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The Glasgow Fair is a holiday usually held during the second half of July in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] 'The Fair' is the oldest of similar holidays and dates to the 12th century. [2] [1] The fair's earliest incarnation occurred in 1190, when Bishop Jocelin obtained permission from King William the Lion to hold the festivities.
A Celebration of Endings (Live from the Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow) [2] is the fourth live album by Scottish alternative rock band Biffy Clyro.Originally recorded in 2020 as a digital live show during the Covid-19 pandemic, the album was released on 14 October 2022 as a two disc vinyl LP which included a Blu-ray disc of the footage from the original digital live show.
In 2015, Glasgow City Council tested hi-tech CCTV software worth £1.2m, checking to see whether it could automatically detect people putting cones on the statue, which it could. [ 17 ] On Brexit Day (31 January 2020), pro-European supporters placed a cone painted to represent the EU flag on the statue's head.
London-based architects Foster + Partners were appointed as the design team for the Hydro in May 2004, [7] [8] with Glasgow-based Elphinstone additionally appointed as the preferred developer for the site. [9] The design of the arena was finally released to the press in October 2005, [10] and the SECC gained full planning consent for the arena ...
Glasgow Science Centre is located in the Pacific Quay area, and as such, is surrounded by the media centres that form the Digital Media Quarter, a Scottish Enterprise development initiative, [31] With the opening of the new STV headquarters in July 2006 and the beginning of broadcast programming from BBC Pacific Quay nearly a year later in ...
The 2026 Commonwealth Games (Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2026), officially known as the XXIII Commonwealth Games and Glasgow 2026 (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu 2026; Scots: Glesga 2026), is a planned multi-sport event scheduled from 23 July to 2 August 2026, to be hosted in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, for members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Glasgow Rocks' first home game at the Emirates Arena, October 2012. The Indoor Arena has a capacity of 6,500 [4] and during the Commonwealth Games it had twelve badminton courts in three indoor sports halls. [5] The arena has a hydraulically lifted 200m indoor running track that hosted the Aviva International Match, which will move from Kelvin ...
The Nottingham Goose Fair is an annual travelling funfair held at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham, England, during the first week of October. [2] Largely provided by travelling Showmen, it is one of three established fairs in the United Kingdom to carry the name, the others being the smaller Goosey Fair in Tavistock, Devon, and the even smaller Michaelmas Goose Fayre in Colyford ...