Legendary artist and playwright John Byrne is in line to receive his hometown’s highest honour – the Freedom of Renfrewshire.
‘Dirty Feet’ perform at Paisley Halloween Festival
Laura Forbes had never fully been out of her wheelchair before…
4 Family Festivals
I thought I was going to be one of those carefree parents who wore billowing skirts with children skipping merrily to and fro – flowers in our hair. Turns out, I’m not…
Helen McCookerybook – Interview
Helen McCookerybook (a.k.a Dr Helen Reddington) is a London-based musician and academic best known for singing and playing bass with Brighton punk band The Chefs. She talks to Rona Simpson about feminism, music and film ventures, her punk days and the violence that coloured that time.
Community, Arts and Regeneration
Singing and songwriting are a communal event. It is through these shared experiences and shared expressions people can explain to themselves and to outsiders what their community is or was, and what it needs. Creating art builds confidence. Singing your experiences and your history tells the world you exist and you matter…
Whatever Happened To… Guising!
I usually hate it when people harp on about how things were better when they were a kid, but … umm… here goes. Halloween was better when I was a kid. It’s true. The reasons are threefold…
Santa Experiences – Are They Worth It?
The closest you got to a Santa Experience back in the 80s was going to Brownies to find the school jannie, with a pillow stuck up his dukes, wearing a tight-fitting Santa suit, wonky beard and surly expression…
Finding Your Feet… On Kilimanjaro
The first thing I think when I meet Corinne Hutton, in the car park of Amaretto, is that she looks incredibly fit. But then she has been doing some serious training. This week, Corinne will attempt to scale Kilimanjaro – Africa’s highest mountain.
The Dangers of Over-Sharing
Have you ever stopped to think that an innocent snap shared on social media might spell disaster for you and your home?