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Glasgow Times
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow's Mackintosh at the Willow offering summer activities
Inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style, the activities include making stained-glass window hangers, mosaic mirrors, and embossed copper badges. Family craft workshops will run across multiple dates in July, with each session set to last 90 minutes and cost £7 per participant. Read more: Glasgow care home hosts free community cafe with home-baked treats Though all ages are welcome, the workshops are particularly aimed at children aged five to 12. All children must be accompanied by an adult, but only adults who wish to make a craft object need to book and pay for a place. Taking inspiration from its famous setting, the tea rooms will also host family baking sessions, where participants can create traditional treats. Family baking sessions will include the chance to bake coconut macaroons on Saturday, July 12, and to create a cranachan on Saturday, August 2. Each baking workshop will last two hours and cost £7 per participant. During these sessions, while the treats are being set, attendees will be guided on a family-friendly tour around the original Willow Tea Rooms building, before getting the chance to take any leftovers home. Read more: Incredible painting by Glasgow artist sells for over £150k (Image: National Trust for Scotland) Oliver Braid, the National Trust for Scotland's creative learning manager at Mackintosh at the Willow, said: "The work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style has been inspiring artists for decades, but it's not just for adults and art lovers. "These workshops are a really great way to engage the next generation in the history of our city in a fun and hands-on way, and they can make something special to take home with them to enjoy for years to come. "Our baking workshops are also a fun and easy way to learn a new skill, and to learn about the Scots kitchen and the role of tea rooms like Mackintosh at the Willow in our social history. "And there's nothing better than a sweet treat during the summer holidays. "We can't wait to welcome everyone this summer." Places for the workshops are limited, and booking is essential. For more information or to book a place, visit the National Trust for Scotland website.
Glasgow Times
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Lost love story behind Glasgow's beautiful tea room
The Salon de Luxe, the jewel of the National Trust for Scotland's Mackintosh at the Willow Tearooms on Sauchiehall Street, will be the focus of a romantic talk led by cultural historian Dr Robyne Calvert on July 6. The event explores how love, poetry, and symbolism shaped the design of the iconic room created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. (Image: Supplied) Read more: ABC owners say Glasgow School of Art 'ignored fire warning' before second blaze Oliver Braid, creative learning manager at Mackintosh at the Willow, said: "Visitors always fall in love with the Salon de Luxe, its bewitching details and important links to Scottish women's history. "Margaret Macdonald's work is central to the room's design, with interest in her work significantly growing in recent years. "This talk will help us understand how Mackintosh and Macdonald took inspiration from another creative and translated this into the design of our unique space, here at Mackintosh at the Willow on Sauchiehall Street. "The event will help to bring people back to Sauchiehall Street as it undergoes major developments into an area of significant culture and heritage for the city of Glasgow, and to help us think more about the city as it celebrates its 850th anniversary." Dr Calvert will explore how the Mackintoshes drew inspiration from the Willowwood sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The poems influenced not only the mood of the space but also Margaret Macdonald's stunning gesso panel, which forms a focal point of the room. (Image: Supplied) Read more: Glasgow musician blends classical harp with 'disco-inspired strings' in new single Dr Calvert said: "For the interior of this dazzling room, Mackintosh enlisted the aid of his wife, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. "Specifically, Macdonald crafted a gesso panel for this room, arguably amongst her most beautiful, titled after the first line in the third sonnet of Rossetti's cycle of four, O Ye, All Ye That Walk In Willowwood. "The Salon de Luxe is a quintessential example of how the Mackintoshes engaged with Symbolist practices in the creation of a gesamtkunstwerk—a total work of art. "The panel may be viewed as a narrative key to understanding the space's meaning." The talk is part of a wider programme of events leading up to 2028, which will mark the 100th anniversary of Mackintosh's death, the centenary of women gaining equal franchise in Scotland, and the 200th anniversary of Rossetti's birth. Tickets for the romantic event are priced at £7 and can be booked via Eventbrite.
Scotsman
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Scran season 8: Glasgow's love affair with tea
This episode of Scran is all about Scotland's historical relationship with tea and more specifically the rise and fall of the great Glasgow tea rooms. I am joined by Dr Lindsay Middleton, Food Historian and Knowledge Exchange Associate at the University of Glasgow and friend of the podcast Peter Gilchrist, who is a Scottish food history writer. Lindsey and Peter organised the 2025 Scottish Food History Symposium on tea which took place recently and was delivered in partnership with Mackintosh at the Willow and the National Trust for Scotland. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA I went along to the tea Symposium at Mackintosh at the Willow in Glasgow. There I learnt how tea in Glasgow was linked to women, trade and slavery, art, class, tourism, Scottish identity, and diaspora. The event was truly fascinating and shared the rich history of Glaswegian tearooms. You'll hear from Perilla Kinchin, Author of Taking Tea with Mackintosh: The Story of Miss Cranston's Tea Rooms - talking about Kate Cranston, the first lady of Glasgow's tea rooms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. You'll also hear snippets from Professor Andrew Mackillop's talk on some of the earliest presence of tea in Glasgow and how it became surprisingly political. Listen to the episode in full Watch the episode We'd love to hear from you for the next season's episodes. Scran season 8: A preview of the Campbeltown Malts Festival with Glen Scotia and Springbank Scran season 8: Michelin Stars with chefs Rodney Wages and Stuart Ralston Scran season 8 - Discovering food and drink in Angus If you have an opinion about anything we discuss, get in touch with your comments. Drop us a message on the Scotsman Food and Drink Facebook page, or contact me on Twitter @RosalindErskine or via email using Scran is available from all of your favourite podcast providers, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe to never miss an episode - and leave us a rating and review. It helps others discover the show and we really like to hear your feedback. Scran season 8 - Discovering food and drink in Angus If you want to know more about food and drink in Scotland, then why not subscribe to our newsletter?
