The first ever Paisley Book Festival celebrated a hugely successful inaugural year. From 20th to 29th February, the festival – which celebrated Radical Stories and Rebel Voices and marked the 200th anniversary of the Paisley Radicals – packed out venues across the town as more than 2,500 people came to listen to the likes of John Byrne, Kirsty Wark, Janice Galloway, Kirstin Innes and many more.
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Background
In 1808, a group of local community figures came together to establish the Paisley Philosophical Institution.
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I joined Renfrewshire Council in late 2018 in the newly-created post of Paisley Partnership, Strategic Lead for Cultural Regeneration, having previously held culture-related roles with the Scottish Government, Creative Scotland and a variety of other organisations.
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The weeks from late October until mid-December always seem to be some of the most hectic of the year, and this is especially true for researchers looking at events like myself.
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I was lucky enough to join Renfrewshire Council in autumn 2018 as part of a new Cultural Regeneration team established to build on the legacy of Paisley’s UK City of Culture bid.
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I was chatting with some PhD colleagues last week about the first few months of our research, and if there is one thing that we all seemingly had in common, it was the dreaded imposter syndrome.
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My PhD revolves around the discipline of Creative Economics, which sounds like a euphemism for financial crime. Its first commandment may be Richard Florida’s statement “Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron once was”.
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“I’d just like to say that I appreciate your tie today, Niclas!”, one of the interviewers said. The panel broke down laughing. Had they been thinking about it the whole time?
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The new Centre for Culture, Sport and Events was launched officially on 21st March, the event was attended by almost a 100 local, national, policy, community and practitioner stakeholders.
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