Fifty years ago, I was working on my dream job: preparing for the 800 Years of Glasgow exhibition, due to open in the People’s Palace in May 1975 when the new Glasgow District and Strathclyde Regional ...

Except for the tilted, blue neon halo circling the bell tower, the hulking Romanesque-Gothic complex of stone arches, peaked turrets and stained-glass windows was just like any other 19th century ...

Ruth Ewan’s interactive installation, currently on display at the Glasgow Women’s Library collects vinyl records and ephemera ...

The Industrial Revolution took hold in Glasgow at the beginning of the 19th century. The manufacture of cotton and textiles, chemicals, glass, paper and soap increased rapidly. Immigrants from the ...

A new mural celebrating the legacy of St Thenue has been unveiled in Glasgow.

The following is a short extract from Mairtin O' Cathain's book 'With a bent elbow and a clenched fist’ A Brief History of the Glasgow Anarchists Sometime during the Spanish Revolution, probably about ...

In August 1879, around 6,000 spectators lined the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, to see two teenagers called Elizabeth and Minnie swim half a mile. Now, 145 years later, there’s a ...

An ancient well hidden for centuries within the Crypt of Glasgow Cathedral is being brought back into the spotlight this autumn as part of the city’s 850th anniversary celebrations. The site, long ...

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