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A Podcast by Jim & Pat Byrne about everything related to Glasgow West End. Interviews, what's on, reviews, guests and anything else you can think of.
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Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Episode 93
Carla is a poet, she is the poetry editor at the Scots Language Centre, she’s an author, events organiser, and the host of the show 'Express Yourself' on Sunny Govan Radio.
The Express Yourself show features poets and music and as it says in the blurb, "The chat is minimal, but the banter maximum".
Carla lives in Glasgow but originally she comes from Tain in the Scottish Highlands.
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Music by Jim Byrne
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
I was delighted and excited to chat to Billy Kay: writer, broadcaster, multi-linguist, and champion of the Scots language - most notably through his book 'The Mither Tongue', which is quite rightly regarded as a classic of contemporary Scottish culture.
Billy is a much-honored individual but, for many people, he came to prominence recently for his address to the Scottish parliament - the first ever to have been presented in Scots. Scots in the Scottish Parliament - heaven forbid!
In this episode we chat about Billy's early life in his beloved Galston in Ayrshire, his education, his love of the Scots language and his passion for Scottish independence, which, as he sees it, is the only route to saving the language and culture of Scots.
With his deep knowledge of Scottish history he effortlessly roams across several centuries of Scottish witers and characters: Burns, Sir Walter Scot, James Boswell, the painters JD Ferguson, Allan Ramsay and more.
The thing about Billy is that - just talking to him - made me feel more intelligent than I am. that’s a talent!
Enjoy.
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Music by Jim Byrne
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 91
In this episode the writer Alan Gillespie talks about his first novel, The Mash House; it is a novel of isolation and fear set in an isolated Highland village on the Ardnamurchan peninsula.
Alan Gillespie is a writer and teacher from Fife. He has studied at the University of Stirling, Glasgow and Strathclyde.
His articles and stories have appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, the Herald, Northwards Now, New Writing Scotland and elsewhere.
In 2011 he was awarded the Scottish Emerging Writer’s residency at Cove Park. The Mash House is his first novel.
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Twitter: @glasgowswestend
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 90
In this episode Pat chats to Brendon McIlroy, the founder and Artistic Director of Glasgow based production company Halo Arts.
Halo Arts is an innovative production company, delivering inclusive projects, productions and events.
As well as his work with Halo, Brendon is West End Festival’s Senior Event Manager, having worked for the charity since 2007.
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Twitter: @glasgowswestend
Saturday May 15, 2021
Saturday May 15, 2021
Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 89
In this episode, Pat chats with Bob McDevitt, programmer of Glasgow's Aye Write festival; which I'm sure you know, is Glasgow’s Book Festival. Among many other things, Pat gets the lowdown on this year's programme; how it will work online and how that presents both challenges and opportunities for new and interesting ways to present authors and their books.
Bob is also Programmer for Bloody Scotland, a keen photographer, and let's not forget, author of 101 Men in Kilts. :-)
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Twitter: @glasgowswestend
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 88
In this episode Pat is chatting to Elspeth King, a curator, writer and social historian.
As curator of social history at the People's Palace Museum, Elspeth and her team saw the small local history museum blossom to become an award winning, significant cultural attraction, held in great affection by the people of Glasgow. Equally appreciated was the magnificent Winter Gardens attached to the museum. Elspeth has written several books on social history, on the People's Palace and Glasgow's Barras.
Elspeth achieved further success as Director of the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. She was awarded an honorary Doctorate of the University of Stirling in 2005 for outstanding work in developing Scottish museums and in promoting Scottish history and culture.
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- Save the People’s Palace and Winter Gardens for the City of Glasgow - supporter comments
- Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End
Twitter: @glasgowswestend
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Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Lesley O'Brien - Part 2: Chatting with Jim Byrne about becoming a professional storyteller
Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 87
In this episode storyteller, poet, singer, songwriter Lesley O'Brien talks about her own journey to becoming a professional storyteller, poet, songwriter and singer. It was a joy to chat with Lesley.
Save Carlton Studios
This is our second special episode to Help Save Carlton Studios. Carlton Studios will close if money cannot be raised to see it through the current lockdown. With no financial help from the government, it is up to Glasgow's community of arts and music lovers and friends to keep the studio open until it can start earning its own keep again.
if Carlton closes it means a loss of income for many workers, including cleaners, café staff, music tutors, sound engineers, filmmaker and studio assistants.
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Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 86
Lesley O'Brien - Part 1: Help Save Carlton Studios
In this special episode of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Jim speaks to storyteller, poet, singer, songwriter and all-round magical person Lesley O'Brien about the threat to one of Glasgow's best-loved music studios.
Carlton Studios will close if enough money cannot be raised to see it through the lockdown. With no financial help from the government, it is up to Glasgow's community of arts and music lovers and friends to keep the studio open until it can start earning its own keep again.
if Carlton closes it means a loss of income for many workers, including cleaners, café staff, music tutors, sound engineers, filmmaker and studio assistants.
Lesley talks about the studio's history and tells us how we can keep this well-loved institution open.
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Twitter: @glasgowswestend
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 85
In this episode Pat chats to long term friend and former neighbour Anita Manning. Anita stayed in the flat across from us – 'up the close' – when we lived at Glasgow Street, Hillhead.
She is owner of Glasgow's Great Western Auctions, and is reputedly Scotland's first female auctioneer.
You will also know Anita as TV's antiques expert from Flog it!, Bargain Hunt and the Antiques Road Trip.
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Twitter: @glasgowswestend
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 84
In this episode Pat chat's to Ruth Marsh - Head of Scottish Press at Glasgow Film Festival.
Ruth works in arts marketing with a variety of major Scottish festivals including Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Glasgow International Comedy Festival and Cromarty Film Festival.
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Twitter: @glasgowswestennd