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Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat

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A Podcast by Jim & Pat Byrne about everything related to Glasgow West End. Interviews, what"s on, reviews, guests and anything else you can think of.

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57:31

Historian Florence Boyle Chats With Pat – Episode 106...

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2025/09/12

Welcome to episode 106 of Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End ChatIn this episode Pat chats with historian Florence Boyle Florence is particularly interesting because she was born and brought up in Pat’s home village, Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire. It was during the Covid lockdown that Florence took the opportunity to start researching and writing about topics she has long been interested in - and those are the stories about the amazing, ordinary people who lived in her part of the

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31:44

Author Liam McIlvanney chats with Pat about his new...

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2025/07/19

Episode 105 of Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat – Pat chatting to author Liam McIlvanney In this episode Pat chats to award winning author Liam McIlvanney about his latest novel, the psychological thriller, The Good Father. Which is by all accounts a gripping read. Liam is the Stuart Professor of Scottish Studies and Director of the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at University of Otago in New Zealand. He has previously won The McIlvanney Prize at Bloody Scotland, an award named in

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56:36

Author Deedee Cuddihy chats with Pat Byrne – Scottish...

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2025/06/20

Welcome to episode 104 of Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End ChatAuthor Deedee Cuddihy chats with Pat Byrne – Scottish Funny Books In this episode Pat chats with the Deedee Cuddihy - author of a series of very popular and Funny Scottish Books. You will get a sense of Deedee's unique oeuvre from some of her book titles. Here we go: I Love The West End of Glasgow I Love Scones The Wee Guide to Spooky Stuff Scottish Wedding Disasters Would Jesus Wear a Kilt How to Murder a Haggis The Wee Guide to

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01:03:30

Tim Rideout and Ian Stewart of the Scottish Currency...

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2024/08/31

Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 103Today I am chatting with Tim Rideout and Ian Stewart of the Scottish Currency Group. And, if you’re thinking, ‘Currency? Well, that doesn’t sound very interesting’, then stay tuned because Tim and Ian will have you convinced otherwise. In fact after this podcast you’ll be telling your pals that currency is the most important subject to learn about if they want to live in a successful Scotland. And that would be true. Tim and Ian chat about all

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50:42

Billy Kay chats to Pat Byrne about his new book ’Born...

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2024/05/04

Welcome to Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 102. Today, Pat chats with Billy Kay – writer, broadcaster, multi-award-winning producer and promoter of the Scots language. Billy has a new book called 'Born in Kyle: A Love Letter to an Ayrshire Childhood.' I recommend it wholeheartedly; we attended a recent event at Glasgow University where he read from it and regaled us with many hilarious tales from his childhood. Check out Billy's website for his full biography, more great books, and

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50:09

Dr Elisa Segnini and Rodrigo Hernandez Gomez chat to...

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2024/04/03

Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 101Dr Elisa Segnini and Rodrigo Hernandez Gomez chat to Pat about the exhibition ‘Masks We Wear’ Today Pat chats to Dr Elisa Segnini from the University of Glasgow and Rodrigo Hernandez Gomez from Hyndland Secondary School’s, Art Department. Elisa and Rodrigo talk about their exhibition ‘Masks We Wear’ - currently on at at University of Glasgow, Advanced Research Centre - until the 6th of April 2024. That’s where we came across the exhibition and it

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47:13

Lesley Riddoch chats with Jim about her new film,...

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2023/12/28

Lesley Riddoch chats with Jim about her new film, Denmark - the State of HappinessJim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 100 Welcome to Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat. Remarkably, this is episode 100. Hurrah! Well done to us. :-) This is the second half of my chat with the esteemed broadcaster, podcaster, journalist and filmmaker Lesley Riddoch. In part one, we learned about Lesley’s formative years and we learned about the background to the making of her latest film, Denmark -

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57:47

Lesley Riddoch talks to Jim Byrne about, ‘Denmark -...

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2023/12/13

Lesley Riddoch talks to Jim Byrne about, ‘Denmark - the State of Happiness’. And more. Part 1 of 2 Episode 99 of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Lesley Riddoch is a tour de force. She is a political activist, pioneering publisher, writer, podcaster, independence and land-reform campaigner and, last but not least, a role model for women in Scotland and far beyond. It was great to chat with Lesley about her student days at Oxford, her work in both the mainstream and independent media, the

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01:08:34

Writer and writing tutor Dave Manderson Chats to Pat

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2023/11/02

Writer and writing tutor Dave Manderson Chats to Pat Welcome to episode 98 of Jim and Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat. Today Pat will be chatting to writer and former creative writing tutor Dave Manderson. Dave works with literary organisations such as Scottish PEN, he organises and runs literary events and has presented illustrated talks on a range of different topics - including topics as diverse as serial killers and Scottish identity. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He recently curated a

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51:35

Donella Campbell chatting to Pat about her book, The...

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2023/10/02

Donella Campbell chatting to Pat about her book, The Girl Who Invented Dusty Springfield Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 97 We have another great guest. Pat will be chatting with Glasgow West End’s own, Donella Campbell. Donella is the writer of the book, ‘The Girl Who Invented Dusty Springfield’. Dusty Springfield, certainly one of my favourite singers of all time. This is a meticulously researched book, which covers the singer’s early life, as Donella seeks to find the person

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01:10:39

Jeane Freeman, former Scottish Government Health &...

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2023/05/19

Episode 96 - Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Pat chats with Jeane Freeman OBE We are thrilled to have Jeane Freeman OBE, former politician and SNP member, as our guest on the Podcast. Jeane is truly one of the good people in this world. You will know her best from the daily Covid briefings - at the height of the pandemic - as she put her heart and soul into trying to keep us all safe. Jeane's political journey began in 2016 when she secured the constituency seat of Carrick, Cumnock, and Doon

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38:24

Johnny Smillie and Monica Queen of Tenement & Temple...

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2023/02/06

Episode 95 of Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat - Johnny Smillie and Monica Queen of Tenement & Temple - part two The second part of my chat with Glasgow’s own music legends Monica Queen and Johnny Smillie - of the band Tenement and Temple. Johnny is known for his accomplished guitar playing, songwriting and as an in-demand music producer and Monica for her musicianship, songwriting and her incredible voice. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol said, Monica possesses one of the "greatest ever voices to

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42:42

Johnny Smillie and Monica Queen of Tenement & Temple...

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2023/01/02

Episode 94 of Jim & Pat’s Glasgow West End Chat Johnny Smillie and Monica Queen of Tenement & Temple chat with Jim - part one In this episode I was delighted to chat to Glasgow’s own music legends Monica Queen and Johnny Smillie - of the band Tenement and Temple. Johnny is known for his accomplished guitar playing, songwriting and as an in-demand music producer and Monica for her musicianship, songwriting and her incredible voice. Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol said, Monica possess one of the

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38:54

In this episode Pat chats to Carla Woodburn

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2022/12/07

Episode 93 Carla is a poet, she is the poetry editor at the Scots Language Centre, she’s an author, events organiser, and the host of the show 'Express Yourself' on Sunny Govan Radio. The Express Yourself show features poets and music and as it says in the blurb, "The chat is minimal, but the banter maximum". Carla lives in Glasgow but originally she comes from Tain in the Scottish Highlands. Links Carla Woodburn Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End. @glasgowswestend Music by Jim Byrne

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01:09:06

Billy Kay - writer, broadcaster, linguist and...

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2022/07/20

I was delighted and excited to chat to Billy Kay: writer, broadcaster, multi-linguist, and champion of the Scots language - most notably through his book 'The Mither Tongue', which is quite rightly regarded as a classic of contemporary Scottish culture. Billy is a much-honored individual but, for many people, he came to prominence recently for his address to the Scottish parliament - the first ever to have been presented in Scots. Scots in the Scottish Parliament - heaven forbid! In this episode we

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41:18

Writer Alan Gillespie chats to Pat about his first...

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2021/07/29

Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 91 In this episode the writer Alan Gillespie talks about his first novel, The Mash House; it is a novel of isolation and fear set in an isolated Highland village on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Alan Gillespie is a writer and teacher from Fife. He has studied at the University of Stirling, Glasgow and Strathclyde. His articles and stories have appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, the Herald, Northwards Now, New Writing Scotland and elsewhere. In

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59:36

Brendon McIlroy, the director of Halo Arts, chats to...

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2021/06/13

Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 90 In this episode Pat chats to Brendon McIlroy, the founder and Artistic Director of Glasgow based production company Halo Arts. Halo Arts is an innovative production company, delivering inclusive projects, productions and events. As well as his work with Halo, Brendon is West End Festival’s Senior Event Manager, having worked for the charity since 2007. Links Halo Arts Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End Twitter: @glasgowswestend

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33:40

Bob McDevitt, programmer of Glasgow's Aye Write...

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2021/05/15

Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 89 In this episode, Pat chats with Bob McDevitt, programmer of Glasgow's Aye Write festival; which I'm sure you know, is Glasgow’s Book Festival. Among many other things, Pat gets the lowdown on this year's programme; how it will work online and how that presents both challenges and opportunities for new and interesting ways to present authors and their books. Bob is also Programmer for Bloody Scotland, a keen photographer, and let's not forget, author

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50:54

Elspeth King, a curator, writer and social historian...

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2021/05/11

Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 88 In this episode Pat is chatting to Elspeth King, a curator, writer and social historian. As curator of social history at the People's Palace Museum, Elspeth and her team saw the small local history museum blossom to become an award winning, significant cultural attraction, held in great affection by the people of Glasgow. Equally appreciated was the magnificent Winter Gardens attached to the museum. Elspeth has written several books on social history,

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36:10

Lesley O'Brien - Part 2: Becoming a professional...

Jim & Pat"s Glasgow West End Chat ·

2021/02/28

Lesley O'Brien - Part 2: Chatting with Jim Byrne about becoming a professional storyteller Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat - Episode 87 In this episode storyteller, poet, singer, songwriter Lesley O'Brien talks about her own journey to becoming a professional storyteller, poet, songwriter and singer. It was a joy to chat with Lesley. Save Carlton Studios This is our second special episode to Help Save Carlton Studios. Carlton Studios will close if money cannot be raised to see it through the

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