9th September 2020
13 films from the festival will be shown at GFT in October. As film festivals around the world adapt to coronavirus, BFI are bringing London Film Festival (LFF) to the whole of the UK. Films will be available online and at their partner venues across the UK, including our own Glasgow Film Theatre. LFF is ...
8th September 2020
This announcement comes as figures reveal cycling rates have spiked from last year. Glasgow City Council has announced the free cycle hire programme has been extended to spring 2021. Since June, Glasgow’s cycle hire service has offered people 30 minutes of free bike hire for a two month period. For casual cyclists, the scheme provides ...
7th September 2020
This alternative should make the city more connected and accessible than ever before. The development of a new city-wide Glasgow Metro is to be a priority to help with recovery from the economic impact of the coronavirus. A meeting of the Glasgow City Region Cabinet held on Tuesday 11 August confirmed that investment in a ...
6th September 2020
The popular pasta restaurant on Mitchell Street is looking to extend its seating area into the basement of the Charles Rennie MacKintosh-designed lighthouse building. Mitchell Street pasta restaurant Sugo has applied to Glasgow City Council to extend its seating area into the basement of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Lighthouse building, the ground floor of which ...
4th September 2020
The free-to-download app will put staff and students in touch with security and emergency services to speed up potential responses to danger. The University of Glasgow is looking to implement a new “SafeZone” app on campus this coming semester. SafeZone is a free-to-download safety app, designed to put students and staff in touch with security ...
1st September 2020
Indoor gatherings and house parties are believed to be the transmitter of the recent spike in Covid-19 cases. Glasgow has reintroduced lockdown restrictions regarding indoor visits as the city sees a spike in Covid-19 cases. First minister Nicola Sturgeon communicated today that indoor meetings, most notably meeting family and friends indoors will be strictly prohibited ...
1st September 2020
Lloyd Russell explores Glasgow’s Priory Bar pre-lockdown and why this underrated venue remains at the heart of the Scottish music scene. Nestled on the hedonistically neon-soaked Sauchiehall Street lies what many people in the music scene perceive as the heart of Glasgow’s punk scene, The Priory. Loud, screeching guitars accompanied by the crashing of drums ...
29th August 2020
Glasgow Tory leader Thomas Kerr told the Glasgow Guardian that the SNP have “neglected” Glasgow and is now becoming a “dumping ground” The Glasgow Conservative and Unionists have launched a campaign demanding Glasgow City Council reinstate bulk uplifts, a service suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the city begins to experience a ...
28th August 2020
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the branch is keen to expand its Glasgow presence. Craft beer brewers and popular Ashton Lane pub, Innis and Gunn are planning to open a second taproom in Glasgow. Following the recent opening of a new pub in Leith last Friday, the blossoming business, created in 2003, has expressed a keen ...
28th August 2020
Nightlife businesses are a major employer of students and remain closed due to Covid-19 restrictions. Glasgow’s nightlife businesses are set to make major staff redundancies within a matter of weeks. Many students with part-time jobs in the nightlife industry are at risk of losing them, with 83% of businesses set to make staff redundant as ...
