent galore attending

There’s filmmaking talent galore at GFF26! Check out the highlights. James McAvoy who will attend GFF’s closing gala for the UK premiere of his directorial debut, California Schemin’. McAvoy will be joined on the red carpet by film cast Samuel Bottomley, Séamus McLean Ross and Lucy Halliday. Glasgow-based director Felipe Bustos Sierra (Nae Pasaran) will […]

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Concert in aid of C.H.A.S. Robin House – Helensburgh

Friday 29 February, 2026, 7 p.m. –  10.30 p.m. With The Midgies Ceilidh Band and Robert Ryan   Fundraising event for Robin House Childrens Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) £5 entry Event by Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre – HLCC Events and The Midgies Ceilidh Band Helensburgh and Lomond Civic Centre – HLCC Events 38 E Clyde St, Helensburgh […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – Take 2 Screenings

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Glasgow Film Theatre believes every child in Glasgow should be able to enjoy the best big screen experience and during GFF this is no different. In keeping with regular Take 2 screenings that happen year-round, during GFF26 there will be two very special Take 2 film screenings. The Children of Bullerby Village – Saturday 28 […]

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GFT – February Programme 2026

Breathless

Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) – the city’s home of cinema for over 85 years – has revealed its programme for February 2026. Highlights include The continuation of GFT’s CineMasters: Jean-Luc Godard season The 10th edition of the Fokus: Films from Germany festival Special screenings marking LGBT History Month and Valentine’s Day A chance to see […]

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Saturday, February 14, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog

Harold and Maude at GFT

harold maude

Saturday 14 February, 2026 – 5.40 p.m. Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets Maude at a funeral. A lively woman 60 years his senior who encourages the morbid teenager to look on the bright side and live life to the full, Maude is a million miles away […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – Marilyn Monroe 100

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Celebrating the legendary life of Marilyn Monroe in the 100th year of her birth. Five films at Glasgow Film Festival 2026 showcasing her wit, vulnerability and the star quality that left an indelible mark on cinema.   Thu, 26 Feb The Asphalt Jungle Start Time: 1:30pm Learn MoreBuy Tickets Mon, 2 Mar Don’t Bother to […]

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Cafe D’Jaconelli Family Afternoon, Maryhill Burgh Halls

Cafe Jaconelli Family Afternoon

Wednesday, 18 February, 2026, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Maryhill Museum, Maryhill Burgh Hall, 10 – 24 Garbraid Avenue, G20 8YE Free Family Afternoon Ice Cream and Crafts Enjoy some Jaconelli ice cream and some relaxed arts and crafts. You will also have the opportunity to learn some Italian words if you like. All welcome, […]

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Jean Luc Goddard – Cinemasters GFT

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4 January – 23 February, 2026 GFT celebrates directors and key figures from filmmaking history and gives you the opportunity to watch their work on the big screen. Few filmmakers have reshaped cinema as profoundly as Jean-Luc Godard. A central figure of the French New Wave, Godard tore up the rulebook, replacing polished studio filmmaking with […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2026 – James McAvoy will attend Closing Gala

California Schemin

Homegrown superstar James McAvoy will attend GFF’s closing gala for the UK premiere of directorial debut, California Schemin’ on 8 March. McAvoy will be joined on the red carpet by film cast Samuel Bottomley, Séamus McLean Ross and Lucy Halliday Glasgow-based director Felipe Bustos Sierra (Nae Pasaran) will return to GFF for the opening gala […]

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