Jim Byrne - 4 Country & Folk Songs Reader Recommendations - 4 Country & Folk Songs Review by Mary Irvine I’ve just finished listening - again - to an EP of four new songs from accomplished singer/songwriter and ‘Bankie’, Jim Byrne. Four very different tracks. Most people will relate to the theme of loss and remembrances in ‘The Yellow Clock’, the theme of true love Clydesider • Creative
Grey Heron With Fish Walk This Way - Walking With Nature by David Crawford Like everyone else I never knew what lockdown would actually mean for us all. I work for Youth Football Scotland and overnight all football was indefinitely cancelled. On my lockdown walks, I would carry my camera and started to photograph the birds. As well as enjoying this Clydesider • Issue 18
Lonesome Dove Reader Recommendations - Lonesome Dove Book Review by Gary Cameron I would like to recommend to other local readers the most enjoyable and utterly captivating novel I have ever read. It is called Lonesome Dove and is written by Larry McMurtry. It is a western, based in the late 1800’s and has a stellar cast of Clydesider • Entertainment
Canal Life Canal Life by Chris McCaughey The Forth & Clyde Canal starts (or ends) its 35-mile journey across Scotland in the village of Bowling, running alongside it is Sustrans Route 754 towpath, which continues on to Loch Lomond. They are outside spaces once used for commerce, now re-designed to encourage active travel and Clydesider • Creative
Gardenening Through COVID Gardening Through Covid by Andy Devine The Bellsmyre Community Garden team adapted to the pandemic challenges and continued to thrive under the guidance of Martin Love and Pat Lally. They were just about to launch their spring plant sale in March 2020 as the first lockdown started and moved this to an online Clydesider • Environment
Photo 03-11-2021, 10 32 30 Spotlight On Creativity - Susan Laws Interview by Jenny Watson Susan is a multi-talented artist who also Illustrates under the pen name Zuzia Nova. Q. How did you get into art? A. When I was wee, I was always drawing. I started sketch booking at an early age after being inspired by the art books I Clydesider • Creative
