Glasgow Shopping

Stow away a bonny wee, locally made memento of your Scottish excursion

Featured June 10 Words by Marie Cleland
Glasgow Shopping

Toile Cushion
�90/�105

Glaswegian textile designers Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons (aka Timorous Beasties) create funky new takes on old classics such as toile de jouy. Their Glasgow toile, with its cheeky allusions to the underbelly of Glasgow life, is available on cushions, lampshades and other homewares. Timorous Beasties, 384 Great Western Road, tel: +44 (0)141 337 2622, www.timorousbeasties.com

Glasgow Cookery Book
�14.99/�17.50

Retro recipes - and the cookbooks that originally contained them - are making a comeback. This 100th-anniversary edition of the textbook for The Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (fondly named The Dough School) is the ultimate Scottish kitchen companion, with boiled tongue and oxtail soup appearing alongside haggis and Dundee cake. Waterstones, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street, tel: +44 (0)141 332 9105, www.waterstones.com

Mackintosh Fridge Magnet
�4.99/�5.80

The celebrated arts and crafts designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow and stamped his signature style on many of the city's buildings, including The Willow Tea Rooms. Order tea there - and take home a souvenir of Mackintosh's fantastic style, this miniature of the chairs he designed for his patron, Kate Cranston's caf� on Argyle Street. The Willow Tea Rooms, 217 Sauchiehall Street, tel: +44 (0)141 332 0521, www.willowtearooms.co.uk

Scottish Tablet
�1(100G)/�1.20

Like fudge, only better (well, that's what a Scot would tell you), tablet is a super-sugary confection synonymous with Scottish culture. Buy it at Glickman's, Glasgow's oldest sweet shop, and dare to be tempted by the plethora of other tooth-tingling goodies, from cinnamon balls and lucky tatties to macaroons. Glickman's, 157 London Road, tel: +44 (0)141 552 0880, www.glickmans.co.uk

Miso Funky Embroidery
�22/�25.50

Three drinks can be said to exemplify Scottish culture: whisky; Irn Bru (a bright orange fizzy concoction); and a good cup of tea. So what better memento of your Scottish sojourn than this gentle reminder to take a quiet break, put your feet up and tuck into a plate of shortbread? From Glasgow's Miso Funky design team. The Maisonette, De Courcy's Arcade, Upper Floor, 21 Cresswell Lane, www.wearemadeintheshade.com, www.misofunky.com