Amy Connell – Paisley’s kumite karate champion talks to Mill

After experiencing triumph and tribulations alike, Paisley’s own kumite karate competitor Amy Connell is looking ahead to the sport’s grandest stages.  For the vast majority of us, martial arts is something that we off-handedly dabble in as a kid before realising that it’ll take a hail of hard work and dedication before we reach... Read More

Ask Alice’s ‘Heartwork’ EP review by Mya Brown

As we ease ourselves into a new year, the urge to reset is more prevalent than ever. At Mill, we know that nothing kickstarts that spark quite like a new artist in the daily music cycle. So, as we look forward to what 2022 brings, we look back on an amazing release from 2021... Read More

Making the Glen Cinema Memorial

Mill Magazine talks to artists Rachel Lowther and Kerry Stewart about making the Glen Cinema memorial and the creative process behind it. You were awarded the Glen Cinema Memorial Commission in December 2019, where did the research for the project take you? It started with us visiting survivors, Robert Pope and Emily Brown and... Read More

PACE new theatre receives £800,000 funding boost

PACE Theatre Company are currently developing a new theatre in Paisley for children, young people and families – called Exchange – in a long-time vacant former nightclub opposite Paisley Gilmour Street Station. The ongoing project has taken a huge step forward after an £800,000 funding boost was confirmed. And the project has now received... Read More

Ghostbaby – Molly’s Got a Brand New Haircut single review

Reviewed by singer/songwriter and music journalist, Mya Brown. Riding high off their recently announced King Tut’s headliner, Ghostbaby have released Molly’s Got a Brand New Haircut today (Friday 3rd December). The single comes nearly two years after the indie-rockers released their debut EP, Long Live Ghostbaby, in March 2020, making this release unexpected yet exciting... Read More

Glen Cinema memorial officially opened in Paisley

A new Glen Cinema memorial marking one of Scotland’s worst-ever human tragedies has been officially unveiled in Paisley town centre. A crowd of around 100 people gathered earlier today to commemorate the Glen Cinema disaster of 31 December 1929, which claimed the lives of 71 children and injured more than 30. There had never... Read More

Linzi Clark album launch at the Hug and Pint Glasgow

The Mill Magazine team take the short trip to Glasgow for Linzi Clark’s album launch at the Hug and Pint. Review by Robert Blair. They say that you only get one chance to make a first impression. And if Linzi Clark’s launch show for her debut album, All I Have Now, was anyone in... Read More

County Square in Paisley set for possible transformation

County Square in Paisley could be transformed into an expanded outdoor events venue and attractive arrival point for the town with new designs having been revealed. The public are now being asked to have their say on the proposals, which aim to encourage more use of the square all year round. The proposed changes are... Read More

Neve McIntosh talks to Mill Magazine

A star of the small screen and stages alike, Paisley-born actor Neve McIntosh talks us through her Renfrewshire roots, career highlights and more.  Two decades plus since she first burst onto screens, Neve McIntosh remains a firm believer in entertainment’s ability to empower and inform. Sat in Brew on County Square on a day... Read More

Jenny’s Well nature reserve local volunteers to receive £14,100

Jenny’s Well nature reserve in Paisley is to be further transformed after volunteers were awarded more than £14,000 to continue their environmental work. Having removed more than 300 bags of litter and all fly tipping from the site, the Friends of Jenny’s Well group have been awarded funding to create wildflower areas and plant... Read More