Glasgow

Gallery of Modern Art acquires 'Phantom'

4 Sep 2008

Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art has bought Alison Watt's 'Phantom' work for £45,000. The work, a large abstract oil painting of moving fabric, will go on show at the gallery in November.

Glasgow named City of Music

4 Sep 2008

Glasgow lord provost Bob Winter accepted the prestigious City of Music title for Glasgow at a special ceremony held at the City Halls last week. The award follows a successful bid to join UNESCO's worldwide Creative Cities Network as a City of Music…

Student guide: Clubbing hitlist - Glasgow

29 Jul 2008

David Pollock selects the top ten club nights you cannot afford to miss. OPTIMO Riding the crest of a wave for the best part of a decade now, JD Twitch and JG Wilkes’ Optimo (Espacio), which borrows the aesthetic of early 80s New York nightlife and…

Pump up the volume - Music venues round up

29 Jul 2008

Glasgow and Edinburgh play host to some of the hottest hangouts in the UK. David Pollock explores the very best and handpicks the gigs you cannot afford to miss.

Mother India’s Café

3 Jul 2008

Monir Mohammed is the quietly spoken, congenial proprietor of six restaurants in Glasgow operating under the Mother India and Wee Curry Shop banners. In a sector grossly overpopulated with long, samey menus, kitsch decor and blandly ill-defined dishes…

Glasgow Mela

19 Jun 2008

Huge outdoor festival based on the traditions of the south-east Asian sub-continent. The Mela showcases a mix of international musical cultures — everything from Bhangra to Russian folk, with a cheeky wee stop off in reggae; acts include Sukshinder…

RSAMD launch new three year Digital Film and Television course

10 Jun 2008

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) is expanding its two year filmmaking course to three years, making it one of the first courses of its kind and duration in the country. RSAMD looking for the next generation of Scottish film…

Pete Doherty announces Glasgow Barrowland show

12 May 2008

Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty is out of jail and getting back to doing what he does best: playing live to an adoring audience

Glasgow Film Festival sales soar

8 May 2008

Glasgow Film Festival has announced a 35% increase in box office admissions, in comparison with last year. GFT director, Jaki McDougall, said of the boom: ‘The most effective way for us to satisfy audience demand was to concentrate on a 'long-tail…

Hey You Get Off My Pavement! announces line up

8 May 2008

The best-monikered music festival in Scotland - Hey You Get Off My Pavement! - returns to Glasgow’s King’s Court on 29 June.

Striped Bass

24 Apr 2008

All the best chefs and critics advise that the best way to cook fish and seafood is to keep it simple. Pop it in the pan or under the grill for a few minutes, with just a squeeze of lemon or a drizzle of oil or a scattering of herbs. Don’t over…

Glasgow gets more stylish

10 Apr 2008

Research shows perceptions of the city are on the up Research commissioned by the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau suggests that perceptions of the city among the UK’s ‘style set’ have significantly improved over the last two years. Glasgow came…

Kelvingrove still top attraction

13 Mar 2008

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum remains Scotland’s most visited attraction following its £35m refurbishment. A new global survey of museums and galleries placed the Kelvingrove 14th in the world, putting it just behind the State Hermitage…

Shopping Showdown - Glasgow

The Style Issue

13 Mar 2008

Glasgow styles better Kirstin Innes and Sharon Stephen report on the heavily accessorised cheap chic trend-setting of the West Coast Despite the manicured, designer labelled image promoted by the city marketing bureau under the umbrella Glasgow…

Grosvenor Cinema to reopen from Thursday

27 Feb 2008

The Grosvenor Cinema in Glasgow’s Ashton Lane is to reopen tomorrow (Thursday) after the fire that broke last Sunday afternoon in the building next door. The first screening is at 6pm with There Will be Blood, Be Kind Rewind, Juno among the films in…

James Blunt announces Glasgow date

26 Feb 2008

Love him or hate him you can't deny the success of the man behind 'You're Beautiful'. James Blunt has just announced he will be playing live at the SECC in Glasgow on Friday 10 October supporting his second album All the Lost Souls, the follow up to the…

Glasgow Film Festival celebrates successful fourth year

25 Feb 2008

The 4th Glasgow Film Festival concluded on Sunday evening with the UK premiere of the Oscar-nominated comedy Lars And The Real Girl starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Mortimer. The Festival has recorded another rise in audience attendance with final…

Ashton Lane fire damages historic venues

25 Feb 2008

A number of venues in Glasgow’s Ashton Lane, including bars, restaurants and the recently-restored Grosvenor Cinema, have been closed after a fire ripped through the structure of the lane’s conjoined historic buildings yesterday. The fire is thought…

All glimmers in limbo: Tramway

14 Feb 2008

Glasgow’s Tramway has a rich, varied history that closely mirrors the city’s development from a noisy industrial town to a centre of arts and culture. The building began life as a tram terminus (the clue’s in the name), housed the Museum of Transport…

Kylie: The Exhibition

4 Jan 2008

It’s never too late! You’ve still got time . . . except, er, you haven’t. On the stroke of midnight on Sunday 13 January, all of the pint-sized popstrel’s frocks on display in Kylie: The Exhibition will turn back into pumpkins. ‘Give me just a little…

NEWS - Glasgow’s waterfront transformation

4 Jan 2008

Glasgow looks ready to start the year in style following the announcement that the proposed £10m restaurant quarter on the waterfront will go ahead with developer Wilson Bowden at the helm. The Bowden camp will develop 30,000 square feet of…

Riverside development gets underway in Glasgow

13 Dec 2007

The first blocks will be put in place for Glasgow’s much anticipated Riverside Museum this month. The new £74m Museum of Transport on the Clyde will be designed by internationally-renowned architect Zaha Hadid to house the city’s transport and…

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…

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…

‘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…

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…