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Paul leads the video and content team at ScottishNews. He began his writing career with the East Kilbride News and The Herald before managing magazine titles in Dublin for 12 years. He returned home to continue his career, launching Glasgowist and maintaining a prolific output as a food and drink writer and a regular commentator on Scottish life. A former editor of GlasgowWorld, his writing credits include The Scotsman and Glasgow Times. Television appearances have included STV, BBC, RTE and CNN.

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9 September 2026

Food and Drink

Brechin’s bar in Govan enters new era as Victorian shopfront uncovered

Six months after taking over The Left Bank on Gibson Street, now trading as a Glasgow’s listening bar, Jim McLaughlin and David Low have acquired Brechin’s Bar at Govan Cross, one of the city’s most historic pubs.Within days of taking the keys, the pair made a discovery. Stripping back the frontage revealed the pub’s original Victorian timber shopfront intact beneath four later layers. Hand-grained panelling and mouldings unseen for decades were uncovered.Brechin’s Bar operates from a Category B listed Scots Baronial landmark at the corner of Govan Road and Burleigh Street, built in 1894 and a fixture of Govan life for generations.