The park where Sick Boy and Renton discuss James Bond, Sean Connery, and The Name of the Rose is Rouken Glen Park in Newton Mearns, near Thornliebank. The park was also the site of the grave in Boyle's previous film Shallow Grave. ...
For there is a distinct boom feel to Newton Mearns, the town at the centre of the sprawling semi-rural constituency. New bungalows line its streets and builders are busy putting up yet another estate. If anywhere should go Conservative ...
