Evelyn Laurie’s ‘My Scottish Heart’ | First Listen Review

Hailing from right here in Paisley, Evelyn Laurie is a chanteuse with a keen sense of her identity as an artist. Keenly intermingling the worlds of jazz and traditional Scottish music that’s normally rendered in a more folk-based palette, Evelyn is by no means short on ambition and was resoundingly rewarded for it on... Read More

August Clearing Days at West College Scotland

Make 2021 your year and invest in your future with a course at one of Scotland’s biggest educational institutions. West College Scotland which has three main campuses in Clydebank, Paisley and Greenock, has a huge range of courses starting in August – and they still have places available! As well as offering higher and... Read More

The Life and Times of Jane Arthur – Not The Weaker Vessel part 1

In the first of a series of articles 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. The bells of the... Read More

St Mirren Become a Fan-Owned Club

On Tuesday 27th July, St Mirren completed their five-year journey to become a fan-owned club. The St Mirren Independent Supporters Association (SMISA) have bought out the remaining shareholding of chairman Gordon Scott to become majority (51%) owners of the Buddies. The deal helps to safeguard the future of the club – formed in 1877... Read More

Work underway to connect Howwood to Paisley via new cycle route

Work is now underway on a new cycle route from Howwood to Paisley as part of drive to enhance active travel opportunities in Renfrewshire. The new 35-minute, 10km cycle will connect the village of Howwood and Paisley town centre, via Spateston, Johnstone and Elderslie, and will provide a safe route for cyclists travelling between... Read More

Abdominal Sacral Massage comes to Renfrewshire

Another FIRST for Renfrewshire. Paisley has the only Abdominal Sacral Massage Therapist in the country, a treatment that alleviates digestive problems from bloatedness to more serious ailments such as Crohn’s disease. We spoke to Jackie Ford, owner of SacroHealth, to find out more… “I qualified as a Swedish Massage Therapist back in 2017. However,... Read More

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