Glasgow-based Salt and Chilli Oriental was named 'One to Watch' at this year's R200 Awards. The annual awards, organised by Restaurant Magazine and held last night in Manchester, recognise excellence in the multi-site restaurant space as voted for by industry peers. The Salt and Chilli Oriental concept was named 'One to Watch', with owner TV Chef Jimmy Lee receiving the … [Read more...] about Salt and Chilli Oriental win prize at restaurant awards
Talk of the Town: Christmas film screenings at The Briggait
Following the summertime success of Cults & Classics free outdoor cinema at Queen’s Park Arena, the team behind the event, Inhouse Event CIC, will bring a special movie weekend to the Victorian surrounds of city centre art space The Briggait this December. The free weekend saw its first allocation of tickets on Thursday 3 November which were snapped up within seven … [Read more...] about Talk of the Town: Christmas film screenings at The Briggait
Latin American restaurant with secret Margarita bar to open
El Santo, a restaurant and bar on Miller Street will open at the start of December with a menu that takes a gastronomic tour of Latin America. It's a venue in two parts, with a hidden Margarita speakeasy bar stocked with tequila and mezcal sitting alongside a separate open dining room. Expect innovative and surprising dishes, small and sharing plates of meat … [Read more...] about Latin American restaurant with secret Margarita bar to open
Douglas Stuart to turn Shuggie Bain novel into BBC series
Douglas Stuart, author of the 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, is adapting his novel for BBC One and iPlayer in his first television series, produced by A24. Set during the 1980s, Shuggie Bain is the story of a mother-son relationship in working class Glasgow. Shuggie’s mother Agnes - a luminous, glamourous star she has always believed herself to be - dreams of … [Read more...] about Douglas Stuart to turn Shuggie Bain novel into BBC series
The Pastels’ The Last Great Wilderness among trio of re-releases from Geographic
Geographic, the Domino imprint label set up in the year 2000 by Stephen McRobbie and Katrina Mitchell of The Pastels, will reissue three of their seminal label releases: Maher Shalal Hash Baz’s experimental Blues du Jour (2003), The Pastels’ The Last Great Wilderness (2003) – the score to director David Mackenzie’s film of the same name – and Lightships’ debut, Electric … [Read more...] about The Pastels’ The Last Great Wilderness among trio of re-releases from Geographic