May 2013
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Kirstie's new Location Location Location ......
PROPERTY guru Kirstie Allsopp is waging war on flat-pack furniture – from a disused shop in Glasgow.
The Location, Location, Location presenter is filming a new home improvement programme all this week in Miller Street in the Merchant City.
Her production crew has transformed a vacant shop unit into the set for the new show, entitled Fill Your House For Free. She is on a mission to give life...
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SHOPPING TIMES: Shop staff with specs appeal...
WHAT do you get if you mix stunning spectacles, vintage clothes and bucketloads of style?
The answer is the people behind Glasgow’s boutique optician, Niche.
The specialist store, owned by Brenda Connelly, has been a fixture in Merchant City’s Candleriggs for 13 years.
We asked four Niche Optical Tailor staff to share their shopping secrets.
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Ian Dobbins, 29, from the...
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Great Gatsby, classic cinema and the Charleston at...
A Charleston Brunch, a Great Gatsby inspired fashion show and a 1960s style Tiki Bar will transport the Merchant City back in time for Vintage Glasgow.
With just under three months to go until the big event, designer and curator Wayne Hemingway unveiled the full festival line-up for the two day celebration of all things vintage.
Music, fashion, film, art, dance, food and design from seven...
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Soul Food Thursdays at Brunswick Hotel
Brunswick Hotel now has soul food Thursdays! Check out this Thursday’s menu below:
Starters
Roasted pepper & ham soup
Spicy bean soup
Mains
Cajun blackened red snapper with mango salsa
Deep fried chicken with corn on the cob & potato wedges
Brutti specially made chilli dog
Veggie jambalaya
Desserts
Kiwi & lime tartlet
Mississippi mud pie
So grab a few friends, tuck into some...
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Merchant City has a Plum new venue
The 5pm blog would like to give a big welcome hug to The Plum Tree, a new deli bistro which recently opened its doors on Wilson Street in Glasgow’s Merchant City.
Open from 8am Monday to Saturday and 10am on Sundays, The Plum Tree starts the day with range of top notch brekkers. Think along the lines of several types of French toast; a number of eggs Benedict variations and, of course,...
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Our foodie focus for May continues with a second chef Q&A with Kevin from bistro/deli The Plum Tree which has just opened on Wilson Street. They serve a selection of delicious breakfasts, lunches, sandwiches, freshly baked breads, plum chutneys and deli platters, made from locally sourced artisan producers based in Scotland.
Name: Kevin McGrady
Restaurant: The Plum Tree, 6 Wilson Street,...
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The Wee Guy’s Cafe
Just a quick blog to point out that Guy Cowan, owner of the popular Guy’s Restaurant in the Merchant City, has just launched a new venture: The Wee Guy’s cafe and deli.
It’s on Cochrane Street. Or for those of you who prefer your directions to come with a side order of bling fashion, it’s just along from the Armani shop.
Visitors are promised all day breakfasts,...
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Angels and Aeroplanes take over The Briggait for...
Handmade paper aeroplanes and white fabric will transform The Briggait for a memorial fashion show next month.
Around 200 people will pack into the Merchant City gallery for Neighbourhood Networks’ Angels and Aeroplanes event on June 8.
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Employees and clients of the charity, which supports vulnerable adults in the community, are organising the themed fashion show in memory of former...
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Zizzi brings Italian pizzazz to borders of Royal...
For more than 150 years it was the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Glasgow base, an iconic building at the commercial heart of the city.
Then in the 1990’s it changed hands and became a hub for book, coffee and stationery lovers as Borders.
Now the Corinthian columns and archways of the former bank at Royal Exchange Square are associated with the delicious smells and tastes of Italian food.
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Top Ten Herbs for Neal's Yard Remedies' 10th...
Next week Royal Exchange Square’s Neal’s Yard Remedies will have their 10th anniversary! To celebrate there will be events and prizes in store all week (including 10% off selected treatments).
Herbalist Cathy Kay also shared her top ten herbs with us to mark each of the years Neal’s Yard Remedies has been part of the Merchant City community.
Nettle - Nettles are a tonic as...
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A 'suites' treat in the Merchant City
GLASGOW celebrities got together for the launch of newly refurbished luxury apartments.
VIPs, including former Miss Scotland Aisling Friel, drank champagne and enjoyed canapes at the glitzy opening of Fraser Suites Glasgow last Thursday.
The Merchant City suites have just opened their doors after a massive refurbishment programme.
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Bosses behind the apartments say they have...
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Grab a bite in exchange for a brick to help build...
If you need another excuse to dine out this May, Glasgow’s restaurants are offering a charity meal deal.
The Glasgow Restaurateurs’ Association is teaming up with the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice Brick by Brick appeal for its Dine Around offer.
The campaign will see some of the city’s best restaurants serving up meal deals with some of the proceeds going towards the...
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Theatremakers Damir Todorovic and Kirsty Housley...
Mayfesto, the Tron’s annual festival of political theatre, takes truth and identity as its focus in 2013. Programme highlights include Flâneurs, Jenna Watt’s Fringe First-winning look at urban violence (see our Fringe review); The Price of Everything, Daniel Bye’s performance lecture on consumption (also reviewed at the Fringe); and Bandwagon, the Tron Studio’s new devised piece.
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April 2013
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Award-winning luxury serviced apartments, Fraser Suites have been very busy with their refurbishment and relaunch, but we managed to sneak a few minutes with Jennifer to find out her favourite Merchant City spots…
Name: Jennifer J Connolly.
Live: Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire.
Work: Fraser Suites Glasgow, Merchant City.
Describe yourself in five words: Loyal, Driven, Hard-Working,...
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Fraser Suites Team Up With Luxury Fashion Retailer...
Fraser Suites Glasgow has partnered with luxury fashion retailer Cruise clothing to launch an exclusive in-room personal shopping service for stylish guests.
The new fashion service will offer guests the opportunity to book a one-to-one personal shopping appointment in comfort and luxury of their own apartment. Guests will be able shop the latest men’s and women’s collections from iconic...
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Top 5 Oxfam Picks for World Book Night
For World Book Night, the team at the Merchant City branch of Oxfam compilde a list of their top 5 literary picks. Ranging from comedy to thriller, the team have provided some great choices to help you celebrate this World Book Night in style.
1. The Best a Man Can Get – John O’Farrell A dark comedy that is at once compelling, revealing and funny about a man who tries to escape the reality of...
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Wayne's World of Tips
FASHION designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway are to share their top tips on everything from social housing to sofas in a series of mentoring sessions in Glasgow.
They will work with Scottish artists, designers and students as part of their Vintage Festival, which is coming to Glasgow during the Merchant City Festival.
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The pair will explain how they created fashion chain Red...
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Ingram Wynd Review from Get Out Glasgow
I have this fear of eels.
It comes from watching the brilliant film The Princess Bride and suffering through the scene with the ‘shrieking eels’. Shudder.
So when a restaurant’s website features the phrase ‘new Victorian Dining experience’ I immediately think of jellied eels. I should probably go and speak to someone.
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Ingram Wynd sits comfortably in the Merchant City, surrounded by...
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Holiday bliss in Glasgow’s back (court)yard
Even though Glasgow enjoys a good blether, it sometimes keeps a few secrets. Good secrets. Wonderful hideaways appearing where you least expect them. Revelations like Brutti Compadres tucked away off Virginia Street – a hidden gem reminiscent of the perfect holiday bar, minus any sand between the toes.
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Small, chic and inviting
Like its sister bar – the Brunswick Hotel’s bustling...
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In The City →
Check out our top picks to keep you busy from breakfast till bedtime in the Merchant City this week…
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Wayne Hemingway on his make-do-and-mend fashions
By RUTH WALKER Published on Saturday 13 April 2013 23:05
DESPITE having made a pile of cash from the sale of his Red or Dead label, Wayne Hemingway is proud of his make-do-and-mend philosophy – and the Vintage festival that was born out of it.
Wayne Hemingway has arranged to meet me at his favourite building in London. And as I make my way across a wind-lashed Hungerford Bridge...
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April in Paris Theatre Review
There was a moment, following the opening ceremony of last year’s Olympics, when it was possible to conjure up the image - part dream, part memory - of an England more at ease with itself than the country now presided over by David Cameron - messy, creative, social-democratic by instinct, post-modern and multicultural in atmosphere.
The moment was brief, though, and here is a show that...
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Get Out Glasgow Review of Dakhin
Glasgow certainly has no shortage of Indian cuisine. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more Indian restaurants than almost anything else in the city. In such a saturated market, how does an establishment truly excel and not just become part of the scenery? We visited Dakhin, in the Merchant City’s Candleriggs, to see if their promise of unusual Indian cuisine would impress.
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Wayne Hemingway reveals The Story So Far ahead of...
The designer behind Red or Dead will be sharing his knowledge on everything from social housing to sofas at a series of sessions with Scotland’s budding entrepreneurs.
Wayne and Geraldine Hemingway will be in Glasgow for the first of the talks on April 23, giving members of the public the opportunity to hear how the design duo started out at Camden market and ended up winning the British...
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This week we also chatted with Laurie from Neal’s Yard Remedies about their new beauty sleep body butter. This month to celebrate the product’s launch, you could win a beauty sleep body butter.
Name: Laurie Heaps.
Live: Queens Park, Glasgow.
Work: Neal’s Yard Remedies in Royal Exchange Square.
Describe yourself 5 words? Happy, active, inquisitive, student, caring.
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This week we caught up with Aileen from the Centre for Under 5’s. It’s the perfect place to stock up on arts and craft supplies, from pipe cleaners to poster paints, at bargain prices - so it’s great for keeping the kids busy!
Name: Aileen MacDonald
Live: West End, Glasgow
Work: Centre for Under Fives on Parnie Street.
Describe yourself 5 words? Ex-Paisley buddy who...
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Win a stay at Fraser Suites Glasgow
To celebrate the refurbishment of Fraser Suites Glasgow, the luxury four star serviced apartment is offering you the chance to indulge in a weekend away to Glasgow’s trendy Merchant City.
The award winning serviced apartments is offering one lucky Business Traveller online reader the chance to win a one-night weekend stay at the newly refurbished Fraser Suites Glasgow, including continental...
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Four new faces of fashion
Meet the rising Scottish fashion brands who are making some noise (including our very own Niche Optical Tailor!)…
Niche Optical Tailor
Brenda Connelly, 50, owner of Niche, a boutique opticians in Candleriggs, Glasgow’s Merchant City
. After studying dispensing optics in London, I went to work in Meyrowitz Opticians in Old Bond Street in my early twenties where I was schooled in...
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FRASER SUITES GLASGOW UNVEILS NEWLY REFURBISHED...
Situated in the heart of Glasgow and just steps from Merchant City, award winning Fraser Suites Glasgow has opened its doors to a seven figure refurbishment programme that has transformed the acclaimed serviced apartments into a luxurious four star home from home experience.
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Since work commenced last year all 98 apartments and public areas within the historic building have undergone a...
March 2013
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This is what we call a vintage Easter egg...
A woman has found a 56-year-old Easter egg while clearing out one of her mother’s cupboards. Judith Bowen, 73, from Wootton, Bedfordshire, bought the egg in 1957 as a gift for her mother.
The chocolate egg, was made by Gold Star Hand Made Sweets of Saffron Walden, Essex.
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Ms Bowen said she wanted to trace the company who made it, so she could show them how it had survived, but...
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Tam Cowan's restaurant review: Central Market,...
Here’s another great review of Central Market Glasgow from Tam Cowan in the Daily Record:
Our food expert was this week treating his taste-buds at Glasgow’s Central Market where he thought it was terrific value for money and worth the hype.
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Sat upstairs in the smart, cosy mezzanine level at Central Market, my mind drifted back to 2005 and a cracking wee place just off...
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Extra Comment: A step back in time
By Gillian Loney Published on Wednesday 20 March 2013 12:35
Cupcakes and doughnuts are all the rage.
Anyone even slightly tech savvy will have noticed a trend on social media sites recently – a ever-growing feed retro-tinted, rosy-hued snaps of cakes and Krispy Kremes galore.
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Of course, it might have something to do with the latter opening a shop in Edinburgh - and the...
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Glasgow's retail history celebrated in new...
The dynamic past and uncertain future of the retail industry in one of the UK’s biggest cities has been captured in a new exhibition of photographs.
Glasgow’s retail history, based on new research and previously unpublished photos, will be unveiled to the public in the Merchant City area.
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The exhibition is the result of commissioned research by four architecture and art...
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Review: The Sky is Falling
Chicken Licken (Anna Schneider in colourful frou-frou frock and feathers) is merrily drilling us new chicks in the routines of the Chicken Parade.
“Beaks up. Peck, peck. Wings out. Flap, flap.” The nursery tots are loving it, cottoning on to the moves in seconds flat – already connected into the whole interactive energy that powers this latest SYT treat for younger children....
