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Mistress Dispeller at Glasgow Film Festival review by Pat Byrne

Mistress Dispeller

I ‘m not sure that it will catch on here! Mistress Dispellers are hired in China as undercover professionals,  their job it is to intervene when a partner is cheating on a spouse, bring the affair to an end and repair the damage done to relationships. Elizabeth Lo’s documentary has full consent of the three […]

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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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Tessa Berring, Creative Conversations

Tessa Berring creative conversations

Monday, March 3, 2025- 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ Tessa Berring’s ‘Joke Book’ was published at the start of this year with The Silent Academy. She is also the author of Bitten Hair and Folded Purse (Blue Diode Press) ‘Putty’ (If a Leaf Falls Press) […]

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Saturday, March 1, 2025 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events

Tornado – Glasgow Film Festival 2025 review by Pat Byrne

Tornado

The World Premiere of ‘Tornado’ will be screened at the Opening Gala, Glasgow Film Festival 26 February, 2025. Director John Maclean’s exciting survival thriller is set in 1790s UK.  Tornado (Kōki,) is a young Japanese woman travelling with her father (Takehiro Hira) – both are performers in his Samurai puppet show.  When she seizes the […]

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CinemARC Gipsy Queen

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Thursday 20 March, 2025 – 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. Film Screening and Concert Advanced , Research Centre,University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane (Off Byres Road), Glasgow G11 6EW Free – Reserve a Spot at Eventbrite The ARC is excited to be partnering with CineRoma, the UK’s first Roma film festival, for a screening of Gipsy […]

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Boogie Bingo Night at G20 Youth

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Saturday 1 March, 2025, 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. 15-17 Shakespeare St. G20 9TA A night of fun and games at our boogie bingo night !Dj, Party Buffet, Raffle, Tambola & More.. Tickets – £10 ( Buffet & Bingo Included ) Buy tickets Or buy tickers G20 Cafe HopeFrom Reception.  The Mackintosh Halls 15-17 Shakespeare […]

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I Do Not Come To You By Chance

3 March, 6 p.m. and 4 March, 1.15 p.m. Glasgow Film Festival 26 February – 9 March, 2025 Kingsley has the smarts but no prospects for a job after university. Burdened with family responsibilities, he turns to his charismatic uncle, who lures him into a web of deceit – a decision that will change the […]

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Ebony and Ivory, Glasgow Film Festival

Ebony and Ivory

Wednesday 3 March, 2025, 6.15 p.m. Thursday 4 March, 2025, 1.15 p.m. A cinematic document of the first meeting between Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder at a Mull of Kintyre farmhouse ahead of their potential collaboration on what may in fact become a global chart-topping plea for racial harmony. It topped the charts and earned […]

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September Says at GFT

September Says

24 – 26 February, 2025 Sisters July and September are thick as thieves, though very different – September is protective and distrustful of others, while July is open to and curious about the world. Their dynamic is a concern to their single mum, Sheela, who is unsure what to do with them. When September is […]

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Stationed at Home, Glasgow Film Festival 2025

Sunday 9 March, 2025 The lives of a group of strangers intersect with cab driver Ralph, who is eagerly awaiting the sight of the International Space Station, in this humorous and humanistic offbeat drama. It’s Christmas Eve 1998 in Binghamton, New York, and cab driver Ralph (Erik Bjarnar) can’t wait to finish his night shift, […]

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Spilt Milk at Glasgow Film Festival 2025

Spilt Milk

Friday 28 February, 2025, 3.20 p.m. An 11-year-old searches for his missing brother in 1980s Dublin, in this ambitious debut that views the harsh realities of housing estate life through a child’s eyes. In 1980s Dublin, 11-year-old Bobby (Cillian Sullivan) dreams of being a detective, just like his TV idol, Kojak. Offering to hunt down […]

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Zero at Glasgow Film Festival 2025

Zero

Thursday 6 March, 2025, 6 p.m. Friday 7 March, 2025, 3.45 p.m. Buy tickets The clock is ticking in this break-neck thriller. Two Americans wake up with bombs strapped to them and face a twisted treasure hunt to stop them detonating 10 hours later. Two American strangers are about to join up for a life-or-death […]

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Gazer at GFT

Gazer

Saturday, 1 March, 2025 – 8.15 p.m. and Sunday, 2 March, 2025 – 5.30 p.m. Nerve-jangling indie thriller sees a woman, who suffers from a degenerative disorder that means she loses track of time, become mixed up in a dangerous mystery that could prove deadly. Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni, who co-writes) suffers from a degenerative brain […]

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The Popcorn Archive – Glasgow Film Festival

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During Glasgow Film Festival, come and share your favourite cinema memories at The Popcorn Archive and grab some free popcorn while you’re at it! The Popcorn Archive is a participatory project by local artist Sean Wai Keung, who will be offering freshly popped popcorn in exchange for your memories of GFT, Sauchiehall Street, and cinema in […]

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The Craft– Special Event GFF2025

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Thursday 6 March, 2025 at 8 p.m. Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU Have you ever heard of invoking the spirit? Come along to Cottiers and unleash your inner witch with a very special screening of Andrew Fleming’s feminist horror classic. When troubled new girl Sarah Bailey befriends a group of local, teenage witches, […]

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Dookin’ Oot – A Play, A Pie and A Pint

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Monday, 24 February, 2025 — Saturday, 01 March, 2025 Dookin’ Ott By Éimi Quinn Directed by Jennifer Dick | Cast – Janette Foggo, Kyle Gardiner, Helen McAlpine OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX A riotous black comedy about a wild money-making scheme in an Easterhouse cooncil flat and going out wi’ a bang! […]

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Muriel’s Wedding – Special Event GFF25

Muriel's Wedding

Screening as part of GFF25 Special Events Friday 7 March, 2025 – 7.45 p.m. Doors open 7 p.m. Thirty years of Australia’s most endearing anti-hero,  journey from Porpoise Spit to Glasgow for a front row seat at Muriel’s Wedding. Social outcast and high-school dropout Muriel Heslop is a no-hope nobody with an unhealthy ABBA addiction. With […]

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FrightFest 2025

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FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film event, is back at the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for its 20th year, running from Thursday 6 March to Saturday 8 March 2025 Be prepared for mayhem, menace and monstrosity as this year’s FrightFest three-day event, housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, presents a curated programme […]

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Full programme announced for Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (GFF25)

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 The 21st edition of Scotland’s largest film festival will open on 26 February,2025 with the World premiere of Scottish director John Maclean’s hotly anticipated survival thriller Tornado starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki, shot on location in Scotland.  GFF25 will close on 9 March with the World premiere of Scottish documentary filmmaker […]

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Tell it Slant Poetry Open Mic Glasgow

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Tell It Slant is now based at Locavore Govanhill, 349 Victoria Road, Glasgow G42 7SA. Tell it Slant – Friday 28 February, 2025 7 p.m. to 9.30 ish Open mic with Carla Woodburn and Christie Williamson. Share your poems, new or old. It’s a relaxed night, with a byob policy and tea and coffee available […]

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Mima Merrow and Kevin P. Gilday & The Glasgow Cross

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Thursday, 6 March, 2025 The Old Hairdressers, Renfield Ln, Glasgow G2 5AR A night of incredible live music at The Old Hairdressers as two of Scottish music’s most unique voices share the bill in this special joint headline show. Mima Merrow brings her unique brand of blissful and uplifting compositions to the stage, brought to […]

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Series of Events in Glasgow Marking 3rd Anniversary of Invasion of Ukraine

Monday, 24 February 2025  Glasgow will host a series of events marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion and war against Ukraine. The day will serve as a solemn reminder of the devastation, loss, and sacrifice endured by Ukraine, but also as a testament to its unwavering strength, resilience, and determination to defend its […]

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Riding the Commons, Glasgow Green

riding the commons

Sunday 23 March, 2025 – 12 Noon Meet outside the People’s Palace, Glasgow Green,  Glasgow G40 1AT Once a year in towns in Scotland, citizens on horseback ride round their Boundaries to protect their common land from marauding robbers, as they have done since the 14th century. In Glasgow we don’t have two horseshoes to […]

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Film Night The Arlington Baths Club – Piano to Zanskar

piano to zanskar

Saturday, February 22, 2025  · 6 – 8:30pm The Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street Glasgow G3 6DT Facing future in retirement, a 65-year old piano tuner, Desmond O’Keeffe, decides instead to take on the most challenging delivery of his career: transporting a 100-year old Broadwood & Sons piano from London to a primary school […]

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Monday, February 17, 2025 | Filed under: Cinema

Glasgow Goes Green 2025 – University of Glasgow ARC

Glasgow Goes Green

Wednesday, 5 March, 2025, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Unit, Chapel Lane, ARC Room 237 Glasgow G11 6EW Glasgow Goes Green: Sustainable Synergies, a celebration for sustainability! Glasgow University Environmental Sustainability Team This year’s Glasgow Goes Green aims to bridge the gap between different disciplines and explore what they have […]

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Stevenson Jewellers Glasgow West End

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257 Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8UB Telephone: 0141 334 1899. www.stevensonjewellers.co.uk Stevenson Jewellers is a much loved jewellers on Byres Road, Glasgow West End, opposite Hillhead Underground. Whether you are seeking the perfect gift or the right accessory to complement a special outfit,  you will be thrilled by the vast range of beautiful jewellery on […]

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Creative Conversations: Greg Thomas

Greg Thomas

Monday, 24 February, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Ave, Glasgow G12 8QQ Free Event – Reserve a spot Greg Thomas is a poet, artist, and writer based in Glasgow, with a particular interest in making and writing about concrete and visual poetries. He wrote the first book on […]

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People’s Palace Record of Exhibits April 2024. Gallery 5.

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          People’s Palace close for refurbishment -Record of Exhibits Gallery 1 See Gallery 2 See Gallery 3 See People’s Palace Record of Exhibits Gallery 4. Gallery 6

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People’s Palace Record of Exhibits April 2024 – Gallery 4.

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          People’s Palace Closed For Refurbishment April, 2024. Gallery 1. See Gallery 2 See Gallery 3 Gallery 5 Gallery 6

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