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The End is Nigh: Union Terrace Gardens and City Square

I feel sick.  Right in the pit of my stomach, a deep discomfort is keeping me awake and making me a bit tetchy.  Tomorrow the City Square consultation comes to an end and the fate of our Gardens could be sealed.  It’s a very stressful time!

Now is our final chance to have a say in what [...]

Free Gig at Union Terrace Gardens

As part of IHEARTUTG, local promoters IMP put together a  bill of unplugged musicians to perform for free in the gardens this afternoon.  Proof that you don’t need much to bring them to life, just some imagination and the will to do something.

A number of artists played with my favourite being Les Pelicans who gave a [...]

Save Union Terrace Gardens

I ventured into Union Terrace Gardens on Sunday.  I was brave, went in all by myself.  With all the talk of it being the seedy underbelly of Aberdeen perhaps this was foolhardy, perhaps I was putting myself at risk and perhaps I was going to meet some of the fabled undesirables who supposedly inhabit this dark, [...]

I Heart Union Terrace Gardens

I Heart UTG

Fraser Denholm has posted an amazing article about the ongoing campaign to save Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen city centre.  You can read it: Here.

If you would like to sign the petition then you can do so: Here

If you would like to know more about Peacock Visual Arts and the proposed new Contemporary [...]