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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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Super Nature Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Super Nature

Saturday 7 March  1 p.m. GFT then Adelaide Place Super Nature will also be screened at free cinema event, created with and for communities around Glasgow, with a special screening of Ed Sayers’ stunning debut nature documentary Super Nature, plus food, music and activities! The event is completely free, just collect your ticket from Garnethill […]

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Glasgow Film Theatre Announces Programme for March 2026

catalan film festival

 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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Palestine solidarity volunteer bike ride

palestinian volunteer bike ride woodlands community

Sunday 29 March, 2026, 11 a.m. -3 p.m. For Great Ride of Return Event by Woodlands Community G3 6HW Glasgow, Meet at 11am departure back at 3pm Meet at Woodlands Community Meeting Room, 66 Ashley St, G3 6HW FREE A Palestine Solidarity group bike ride. Bring your Palestine flags and your solidarity. This ride will be […]

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Earth’s Greatest Enemy at GFT

earth's greatest enemy

Tuesday 24 March, 2026, 7.40 p.m. GFT 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB Inclinations Film Club presents the Scottish premiere of Earth’s Greatest Enemy, a film that uncovers a shocking blind spot in the climate conversation: the U.S. military. Book now to grab the last few tickets for the Scottish premiere of Earth’s Greatest Enemy.  Buy tickets […]

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Easter School Holiday Club, Platform

easter holiay club

7 th – 17th April, 2026 – 10 a.m. – 2.30p.m. Platform Cafe Bar, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Glasgow G34 9JW Free food and packed programme of activities over Easter School Holidays. Children and families can come along to the Platform Café Bar and enjoy a free breakfast & lunch. The meals are drop […]

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Iona with Love, Barbara Sellars, book launch

iona with love

Saturday 7 March, 2026, 2.30 p.m. Exhibition runs until 9 April,2026 Lillie Art Gallery, Station Road, Milngavie, G62 8BZ Launch of Photographer Barbara Sellars new book Iona with Love Opening times Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 1pm & 2pm – 5pm Admission is free. Closed Easter Weekend: Friday 3 April and Saturday 4 April Photographs […]

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Jaripeo at Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Jaripeo

1st March (4.15 p.m.) and 2nd March(8.15 p.m.) Glasgow Film Thetre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB The world of jaripeo – a traditional Mexican-style rodeo, which sees many from the Mexican diaspora return to visit family – might seem like a hypermasculine space where machismo rules supreme. Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig guide us into another world beneath […]

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Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Sailm nan Daoine (Psalms of the People)- Glasgow Film Festival 2026

Sailm nan Douaine

Sunday 1 March (3.45 p.m.) & Monday 2 March (2 p.m.) Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Join Scottish Gaelic psalm precentor Rob MacNeacail on an uplifting musical journey from his Carlops singing group in the Borders across Scotland and Ireland as he celebrates the cultural heritage of psalm singing. In addition to lifting […]

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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

Hope – Fundraiser for Scottish Writers Centre

Hope fundraiser poetry flash fiction comp SWC

Hope | SWC Fundraising Competition: Poetry & Flash Fiction ByScottish Writers’ Centre The SWC is hosting their first ever fundraising comp! You are warmly invite you to share your creativity and submit an entry inspired by Hope! Hope | SWC Fundraising Competition: Poetry & Flash Fiction Deadline 28th February 2026. 23.59 p.m. All proceeds will […]

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Irish musician Mairtin O’Connor and Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Celtic Connections 2026 – Review by Pauline Keightley  Mairtin O’Connor performed with Julie Fowlis and Scottish Chamber Orchestra playing some powerful and emotive tunes. O’Connor has performed with Boys of the Lough and Riverdance. We were treated to two celebrated musicians and composers – Mairtin O’Connor and Julie Fowlis both brilliantly backed by the SCO. […]

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Julie Fowlis with Scottish Chamber Orchestra at Celtic Connections 2026 

julie fowlis zoe conway

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

everyone to kenmure street

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

Big vs Small, Film Night, Arlington Baths Club

Big vs Small

Saturday March 21, 2026, 6pm to 8.30pm  Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street, Glasgow G3 6DT When champion Portuguese big wave surfer Joana Andrade has to conquer her fear of drowning, she finds herself locked in combat with long-buried demons from her past under a frozen Finnish lake. BIG vs SMALL stretches from raging monster […]

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | Filed under: Cinema

Pam Hogg: Style, Defiance and the Art of Being Seen

28 March, 2026 – Doors 7.30 p.m. Paisley Art Festival, Paisley Town Hall,  Abbey Cl, Paisley PA1 1JF Born in Paisley, Pam Hogg was one of Britain’s most fearless and original designers, a figure whose work blurred the lines between fashion, performance, music and protest. Refusing convention and self-taught, Pam built a body of work […]

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Free and Low-Cost Activities at Glasgow Film Festival 2026

truth and power

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

broken english

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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Mackintosh House, The Hunterian – Guided Tours

the mackintosh house tours

Mackintosh House Guided Tour By The Hunterian, The University of Glasgow Mackintosh House Guided Tour By The Hunterian @ The University of Glasgow The Mackintosh House – Hunterian Art Gallery, 82 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QQ Step into the home of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and discover the stories behind its iconic design.  Monthly, […]

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An Evening With Jim Carruth, Waterstones Sauchiehall Street

knockan

Thursday 26 February, 2026, 7pm to 9pm Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3EW Celebrate the launch of ‘Knockan’, a moving new novel-in-verse, by Jim Carruth Glasgow Makar. In remote Assynt, where the past is recreated from rock and bone, a crofter and her estranged daughter search for some common ground in their annual week […]

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

lynne ramsay

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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The Arlington Baths Club – Talk: The Alhambra and Owen Jones

arlington baths club the alhambra

Friday 13 March, 2026 7 p.m. The Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street, Glasgow G3 6DT An illustrated talk on how Islamic architecture and design inspired the 19th century architecture of the Arlington Baths Club. What inspired the architecture of the Arlington Baths Club? The architect, designer and educator Owen Jones was a hugely influential […]

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A World of Ceilidh Govan Music Festival 2026

Govan Music Festival ceilidh world

Sunday 22 March, 2026, 6 p.m. – 9.45p.m. Event by The Glasgow Barons Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry, 2-4 Govan Rd, Kinning Park, Glasgow G51 1HS Dance the night away with Glasgow’s own refugee Musicians in Exile performing music of their homelands alongside Glasgow University musicians and alumni Ceithir Ceilidh band. Supported by Glasgow Riverside Innovation District. Under 16s must be […]

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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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Solving Scotland’s Housing Crisis #Urban Bites University of Glasgow

solving scotlands housing crisis

Tuesday, 24 February, 2026, 6 p.m. University of Glasgow Urban Studies and Social Policy 42 Bute Gardens, 210 Planning Studio, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Urban Bites #13 focusing on the housing crisis. With Stefano Smith FRTPI FRSA Tom Ockendon Peter Smith Tackling one of the most pressing challenges of our time: the housing crisis. […]

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Transatlantic Sessions Celtic Connections 2026

transatlantic sessions celtic connections 2026

Review and Photographs – Pauline Keightley The Celtic roots celebration returns for its 31st year at Celtic Connections music festival. Transatlantic Sessions (TS) is one of the highlights of the festival, with both familiar tunes and the new. TS brings together the deep connections between Irish, Scots and American music. It’s a special blend of […]

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Take 2: Pets on Trains at GFT

Pets on Trains

Saturday 21 February, 2026, 11.30 a.m. When a train unexpectedly starts up, taking only pets with it, it’s up to Falcon, a crafty raccoon, and Rex, a police dog, to save the animals on this high-speed runaway train. Every child attending a Take 2 screening receives a free ticket for themselves and one free tickets […]

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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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