Julia & The Doogans and Emma Pollock - Paisley Arts Centre

Posted in SHOFT on 22nd October 2010

I'd been to Paisley once before...I'd decided to fly up to Glasgow on a whim, and soon realised that the associated hanging around and the time wasted at the airport quickly made my much loved train journey a very sensible option. However, on the return I'd used the rail-bus link...

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Go Lucky, The Lonely Oatcake and Barn Owl - 13th Note, Glasgow

Posted in SHOFT on 21st October 2010

Its become apparent that age and aging will be the recurring theme of this visit to Glasgow. Turning up the day after my birthday, in the midst of a month which is always turbulent, means that it was never going to be far from the agenda. However, oddly, I seem...

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Cristin Mackenzie, Sarah Banjo and Esperi - Macsorleys, Glasgow

Posted in SHOFT on 20th October 2010

It's been a long day - and Birmingham seems like another country now. Quite a bit has happened since then in fact. I got up early, and disappeared into the bowels of New Street while it was still dark. I felt pretty grim, the usually October cold barely suppressed, and...

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