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Designer Jewellery Shops in Glasgow – West End

designer jewellery

Glasgow has a fantastic range of designer jewellery shops with talented designers who can make unique pieces of jewellery for that perfect gift. In Glasgow West End there are some wonderful jewellery shops, where you can have fun browsing for jewellery, whether you are looking for something special like a wedding or engagement ring, a […]

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Sunday, April 6, 2025 | Filed under: Christmas Shopping in Glasgow, Pat's Home Page Blog, Shopping

Les rendez-vous d’Anna (Meetings with Anna)

Sunday 6 and Monday 7 April, 2025 Les rendez-vous d’Anna (Meetings with Anna) An accomplished filmmaker makes her way through a series of Western European cities to promote her newest release, passing through a succession of exquisitely shot brief encounters, which gradually reveal her detachment from the world. The screening on Sun 6 April will […]

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Friday, April 4, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog

Take 2: Sonic the Hedgehog 3

sonic hedgehog 3

Saturday 5 April, 2025 11.20 a.m. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free ticket for themselves and one free tickets for their accompanying adult. Free tickets are only issued on the day of the screening. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Additional tickets and/or tickets purchased […]

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Special Screenings to Celebrate Autism Friendly Club’s 10th Anniversary at GFT

World Autism Acceptance Month Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) has announced two special screenings to mark World Autism Acceptance Month in April, which coincides with the 10th anniversary of Access Film Club, the cinema’s autism-friendly programme. From 7th April. Delivered in partnership with the National Autistic Society Scotland, GFT’s monthly Access Film Club screenings are designed […]

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Paisley Book Festival 2025

paisley book festival

Paisley Book Festival is returning from April 25th to 27th, 2025, with the inspiring theme “The Lives We Live.”  This year’s festival promises an engaging exploration of contemporary life through the lens of literature, featuring an exceptional line-up of authors and events. See the full Paisley Book Festival Programme Some Highlights Unforgiving Times – A.L. […]

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Spring Fling 2025 at ARC University of Glasgow

Spring Fling 2025

7 – 18 April, 2025 Come to the ARC during the School Holidays for this FREE public programme of events and activities for all ages. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW SPACE AND PLACE ARC SPRING FLING 2025   Spring Fling – Space and Place What areas do you […]

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Loch Lomond Springfest 25 – Scotland’s Food and Drink Fdestival

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Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April, 2025 -10 a.m.-5 p.m. Loch Lomond Shores, Ben Lomond Way Balloch G83 8QL Get ready for a taste of spring at Loch Lomond Shores! Loch Lomond Springfest’25 – THE Scottish Food & Drink Festival is back this April! 🎉 A FREE family-friendly weekend, for a delicious celebration of local […]

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Glasgow 850 – Taste the Place Launches

Taste the Place launches to celebrate Glasgow’s Culinary Heritage News of the latest project to celebrate Glasgow 850 – Taste the Place, a new range of experiences celebrating Glasgow’s rich cultural heritage through food. Created by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Glasgow 850,  Taste the Place invites locals, families, and visitors alike to embark on […]

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Creating Awesome Community Spaces, Spring Fling University of Glasgow

awesome community spaces

Monday 14 April, 2025 Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April About this event In this fun session, you find out a bit more about the idea of ‘place-making’, which is all about people creating the best possible spaces to make them […]

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Where We Are From storytelling with Anna Lehr

Where We Are From storytelling with Anna Lehr

Wednesday 9 April, 2025, 12pm, 1 pm and 2 pm Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Join storyteller Anna Lehr for tales from all over the world and beyond! Telling and listening to stories makes us human and we all have […]

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My Dog Max with Alan Dapré- Spring Fling – University of Glasgow

my dog max

Saturday 12 April, 2025,  11 a.m.- noon and 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, G11 6EW Part of Spring Fling 7 – 18 April Alan Dapré shares My dog Max, his latest picture book about a determined girl who really wants a dog! A hilarious story of hope, home […]

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Mother’s Day at GFT 2025

mothers day at gft

Sunday 30 March, 2025 Treat the mother figures in your life to a special screening of Steel Magnolias or 20th Century Women this Mother’s Day. Steel Magnolias (information and tickets) brings together six divas of the silver screen – Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts – as bosom […]

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Glasgow Music Festival 2025 – World Musi Night

world music night

Saturday, March 29, 2025 Award winning Musicians in Exile triple bill with TuFlamenco & Ant Thomaz. Come along for a night of music from across the world! Experience an extraordinary night of global sounds, featuring: ✨ Musicians in Exile – Refugee & asylum seeker musicians sharing their powerful stories through music. ✨ Ant Thomaz – Performing from his brand-new […]

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Govan Music Festival – The Four Barons String Quartet

gmf the four barons string quartet

Friday 28 March, 2025, 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall Street Glasgow G41 1BA Join The Four Barons String Quartet for an unforgettable night of music, featuring a stunning program of classical and contemporary works: 🎼 Danish String Quartet selections from Keel Road 🎼 Joachín Turina – La oracíon del torero (The Bullfighter’s Prayer) 🎼 Gabriela Smith – Carrot Revolution 🎼 Ravel – String […]

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Glasgow Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition with over 33,000 attendances

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A stellar lineup of Hollywood stars including Toni Collette, Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, James McAvoy and Tim Roth lit up the city alongside a programme of free films and events for the community Attendance from press and industry was up by 15% from last year with almost 750 delegates visiting Glasgow Film Festival 2025 Glasgow […]

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ARC Conversations – Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology

in conversation with nicol keith ARC

Tuesday 25 March, 2025, 4 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane Glasgow G11 6EW ARC Conversations – Why I’ll never be photographed in a lab coat Hear Nicol Keith, Professor of Molecular Oncology, discuss pivotal career moments and the role of human experience as a driver of innovation […]

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Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh in conversation with Sarah Smith

zoe strachan and louise welsh in conversation with sarah smith

Tuesday 25 March, 2025 at 7 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Partickhill Bowling Club, 46 Partickhill Road, Glasgow G11 5BY Event Free to Members can book for guests and Non-Members welcome £5 entrance Book at www.partickhillbowls.co.uk(Upcoming events) or Email  

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Macbeth, David Tennant and Cush Jumbo

Macbeth

Sunday 23 March, 2025 – 4.30 p.m. David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) lead a stellar cast in an ‘enthralling’ (★★★★★ Daily Telegraph) new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London, especially for the big screen. After its sell-out success at GFT in February, it’s […]

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Friday, March 21, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema, Pat's Home Page Blog

Rare Necklace To Be Returned to Tasmania

Tasmanian Necklace repatriation

The handover ceremony took place at the University of Glasgow on Tuesday 18 March 2025.   The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre and The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow have announced the repatriation of a rare shell necklace from The Hunterian collection in Glasgow to its home in Tasmania. The Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklace will be […]

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025 | Filed under: Art & artists Glasgow West End, Pat's Home Page Blog

David Rovics – Lynch’s Bar, Glasgow

David Rovics

Sunday, 6 April, 2025, 2 p.m. – 5.15 p.m. DAVID ROVICS in concert Lynch’s Bar, 179 London Rd., G40 1PA Tickets Door tickets (cash only) from 2pm Email to reserve tickets  Running order. Support Acts –  David Featherstone; Gavin Paterson. David Rovics radical, subversive singer-songwriter returns to Glasgow. Advocates Palestinian rights against Zionism & Imperialism The […]

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Would You Kill For Your Country? – an evening of literature and music

dove tales would you kill for your country

Monday 24 March, 2025, 7 p.m. Dove Tales at The Vic, Glasgow School of Art Student Union Bar The Art School, 20 Scott St, Glasgow G3 6PE An evening of literature and music on themes of war and peace. Dove Tales are concerned about the constant talk of conscription for young people in this country […]

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The Outrun – Film Club at The Arlington Baths

the outrun

Saturday 29 March 2025, 6pm Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington St, Glasgow G3 6DT Rona returns to Orkney after more than a decade away living to excess in London. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her […]

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Ramadan Iftar Dinner – Woodlands Community

ramadan iftar

Community Iftar Dinner on Sunday 23rd March, 2025 6-9pm Flourish House, 23-25 Ashley Street, Glasgow G3 6DR Cooked by incredible chef Luna Issa! With a delicious vegan/halal menu of lentil soup, green beans in tomato sauce, vermicelli rice followed by almond & apricot cake with cardamom custard dessert. These meals are drop-in. Food is provided […]

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‘Digging in Another Time: Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature’

Derek Jarman's Modern Natuyre

Until 4 May, 2025 Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead St, Glasgow G12 8QQ Our new contemporary art exhibition ‘Digging in Another Time: Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature’ is now open at the Hunterian Art Gallery and we can’t wait for you to see it! The exhibition features works from across Jarman’s career, focusing […]

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Catalan Film Festival – Polvo serán

Sunday 16 March, 2025 – 5.20 p.m. Buy tickets GFT, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB When Claudia, a vibrant septuagenarian, is diagnosed with an incurable illness, she decides to end her days in a clinic in Switzerland. Flavio, her inseparable husband of over 40 years, feels unable to face life without her. Meanwhile, their daughter […]

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Jessie Stephen, Maryhill’s Suffragette

jessie stephen

11 March – 13 June, 2025 Exhibition: Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10-24 Gairbraid Avenue, Glasgow, G20 8YE, This exhibition brings to light the remarkable story and achievements of Jessie Stephen (1892-1979), a working-class woman who became a powerful force of social change. Born in 1893, Jessie Stephen was a fearless campaigner and one of the few […]

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Glasgow Film Festival 2025 wraps up

Make it to Munich with Allison Gardner credit Eoin Carey

GFF25 marked the final festival under director Allison Gardner The 21st edition of Glasgow Film Festival finished in style on Thursday 9 March with the sold-out World premiere of Scottish documentary Make it to Munich. The winner of the 2025 Audience Award was announced and a heartfelt farewell went out to Glasgow Film Festival director […]

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Creative Conversations: Laynie Browne

Laynie Browne

Monday, 10 March, 2025, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. American Poet Laynie Browne in Conversation University of Glasgow, 42 Bute Gardens (916), Glasgow G12 8RT Laynie Browne was born and raised in Los Angeles. She earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA from Brown University. She is the author of […]

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Women of Courage and Endurance

Samina Chaudry

Friday 7 March, 2025, 5 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. Medical School (Old Medical School), The University of Edinburgh, Room 1.312 Door1 Teviot Place Edinburgh EH8 9AG Free event – Reserve a Spot at Eventbrite Five women Scottish writers read the work of six international women writers alongside some of their own. Celebrate and support women […]

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Monday, March 3, 2025 | Filed under: Pat's Home Page Blog

The Tenementals: Popular Music as Academic Research + Drinks Reception

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Friday, March 14, 2025, 6.00-7.20pm (Drinks Reception 7.30-9.00pm)  Popular Music as Academic Research: Four Papers on The Tenementals Advanced Research Centre, Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow G11 6EW The Tenementals is a wild research project which has one foot in the university sector and one foot in Glasgow’s vibrant music scene. It runs on the […]

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