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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bitter political and religious conflict had retarded the city's growth and commercial development from the 1660s, but the Revolution Settlement of 1688-90 radically reorientated the prevailing power ...

For the volunteer group working tirelessly to bring Glasgow’s only surviving medieval castle “back to life”, this is about ...

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There are few buildings more spectacular than a castle, and Scotland has an abundance of them spread across the country. Some are ruins, others in an impeccable condition, but each is impressive in ...

The Athletic is attending some of the most ferocious derbies across Europe, charting the history of the continent’s most deep-rooted and volatile rivalries. The series opened in Greece with the Derby ...

A brief history of the strike of Glasgow dockers in 1889 which was proving fruitless, until they returned to work and began a go-slow or "working ca'canny". Submitted by Steven. on January 26, 2010 In ...