Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat

May Miles Thomas - the Glasgow born multi award winning film director and screenwriter speaks to Pat. They chat about the Scottish film industry and her latest film, La Voyageuse. The film is based on the life of her late mother-in-law, Erica Thomas. who was Born in Hungary in 1933, came to the UK in 1938 and worked as a scientist during the cold war. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 56...

What Pat's been up to: Day of the Imprisoned Writer, Glasgow Vintage Co, Big Feed Govan, Night at the Museum, Websters Theatre and much more. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 55 Links Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Day of the Imprisoned Writer Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

What Pat's been up to: Film Festivals galore, Creative Conversations, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Websters Theatre, Carlton Jug Band and the Open day at Centre for advanced textiles. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End - Episode 54 Links Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End   Centre for advanced textiles (CAT) Music by Jim Byrne Twitter: @glasgowswestend

What Pat's been up to: Sandie Knudson of YYes - Portraits Of A Nation, The Queensferry Bridge, Halloween, Havana Film Festival, Poetry by Rizwan Alkhta 'Lahore, I am coming'  Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 53 Links Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End YYES - Portraits Of A Nation Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

David Forbes speaks to Jim. David is an A-list Electronic Dance Music producer and has been a busy DJ for the last 2 decades. He has released tracks on the industry's biggest and most respected dance labels. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 52 David is globally renowned for his productions, he is also one of Scotland’s most prolific International DJ’s appearing in Ibiza, Holland, Brazil...

What Pat's been up to: La Lanterna's first birthday party, Mickey Rooney, CCA re-opens YYES Portrait Of A Nation and St Andrews Torchlight Parade. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 51 Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End. YYES Portraits Of A Nation Twitter: #glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

What Pat's been up to: The BIG day of KinDness, Brian Whittingham, Duglas T Stewart (BMX Bandits), Warren McIntyre launches new Starry Skies album, Humpback bridge reopens over the Kelvin, GFT (Scotland loves Anime) and Bearpit Brothers gig. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 50 Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End. The BIG day of KinDness Twitter: #glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

Part two of my chat with Warren McIntyre: talking about the formation of the band, recording, the fleeting nature of fame and favourite tracks from the new Starry Skies Album, Be Kind. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 49 Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End. Starry Skies, Be Kind Album Release Twitter: #glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

Part one of my chat with Warren McIntyre of the band Starry Skies: talking about music, charity gigs, record deals, being in the spotlight and the imminent release of the new Starry Skies Album, Be Kind. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 47 Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End. Starry Skies, Be Kind Album Release Twitter: #glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

What Pat's been up to: Watching 'The Wife' at GFT, Creative Conversations, A new book by Jane Harris, National Poetry Day and Play Pie & a Pint. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Episode 48 Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End A Play, A Pie & A Pint at Oran Mor Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

What Pat's been up to: Bloody Scotland Festival, Rainbow Trout, Word Jazzology!, International Day of Peace, Hunter & the Anatomy of the Modern Museum and 'thi wurd' #3 launch.  Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 46 Pat's Guilde to Glasgow West End William Hunter and the anatomy of the modern museum Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

Basia Palka chats to Pat about the Polish Community, her poetry (she even recites some of her own poems), her family, cycling and her fund-raising for Scottish Huntington’s Association Basia daughter is a the film actror and director Marianna Palka. Marianna is currently starring in the Netflix hit show Glow.  Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 45 Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Scottis...

What Pat's been up to: Bathing Bells, Timorous Beasties, Pollock House, Warren Starry Skies, Helen Lamb's first novel, Store Interiors sale and Harlem 69 book launch Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 44 Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Bathing Bells Photo Exhibition Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

Luca is in his second year of a Jazz degree at the Guildhall School of Music in London. He is just back from San Francisco and has performed at Ronnie Scott’s in London and at the Dunoon Jazz Festival. All that study and live work has clearly payed off - as he recently won the Rising Star award - at the Scottish jazz awards 2018. Luca is the talented grandson of your favourite tv antique’s expert,...

What Pat's been up to: Glasgow's Underground, Yvonne Lyon gig, Doors Open Days, Autumn Poems, Jazz singer Luca Manning, Bathing Bells Photo Exhibition and more. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 42 Links Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Doors Open Day Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

What Pat's been up to: New specs, Lauren from Canada, Princes Square, Little Italy, The Big Feed, The McIlvanney Prize 2018 and lots more. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 41 Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Little Italy, Byres Road Twitter @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne  

Theresa Talbot - the writer and broadcaster with BBC Radio Scotland chats with Pat. Hear about her new book, her wedding and her interview with Graham Norton. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 40 In this episode Pat chats with Theresa Talbot. Theresa is a self-employer writer and broadcaster with BBC Radio Scotland. There’s a good chance you know Theresa’s voice from the news and the tra...

What Pat's been up to: Fascinating West End facts, Publishing Scotland Showcase, Mother India deals, Thistle Gallery and the Glasgow Youth Film Festival. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 39 All of the above plus Basia Palka, the new musical instrument library in Govanhill and gigs by Lyonne Lyon, Eilidh Patterson and your Podcast host Jim Byne.  Links Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End Gla...

What's Pat been up to: Remembering the black pudding at Ubiquitous Chip, the Mary Barbour statue, Westender Charles Rennie Mackintosh and meeting author Theresa Talbot. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 38 Links Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End Mary Barbour on Wikipedia Music by Jim Byrne Twitter: @glasgowswestend 

In this episode I speak to Gordon Ross. Gordon runs the successful video blog, IndieCar Gordon Ross; where he talks about and analyses all things related to Scottish independence.  You don’t need to be an independence supporter to enjoy this episode, the focus is on discovering the twists and turns in his life that led him to do what he is doing today. It’s a fascinating tale. Jim & Pat’s Glasgow...

What's Pat been up to: getting het up about the George Square proposals, watching BMX biking at Knightswood and interviewing Jazz singer Luca Manning for the Podcast (you might know his granny, Anita Manning) Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 36 Also chatting about The World Pipe Band Championships, Glasgow Open Doors Days and the start of the Play Pie & Pint season at Oran Mor. Links Pa...

What's Pat been up to: Talking about going 'doon the water' on the Waverly, European Championships Glasgow 2018 and asking the question, how will Pat get to her writing class? Includes our latest fascinating West End fact and our favourite West End places. And just to give you a laugh, I create my own musical introduction for the West End fact section. Jim & Pat's West End Chat - Episode 35 Pat's...

Pat chats with Greg Hemphill, actor, writer and comedian. With Ford Kiernan, Greg co-wrote (and acts in) the hit TV show Still Game and is about to record the ninth and final series of the show. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 34 Greg talks about Still Game, the joy of playing to hundreds of thousands of people at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro and about what lies ahead for himself and writing pa...

What's Pat been up to: lunch at Gleneagles, Iris Dement live, hello Texas, a busy Glasgow. And we ask; was the Kelvingrove Art Gallery built back to front? Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 33 In this episode we discuss all the wonderful things going on in Glasgow including the Merchant City Festival, Buffy and the Vampire Slayer Festival, Cryptic Sonica, the Glasgow European Championshi...

Chatting to Pat about Al Pacino and his West End hairdresser, her trip to Ireland, the European Championship 2018 and the Merchant City Festival. Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 32 Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End The Berlin / Glasgow 2018 European Championships Twitter: @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne