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Greenlandic Men's Football Championship
Greenlandic FootballJuly 2015. Ilulissat, GreenlandOn holiday this year we were lucky enough to spend a few days in Greenland. Whilst there we stumbled upon a football tournament in the town of...
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Lanark: A Play In Three Acts. Citizens Theatre Company
Lanark: A Play In Three Acts. Citizens Theatre Company. Glasgow, August 2015(David Greig's adaption of Alasdair Gray's "Lanark" had it's preview showing in Glasgow last night and this is a brief...
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48 Hours at Edinburgh Festivals 2015
Edinburgh Festival Reviews 2015Like most Glaswegians I am vaguely aware of Edinburgh as a thing, and spend most of the year oblivious to what it is up to. However, in August each year this becomes...
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Greenland: The Global Warming Frontline
Greenland For a long time we have been trying to organise a holiday in Greenland and finally managed it this summer. The plan was to enjoy an outdoorsy holiday in a place which remains fairly wild and...
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Religious Sites of Glasgow. Doors Open Day 2015
Glasgow Doors Open Day, 2015The annual "Doors Open Day" in Glasgow has been running for 26 years now. Organised by the Glasgow Buildings Preservation Trust it aims to celebrate the architecture,...
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The Turner Prize and Other Exhibitions in Glasgow
Art Galleries in Glasgow and the Turner Prize ExhibitionWith the annual jamboree of the Turner Prize visiting Glasgow at present a few national newspapers have done "What to see in Glasgow" sections,...
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A Geeks' Trip to London. Codebreakers, Boy Wizards and Cosmonauts
Last weekend I had reason to be in London and although we had some things to attend to whilst there, decided to take the opportunity to see some sights during our trip. As my teenage son was coming...
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Battles. Glasgow ABC. October 2015
Battles. Buke and Gase. Live review. Glasgow ABC. October 2015Last time that I saw Battles play in Glasgow was in the Arches in about 2011. The intensity of their sound and the sheer volume in those...
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Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai and friends. Charity Gig, Glasgow
Child Refugee Crisis Appeal, Save The Children Fundraising Concert, Glasgow. November 2015With the refugee crisis in Europe making headlines around the world, local band Belle and Sebastian announced...
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Votes for Women. Glasgow and the Suffragettes
Suffragettes of Glasgow and Scotland As a schoolchild in Glasgow we learnt about the suffragettes in 'O' Grade history. We learnt of their imprisonment, hunger strikes and release and re-arrest under...
View ArticleJulia Holter. Gig review, Glasgow November 2015
Julia Holter at the Hug and Pint, Glasgow. Nov 2015Julia Holter is a musician, composer, singer from Los Angeles who I first started following as her first album, Tragedy, appealed to me by being...
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The Glasgow Poorhouses
The Workhouses, or Poorhouses of GlasgowAs Christmas approaches and we dust off Dickens's book A Christmas Carol for another read, I was left reflecting on what the arrangements in Glasgow were with...
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Partick Thistle, Putting Art Into Football.
Partick Thistle's reputation as the most artistic football team in Scotland got a boost this year with the arrival of our new mascot Kingsley, designed by artist David Shrigley. Although it is a lazy...
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Scottish Opera - The Devil Inside
Review - The Devil Inside. Scottish Opera and Music Theatre Wales. January 2016Last night was the premiere at the Theatre Royal Glasgow, of The Devil Inside, a co-production by Scottish Opera and Music...
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Celtic Connections 2016
Gareth Dickson. Kathryn Joseph. The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross. 24th JanuaryRachel Sermanni. John Grant. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 26th JanuaryCeltic Connections started out as a festival to...
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Emma Pollock and Grandmaster Flash. January 2016
Emma Pollock and Grandmaster Flash. Live gig reviews. 29 January 2016. Glasgow.Appearing on the same blustery night in Glasgow, but sadly not on the same stage, these two acts performing in two...
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Ruchill, Lambhill, Possilpark, Cadder. Following the Forth and Clyde Canal...
Ruchill, Lambhill, Possilpark, Cadder. Heading up the Forth and Clyde Canal from MaryhillI grew up in Maryhill, with my bedroom window overlooking the Forth and Clyde Canal at Maryhill Road. At that...
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Street Art. Glasgow Murals Update
In a previous blogpost I had tried to document as many Glasgow murals as I could, but managed to miss a fare few. Also since then there have been many spectacular new additions. I have therefore gone...
View ArticleLive music reviews : Ela Orleans. Joanna Newsom. Glasgow
Ela Orleans. Live Score for "Lucky Star". Glasgow Film FestivalJoanna Newsom. Glasgow Royal Concert HallEla Orleans Live review. Queens Cross Mackintosh Church. 26 Feb 2016.The Glasgow Film Festival is...
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Glasgow Libraries, Then and Now
Glasgow Libraries, Past and Present. Don't Overlook Your Local LibraryMarch sees the arrival of the annual Aye Write! book festival in Glasgow, based at the Mitchell Library at Charing Cross. Glasgow...
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