The great seascape: from Glasgow to Skye by kayak

In 1934 two men paddled from Glasgow to the Hebrides on some inner tubes and bits of wood. Today the trip is safer but equally spectacular ...

I saw Scotland in a week – with an unlimited train ticket

With a flexible and affordable rover pass (which also includes buses and ferries), our writer explores Scotland’s western isles, Highlands a...

Why Glasgow is Britain’s best city for music lovers

The author of a book on the music forged in the UK’s industrial cities takes in Glasgow gigs, record shops and pubs, and the stories of the ...

Mikaku, Glasgow: ‘So much more than the sum of its parts’ – restaurant review | Jay Rayner

On a dreary night in Glasgow head for Mikaku, the city’s kitsch but buzzing Japanese inn Mikaku, 25 Queen Street, Glasgow G1 3EF (0141 221 ...

On the trail of Mary, Queen of Scots

A major new film about the 16th-century queen will put the castles and battlefields of her tragic final days back in the spotlight. We follo...

Alchemilla, Glasgow: ‘I used every last ounce of willpower to decline seconds’ – restaurant review

This food isn’t intricate or precise. It is not made to be photographed. It is designed to be fabulous to eat Alchemilla, 1126 Argyle Stree...

The alt city guide to Glasgow

A network of indie galleries, clubs, restaurants and bars has created a robust creative scene in Scotland’s largest city, where talent is al...

Horn Please, Glasgow: a bit sleazy, a lot delicious – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin

Is the bread pakora delicate, nuanced, considered? No chance. Do we wolf it like animals? Hell, yes My husband, whose approach to shopping ...

Table 11, Glasgow: ‘I don’t mind a bowl of homemade crisps as pre-dessert’ – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin

The specials board is where the real stars hang out. We have a couple of fat, tender octopus legs, charred into sticky smokiness If you liv...

Norn, Leith, Edinburgh: ‘It makes me want to gasp OMG OMG, like a teen scoring a selfie with Harry Styles’ – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin

No matter what fish, fowl or foraged fungus turned up on the day, it would issue from Norn’s kitchen transformed into something ravishing T...

Time for Turner: Glasgow’s contemporary art scene

With the Turner prize about to be presented in Glasgow for the first time, our writer samples the city’s dynamic art scene To say that, in ...

Eusebi Deli, Glasgow G4 – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin

‘Eusebis happily wanders all over Italy’s boot for its plunder, not bothering with any of this modern “We’re Puglian/Ligurian/Calabrian” pos...

Five university cities with a great nightlife

If you’re a student who likes to party, pick a place where the music never stops If you’re starting university in a new city this year, it’...

Club culture: a guide to Glasgow's nightlife – by Optimo

In the first of a series of nightlife guides to coincide with the Red Bull Music Academy ’s UK tour of top clubbing cities, JG Wilkes from D...

The gig venue guide: the Arches, Glasgow

Underneath a railway station lurks one of the city’s best gig venues – just be prepared for a push and a shove if you want to get to the fro...

10 unusual British walking tours

From a look at York’s historic toilets to a Depeche Mode tour of Essex, talk a walk on the weird side 1 Glasgow School of Art walking tour ...

The gig venue guide: O2 Academy, Glasgow

It’s the last stop before the enormodomes, but the Academy can still attract huge acts in its own right – Adele has dropped by and Sam Smith...