Talks

Little is known about the manual workers who constructed major Victorian buildings, but Joseph Sharples of the Hunterian, University of Glasgow, has researched in detail the lives of about 100 […]

After WW2, Glasgow's infamous 'Bruce Plan' proposed motorways encircling a completely remodelled futuristic city centre. So many key assets were demolished for modernisation that by 1964 our Victorian heritage was […]

In talent, Sir JJ Burnet’s was as great as Thomson and Mackintosh while his career was even more stellar in achievement - yet he remains little known, the most mysterious […]

Rosalie Menon, Glasgow School of Art, presents her new publication "Glasgow from Above" with stunning aerial photography by Alistair Leith. The book offers a historical perspective on Glasgow’s postindustrial landscape […]

Glasgow University's new Western Campus is rapidly expanding with the completion of the James McCune Smith Learning Hub, Clarice Pears building, Advanced Research Centre (ARC) and Adam Smith Business School. […]

Barclay Price, author and historian, spent the first 20 years of his life growing up in Ruthven Lane. His recent publication is written from the heart, with love, many interesting […]

Share in the compelling and historically rich journey from Glasgow’s first Lunatic Asylum at Dobbie’s Loan to Gartnavel Royal Hospital, with Eileen Ross as your guide. She will reflect on […]

In what organised sports could the Victorian west ender participate? Ann Laird of Friends of Glasgow West offers a historical overview of a wide range of activities available around Woodlands, […]

Niall Murphy, Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, describes how almost £1 million in conservation grant funding is given out each year to help people in Glasgow protect, repair and […]