13th February 2023 - The Glasgow Guardian



Exploring the Glasgow music scene: Miles Jarvis, The Almonds and The Squints @ Nice N Sleazy

13th February 2023

Three local bands raise their profile. Nice N Sleazy’s intimate and atmospheric downstairs venue set the scene perfectly for last weekend’s performances.  First up was the brilliant, fiercely innovative singer-songwriter Miles Jarvis, and his team of talented musicians: Joseph Stronach on guitar, Matt Donaldson on drums, Calum Steel on bass, and Jarvis himself as lead ...


“More than a superior range of M&S chocolates”: The Verdi Collection @ City Halls

13th February 2023

 A stripped back celebration of Verdi’s extensive career. The Verdi Collection is not, says conductor Stuart Stratford, a “superior range of M&S chocolates”. It acts, instead, as a series of highlights from Verdi’s exhaustive career (27 operas in total), a kind of Verdiad. The setting at City Halls is caught halfway between concert hall and ...


Funding for Glasgow Cancer Centre to stop  

13th February 2023

 Cancer Research UK will pull funding from Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre’s clinical trials unit. Cancer Research UK plans to stop core funding for the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre clinical trials unit, which has ties to the University of Glasgow’s School of Cancer Science. The announcement, which was reported on 11 February, ...