Glasgow Blog

By Jimmy Quigley, Director

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Glasgow ... the best and most exciting yet. Bars, restaurants and night clubs, the whole place is geared to one thing ... partying and creativity. Met Turner Prize finalist Jim Lambie, sculptor extrordinare!

Jim's work is incredible -- giant porcelain hummingbirds with diamante handbags dangling from the wings... pretty cool. We hung out and shot in his favorite places for a couple of days.

To say he is well connected is an understatement. Instead of going through the whole Glasgow experience I'll just sum it up ... in one bar members of Primal Scream, Belle and Sebastian, Texas and Franz Ferdinand were all supping pints and Jim knew them all!

If you want to eat in Glasgow go to the Red Onion restaurant in West Campbell Street and you'll be dining next to Billy Boyd -- he of Lord of the Rings fame -- as well as most of the theatre and film fraternity. Well there you go, I can't wait to go back. If you like a good time one word sums it up... Glasgow!

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