Beginners Stained Glass Evening Course Glasgow
Starting on Tuesday 8th March, 2022 6 p.m. – 8.15 p.m. The Hidden Lane, 1103 Argyle Street, Finnieston, Glasgow G3 8ND Full Price: £230 Concession: £180 Book the workshop online at Quatro Manis In this 6 week course you will learn the basics of traditional stained glass making and produce your own panel from start […]
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Friday, February 4, 2022 | Filed under: Classes and Workshops, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Wanderlust Women on Zoom
Wednesday 9 February, 2022 at 7.30 p.m. Event by Fife Writes The next Zoom session will be slightly different with four guest poets, each reading a selection from their recently published collection, Wanderlust Women. The poets are Tracy Patrick, Lesley Benzie, Donna Campbell and Linda Jackson. They said about their book, ‘Finding ourselves limited with […]
Roy’s West End View: It’s time to end Lord Elgin’s wretched Game of Marbles
Everyone has heard, if only vaguely, of the Elgin Marbles, and any mention of the subject typically resurrects ancient quips about “Greeks lost their marbles” or “what are the marbles doing in Elgin anyway” …etc. However after a Homeric historic wrangle that has bubbled away since the end of the Napoleonic Wars it could be […]
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Saturday, January 29, 2022 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Roy's West End View
Glasgow Film Festival Announces 2022 Programme
2 – 13 March, 2022 GFF 2022 will host 10 World premieres, 4 European premieres, 65 UK premieres, and 13 Scottish premieres. Opening and Closing Films The 18th edition of the annual festival will open with the UK premiere of The Outfit, a gripping and masterful thriller starring Academy Award winner Mark Rylance. The festival […]
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2022, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Sonica Festival 2022
10 – 20 March 2022 Sonica Festival 2022 announces full programme for its tenth anniversary edition across Glasgow and beyond One of the world’s largest celebrations of visual sonic art, Cryptic’s renowned biennial festival will showcase a groundbreaking international programme of 200 events by over 85 artists from 10 countries Highlights Live highlights include composer […]
Unchained Comedy Club at McChuills
McChuills, Glasgow’s Legendary Music Bar and Cafe, 80 High Street, G1 1NL Glasgow’s newest comedy night at McChuills! Sunday 23 January, 2022 With guest host Rosco. Unchained Comedy At McChuills Bar is an exiting new night of comedy in Glasgow. Bringing you weekly entertainment featuring the best of Scotland’s comedy scene including both new and […]
Scottish Opera Breath Cycle Programme for Long Covid Patients
Singing your way to health – Scottish Opera’s breath cycle programme begins for Long COVID patients A new block of sessions for Breath Cycle, Scottish Opera’s project designed to benefit those suffering from a range of conditions affecting lung health, in particular Long COVID, begins online on January 26. Register Your Interest Blocks starting in […]
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Monday, January 17, 2022 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Courses, Health and Fitness, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Kavya Prize – New Writers Prize To Celebrate Scotland’s Ethnically Diverse Communities
A new Scottish literary prize has been launched aimed at celebrating published work and new writing by Scotland’s ethnically diverse communities. The Kavya Prize, in association with the University of Glasgow, seeks to encourage Scottish black, indigenous, and people of colour writers – either living in Scotland or abroad. The inaugural prize for full-length published […]
Friday, January 14, 2022 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Roy’s West End View: Battered Boris savaged by top Scots true blues
(Image attribution: Think London, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) There’s a memorable scene at the start of the epic movie Waterloo, starring Rod Steiger as Napoleon, where – with allied armies converging on Paris – the Emperor’s marshals gather to insist that he should resign. “I will NOT! I will NOT! I will […]
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Thursday, January 13, 2022 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Roy's West End View
People’s Palace 124th Birthday Celebration
Happy 124th Birthday People’s Palace Saturday, 22nd January, 2022 at 12 Noon until 2 p.m. – Free Event Outside the People’s Palace at Glasgow Green. Join – Friends of People’s Palace Winter Gardens & Glasgow Green Come along and show your support to get these iconic Glaswegian owned buildings Repaired, Restored and Re-opened! FOPPWGGG will be […]
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Wednesday, January 12, 2022 | Filed under: Community event, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Peoples Palace Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Wullie Davidson’s Blog: Extreme Global Weather Events of 2021
Global Cooling Effect of the Ongoing La Nina Event The global cooling effect of the ongoing La Nina event in the tropical Pacific means that 2021 was ‘only’ the sixth warmest year, globally, in a record going back to 1880. The El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has two phases, the warm El Nino, which boosts […]
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| Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Science: Climate Change and Other Topics
Bob Law’s Blog: An Unusual Cross Country Ski Day in Glasgow
January, 2022 – Glasgow Several years ago I worked out a good walk, or cross country ski route, in my local area. When we had a snowfall recently, and I had a free day available, I set off for a mini adventure. You don’t need to go to the ends of the earth to explore. […]
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks
G20 Young People to Climb Ben Nevis to support people affected by poverty
The Children’s Wood and G20 Youth Festival (The Children’s Wood youth club) community will be hiking to the top of Ben Nevis – the tallest mountain in the U.K – to raise money for people living in poverty. The G20 young people want to help others and make a difference both locally and abroad. The […]
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Thursday, January 6, 2022 | Filed under: G20 Festival, North Kelvin Meadow and Children's Wood, Glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog
Shaking Hands With Christmas – Brian Whittingham
The Quilt and The Book, Christmas Day The Ball and The Boots, Boxing Day A Christmas Trilogy THE FIRE AND THE TREE Christmas-Eve. Mum cleaned the grate of yesterday’s fireplace replenished it with crumpled newspaper, kindling, adding course-coal she lit, gently puffing her cheeks, blowing to fan the new-born flame. She’d stand the coal-shovel against […]
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Saturday, December 18, 2021 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Poems , Stories and Winter Tales, Pat's Home Page Blog, Seasonal Stories and Poems by Glasgow Writers, stories and poems, Writing, Writing for the Festive Season
Is this ‘Black Bitch’ name ban really justified?
Hundreds of people are reportedly seething this week at a move to erase the name “Black Bitch” from a popular Scottish bar. A UK pubs firm has decided the name of a historic bar should be “cleaned up” to avoid inadvertently giving offence, and many locals are far from happy. As detailed in a welter […]
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Sunday, December 12, 2021 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Roy's West End View
Roma Night at The Rum Shack
Friday 10 December, 2021 The Rum Shack, 657- 659 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2AB Tickets · £8 via Eventbrite End of the year Gypsy party with Formatia Express, Ciaran Ryan Band and Transylvanian Ceilidh! About this event Would you like to have a proper blow out before the year is over? Bringing the hottest groups […]
Mother India – Christmas Menu 2021 Set Menus
MOTHER INDIA CHRISTMAS SET MENU £30.00 PER PERSON Mother India, Mother India Glasgow, 28 Westminster Terrace, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G3 7RU Telephone: 0141 221 1663 Book a Table at Mother India Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day See also Mother India Christmas Lunch Menu £27 STARTERS FISH PALAU A mixture of fish […]
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Thursday, December 9, 2021 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Pat's Home Page Blog
Dante and Alasdair Gray Symposium
A Scottish Journey through The Divine Comedy Thursday 10 December, 2021, 4 p.m. – 6.30p.m. Symposium and reading commemorating 700 years since the death of Dante in 1321 and Alasdair Gray’s translation of The Divine Comedy. About this event *Please note change of date from original listing* The University of Glasgow and the Alasdair Gray Archive, […]
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Monday, December 6, 2021 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
Glasgow Film Theatre December Programme 2021
Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) has unveiled the line-up of films audiences can enjoy on the independent cinema’s big screens over the month of December. GFT is known for providing Glasgow’s film fans with the first chance to see preview screenings, and for its insightful Q&As. December will see the cinema play host to previews of […]
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Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Christmas Craft and Flea, The Briggait
Saturday 27 November, 2021, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. 141 Bridgegait, Glasgow G1 5HZ Craft & Flea will be coming to Glasgow this Christmas for the very first time! Craft + Flea is a collection of independent makers, collectors, creators, designers, curators and small business heroes of your city! Shop small this Christmas – authentic […]
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Thursday, November 25, 2021 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Markets, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping
Starry Skies at CCA
Saturday 4 December, 2021 at 7.30 pm CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Starry Skies are Warren Starry Sky (vocals/guitar), Johnny Moondial (lead guitar), Heather Phillips (violin/vocals), Jen McKee (cello/vocals), Adam Scott (bass guitar/vocals), Sophie Pragnell (viola/vocals) and Mike Harrison (Drums). The band recently released third album ‘Do it with Love’ with singles from […]
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
A Very Buble Christmas at Cottiers
12 December, 2021 7.30 p.m. Cottiers Bar, Theatre and Restaurant , 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Scotland’s number 1 Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie, and Glasgow’s record-breaking big band, Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation, invite you to start your countdown to Christmas with a night full of seductive songs and seasonal swing in […]
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Monday, November 22, 2021 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Pantos and Christmas Shows in Glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Byres Road: Christmas Market and Christmas Tree Light Up
28 November, 2021 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Top of Byres Road, opposite Waitrose G12 Free festive fun on Vinicombe Street, Ashton Lane, Cresswell Lane and Ruthven Lane. Christmas market begins at 11am with a selection of local traders selling gifts, crafts, food and drink. Entertainment on the main stage and lanes. Watch out for […]
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Sunday, November 21, 2021 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Community event, Free Events, Markets, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Creative Conversations: Apphia Campbell
Monday 22 November, 2021 University Chapel, Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free Event – Register at Eventbrite About this event Apphia Campbell is originally from United States, and graduated from Florida International University with a BFA in theatre performance. In 2013 she wrote her critically acclaimed piece, ‘Black Is The Color […]
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Havana Glasgow Film Festival 2021
16 – 21 November, 2021 The UK’s only Film Festival celebrating Cuban Film and Culture As the festival goes into its seventh year, HGFF is proud to share and celebrate Cuba’s inspiring culture and achievements during one of the toughest points in its history. Despite the challenges of COVID19, increased sanctions, food shortages and dramatic […]
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Monday, November 15, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Christmas Appeal Benefit – The Primevals
Monday 27 December, 2021 at 7.30 p.m. The Primevals Stereo,22 Renfield Ln, Glasgow G2 5ARGlasgow The Primevals and The Reverse Cowgirls come together again for a Benefit at Stereo, Glasgow. Entry £8 Glasgow City Mission will launch their Christmas Appeal on 23 November. All proceeds from the Appeal will support their guests directly through the […]
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Springburn: Rome of the North – Ian R. Mitchell
A Castle in Springburn? Read on…….. Springburn – its History and Walk Born Balgrayhill Schooled Petershill Worked Keppochhill Married Springburnhill Sick Stobhill Domiciled Barnhill Rested Sighthill Springburn […]
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| Filed under: Ian Mitchell, Pat's Home Page Blog, Walks and Tours Glasgow
The Landing Hub – COP26 Fringe Event
29 October – 14 November, 2021 The Landing Hub is a vibrant, welcoming space where the climate and social justice movements meet the arts. The Space is a fringe event of COP26, and is running from the 29th of October to the 14th of November. The Landing Hub, is right next door to: The Sustainable […]
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Sunday, November 14, 2021 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, COP26 Glasgow, Climate Change, Save the Planet, Science, Biodiversity Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Christmas Commissions, Exhibition and Gifts Kelvin Art Studio & Gallery
ART FOR CHRISTMAS – COMMISSION A HOUSE PORTRAIT, BUY A PICTURE Great -Get -Christmas -Gifts -Exhibition 26th-28th November 2021 & 3rd-5th December 2021 Featuring: JOHN WETTEN BROWN Best Selling Artist & DAMIAN HENRY Best Selling Printmaker Kelvin Art Studio and Gallery 23A Hamilton Park Avenue, G12 8DS (Just off Gt Western RD) With Xmas on […]
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Saturday, November 13, 2021 | Filed under: Art, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping
Bob Law’s Blog: Old Kilpatrick. Lusset Glen to Bowling Walk
An attractive walk or cycle I enjoyed recently took in the villages of Old Kilpatrick and Bowling in West Dunbartonshire. They are in a great situation with the Kilpatrick Hills to the North and the Forth and Clyde Canal to the South. They looked particularly attractive in the Autumn. I parked just above the train […]
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Friday, November 12, 2021 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog
