5 March 2026
  • 5 March 2026

Culture

Gantry Paisley: Businesses on Businesses with Jason Smith

on 24 August 2021 0

In the first of a series of revelatory interviews with local proprietors, Jason Smith from Gantry Paisley talks about his fervent support of his fellow independent traders, Paisley’s finest pub grub and the promising future of the town’s nightlife sector At every opportunity, you’ve leapt at the chance to champion local enterprise. How did...

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Tom McGuire & The Brassholes ‘Better’ track review

on 17 August 2021 0

At a time when optimism isn’t exactly a well-stocked commodity, the latest single from the ever-exhilarating Tom McGuire & The Brassholes sees the group looking to reaffirm that not all is lost through a bombastic blend of funk, pop and a glass half full outlook. Very much cut from their own kaledioscopic cloth, Better...

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The Life and Times of Jane Arthur – Making National History part 2

on 13 August 2021 0

The second article that looks back upon some of Renfrewshire’s pioneering figures that helped to mould our area into the prosperous and forward-thinking community that it is, artist and heritage consultant Lil Brookes guides us through the revolutionary and civic duty-led life of Jane Arthur as she becomes the first woman in Scotland to...

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Culture and Me: Provost Lorraine Cameron

on 5 August 2021 0

In the first of a series of online exclusive pieces that places the microscope on Renfrewshire locals and their relationship to the notion of culture in their own lives, Provost Lorraine Cameron talks ingenuity in adversity, her inalienable love for the area and how her formative years placed her on the path that she...

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The Sound of Renfrewshire: Bensider

on 1 July 2021 0

From growing up Lewis to making a new home in Renfrewshire, Graham MacIver has a wealth of life experience to divulge. Now, as the frontman of Bensider, he’s channelling it through intimate folk and Americana. You came to songwriting in your 40s. What inspired you to take the leap? I’ve played music since I...

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Book Review: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

on 1 July 2021 0

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, reviewed by Keira Brown, co-producer of the Paisley Book Festival. Shuggie Bain, the Booker Prize-winning novel from Douglas Stuart, is a well-crafted joy of a read that embeds characters in your mind that prove almost impossible to shake. All the while, managing to convey the energy of areas of Glasgow...

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