Alela Diane and Mick Flannery, Celtic Connections 2018 review by Pat Byrne
The Mackintosh Church at Queens Cross provided the perfect intimate setting for these talented, laid back performers. Celtic Connections fans were treated to Alela Diane’s first concert since the birth of her second daughter. It was also her first opportunity to play songs from her new album ‘Cusp’, due for release 9 February, 2018. Playing […]
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Monday, January 29, 2018 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2018 Glasgow's winter music festival, Music Reviews, Pat's Home Page Blog
Alberto Vazquez Dark Fables: From comics to films, CCA, Glasgow
Thu 18 January — Sat 27 January 2018 Mon-Sun: 12noon-5pm (closed Mon 22 Jan), Free, Intermedia Film screening: 26 January, 8pm, Cinema 0141 352 4900 Related CCA Events Cinemaattic presents Psiconautas + Q&A Fri 26 January 2018 This special exhibition gathers Vazquez’s both graphic and audiovisual work together. It presents how the artist adapted his comics and […]
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Oxfam Bookshop Byres Road Book Group
The book group at Oxfam Bookshop in Byres Road is back for 2018! Go along and discuss some great books every month, it’s free to join and everyone is welcome. Check out our events page for more details or pick up a reading list at the bookshop. Full details including dates and the books on […]
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Monday, January 15, 2018 | 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
Bob Law Photography: Winter in Scotland, Cnoc Coinnich Day Out
Cnoc Coinnich day out above Lochgoilhead Village A beautiful sunny but snowy winter’s day saw us climbing up the scenic ridge line from Lochgoilhead village, on the Cowal Way, then head up to the summit of Cnoc Coinnich- a newly promoted Scottish Corbett at 763 metres ( 2,505 feet) A well-signposted path led up from […]
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Saturday, January 13, 2018 | Filed under: Bob Law: photographer, walker and writer, Pat's Home Page Blog
Help the Homeless, Glasgow
Help The Homeless Glasgow is a non-profit community group founded in December, 2016. The group has expanded quickly and by December, 2017 had reached 7,000 members. Between 30 and 50 people meeting to go out into the streets of Glasgow with sleeping bags, food, clothes and other essentials, which are offered to rough sleepers. Volunteers […]
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Friday, January 12, 2018 | Filed under: Community Groups and Charities, Pat's Home Page Blog
‘Turning Over A New Leaf’ Exhibition at Thistle Gallery
New Year Show 2018 – Now Underway Thistle Gallery, Scottish Contemporary Art 56 Park Road, Glasgow G4 9JF Email Telephone: 0141 334 3444 www.thistle-gallery.com The exhibition will run through January and until 25 February, 2018. ‘Turning over a New Leaf’ is the apt title of Thistle Gallery’s new Exhibition – do visit the Show this […]
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow, Gifts, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Special events and big musical guests announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2018
Glasgow Film Festival 21 February – 4 March, 2018 Oscar-nominated composer Mica Levi comes to town with electronic pioneers Wrangler for a celebration of the greatest films never made in The Unfilmables 2017 Scottish Album of the Year Award winners Sacred Paws perform live soundtrack to Margaret Salmon’s explosive speedway documentary Mm Special Event Screenings at […]
Monday, January 8, 2018 | Filed under: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2018, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Vahni Capildeo at Creative Conversations review by Pat Byrne
4 December, 2017 It was a pleasure to see Vahni Capildeo back at University of Glasgow, performing at Creative Conversations. Vahni is a poet and prose writer from Trinidad, who now lives near Edinburgh. A few years back she taught for a spell on the M.Litt Creative Writing Course at Glasgow. I was lucky enough […]
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Monday, January 1, 2018 | 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
Kelvin Hotel, Glasgow – at the heart of the Real West End
Kelvin Hotel, 15 Buckingham Terrace, Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 8EB Telephone: 0141 339 7143 Web: www.kelvinhotel.com Book: Book online About the Rooms at the Kelvin Book directly for the best rate ‘When booking direct with us, all guests receive a complimentary full Scottish breakfast, a stamp on their Kelvin Hotel Loyalty Card to obtain […]
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Thursday, December 7, 2017 | Filed under: Accommodation, Pat's Home Page Blog, Weddings
Book Week Scotland 2017
Book Week Scotland 2017 is taking place from Monday 27 November – Sunday 3 December. Book Week Scotland 2017 a week-long celebration of books and reading During Book Week, people of all ages and walks of life will come together in libraries, schools, community venues and workplaces to share and enjoy books and reading. They […]
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, 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
Firework Displays in and around Glasgow 2017
Bonfire Nights, Guy Fawkes Events and Fireworks Displays in and around Glasgow Glasgow Green Free Fireworks Display Sunday 5th November, 2017 Glasgow’s biggest and best FREE fireworks display returns on Sunday 5th November 2017 to Glasgow Green! Featuring special effects never seen before with new colours and 15,000 different effects. Gates will open from 5pm […]
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Jim’s Photo Diary August: Isle of Harris and Isle of Lewis Photo Gallery
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| Filed under: Jim's West End Photography Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog, Photography
Tags: beach, Isle of Harris, Isle of Lewis, Photography, Scotland, views
Carol Dunbar, Gallery Owner: Local Character, Glasgow West End
Carol Dunbar’s Thistle Gallery, which specialises in Scottish Contemporary Art opene in Park Road, Glasgow’s West End opened in November 2014. I love going to exhibitions at large galleries like Kelvingrove, The Hunterian and GOMA but I always tend to feel a bit uncomfortable in the smaller galleries. Not so in Thistle Gallery – it’s […]
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Friday, September 8, 2017 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Pat's Home Page Blog
Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival
10th-16th September, 2018 Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival promotes and celebrates Glasgow’s rich architecture and built heritage. The week long programme highlights the city’s wonderful buildings, throwing open the doors to the public. You can also enjoy: walks, talks, tours, exhibitions and a children’s programme. The Festival attracts around 26,000 visitors with more 100 […]
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 | Filed under: 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
Willie Miller Urban Designer: Glasgow West End Characters
Sadly Willie Miller died of a short illness on 12 January, 2021; he left behind his wife and co-worker Ines Triebel and young daughter Maxi. Very sad news. A remarkably talented and interesting man. Ines will continue the practice at WMUD. (Strategy for Glasgow City Centre Lanes – March, 2018) Willie Miller is an Urban […]
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| Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog, People: Local Glasgow West End Characters
Glasgow’s West End Festival, Science Festival, Shopping, Dining Out, Galleries and the Botanics
West End Festival This is a great time to be in Glasgow: the West End Festival, highlight of the city’s cultural calendar, has just kicked off. The festival will run until 25 June with a fabulous programme of events including: music, theatre, film, walks, talks, exhibitions and much more. Our own project Ten Writers Telling […]
Wednesday, June 7, 2017 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
Ten Writers Telling Lies, West End Festival 2017, Waterstones Byres Road, Thursday 8 June, 2017
Waterstones Bookshop, 351 – 355 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8AU Thursday 8 June, 7.00 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Ten Writers Telling Lies is a unique collaboration between some of Glasgow’s most talented writers and the musician Jim Byrne. In prose and poetry the writers have captured the story of a song they have co-written. Come […]
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Pat's Home Page Blog, Ten Writers Telling Lies, West End Festival 2017, West End Festival Glasgow, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
ProjectAbility, New Works by Ronnie McCulloch, The Glad Cafe, 2 – 29 June, 2017
New works by Ronnie McCulloch Offsite Exhibition 02 Jun 2017 – 29 June 2017 Glad Cafe, 1006A Pollokshaws Rd, Glasgow G41 2HG Admission: Free Project Ability proudly presents a collection of new paintings by Aspire artist Ronnie McCulloch for our very first exhibition at the Glad Cafe. Ronnie’s sources of inspiration come largely from popular culture: his favourite television programmes, films and […]
Sofia Coppola’s La Traviata, GFT, July, 2017
Acclaimed director Sofia Coppola and designer Valentino combine their talents to create one of the most ambitious productions of the renowned opera La Traviata. Working together with a world-class team, the duo’s production breathes spectacular new life into Giuseppe Verdi’s enduring story of tempestuous love and heartbreak. Coppola’s La Traviata has already become one of […]
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
Ten Writers Telling Lies book and cd launch review by Mary Irvine
Ten writers telling lies… The date, Thursday 27th April, 2017. The venue, Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow. The event, the culmination of a 15 month project between ten authors and the accomplished musician/songwriter, Jim Byrne. I had attended several ‘taster’ sessions during the project and couldn’t wait to see it in its entirety. And I was not […]
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Jim’s Photo Gallery March 2017: Glasgow University, Ayr beach, Lion and Unicorn Staircase, Park area
I’ve got a new camera (Canon 80D). 🙂 I’ve been experimenting with it and learning how it works. This months photo diary is a mixture of photos I took on my phone and photos I took on my new camera.
Monday, April 17, 2017 | Filed under: Jim's West End Photography Diary, Pat's Home Page Blog, Photography
Glasgow West End, Glasgow Festivals, Bicentenary at the Botanics, Art, Eating Out and Shopping
Glasgow is a great city for festivals, no sooner has one finished that another one appears on the horizon . I had a fantastic time at both Glasgow Film Festival and Aye Write! Glasgow’s book festival. Glasgow Film Festival 2017 I managed to see some very good films at the festival including Handsome Devil, the […]
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
Last Open Mic at Rio Cafe with host Paul Ross, 30 March, 2017
The last open mic at Rio Thursday 30 March, 2017 – 9 p.m. Rio Cafe, 27 Hyndland Street, G11 5QF Event on Facebook
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | Filed under: 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
Glasgow Vegan Festival, Trades Hall , 27 and 28 May, 2017
Fifty fantastic stalls, 8 world food caterers, all day talks and all day cookery demos. £3 per day payable on the day on the door. Come hungry! To find out more information please email: veganeventsuk@gmail.com 85 Glassford Street, G1 1UH 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. 27 and 28 May, 2017 Event on Facebook
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It’s Only The End Of The World, GFT, 1 and 2 April, 2017
Assured young auteur Xavier Dolan returns with his sixth feature, an adaptation of Jean-Luc Lagarce’s play: a claustrophobic family drama about an award-winning dramatist who returns to his hometown after more than a decade away. Revealing to his family that he is dying, Louis (Gaspard Ulliel) ignites a pressure cooker of familial melodrama with each […]
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Thursday, March 23, 2017 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
Italian Film Festival, Glasgow Film Theatre, 10 – 15 March, 2017
Italian Film Festival 10 – 15 March, 2017 GFT The annual celebration of Italian cinema returns with a wide-ranging programme that stretches from promising new talents to established greats. Highlights this year include Paolo Virzi’s hugely successful Like Crazy and the Kafkaesque comedy Ears which was one of the discoveries of the Venice Film Festival. […]
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Friday, March 10, 2017 | 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
Phoenix Flight Training Cumbernauld
Learn to fly with Phoenix Flight Training Limited, Cumbernauld www.phoenixflighttraining.co.uk Phoenix Flight Training pride themselves on their friendly, relaxed and professional approach to teaching how to fly a plane. Their flying school is operated by two of Scotland’s most experienced flight instructors John Allan and Ian Haggis. Both John and Ian are commercial pilots and instructors […]
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Monday, March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Classes and Workshops, Mothers' Day, Pat's Home Page Blog, Sport, Walks, Cycling in Glasgow
Kathyrn Joseph with Jamie Flett and Amy Sawers, BAad, 19th March, 2017
“VERY SPECIAL INDEED” | Lauren Laverne, BBC Radio 6 Music Kathryn Joseph released her debut album – bones you have thrown me and blood I’ve spilled – in January 2015. It quietly became much-loved among a keen-eared band of admirers, before a surge of critical acclaim culminated with it winning Scottish Album of the Year […]
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Sunday, February 26, 2017 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
The Tale of the Hanged Man by Jane Sweeney
Frankenstein in Glasgow – Ure and Jeffray Did you hear the one about the early 19th century blogger, an anatomist, a hanged man and a well-known author? I hadn’t until I was reading through some old writings about Glasgow. I had abandoned reading all my Christmas present cook books, my husband being too much of […]
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Monday, February 13, 2017 | Filed under: Jane Sweeney: Blogging about Glasgow and its hidden gems., Pat's Home Page Blog
Pat’s Glasgow West End Diary, February, 2017 – Valentines Day, Glasgow Film Festival, Aye Write!, Ten Writers Telling Lies, New Development Plans or Byres Road
Valentines Day in Glasgow Winter has flown by. I was super busy with the Festive Season and then I had a big seventieth birthday to celebrate; my own. Getting back on track work-wise I’ve been uploading lots of information about Valentines Day in Glasgow. There’s certainly a lot to choose from: romantic movies with ‘Breakfast […]
Sunday, February 12, 2017 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog
