St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art was the first in the world to cover all major world religions together. It sits next to Glasgow Cathedral (1197) and superficially… Read more Gallus Glasgow R: Religious buildings →
Something seemed to go wrong with the weather settings over Scotland this Easter – yes, four days of sunshine. Unheard of for a holiday weekend! We made the most of… Read more Costumes and quilts at Dalgarven Mill →
We had a friend visiting last weekend and Glasgow did its absolute worst with the weather. Where could we go that was accessible by car and under cover so that… Read more Summerlee →
The People’s Palace is Glasgow’s social history museum. My latest visit was with Glasgow Women’s Library’s Seeing Things project – although I’ve been many times before, it was interesting to… Read more The People’s Palace →
Glasgow’s Tall Ship, Glenlee, is berthed outside the Riverside Museum. Both are free, and make a great day out – especially when it’s bright and sunny as it was last… Read more Glenlee: Glasgow’s Tall Ship →
Pollok Park on Glasgow’s Southside contains woodlands, gardens and two outstanding cultural destinations – the Burrell Collection and Pollok House. Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) was a successful shipping agent in Glasgow who,… Read more Pollok Park and the Burrell Collection →
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 →
I love this view of Kelvingrove emerging from the trees, it almost looks like a fairy tale palace. Last week, we looked down on it from Glasgow University – this… Read more Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum →
In the 25 years I have lived in Glasgow, its Transport Museum has had three homes. The latest move is to the purpose-built Riverside Museum, opened earlier this year and… Read more Riverside Museum, Glasgow →
For the last few years, our holiday pattern has been the same. Just after Christmas, we look at the BA website to see which North American city near a National… Read more Memories of Phoenix →
Glasgow has purpose built museums and galleries such as Kelvingrove and the new Riverside (still to be visited when the schools go back and it quietens down) but today we… Read more A Mackintosh school and an old tramshed: two Glasgow galleries →
The Glasgow Gallivanter 