After the untimely passing of his uncle John, young Connor Beck began to raise money for charity, now he’s getting the plaudits he deserves for all of his tireless work When tragedy takes hold, it’s easy to be swamped by the agony of loss. However, there are times where, in an effort to immortalise...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Read MoreOver a 20 year timespan, Fiona Brice has become a standard-bearer in orchestral arrangements for contemporary music. Now a resident of Kilmacolm, she speaks to us about her incredible journey. There’s simply never knowing where natural talent and creativity will take you and if anyone’s career is a testament to that, it’s Fiona Brice’s....
Read MoreMill Magazine caught up with the legendary Norman Blake before his Paisley show with Bernard Butler and James Grant in 2022 Although their paths have only crossed incidentally over the years, there’s something that seems inherently natural about Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake, Bernard Butler and Love & Money’s James Grant...
Read MoreCowboys, coyotes and cattle rustlers descend on Johnstone Town Hall for world premiere of Common Is As Common Does – A Memoir The audience at the world premiere of a dance performance will be transported to the American Wild West – but they won’t have to leave their seats in the auditorium of Johnstone...
Read MoreBastions of the Glasgow music scene but composed of Renfrewshire-born artists, get acquainted with Craig Milroy and Dan Drennan from indie-punk sextet The Noise Club What were the origins of The Noise Club? The Noise Club was forged in the fires of lockdown from parts of preexisting bands such as Sway, Sobriety and Heavy...
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