Advent Day 1: Elf on the Shelf
Counting down to Christmas with Scotstoun’s Living Advent Calendar – Day 1.
Glasgow Gallivanting: November 2020
A dark and dreary month has a few chinks of light.
A Sea Loft in Cellardyke
Our base for a week’s coastal walking – Cellardyke in Fife
Graveyards of Glasgow: Maryhill Old Parish Church
A neglected graveyard leads to the history of a fascinating woman.
Graveyards of Glasgow: Calton Burial Ground
Burial place of Scotland’s first working-class martyrs.
Glasgow Gallivanting: October 2020
A month of increasing restrictions with the odd glimmer of light.
Graveyards of Glasgow: Cathcart Cemetery
A newspaper article takes me to the grave of a forgotten Suffragette.
Graveyards of Glasgow: Western Necropolis and St Kentigern’s
The Boer War, the Boys Brigade, and a boxer!
Graveyards of Glasgow: the Necropolis
Some of the unsung women in Glasgow Necropolis. But you can’t escape John Knox.
Kilmacolm: a family history
Visiting the village where my mother grew up.
Glasgow Gallivanting: September 2020
Walking with women from witches to saints!
Dunning and Maggie Wall
Was Dunning the site of Scotland’s last witch burning?
