Glasgow’s West End Festival Parade
Glasgow’s West End Festival is celebrating its 18th this year – happy coming of age! Almost every year, there has been a magnificent parade but I have to admit to… Read more Glasgow’s West End Festival Parade →
Glasgow Women’s Heritage Walks
If you don’t know Glasgow, a great way to explore the city is on a guided walk. And if you DO know Glasgow it’s still great, because you will find… Read more Glasgow Women’s Heritage Walks →
Elder Park and Govan
Like many major cities, Glasgow has grown by incorporating surrounding towns and villages. Govan was a separate burgh until 1912 – it once had a population of 60,000 when shipbuilding… Read more Elder Park and Govan →
Liz Lochhead at Scotland Street: Competent at peever
What a great wee museum Scotland Street is! A former primary school designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who fell out spectacularly with the School Board of Glasgow and was more… Read more Liz Lochhead at Scotland Street: Competent at peever →
Bellahouston Park and House for an Art Lover
We had a lovely lunch in House for an Art Lover (designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh but built long after his death) on Sunday, then spent an hour or two… Read more Bellahouston Park and House for an Art Lover →
2012: the best bits
It’s been a funny old year. After working in the same place for two decades, I’ve now left two jobs within a few months of each other, experiencing both the… Read more 2012: the best bits →
The ones that nearly got away….
So it’s Hogmanay, I’m clearing out from my iPad all the photos I’ve used, or rejected, for blogging in 2012 and I’ve found a couple of posts that I meant… Read more The ones that nearly got away…. →
Stained glass and puppets
We’ve lived in our present house for nearly twenty years, and every time we leave it we pass this at the end of the road, yet we’ve never been in:… Read more Stained glass and puppets →
Maryhill Burgh Halls
Maryhill is an area of Glasgow close to where we live which, although not particularly touristy, has some interesting developments going on. It dates from the coming of the canals… Read more Maryhill Burgh Halls →
Sandymount Cemetery Heritage Trail
A couple of months ago, I wrote about our visit to the Glasgow Necropolis. It’s the most famous, but not the only, Glasgow cemetery with a heritage trail and we… Read more Sandymount Cemetery Heritage Trail →
Glasgow Necropolis
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, we set off for the Necropolis, Glasgow’s Victorian garden cemetery, armed with two leaflets about it: Glasgow City Council’s Heritage Trail and Glasgow Women’s Library’s… Read more Glasgow Necropolis →
Glasgow Orchid Fair
This weekend sees the 15th Glasgow Orchid Fair which takes place in the Kibble Palace (above) at the Botanic Gardens. We visited this morning, and it’s on again tomorrow if… Read more Glasgow Orchid Fair →
The Glasgow Gallivanter 