Paisley’s Halloween celebrations will be Out of this World

Paisley’s popular Halloween celebrations will make a welcome return for 2021 as Paisley Halloween Festival presents Out of this World. This year will see a twist on the annual fright fest’s usual format as the town centre will be transformed into an immersive ‘otherworldly’ experience with a series of spectacular installations and light displays... Read More

An Adventure at Gleniffer Braes by Thomas Campbell

Thomas Campbell is an S2 student at Castlehead High School in Paisley, this is his poem, An Adventure at Gleniffer Braes. High on Renfrewshire we walk, On Gleniffer Braes we laugh and talk, At the very top we can see for miles, At the very top you can see our smiles. Our family will... Read More

Empress ‘The Raw, The Rugged’ track review by Robert Blair

Fresh from her appearance in the most recent print edition of Mill Magazine, Empress is back and asserting her dominance over Scottish hip-hop once more with The Raw, The Rugged. Ever since the release of her phenomenal, Steg-G produced debut album Love Wins last year, the Paisley-based MC has been unyielding in her quest to... Read More

David Sneddon on skiving school, Lewis Capaldi and Fame Academy

18 years into his career, Mill caught up with David to discuss his songwriting endeavours, working with mega-stars and his ‘no pressure’ return to the realm of artistry.  Over the course of a whirlwind six months, David Sneddon arguably became Renfrewshire’s most famous export next to the Paisley pattern itself. A fixture on TV... Read More

PACE Theatre Company 2021 panto cancelled

Statement from Grant Mason, Chief Executive, PACE Theatre Company Ltd. “After careful consideration, we must reluctantly confirm that there will be no PACE Theatre Company panto for Christmas 2021. “Regrettably, there are a number of factors that mean it is not viable for us to produce our annual panto this year. Paisley Arts Centre, our... Read More

Princey the dog wags his tale after author inspired by grandson

A toddler grandson has been the inspiration behind a new children’s book launched this week. Former newspaper editor, Norman Macdonald used to make up bedtime stories about his grandparents’ dog, called Princey that he would tell his children when they were young. And after his daughter, Layna became a mum almost two years ago,... Read More

Gantry Paisley: Businesses on Businesses with Jason Smith

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... Read More

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

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... Read More

Renfrewshire Council announces return of popular events this winter

Renfrewshire Council is planning for in-person events this winter with the return of two local favourites The Spree and Paisley Halloween Festival. The council’s event programme has been exclusively online since March 2020. As the Scottish Government eases restrictions on indoor and outdoor events, the local authority has announced plans for the return this... Read More

Lunch at The Ladyburn

A new centrepiece for Seedhill, our editor takes a trip to a bistro with both style and substance.  When people talk about the ongoing re-energising of Paisley as a hotbed of culture and cuisine, there’s a tendency to point to the town’s main thoroughfares as the places where the boat is being resoundingly pushed... Read More