M&S Paisley opens with bigger, better, fresher offer

Marks & Spencer has opened a brand new Foodhall in Paisley, unveiling one of Scotland’s first new look stores for customers in Renfrew Road Retail Park. The new 12,600 square foot Foodhall has a marketplace feel and has been designed with customers and local families at its heart, helping to make shopping as convenient and... Read More

Track Review: The Vegan Leather – Who’s Knocking On My Door?

Paisley’s own The Vegan Leather are back and with an added helping of ferocity on their new single “Who’s Knocking On My Door?” Although their music has always been deceptively heavy in its composition, the four piece’s latest offering see them at their most untethered to date. Delving headlong into uncharted territory with a... Read More

Background Paper 3 (Proposed Housing Developments, Dykebar)

By Morag Smith An indicative masterplan has been prepared for this teenage Devil’s Playground where gargoyles smile from burrs on trees and lockdown lovers kiss in the patients’ garden, slow-grown, gone in a blink Garlic. Daisy. Hawksbeard. Bluebell. Owners confirm the overgrown buildings are surplus to current operational needs Life overwinters in rubble, dead... Read More

The Table Set & Letting Go

By Basia Palka THE TABLE SET a cupful of love a plateful of emotions and a jugful of time from PAINTING WITH POETRY my prayer LETTING GO first anger, then a sort of sadness sets in followed by much weeping, when the eyes have dried out that it’s difficult to open or close eyelids... Read More

InCube Creative Programme

A resource that empowers Renfrewshire’s entrepreneurs to harness their full potential, InCube’s Cindy Robb regaled us with the fantastic services on offer down at their High Street base.  “It’s a one-stop-shop for anyone looking to start up a business. We provide a whole range of services; Business Gateway, digital boost workshops and we’ve got... Read More

Lil Brookes – Renfrewshire-born artist and social historian

Lil Brookes, how did you get involved with community-based art projects? Through the whole Paisley 2021 thing. I did an original painting for the cover of one of the documents that went to London. Before that I’d done paintings mostly based on textiles. Because I’m an historian I like to do research beforehand and... Read More

Breathe

By Gemma Livingstone Seven decades ago I began to breathe A new life watching over a new house Part of a new estate being built The town growing into the green belt The houses spewed black smoke as coal fires burnt The cars pumped out an awful smell into the air And when I... Read More

Golden Years – A look back at Paisley’s Nightlife

With some help from friends of the magazine, we delve into the halcyon days of Paisley’s spell as an epicentre for nightlife while keeping one eye on its future.  For many years, saying that you were heading to Paisley for a night out would be met with scrutinising looks. Seen as an area that’d... Read More

Seven Top Tips for Scoring Top Marks on your Home Report

Home Reports are an everyday item for surveyors, but the same cannot be said for most homeowners. With people in Scotland likely to move home only a handful of times in their lives, it is no surprise that homeowners can be a little confused when it comes to the details of what is involved.... Read More

Paving the way with Victoria Hollows, Renfrewshire Leisure Chief Executive

As Paisley begins to re-emerge from a Covid-19-induced slumber, Victoria Hollows, Chief Executive of Renfrewshire Leisure, explains why there’s plenty for residents to get excited about.  As a charitable trust, how exciting is it for Renfrewshire Leisure to be involved in projects such as Paisley Town Hall and the museum’s redevelopment? “It’s extremely exciting.... Read More