Glasgow

Hollywood film productions boost Glasgow's economy by £20m

Cloud Atlas, Under The Skin and World War Z all shot in Scotland

16 Feb 2012

Big-budget films starring the Hollywood elite helped generate more than £20m for Glasgow's economy in 2011, with several film production companies choosing the city as a location. A-listers Brad Pitt, Halle Berry and Scarlett Johansson have all…

Search for those involved in Glasgow-shot 1980 film Death Watch

Bertrand Tavernier's reality TV film set for 2012 Glasgow Film Festival

16 Jan 2012

Glasgow Film Festival are appealing for anyone who worked on Bertrand Tavernier's film Death Watch in 1979 to get in touch before it is screened in February. Death Watch was filmed in Glasgow in 1979 and will be shown in cinemas nationwide this…

Jason Derulo fractures neck

Music Gossip

5 Jan 2012

Jason Derulo has fractured his neck. The 'Don't Wanna Go Home' singer hurt his neck while preparing for his forthcoming tour, and posted a picture of himself in a neck brace on twitter. Alongside the picture he wrote: "I fractured my neck doing…

Glasgow City Council scraps Hogmanay street party

What does cancellation actually mean for the city?

19 Sep 2011

The decision by Glasgow City Council to scrap this year’s Hogmanay street party on George Square might have more of an impact on the city’s sense of tradition than on the plans of its regular revellers. While the pride of Scotland’s biggest city may…

Neighbourhood watch: Merchant City

Glasgow’s Cultural Quarter, home to designer shops, glossy bars and Merchant City Festival

29 Jun 2011

What’s it like? Darling! It’s the Merchant City! Glasgow’s Cultural Quarter! Glasgow’s Style Mile! Home to designer shops, glossy bars, great food and the Merchant City Festival! The best place to eat in the city! Short answer: expensive, but…

Scottish BGT auditions were disappointing

TV Gossip

14 Apr 2011

'Britain's Got Talent' judges David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre think Scotland has no talent. When the panelists visited Glasgow - where global singing sensation Susan Boyle first tried out for the programme in 2009 - for auditions on the ITV1…

Q&A: Alison Gangel - author of The Sun Hasn’t Fallen from the Sky

Memoir of hard knock life of growing up in care in 1970s Glasgow

4 Mar 2011

Can you give us five words to describe The Sun Hasn’t Fallen from the Sky? Funny, restrained, powerful, optimistic, unsentimental. Or ‘gleaming gem of a memoir’. Which author should be more famous than they are now? Bernard MacLaverty. Beautiful…

Top five day trips to make from Edinburgh

There are many other towns and cities within easy reach of Scotland's capital

16 Feb 2011

1 North Berwick The launch of regular rail services from London in the 1880s established this seaside town as the ‘Biarritz of the North’. Today it is a great day trip, especially for golfers and families. 2 Glasgow It’s often said that Glasgow…

The best places for hot chocolate in Glasgow and Edinburgh

The cafes and chocolatiers who serve up the sweet stuff

20 Jan 2011

Temper Chocolates 148 Woodside Terrace Lane, Charing Cross, 07886 215209 This tiny café-cum-shop-cum-factory makes for a pilgrimage for hot chocolate lovers. Chocolatier Kirsty Shepheard’s own blend of 70 per cent organic dark chocolate with chilli…

Glasgow Popfest brings together The Felt Tips, The Orchids and The Power Cut Choir

Must-See acts at Glasgow's new festival

24 Nov 2010

1. The Power Cut Choir. Welcome to Glasgow’s newest music festival, which presents a bunch of bands and DJs in the indie-pop, post-punk and twisted folk veins over three days and two venues. There’s way too much to go into here, so instead The List…

I Belong to Glasgow

Tina Warren tells us where her loyalties lie

16 Sep 2010

Tina Warren, co-owner of Club Noir reveals what she loves, from Glasgow’s vintage togs to its cafe culture

Sky Ride empties streets of Glasgow for cyclists

Six hours of car-free city centre cycling

15 Aug 2010

Fancy taking the kids cycling through Glasgow, without fear of clipping a wing mirror, or being sent flying by some crazy non-indicating driver? Well now’s your chance! For six hours, the city centre is all yours, so pull on the wee ones’ cycling…

Glasgow walk encourages critical engagement with centre

Guided walk of city explores use of urban space

14 Aug 2010

The skyscraper-crammed stretch of city centre basking in the title Glasgow’s International Financial Services District is a strange place at the best of times. During the day, the tower blocks are full of call-centre workers; at night the street corners…

Things to do in Scotland when it’s dead

12 Aug 2010

So, apparently there’s some sort of small gathering happening in Edinburgh, and that means the rest of the country is effectively closed for business? Er, wrong. Here’s our essential guide to getting yourself a festival experience without going to the…

Mitchell Museum at the Edge Festival

Jangly, indie-pop by Weegie flatmates

30 Jul 2010

Mitchell Museum, so legend has it, live, write and record together in a flat in the centre of Glasgow, Monkees-style. ‘It’s true,’ reveals their singer, Cammy MacFarlane. ‘It’s on Sauchiehall Street, just above Nice ‘n’ Sleazy. Well, above and to the…

Piping Live! Family Fun Day

Try your hand at piping, or other musical instruments

30 Jul 2010

If you’ve ever fancied a shot at Tenor Drumming or a wee blow on the pipes, then the Piping Live! Family Fun Day is the perfect opportunity to try out a musical instrument, safe in the knowledge that everyone around you will probably sound just as bad.

Predestination Records releases compilation of Glasgow acts

Premeditation Vol. 3 captures recent visits to the city on a double-disc collection

22 Jul 2010

Stirling-based Predestination Records (‘a small record label, set up by five people who like music’, as they describe it) have pulled together 23 of the finest acts to trawl Glasgow’s live circuit in recent months and years for the third volume of their…

Queen’s Park hosts Glasgow's Southside Festival 2010

4 May 2010

It’s that time of year again, when the Southside and the West End begin manouvering their respective festivals for a dance-off. It’s basically like the Jets and the Sharks with less singing and more community-based activity and marquees in the park. The…

The best things to do in Glasgow

22 Apr 2010

Where to … … take a walk Dumbarton Road is Mecca for enthusiastic charity shoppers (tip: start off at the Salvation Army near Byres Road) – make a day of it by wandering round the junk and vintage shops of nearby Ruthven Lane first. (Kirstin…

Risky Glaswegian Business

22 Apr 2010

In a city full of strong cultural scenes, Kirstin Innes argues that Glasgow’s greatest strength is its willingness to take risks The one thing that creative Glaswegians really understand is that in order to make exciting art you’ve got to take risks…

Glasgow Vs Edinburgh: The Verdict

22 Apr 2010

It all boils down to this. How do the two cities line-up over eight key categories? We give our final opinions The Culture Glasgow + A near endless sea of artistic talent, with bleeding-edge creatives elbow-to-elbow with peerless arts…

Glasgow Vs Edinburgh: Comments

22 Apr 2010

Residents from both cities have been battling it out on The List’s messageboards over the past fortnight, giving reasons for their preferences. Here are just a few of the best. See the rest online at www.list.co.uk/gvse Glasgow Only good thing…

Glasgow's Statistics

22 Apr 2010

Population 584,240 Average house price £149,000 2009. Source: upmystreet.com Average life expectancy Male: 70.7; Female: 77.2 2007. Source: www.statistics.gov.uk Average pint of Lager £2.50 Source: www.pintprice.com…

Camflava brings African flavours to Glasgow's Southside

16 Apr 2010

Africa remains a bit of a dark continent as far as our appreciation of its cuisine goes. But mix in some exotic drinks, dance and entertainment, and the Southside of Glasgow is suddenly rocking to an African beat, as Rona Alexander…

Optimover: The end of Optimo - A legendary club night

15 Apr 2010

Somehow, phrases like ‘the end of an era’ seem too melodramatic for Optimo (Espacio), a club which just cut the crap and got on with defining Glasgow’s Sunday night. For the past thirteen years, its residents JD Twitch and JG Wilkes (aka Keith McIvor…