The £150,000 Celebrating Renfrewshire Fund, which supports young people to create, design and deliver projects in the region, is now open for new applications. The fund aims to make the area a better place for young people to live, giving young adults and teenagers aged between 12 and 25 a voice in their community and […]
Read MorePaisley Museum team uncovers links to Scotland’s Victorian lost world champion runner, William Cummings The team behind the £45 million refurbishment of Paisley Museum have unearthed the story behind a Paisley distance runner who was the Mo Farah of his time. William Cummings, was born in 1858 in Paisley, to a family of shoemakers. He […]
Read MoreBrian Hannan from Abbey Books in Paisley takes a look at a new book, The Renfrewshire Victoria Crosses by Graham Fulton Paisley poet Graham Fulton has commemorated the actions of the five Paisley men awarded the country’s highest wartime honour – the Victoria Cross – in battles from the Crimean War to World Two. These include […]
Read MoreBrian Hannan from Abbey Books in Paisley reviews another fantastic book, The Earth Is Weeping by Peter Cozzens This award-winning history of the Indian Wars in America is so even-handed you won’t find a single mention of the word “genocide”. That’s about the only flaw in this magnificent history of a war that lasted nearly three […]
Read MorePaisley Museum, Scotland’s biggest cultural heritage project, unveils scale and ambition of cultural thread that weaves through its £45m refurbishment The £45 million Paisley Museum will create a new, world-class museum space, shaped and focussed by, and for, the people of the town, celebrating its history and impact on the world, while creating a new […]
Read MoreFamilies can have a bloomin’ great time at the Braehead shopping centre over the Easter holidays. The popular shopping mall yesterday (April 1) began harnessing flower power and the amazing skills of origami and paper folding experts to give shoppers a spring in their step. There are free workshops for kids and grown-ups to learn […]
Read MoreBrian Hannan from Abbey Books in Paisley reviews The Waste Land, A Biography of a Poem by Matthew Hollis Except for the late burst of popularity afforded W.H. Auden’s Stop the Clocks after inclusion in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, published in 1922, would have reigned supreme as the […]
Read MoreRobert and Paul head along to Johnstone’s latest eatery, Bangin’ Pizza, with high expectations and to say they left thrilled (and full) would be an understatement Derived from what was initially seen as a “peasant food”, pizza has become nothing short of an art form that, when done right, doesn’t just tantalise the taste buds […]
Read MoreThe Little Coffee Caravan may already be a firm favourite among the locals and passersby, but they’re only just getting started, as Robert and Paul find out… There’s something uniquely comforting about knowing that come rain or shine, there are places you go where the welcome will always be unmistakably friendly and your needs will […]
Read MoreRenfrewshire has honoured local groups and volunteers for their work in the community at the 2023 Provost’s Community Awards. Renfrewshire’s Provost Lorraine Cameron was joined by comperè Gina McKie to help celebrate the achievements of devoted community members who go above and beyond to make Renfrewshire a better place to live and work. The award […]
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