Posts Tagged ‘glasgow’
Ballet Nights Glasgow: Smash hit live show makes long-awaited Scottish debut
The critically acclaimed Ballet Nights smash hit live dance show makes its long-awaited Scottish debut in July at Glasgow Theatre Royal, finds Lisa Simonis. Ballet Nights Glasgow will showcase a diverse programme of iconic ballet classics, modern masterpieces, contemporary dance, and live music, performed by dancers from internationally acclaimed ballet companies, emerging artists, virtuoso…
Read MoreLife With Jonny & the Baptists: ‘Scotland is just a very wonderful place all round’
Musical comedy duo, Jonny & the Baptists (Jonny Donahoe and Paddy Gervers) on their love of Scotland, their new show The Happiness Index and their guilty pleasures. Where did you grow up? Jonny: I grew up in Reading, where many people have changed trains. Queen Victoria hated Reading so much she insisted her statue…
Read MoreIn a Nutshell, Craig Nelson from Ox and Finch: ‘I love to listen to classical music in the car, but I don’t enjoy music in the kitchen’
Originally from East Kilbride, Craig Nelson began his culinary journey at Lanarkshire Catering School. In October 2020, he moved to London and worked at the renowned Harwood Arms, London’s only Michelin-starred pub. Having started his career at Ox and Finch in Glasgow he decided to return to their kitchen as Head Chef as they re-opened.…
Read MoreReview: Fallachan Kitchen, Glasgow
My meal at Fallachan Kitchen was without a doubt, one of the most surreal and memorable meals of the many hundreds of reviews I’ve done over the past 25 years. The food was also borderline incredible, and we’ll come onto that in due course, but if I’m honest it wasn’t the epic menu that will…
Read MoreReview: Ox & Finch, Glasgow
If you are someone who is skeptical about the whole, sharing-plates-delivered-when-they-are-ready, for fear you will leave the restaurant just as hungry as when you entered, I hear you. But it’s hard to find anywhere on the foodie scene these days that hasn’t adopted this newfangled way of dining, and I think a few places are…
Read MoreScottish Opera celebrates the music of German composer Richard Strauss
Scottish Opera will be celebrating the music of Richard Strauss this month with concerts in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Following the success of the Scottish premiere of Daphne in 2023, the concert will feature some of the finest music Strauss ever wrote. The German composer’s early 20th-century output shows the heights of his harmonic and dramatic…
Read MoreReview: Extra Ordinary, X_O, Glasgow
It’s hard to keep up with the rate at which trendy new restaurants are popping up in Glasgow. Last year saw the opening of the already much loved Sebbs – found below their already well-respected Margo – as well as what has been touted as the city’s next Michelin-starred eatery, Gary Townsend’s new restaurant, Elements…
Read MoreGregor MacGregor: Scotland’s most infamous conman who pulled off history’s most audacious scam
He was Scotland’s most infamous con artist who pulled off one of history’s most audacious scams. And now a new play about the life of Gregor MacGregor, the Scot who swindled the public into believing in a country that never existed, is coming to Scotland. MacGregor was an officer in the British Army from 1803…
Read MoreJolomo opens new exhibition in Glasgow and reveals where he discovered his trademark colours
Bestselling Scottish artist John Lowrie Morrison – known as Jolomo – is famous around the world for his colourful paintings of Scotland’s landscapes. Now, in a new exhibition in Glasgow, he reveals the place where he discovered the high-key colour which has become his trademark – on a special trip to Switzerland more than 50…
Read MoreReview: Margo, Glasgow
Richard Bath road tests the new restaurant from the team behind Ka Pao and Ox & Finch, and comes away deeply impressed. When I heard that Scoop Restaurants, the team behind the outstanding Ka Pao and one of my most reliable go-to restaurants in Glasgow, Ox & Finch, were launching a new city centre…
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