In this eposide of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End chat Jim meets and talks with Jesper Ericson, the Curatorial Assistant at the Hunterian.

Apart from finding out about Jesper's background (his time in Sweden, Cambridge, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and now Glasgow) we talked about one of his recent exhibitions; the Scottish Coinage Exhibition. The use of coins in Scotland goes all the way back to the 12th century,

'you are not carrying a muckle great big coin around that will buy you three hundred chickens you can use a wee coin to buy one chicken. Scotland was quite advanced when it came to coins and coinage..'

This one is not to be missed. Thanks Jesper, it was great to meet and chat with you. 

• Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End

Background music and photograph by Jim Byrne. 

Pat attends the West End Festival launch, buys fruit and veg in Partick, talks about celebrity encounters and meets up with friends to check out a new West End restaurant.

Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Glasgow West End Festival:L http://www.westendfestival.co.uk

Pat attends the West End Festival launch, buys fruit and veg in Partick, talks about celebrity encounters and meets up with friends to check out a new West End restaurant.

Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Glasgow West End Festival:L http://www.westendfestival.co.uk

In this episode Pat talks to Tom Binns the founder and Project Coordinator of Glasgow Piano City. Glasgow Piano City is a social enterprise that places pianos in locations throughout the city and gives people permission to play them. As you will hear in the interview there is a lot more to the project than just distributing pianos. 

As Tom says, Glasgow Piano City has inspired a 'bucket load of happy accidents'. Tom's enthusiasm and commitment to the project shines through. Enjoy. 

• Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

In this episode Pat talks to the blues singer, writer and creative writing tutor Linda Jackson. Linda talks about her work with unpublished (and published) writers, her life-long love of music and about the book she is editing called ‘Growing and Dying’. The book is a tribute to her close friend, the writer Janet Paisley.

A Joni Mitchell fan, Linda is also working on a special event around the music of this great artist. Linda is a fabulouse singer and performer so expect the night to be a special one. 

So let’s join Pat and Linda in the Kibble Palace where they met for a chat. 

Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Linda Jaxson: http://www.lindajaxson.com

Pat chats about visiting the Makers market in Milngavie, book launches she's looking forward to, interviews with singer songwriter and acadmic Linda Jaxson, Tom Binns from the Glasgow Piano City and the writer Mary Irvine. And her encounter with the aloof Lamas of Fruin Farm.

Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Linda Jaxson: http://www.lindajaxson.com

Glasgow Piano City: https://www.glasgowpianocity.org

In this short episode of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Pat tells us what she's been up to lately. And what's she's looking forward to in the next few weeks: events, shops, restaurants and people. 

http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Episode four of Jim & Pat's Galsgow West End Chat. The second half of my great interview with Ian Smith, of the record label, Last Night From Glasgow (LNFG).

Ian talks about:

• How the LNFG approach has been key to attracting a huge amount of goodwil from members and non-members. 

Check out LNFG at http://www.lastnightfromglasgow.com

Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

In this short episode of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Pat tells us what she's been up to lately. And what's she's looking forward to in the next few weeks: events, shops, restaurants and people. 

http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

In this episode I chat with Ian Smith from the record label, 'Last Night From Glasgow (LNFG)'. The label was set up in 2016 and has had phenomenal success in a very short period of time. Since 2016 LNFG have signed 11 artists, released 11 vinyle recods, 23 digital albums and CD's as well as organising numerous live shows and events. 

We had a good long chat so I've split the episode into two parts. In part one we learn about:

* Ian's backgrond growing up in Saltcoats. And his early taste in music.

* How the Scottish Independence vote of 2014 inspired Ian and a group of friends to set up the record label.

* How the label is organised and funded.

* How artists are chosen and the mechanics of running a record label in the modern era.

If you don't want to listen to our chat about Scottish politics I recommend you skip from about 9 minutes to approximately 22 minutes. 

Enjoy.