Mary Irvine’s Blog: Catharsis
Catharsis is a term referring to purging or cleansing, from the Greek κάθαρσις (katharsis) meaning “purification” or “cleansing”. Emotions are often suppressed, for a variety of reasons. Catharsis is the experience of emotional release and purification which can be inspired by or through art in all its forms. Plato argued catharsis separated the soul from […]
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021 | Filed under: Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene, Pat's Home Page Blog
Rymour Books: Cultivating the Literary Arts
RYMOUR BOOKS – is an independent Scottish publisher founded in 2020 by Ian Spring and Ruby McCann. They have a team of writers and editors dedicated to cultivating the literary arts in all its forms and genres. They are committed to discovering and publishing new work. [February, 2021: Rymour Books is one of seven Scottish […]
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Saturday, February 20, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Glesga Banter: Celebration of Weegie Culture
Thursday, 25 February, 2021 at 6 p.m. Online Event by Bhasha Glasgow Language Festival and Thriving Places Govanhill Free Sign up for event An hour of wee stories, poetry, and song Hosted by Marion Nisbet a community councillor in Govanhill, an antiracist, antipoverty feminist who enjoys growing food, community and resistance. Marion will be joined by her […]
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Friday, February 19, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Community event, Pat's Home Page Blog, Poetry, Zoom and online events
‘Afterthought’ Debut Single – Becki Rutherford
Becki Rutherford is a young independent singer- songwriter currently based in Edinburgh. Born and raised in Glasgow, she left home at 16 to pursue her dream and study music at Edinburgh Napier University where she is in her third year of their ‘Popular Music BA/Hons’ Course. ‘Afterthought’ is her first single. ‘Afterthought’ – released 21 […]
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Thursday, February 18, 2021 | Filed under: Music, Pat's Home Page Blog
What It Means To Overcome – Paisley Film Festival
(What it Means) to Overcome: Poems and short stories with Charlie Gracie, Donal McLaughlin & Mairi Murphy 23 February, 2021 5 p.m. Authors From Home Tickets: Free Charlie Gracie, Donal McLaughlin & Mairi Murphy are three local writers with strong Irish roots. One emigrated to Paisley as a child, whilst two are second generation. The […]
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Sunday, February 14, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
Crossways Literary Festival 2021 – Online
12 – 14 February, 2021 Crossways: The Irish Scottish Cultural & Literary Festival The first two Crossways Festivals took place in the Merchant City, Glasgow, in the spring of 2018 and 2019. Due to the ongoing Pandemic, this year’s Festival must be a virtual one. Although online, Virtual Crossways 2021 will nonetheless be a substantial series of […]
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Saturday, February 13, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Valentine's Day 2021, Valentines Day Glasgow, Zoom and online events
Glasgow Greenpeace – Kelvin Way Valentine’s Day
We <3 Our Bike Lane 14 February, 2021 – Kelvin Way Greenpeace Glasgow are working on some socially distant happenings to show support for the Kelvin Way being closed to cars (and to all the pop up bike lanes and continued active travel developments across the city as a whole). This is not an outdoor […]
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| Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, Valentine's Day 2021, Valentines Day Glasgow
Three Course February Menu – Eusebi
Three Course February Menu – £22.50 Perfect for Valentine’s Day Celebration Restaurant Pickup Glasgow West End: Eusebi Deli, 152 Park Road, Glasgow, G4 9HB This 3 course menu includes the following; Order Online Starter Nduja Short rib Braised beef short rib glazed with nduja and served with agrodolce beetroot. Main Lobster Cannelloni Hand rolled pasta […]
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021 | Filed under: Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Italian Restaurants, Pat's Home Page Blog, Valentine's Day 2021
Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Industry Focus Progamme
Full programme announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2021 Industry Focus Monday 1 – Saturday 6 March, 2021 Events include Spotlight interviews with 1917 writer Krysty Wilson- Cairns and The Mauritanian director Kevin Macdonald MUBI Ambassador programme for filmmakers under 30 with Ben Sharrock, John MacPhail, Eva Riley and Rachel Jackson Glasgow Film Festival (GFF)Industry Focus […]
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2021, Pat's Home Page Blog
Francesca Baird: blogging about autism – School Days
Autism in females is not well understood: possibly because autistic traits manifest themselves differently in girls than they do in males and girls are better as masking their autistic traits. Therefore, it is of no surprise that many females go through their entire lives without a diagnosis. Through the story of my life (and my […]
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Sunday, February 7, 2021 | Filed under: Label Me: Francesca Baird blogging about autism, Pat's Home Page Blog
Paisley Book Festival 2021 – Online
18 – 27 February, 2021 During Lockdown books and reading have been a great source of comfort for so many people. The Paisley Book Festival has a fabulous programme lined up with something for everyone on their digital stage. Radical New Futures: Launch Event 18 February, 7 p.m. Hannah Lavery, Laura Waddell and Alan Bissett […]
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Friday, February 5, 2021 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
BMX Bandits at St Luke’s
Sunday 31 January, 2021 at 8 p.m. Independent Venue Week Bellshills own BMX bandits are live from Saint Luke’s as part of Independent Venue Week 2021. Tune in from 8pm to hear Kurt Cobain’s favourite band play their show recorded and streamed worldwide in 2017 with a special Intro from BMX bandits front man Duglas […]
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Sunday, January 31, 2021 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
Hand Made Guitars – Glasgow
Fine hand made guitars by Peter Byrne Each instrument is unique and truly hand made. Peter is an accomplished luthier who studied at London Guildhall University – he has been designing and making guitars for 20 years. ‘Can’t find the guitar you have been looking for all these years? Maybe it doesn’t exist – Yet!’ […]
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping
Interactive Map – Global Burns Suppers
More than 2500 worldwide contemporary Burns suppers feature in a new interactive world map as part of a research project led by academics from the University of Glasgow, it was announced today. Now the Glasgow researchers are asking Burns Clubs and Scots across the global to join in a virtual Burns Night on 25 January […]
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Friday, January 22, 2021 | Filed under: Burns Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
COP26 Global Event In Glasgow – Seeks Volunteers
Step Forward and Get Involved – Applications open to Volunteers You can apply to volunteer from Wednesday 20 January, 2021 At the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP26 – Taking Place in Glasgow, 1 – 12 November 2021 Glasgow City Council is looking for a team of around 1000 volunteers to support the […]
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog
Swans and ducks on the Forth and Clyde Canal
Photography, Jim Byrne. Time for a walk? – Maybe not bother Double Ducks
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Saturday, January 16, 2021 | Filed under: Jim Byrne: Photos Forth and Clyde Canal, Jim's West End Photography Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Bemis – Celtic Connections in the Community
16 January, 2021 at 6 p.m. Tickets £2 only Featuring Brina, Danny Cliff, Ando Glaso Collective, St. Roch’s Trio, and The Cosmic Shruti Box. ‘BEMIS Scotland are the national, ethnic minority led, voluntary sector umbrella body supporting the development of the ethnic minority third sector. The organisation believes in the power of intangible cultural heritage such […]
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Friday, January 15, 2021 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2021, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
Opening Celebration Concert Celtic Connections Online 2021
7:30pm – 15 January, 2021 Celebrate the Opening of Celtic Connections 2021, with sets from some of the very best musicians on both the Scottish and international music scenes. With over 12 performances packed into the 90-minute show including the Celtic Connections 2021 Big Band, Duncan Chisholm with Scottish Ensemble, Ímar, Fiona Hunter, Kinnaris Quintet, […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2021 – Programme Announced
Glasgow Film Festival 2021 will take place 24 February – 7 March TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY 18 JANUARY, 2021 at 12 NOON. GFF will host 6 World premieres, 2 European premieres, 49 UK premieres online World premieres include Anthony Baxter’s Eye of the Storm and an exploration of the life of punk rock’s least […]
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Thursday, January 14, 2021 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
Bob Law’s Blog: Glasgow’s Quieter Parks
Glasgow – Quieter Parks and Cityscapes Town and city parks throughout the UK have provided essential green spaces during the last year. Especially during lockdown. They are one place where family members can meet outdoors, children can play in relative safety and folk can exercise. In Scotland at the moment we are restricted to our […]
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog
This is not the time to be the bad Angel by Jim Byrne
This is not a poem – it is just some Sunday ruminations that might become a song lyric. This is not the time to be the bad Angel this is not the time to be the bad Angel to break the rules to celebrate the dark side of life to cut off the kind and […]
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Sunday, January 10, 2021 | Filed under: Coronavirus, Coronavirus stories and poems, Pat's Home Page Blog, Poetry, Writing
Announcement Full Programme Celtic Connections Online Festival 2021
Celtic Connections online festival Friday 15th January and Tuesday 2nd February 2021 Programme Information Opening in unparalleled style, the first online concert from the festival will include sets from some of the very best musicians on both the Scottish and international music scenes. With over 12 performances packed into the 90-minute show, the footage has […]
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Thursday, January 7, 2021 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2021, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
Helen Rose Outdoor Diary: Kilpatricks. January 2021
Happy New Year! As lockdown continues due to the Covid 19 Virus, I am still keen to do weekly walks as being out in the fresh air is good for the mind and body. This walk in the Kilpatrick Hills, near Glasgow, was with the walking club Glasgow HF outdoors The Kilpatrick Hills are a […]
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Friday, January 1, 2021 | Filed under: Helen Rose Hillwalking Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog
Christmas Exhibition 2020 – Compass Gallery
The Christmas Show is always an exciting event in the Compass Gallery calendar. Usually a time to welcome all their artists, friends and customers to come along to the gallery and celebrate the year end. This year is exceptionally different. Zooming, virtual shows, emails etc etc have temporarily replaced the usual joy of personal studio […]
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Saturday, December 19, 2020 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping
A New Public Space at Kelvinbridge
Webster’s Theatre, Bar, Restaurant is a beautiful venue and fantastic asset to Glasgow’s West End. Situated on Great Western Road at Kelvinbridge, Webster’s was formerly the Lansdowne Parish Church an A-listed Gothic Revival Church. It was originally built by John Honeyman in 1863 and featured stained glass windows by Alf Webster, for whom the theatre […]
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Thursday, December 10, 2020 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
Mother India Festive Season Takeaway Menus
Mother India at Home – To Be Cooked At Home Menu Available Until 28 December, 2020 Available from Dining In at Mother India (ORDER ONLINE – 3 DAYS NOTICE REQUIRED) See also Mother India At Home – Takeaway Menu Salmon fillet topped with a green chill coconut crust. Served with garlic potato punjabi cabbage and […]
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | Filed under: Christmas & Hogmanay Dining Glasgow, Christmas in Glasgow, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Pat's Home Page Blog
Virtual Santa Dash 2020
12 and 13 December, 2020 Grab your trainers and Santa hat and make the dash in support of Beatson Cancer Charity. The annual Santa Dash is considered by many to be the start of the fun festive season but this year, like many things, it has to be adapted because of Coronavirus. Beatson dashing Santas […]
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Monday, December 7, 2020 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
Mary Irvine’s Blog: A Year to Remember – or forget..
As 2020 is rapidly coming to a close I decided to take stock of what I’ve actually done during the year. It Started Well The year started well. An earlier blog described my visit to friends down south, with trips to two London exhibitions and meeting up with Greek ex-students. My diary was filling up […]
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Friday, December 4, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Mary Irvine: Writer and Philhellene, Pat's Home Page Blog, Writing
Damian Barr, Creative Conversations
Monday 7 December, 2020, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Creative Conversations College of Arts – On Zoom Free Tickets at Eventbrite You will be sent the link to attend the meeting once you book. Damian Barr is a writer, broadcaster playwright, and host of the Literary Salon. His books include Maggie & Me (2013) and You Will Be […]
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Monday, November 30, 2020 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, Zoom and online events
David Attenborough ‘A Life On Our Planet’ film screening
Thursday 26 November, 2020 at 6 p.m. Hosted by Climate Emergency Scotland, Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council (ELREC) and 5 others Online event Tickets · Free-£4.50 via Eventbrite Watch and discuss David Attenborough’s extraordinary new documentary ‘A Life on Our Planet’ on Thursday 26 Nov from 6-8pm. See the trailer A broadcaster recounts his life, and […]
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Thursday, November 26, 2020 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog, Zoom and online events
