Welcome to Tommy McGrory’s Paisley Music Roundup 02, looking ahead at gigs in the town from Friday. Killer Instinct is back at The Bungalow again on Friday after a great gig last time round. The band’s attention to detail which includes The Killers own famous ‘K’ keyboard stand makes the show and features authentic tones […]
Read MorePoetic Pathways is an interactive walk on Route 7 of the cycle path, starting at George Street in Paisley, and finishing at Morrisons in Johnstone. The brainchild of Karen Herbison of H-Arts and Sally Logan, Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator for Sheltered Housing in Renfrewshire, this intergenerational project celebrates the artwork, poetry, stories and quotes from […]
Read MoreAfter persevering through lockdowns and setbacks, Paisley’s Rocknrolla’s is preparing for its next evolutionary phase. Given its rich lineage of creativity, the arrival of a new outlet for expression and revelry is always welcomed with open arms in Paisley. Run by veteran DJ Boab Williamson, Rocknrolla’s is the town’s latest venue and for its owner […]
Read MoreArmed with high expectations and even larger appetites, the team head to Renfrew’s Coffee Jam for an incredibly tasty afternoon. There’s something to be said for knowing your craft inside out. As when you do, your goals will be obtained at an even faster pace. In the case of Coffee Jam owner Jamie Macleod, […]
Read MoreWe caught up with Lynsay McWilliams from one of Paisley’s most popular coffee houses for a quick Q&A on The Grumpy Monkey… When did The Grumpy Monkey first open its doors and how long have you been working here? The shop opened in March 2020 and I have been working here ever since. What is […]
Read MoreFor over three decades, Alexander Stoddart has been regarded as one of the finest sculptors in the world. Speaking exclusively to Mill, he talks about his childhood, his works, and his hopes to make more statuary and monuments for Paisley. In the depths of The University of the West of Scotland’s Paisley campus, one of […]
Read MoreDuck Feet by Ely Percy reviewed by local councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes First released in February of last year, Ely Percy’s Saltire Society Scotland Scottish Book of the Year, Duck Feet, is the coming-of-age story of local teenager Kirsty Campbell as she navigates her way through her time at Renfrew Grammar. Having been a teenage girl just a […]
Read MoreFashionistas can be right on trend with the latest looks as the first Vanilla fashion store in Scotland has just opened in the Braehead Centre. The Vanilla philosophy is to help each individual woman and teenage girl find their own unique style, identity and confidence, embracing both femininity and a sassiness in what they wear. […]
Read MoreThis poem by Donna Matthew is inspired by An Oral History of Noise and Piecework in Paisley’s Thread Mills by William Burns. We Just Thought We Were Superhuman Paisley was the mills and the mills were Paisley when childhood was a vast sky of wishes. She walked out of the school gates on a […]
Read MoreA resident for four decades, Houston-based writer Denny Macgee takes us on a tour of his adopted home. It’s late 1981. My wife Mary and I are heading along the Georgetown Road towards Houston in a van full of furniture and six or seven kids (only three of them ours) – and I’m crying my […]
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