Glasgow

Winterfest Glasgow

29 Nov 2007

2007 is the first year that Glasgow has consolidated all of its wintry activities under one festive umbrella, the secularly-named Winterfest Glasgow. The main action happens at either end of Queen Street, with Glasgow on Ice (pictured) taking over the…

Glasgow grins and bares it

29 Nov 2007

Celebrate your cellulite this Christmas! Professional ego-booster Gok Wan is in town for the live How To Look Good Naked roadshow. Two audience members will get the full-on nudie glow, and a host of hairstylists and make-up artists will be doling out…

On the Buses

29 Nov 2007

In the run up to International Human Rights Day on Monday 10 December, Edinburgh and Glasgow bus passengers just need to look up to do their bit. After a series of workshops run by Oxfam Scotland and the Scottish Poetry Library, five poems written by…

First turf cut for Riverside Museum project

14 Nov 2007

Building work on Glasgow’s £74 million Riverside Museum is now underway, which has been designed by internationally renowned architect Zaha Hadid. Expected to attract more than a million visitors a year, the building will host more than 3,000…

The View to headline Glasgow Hogmanay

8 Nov 2007

Dundee band The View will top the bill for Glasgow’s Hogmanay celebrations this year. The popular indie group will be joined by singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald and tribute act Suspiciously Elvis to bring in the New Year. Lead singer of the View…

GOMA to receive £1m for international works

7 Nov 2007

Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) has been awarded £1 million to purchase up to 10 works a year from international artists. Independent art charity, The Art Fund chose GOMA, along with the Common Guild, as one of five institutions to receive a…

Glasgow boasts top park in Britain

24 Oct 2007

A Glasgow park has fended off tough competition to scoop the accolade of Britain’s Best Park 2007. Pollok Country Park, host to the Burrell Collection, impressed judges with its rich history, environment and maintenance. The prize of a lawnmower…

Curtain falls on second Tron director in two years

18 Oct 2007

Glasgow’s Tron Theatre is to lose director Gregory Thompson by the end of the month, as he concentrates on his own company A B & C. His departure marks the second director to leave the company in two years, following Ali Curran, who left just a year…

Glasgow bingo hall named luckiest in UK after second millionaire

15 Oct 2007

A Glasgow bingo hall has been named the luckiest in Britain after two big prize payouts were won there in just three weeks. A 69-year-old woman scooped £1million at the Glasgow Forge bingo hall, just 21 days after Britain’s first bingo club…

Why Scotland's writers are talking about Glasgow's sidestreets

4 Oct 2007

Think about the route you take to work every day. Between worrying about the day ahead, checking for your train pass, sorting your hair and laughing at last night’s jokes, how aware are you, actually, of your surroundings? There are spaces like this in…

‘Knickers to Glasgow’ slogan banned from city cabs

4 Oct 2007

An advertising gimmick from upmarket underwear firm Agent Provocateur, which would have seen the slogan ‘Knickers to Glasgow’ emblazoned on city taxis, has been banned. Glasgow City Council’s licensing committee agreed that it would be inappropriate…

Illuminating Links - Glasgow lit up after dark

4 Oct 2007

Glasgow’s historic canal quarter is in line for a spot of refurbishment, and it’s not just the local community who are being encouraged to celebrate the area this weekend. A whole afternoon of messing about on the river – including kayaking classes…

Sounds of the City

Hey You Get Off My Pavement

1 Aug 2007

Fed up wading through the mud and the crowds at major music festivals? Karin Goodwin gets the lowdown on an innovative alternative and finds there is a whole lot going on in Glasgow this summer

Glasgow Smiles Better

Hey You Get Off My Pavement

1 Aug 2007

Don’t want to spend August sitting in front of your TV? You don’t have to, as Karin Goodwin brings you some of the weird and wonderful events taking place in and around Glasgow this month

Immaculate collection

The work is serious

1 Aug 2007

Alexander Kennedy strays from the beaten track and discovers some hidden cultural gems at Glasgow’s studio warehouse

Trocabrahma

17 Jul 2007

TROCABRAHMA Latin sensation What do you get if you throw a bunch of top Brazilian and British musicians together? David Pollock finds out (Image: Os Mutantes) Thanks in no small part to the popularity of endearingly loud-mouthed São Paulo…

Family Festival

16 Jul 2007

CREATIVE KIDS FAMILY FESTIVAL AT THE GALLERY OF MODERN ART Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, Sat 21 July Modern art is quite often seen as one of the least accessible styles, particularly for littler viewers who might…

Priscilla, Queen Of Glasgow

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23 Apr 2007

What’s this all about? In the very best Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert tradition, Glasgow’s bonniest lassies (well ten of them and don’t check their birth certificates) will go breast-to-fake-breast to duke it out for the title of…