In her first dispatch from New Zealand, our roving blogger Gemma Brown tracks down a gem of a jukebox and a hot music centre in the stunningly beautiful Coromandel Peninsula. Over to Gemma… […]
Not many people know this. Edinburgh’s poetry garden is hidden in the city centre, in the heart of Scotland’s capital. Take a moment and you will find it in that bright green breathing space between the shops, banks and offices of St Andrew Square. This weekend, poetry works its way in to Spa in the City. […]
“Surely this cannot be right.” My travelling companion is not the only one looking doubtful as we emerge from a tunnel in the dark. We’ve been told the next train to Istanbul is due to arrive but where is it? More to the point, where is the platform? […]
Ding ding. There’s another one. Word is going round, in tweets, and more importantly, out in the streets. There’s no doubt about it. Edinburgh’s tram is finally in town. And is that just the faintest whiff of excitement in the air? Watching the test runs gliding along Princes Street you can’t help wondering whether this is set to become one of the world’s great tram rides. […]
“You don’t need a weatherman to say which way the wind blows”. The busker giving it his all outside Dr Marten’s in Sauchiehall Street was not wrong. We were walking into a south westerly and it was already full of rain. Luckily the last lap of our treasure hunt was going to be undercover. […]
Making mischief. In true Glasgow spirit we’re hoping to incite a little competitive camaraderie in the Cinema City Treasure Hunt. Is that possible with an app? […]
Why would.Miss Cranstone be turning in her grave? Wander down Renfield Street and pause by a handsome building at Number 15. Behind that white tiled frontage lies much more than shops and offices. […]
We’re feeling nervously excited. Yesterday we got the word that Cinema City Treasure Hunt has been approved for Apple so it’s available for iPhones. Today we heard it’s now on Android too, just in time for the start of Glasgow Film Festival 2014. Why are we nervous then? […]
A moral dilemma as the lights go down for 12 Years A Slave. It doesn’t seem quite right does it, sipping wine and tucking into fine food while you watch the violence and torture of a lifetime in slavery being played out on the giant screen in front of you? […]
Hard to believe, but almost exactly two years ago, on another cold, wet night, we were celebrating the launch of Glasgow Music Tour at King Tut’s. […]
Confession. We’ve been sitting on a huge treasure chest of sounds. In just a short walk through the city centre, Glasgow Music Tour meets an astonishing mix of musicians and at least one poet. […]
At last, a chance to look down on that old devil Dundas. Not an altogether likeable chap. Among other misdeeds, Viscount Melville helped to prolong the slave trade by 15 years yet he can be seen towering over Scotland’s capital city for miles. How come? […]