A Glasgow Album: Introduction: a City in Chapters

UPDATE 13 March 2015

'How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellowes as I put them down.'

- John Aubrey

'Oh roads we used to tread,

Fra' Maryhill to Pollokshaws - fra' Govan to Parkhead!

- Kipling, 'McAndrew's Hymn'

'Photography can be a mirror and reflect life as it is, but I also think that perhaps it is possible to walk like Alice, through a looking-glass, observe the puzzles in one’s head and find another kind of world with the camera.' - Tony Ray-Jones

I had intended to call this photoblog something like 'Glasgow's Rings of Saturn' in tribute to both the Glasgow poet, Edwin Morgan (From Glasgow to Saturn - see http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/09/edwin-morgan-1920-2010.html)
and to W G Sebald (The Rings of Saturn) as both of them have influenced my thinking on what the blog should be: an exploration of Glasgow through images and text - Glasgow in chapters. (And I do like the word 'Saturn')

However, that was too pretentious even for me so I am simply calling this ‘A Glasgow Album’. Some sample sections:

Glasgow Piping Festival
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/glasgow-piping-festival.html
Hillhead 3: August Sunset
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/09/hillhead-3-august-sunset.html
Kelvinbridge: a Man and His Dog
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/08/kelvinbridge-man-and-his-dog.html
Necropolis
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/necropolis.html
Swingergate Day 45: Waiting for the Verdict
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/12/swingergate-day-45-waiting-for-verdict.html
Welcome to Glasgow 3: Charing Cross station to Dalmarnock station
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/03/welcome-to-glasgow-3-charing-cross.html

if you like those then my guess is you will like the rest. The intention is to tell wee stories in words and pics that will add up to a portrait of Glasgow. In most cases, the posts describe walks or cycles around Glasgow. I cruise about Glasgow on a Holdsworth Mistral, combining exercise with nosiness and getting in the shopping - and taking photographs. Glasgow is a beautiful city - it has some of the least-known of the world’s most beautiful buildings (oh, and see the Glasgow section of Gavin Stamp's marvellous book Lost Cities for what we have lost). The city also has serious deprivation (though there are some dubious figures being bandied about: see Calton) and has been let down by a long line of politicians who have written Glasgow's poor out of the official version of the city.

Glaswegians should not be written out of our own picture; we are no mean people and this is no mean city. Dip into the sections and see. I'm adding online sources where they are useful - one of the best (thanks Alex) is www.hiddenglasgow.com

Do leave your comments/ suggestions/ disagreements/ corrections/ amendments, and you can also email me at damnyouebay@gmail.com. I've added links where I thought they may be useful - suggestions for those also are most welcome.

Alas, I have had to start watermarking the pics as I have come across one big website using a pic without permission - I suppose there must be others.

If you are a private individual and want to use any of the pics for non-commercial purposes please get in touch and I will usually be happy to say 'Aye' for free - just give the Album a credit; I will supply the wee link. If you want to use a pic for commercial purposes a small mutually agreed fee and a credit will suffice.

And I must plug my book Brief Encounters - the KIndle edn is now available on Amazon for 99p!!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/100-Brief-Encounters-Geronimo-ebook/dp/B009MAO9FG/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371034153&sr=1-2&keywords=brief+encounters+edwin+moore

There is much Scottish interest in the book, including Macbeth's pilgrimage to meet the Pope, Flora MacDonald meeting Dr Johnson, Walter Scott meeting Burns and much more. For glowing reviews of the print edition, see the end of this post.

Here is an alphabetical list of entries so far: click on the links to be taken to the entry.

Introduction
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/introduction.html

Ahmadi Mosque to Govan to Ahmadi Mosque

Among the Indy Believers: Nicolytes and Tommyknockers

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/among-indy-believers-nicolytes-and.html

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/ahmadi-mosque-to-govan-to-ahmadi-mosque.html

Anderston
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/anderston.html
Anniesland
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/anniesland.html
Anniesland Clouds
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/anniesland-clouds.html

Anniesland Cross

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/anniesland-cross.html

Auld Acquaintance: Cartoons and the Referendum

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/auld-acquaintance-cartoons-and.html
Bad Posters
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/bad-posters.html
Balloch
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/balloch.html

Bambi's Meadow in Firhill Basin (Rus in Urbe)

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/bambis-meadow-in-firhill-basin-rus-in.html

Bellahouston Park
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/bellahouston-park.html
Bellahouston Park 2 : After the Pope is Over
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/09/bellahouston-park-2-after-pope-is-over.html
Big Teddy Needs a Home
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/05/big-teddy-needs-home.html

Blood Moon

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/blood-moon.html

Bones and Silence

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/bones-and-silence.html

Botanic Gardens
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/botanic-gardens.html
Bridgeton Cross
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/bridgeton-cross.html

Bring Back our Girls say Glasgow

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014_05_01_archive.html

Broomielaw Quay
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/11/broomielaw-quay.html
Buchanan St
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/buchanan-st.html
Buchanan St 2: a Meditation on Donald Dewar
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/06/buchanan-st-2-meditation-on-donald.html
Buchanan St 3: Georgian Buildings Coming Down
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/12/buchanan-st-3-georgian-buildings-coming.html
Burrell Collection
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/burrell.html
Calton
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/calton.html
Cameronians Scottish Rifles Memorial
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/10/cameronians-scottish-rifles-memorial.html

Candleriggs on Glass Night

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/candleriggs-on-glass-night.html

Castlerigg Stone Circle

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/castlerigg-stone-circle.html

Celtic are SPL Champions for 2013: and a walk down London Rd

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/celtic-are-spl-champions-for-2013-and_4.html

Celtic Park to Parkhead Cross and up Duke St

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/celtic-park-to-parkhead-cross-and-up.html

Central Station

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/central-station.html

Central Station to St Enoch Square via Buchanan St

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/central-station-to-st-enoch-square-via.html

Cessnock / Kinning Park
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/cessnock-kinning-park.html

Cessnock 2: a walk down (and round about) Clifford Lane

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/cessnock-2-walk-down-and-round-about.html

Cessnock Underground to Claremont Centre via Plantation Park

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/cessnock-underground-to-claremont.html

Charlie and the Void

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/charlie-and-void.html

Chatelherault
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/chatelherault.html

A Christmas Eve Walk, 2014

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/a-christmas-eve-walk-2014.html

Colebrooke st tenements: more inconvenient Glasgow buildings come down

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/colebrooke-st-tenements-more.html

The Commonwealth 2014 Games Bid and the Unison Day Centre Cuts Demo; when Worlds Collide
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2012/02/commonwealth-2014-games-bid-and-unison.html

Commonwealth Games: the Queen's Baton at the Glasgow Gaelic School, Berkeley St

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/commonwealth-games-queens-baton-at.html

Commonwealth Games 2: Lockdown Glasgow, from Kelvingrove to the Clyde Flotilla; these are the Friendly Games- and don't you forget it

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/commonwealth-games-2-lockdown-glasgow.html

Commonwealth Games 3: Glasgow Green

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/commonwealth-games-3-glasgow-green.html

Commonwealth Games 4: Bike Racing

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/commonwealth-games-4-bike-racing.html

Commonwealth Games 5: Macbeth in the GOW Back Court

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/commonwealth-games-5-macbeth-in-gow.html

Commonwealth Games 6: the Drugs Don't Work: including Scientology, the Police, Different Breid, the Big Issue and Beggars

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/commonwealth-games-6-drugs-dont-work.html

Commonwealth Games 7: Pacific Quay, BBC Scotland and round to Paisley Rd West

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/commonwealth-games-7-pacific-quay-bbc.html

Coning the Duke and the Age of Ignorance

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/coning-duke-and-ages-of-ignorance.html

Cowcaddens
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/cowcaddens.html

Cowcaddens to Townhead - a September Walk

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/cowcaddens-to-townhead-september-walk.html

Craigton Cemetery

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/craigton-cemetery.html

Cricket
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/cricket.html
Crow Rd to Broomhill Drive
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/crow-rd-to-broomhill-drive
Cycle Glasgow 2012 - Sunday 19 August
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/cycle-glasgow-2012-sunday-19-august.html
December 2010: Dusk, Dark and Dawn
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-2010-dusk-dark-and-dawn.html
Dennistoun
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/dennistoun.html
Desecrating Donald

The Dismantling of Dunne's Glasgow Academy Tower Crane

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/the-dismantling-of-dunnes-glasgow.html

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/12/desecrating-donald.html

Distinctive Birds

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/distinctive-birds.html
Donald Dewar at Dusk

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/donald-dewar-at-dusk.html

Drygate 1: Fort Weetabix to the Ladywell Flats

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/drygate-1-fort-weetabix-to-ladywell.html

Drygate 2

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/drygate-2.html

Durisdeer - a Wee Day out on the Lowther Hills
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/durisdeer-wee-day-out-on-lowther-hills.html
Edwin Morgan
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/09/edwin-morgan-1920-2010.html

Egyptian Halls Public Meeting; and the Lighthouse, the Joy of Eck's, Commonwealth Games, and Buskers

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/egyptian-halls-public-meeting-and.html

Entertainers 1: old French chap busking in Sauchiehall St
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/09/entertainers-1-old-french-chap-busking.html
Entertainers 2: the Golden Man
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/entertainers-2-golden-man.html

Evolution: Oswald St to Clutha bar to Howard St and St Enoch Square in 2011

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014_03_01_archive.html

Gartnavel 4: a Detached View

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/gartnavel-4-detached-view.html

Garnethill
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/garnethill.html

Garnethill Sunset

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/garnethill-sunset.html

George Square
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/george-square.html
George Square 2 July 2011: the Orange Order lays a wreath at the Cenotaph
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/07/george-square-2-july-2011-orange-order.html
George Square 3: 'Occupy Glasgow' October/November 2011
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/11/george-square-3-occupy-glasgow.html

A George Square protest by Celtic fans; and a walk in Argyle St to St Enoch Square

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/a-george-square-protest-by-celtic-fans.html

Gibson Street Gala

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/gibson-street-gala.html

Glasgow City Antiques at Lancefield St to St Enoch Square

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/glasgow-city-antiques-at-lancefield-st.html

Glasgow Cross and Argyle St
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/glasgow-cross-trongate-and-argyle-st.html

Glasgow School of Art Fire

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/glasgow-school-of-art-fire.html

Ghostworld: Glasgow Christmas 2011
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/12/ghostworld-glasgow-christmas-2011.html
Glasgow Green: the 2010 Scottish Junior Run
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/09/glasgow-green-2010-scottish-junior-run.html
Glasgow North-West By-election 2009
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/springburn-by-election-2009.html
Glasgow Piping Festival
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/glasgow-piping-festival.html
Glasgow Rangers 1: the Ibrox Park Triangle, from Cessnock to Ibrox to Govan http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/glasgow-rangers-1-ibrox-park-triangle.html
Glasgow Rangers 2: the 50,000 sellout match
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_01_archive.html

Glasgow's Shia: Day of Ashura 2014

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/glasgows-shia-day-of-ashura-2014.html

Glasgow's Sikhs
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/glasgows-sikhs.html
Glasgow's Sikhs 2: a Sikh Wedding
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/08/glasgows-sikhs-2-sikh-wedding.html

Glasgow's Sikhs 3: the new Pollokshields Gurdwara

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/glasgows-sikhs-3-pollokshields-gurdwara.html

Glasgow's Sikhs 4: Riding to the Wedding

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/glasgows-sikhs-4-riding-to-wedding.html
The Glasgow Smile, Hugh Hood's Pics and Trembling Bells

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-glasgow-smile-hugh-hoods-pics-and.html
GoMa
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/goma.html
Gorbals
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/gorbals.html
Gorbals 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/09/gorbals-2.html
Gorbals 3: Saltmarket to Tradeston
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/11/gorbals-3-saltmarket-to-tradeston.html
Govan
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/govan.html

Govan 2: from Ibrox Underground via McTear's to Govan Underground

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/govan-2-from-ibrox-underground-via.html

Govan 2: from Ibrox Underground via McTear's to Govan Underground

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/govan-2-from-ibrox-underground-via.html

Govan Cross
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/govan-cross.html
Govanhill
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/govanhill.html
Govanhill 2: Messages in the Rain
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/08/govanhill-2-messages-in-rain.html
Govan Underground to Ibrox Underground: 40th anniversary of the Ibrox Stadium Disaster
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/01/govan-underground-to-ibrox-underground.html
Grow Glasgow
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/06/grow-glasgow.html
Hampden Park: Dundee United v Ross County Cup Final 15 May 2010
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/hampden-park-dundee-united-v-ross.html
Hampden Park 2: Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian, Scottish Cup Final 19 May 2012 http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/hampden-park-heart-of-midlothian-v.html

Hampden Park 3: Hibernian v Celtic 26 May 2013 http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/hampden-park-3-hibernian-v-celtic-26.html

Hello Glasgow: Portman St to the Co-op building under the Kingston Bridge and back

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014_01_01_archive.html

Hidden Gardens: Glasgow Harvest at Tramway
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/tramway-glasgow-harvest-at-hidden.html
Hillhead / West End
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/west-end.html
Hillhead 2: Chasing the August Sun
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/08/hillhead-2-chasing-august-sun.html
Hillhead 3: August Sunset
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/09/hillhead-3-august-sunset.html
Hillhead 4: Botanic Gardens Garage
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/hillhead-4-botanic-gardens-garage.html
Hillhead Sunset 5 (for Carol)
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/hillhead-sunset-4.html
Hillhead 6: Amnesty/Freedom from Torture Book Sale
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/hillhead-6-amnesty-international-and.html
Hillhead 7: Saltires in the Sky
http://t.co/0phcWWMg

Hillhead 8: Christmas Day 2012

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/garnethill-sunset.html

Hollywood in Glasgow 1: Halle is Berry Cold
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/09/hollywood-in-glasgow-1-halle-is-berry.html
Hospitals
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/hospitals.html
House for an Art Lover
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/house-for-art-lover.html

Howden Engineering Works: Stands Scotland St where it Did?

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/howden-engineering-works-stands.html

Hunterian Museum
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/hunterian-museum.html
Hunterian 2: Rome's Final Frontier
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_01_archive.html
Hyndland
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/as-wiki-says-hyndland-i-s-prime.html
Ibrox
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/ibrox.html
Interesting Posters
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/interesting-posters.html

#JeSuisCharlie

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/jesuischarlie.html

Kinning Park and Govan and Tradeston - the Loyalist Borderlands

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/kinning-park-and-govan-and-tradeston.html

A Kingston Walk
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/11/welcome-to-my-wee-photoblog-on-glasgow.html
A Kingston Walk 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/a-kingston-walk-2.html
Leonardo Part 1: Glasgow Central to the London Eye
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2012/02/leonardo-part-1-glasgow-central-to.html
Leonardo in London Part 2: Gower St to Regent St
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2012/02/leonardo-in-london-part-2-gower-st-to.html
Leonardo in London Part 3: Hamleys London to Hamleys Glasgow
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2012/02/leonardo-in-london-part-3-hamleys.html
Lobey Dosser day
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/06/lobey-dosser-day.html
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/charles-rennie-mackintosh.html

A Man and his Dog 2

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/a-man-and-his-dog-2.html

Maryhill
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/06/maryhill-is-large-area-pop-over-50000.html
Maryhill 2: Dawsholm Recycling Plant and Maryhill Locks
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/maryhill-2-dawsholm-recycling-plant-and.html
Mela 2008
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/mela.html
Mela 2010
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/06/mela-2010.html
Merchant City Festival 23 July 2011
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/08/merchant-city-festival-23-july-2011.html
Merry Christmas 2012
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/merry-christmas-2012.html

Merry Christmas 2013

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/merry-christmas-2013.html

Merry Christmas 2014 from A Glasgow Album

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/merry-christmas-2014-from-glasgow-album.html

Millport: a Chopin trip
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/millport-chopin-trip.html

The Molendinar Burn: many Stepps to Glasgow Green

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/the-molendinar-burn-many-stepps-to.html

Morning on the Great Western

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/morning-on-great-western.html

Necropolis
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/necropolis.html
The Olympic Torch in Glasgow
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/olympic-torch-in-glasgow.html
Paddy's Market: the Last Day
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/paddys-market-last-day.html
Partick Bridge to Partick Underground: an Evening Stroll
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/partick-bridge-to-partick-underground.html …
Partick Underground to Crow Rd
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/partick-underground-to-crow-rd.html …
Partick: Clydeside Expressway, on the bridges
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/partick-clydeside-expressway-on-bridges.html

Paul Whitehouse in the Dolphin Bar: an unbroadcast episode of Bellamy's People

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/paul-whitehouse-in-dolphin-bar.html

Pollokshaws Rd at Eglinton Toll: Will and Kate visit Quarriers (and miss a Republican protest)

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/pollokshaws-rd-at-eglinton-toll-will.html

Pollokshields: Glasgow's Muslim Community
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/pollokshields-glasgows-muslim-community.html

Pub Dogs of Glasgow Launch

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/pub-dogs-of-glasgow-launch.html

Public Art 1: Love in Buchanan St Bus station and St Mungo Avenue
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/public-art-1-buchanan-st-bus-station_7.html
Queen's Cross and Firhill
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/queens-cross-and-firhill.html

Queen St & Duke of Wellington to Donald Dewar

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/queen-st-duke-of-wellington-to-donald.html

Red Road Flats
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/red-road-flats.html
Red Road Flats 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/red-road-flats-part-2.html
Red Road Flats 3
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/red-road-flats-part-3.html
Red Road Flats 4: Doors Open Day
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/10/red-road-flats-4-doors-open-day.html

Referendum Day

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/referendum-day.html

Referendum Day + 1: Loyalists and Yessers in George Square - 'Scotland, Who AreYou?'

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/referendum-day-1-loyalists-and-yessers.html

Referendum Day + 4: Yes and No Together

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/referendum-day-4-yes-and-no-together.html

Remembering Janey Buchan
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/remembering-janey-buchan.html

RIP Clutha Victims

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/rip-clutha-victims.html

RIP Iain Banks

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/rip-iain-banks.html

RIP Nelson Mandela

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/rip-nelson-mandela.html

River City in Yorkhill Hospital: Trials of an Extra part 4
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/river-city-in-yorkhill-hospital-trials.html …
Riverside Museum: Danny MacAskill and the Clan come to Glasgow - Part 1
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/10/riverside-museum-danny-macaskill-and.html
Riverside Museum: Danny MacAskill and the Clan come to Glasgow - Part 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/10/riverside-museum-danny-macaskill-and_14.html
Ruchill Park
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/ruchill-park.html

Saltire over the Springburn Tesco

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/saltire-over-springburn-tesco.html

Saltmarket
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/saltmarket.html
Sampler 1: Some Forth and Clyde Canal Photies
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/sampler-1-some-forth-and-clyde-canal.html …

Sampler 2: People and Other Animals Make Glasgow

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/sampler-2-people-and-other-animals-make.html

Sauchiehall Street: after the Rain
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/sauchiehall-st-after-rain.html
Sauchiehall Street: after the Rain 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/sauchiehall-st-after-rain.html
Sauchiehall St: a Meditation on Scottish Exceptionalism
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/sauchiehall-st-meditation-on-scottish.html
Sauchiehall St: Recession Street, January 2013
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/sauchiehall-st-recession-street-january.html
Sauchiehall St and Buchanan St: street life February 2013
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/sauchiehall-st-and-buchanan-st-street.html

Sauchiehall St and Buchanan St: street life February 2013

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/sauchiehall-st-and-buchanan-st-street.html

Save Belmont St/Doune Gardens Pleasure Grounds

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/save-belmont-stdoune-gardens-pleasure.html

Save Otago Lane 16 October 2010
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/save-otago-lane-16-october-2010.html

Save Our Steps: Stop the demolition of the Buchanan Street steps

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/save-our-steps-stop-demolition-of.html

Save our Steps 2 and Bairns Not Bombs

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/save-our-steps-2-and-bairns-not-bombs.html
Say NO to Tesco in Scotland

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/say-no-to-tesco-in-scotland.html

St Enoch Centre
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/st-enoch-centre.html
St Enoch Square Through the Glass
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/08/st-enoch-square-through-glass.html
Schipka Pass down, and a walk through Barrowland
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/03/schipka-pass-down-and-walk-through.html
Scotland's Olympian / Paralympian Parade
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/scotlands-olympian-paralympian-parade.html …

Scrap Trident: Bairns not Bombs Rally 4 April 2015

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/scrap-trident-bairns-not-bombs-rally-4.html

Sighthill Stone Circle
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/sighthill-stone-circle.html
Sighthill Summer Solstice 2010
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/06/sighthill-summer-solstice-2010.html

Sighthill Summer Solstice 2013

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/sighthill-summer-solstice-2013.html

Sighthill Towers Before the Fall
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/sighthill-towers-before-fall.html
Sighthill Towers After the Fall
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/sighthill-towers-after-fall.html
Single Parent: Trials of an Extra part 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/single-parent.html
South Street to Thornwood: an 'X'-Listed' walk in which we encounter the Secret State http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/07/south-street-to-thornwood-x-listed-walk.html
Update to South Street Walk
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/09/update-to-south-street-walk.html

South St from BAE to Partick - a Sunrise Walk

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/south-st-from-bae-to-partick-sunrise.html

Speirs Wharf
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012_05_01_archive.html
Springburn
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/springburn.html
Springburn Burgh Halls and the Winter Gardens
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/springburn-burgh-halls-and-winter.html
Stirling: a Day Out at the Bridge of Allan Fireworks
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/12/stirling-day-out-at-bridge-of-allan.html

Sunshine on Firhill: Partick Thistle 1, Morton 0

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/sunshine-on-firhill-partick-thistle-1.html
Swingergate Day 2: Tommy and Gail Sheridan on Trial
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/swingergate-day-2-tommy-and-gail.html
Swingergate Day 11: 'How's He No' Gettin' Drapped Aff?'
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/swingergate-part-2-hows-he-no-gettin.html
Swingergate Day 28: A Large Pinch of Salt
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/11/swingergate-day-28-large-pinch-of-salt.html
Swingergate Day 37: Andy Coulson doesn't slip up
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/12/swingergate-day-37-andy-coulson-doesnt.html
Swingergate Day 45: Waiting for the Verdict
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/12/swingergate-day-45-waiting-for-verdict.html
Swingergate Day 46: the Last Day
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/12/swingergate-day-46-last-day.html
Swingergate: Sentenced
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/02/swingergate-sentenced.html
Symbols in Stones: Rocking above Loch Cluanie
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/symbols-in-stones-rocking-above-loch.html
Taggart: Trials of an Extra part 1
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/02/taggart.html

Tartan Army and Organic Food Festival in Glasgow 2007

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/tartan-army-and-organic-food-festival.html

Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 8: the Sixty Steps 3

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/alexander-greek-thomson-8-sixty-steps-3.html

Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 9: the Egyptian Halls Part 3

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/alexander-greek-thomson-9-egyptian.html

Townhead to Cowcaddens Sunset

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/townhead-to-cowcaddens-sunset.html

Townhead to Duke St St to George Square
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/10/townhead-to-duke-st-to-george-square.html
Tradeston 2: the Co-op Funeral Parlour Fire
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011_11_01_archive.html
Tradeston 3: a Walk among Inconvenient Buildings
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/tradeston-3-walk-among-inconvenient.html
University Avenue
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/university-avenue.html

Urban Foxes Grooming

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/urban-foxes-grooming.html

Walking to Philip Glass
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/walking-to-philip-glass.html

Waternish Sunset

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/waternish-sunset.html

Welcome to Glasgow: the Dalmarnock Rd
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/09/welcome-to-glasgow-dalmarnock-road.html
Welcome to Glasgow 2: the Yoker Rd
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/11/welcome-to-glasgow-2-yoker-rd.html
Welcome to Glasgow 3: Charing Cross station to Dalmarnock station
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/03/welcome-to-glasgow-3-charing-cross.html
Welcome to Glasgow 4: Rutherglen to Gallowgate, Part 1
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/04/welcome-to-glasgow-4-rutherglen-to_26.html
Welcome to Glasgow 4: Rutherglen to Gallowgate, Part 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/04/welcome-to-glasgow-4-rutherglen-to_28.html
Welcome to Glasgow 5: Alexandra Parade to Barlinnie
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/welcome-to-glasgow-5-alexandra-parade.html

Welcome to Glasgow 6: West End to Bishopbriggs - Main Drag up, Canal Back

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/welcome-to-glasgow-6-west-end-to.html

We're Not being paid Enough For This: Trials of an Extra Part 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/08/were-not-being-paid-enough-for-this.html

We're not being paid enough for this', Trials of an Extra Part 3, Garrow's Law

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/were-not-being-paid-enough-for-this.html

West End Festival 2010
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/07/west-end-festival-june-2010.html
When Worlds Collide: Botham's Great Walk, the SNP Rally, Cricket and Glasgow, Bernard Ponsonby and the Monstrosity
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/when-worlds-collide-bothams-great-walk.html
Woodlands
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/woodlands.html
Woodside
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/woodside-st-georges-cross.html

A Woodside Walk

http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-woodside-walk.html

Yorkhill Park to the SECC to Finnieston
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Reviews of Scotland: 1000 Things You Need to Know

RADIO AND TELEVISON

'I love it - I'm giving this copy to a friend and buying another for myself' - Darren Adam, Presenter, Radio Forth, 17 November 2008

‘It’s a great wee book’ – Stephen Jardine, introducing Edwin Moore on Scottish Television’s Five-Thirty Show

'A fantastic book' - Scott Wilson , talk 107 Breakfast Show host (see In Memoriam talk 107)

'A great read' - Dougie Jackson, Drivetime host, Smooth Radio 105.2

THE PRESS

'Despite its apparently humorous format, this is a serious and extensive dictionary on all things Scottish; from Jean Redpath to Lorne sausage, from Flodden to the Corries. Is particularly good on history and minutiae. There's a useful chapter on famous Scottish legal cases and another on literature. Excellent' - Royal Scottish Legion, Feb 2009

'This is the ultimate Scottish reference book' - Waterstones Christmas catalogue, 2008

'This is a fascinating look at the history of Scotland: its languages, politics and great achievements, from its origins in the ancient landmass of Laurentia 400 million years ago, to devolution and Billy Connolly. Edwin Moore has collected a thousand important facts about this beautiful country, covering Scottish history and culture, correcting misconceptions, and examining the mysteries of haggis and bagpipes with insight, warmth and impressive attention to detail' - The Good Book Guide, November 2008

'This is a recipe for revealing how horribly ill informed you are about your country. Although, if you are skillful, you can nod sagely as you read some new fact and mutter 'Ah, yes!' as if recalling the information from your excellent schooling. Where else will you find a real recipe for making haggis from scratch side by side with a potted biography of David Hume; a section of the Declaration of Arbroath and the curiously touching fact that Lulu was only 15 when she had a hit with 'Shout'? The whole thing is of course, silly - but oh so addictive.' - Matthew Perren, i-on Glasgow, December 2008

'. . . well crafted and witty' - Bill Howatson, Aberdeen Press and Journal, 18 October 2008

‘While most of Edwin’s entries are entertaining and scholarly – he writes like a Scottish Bill Bryson – it is when he takes an interest in the backwaters of history, the details lost down the back of the sofa, that he is at his best’ – Jack McKeown, The Courier, 27 October 2008

'History, it is said, is written by the victors. Trivia, meanwhile, is written by the guys with the smeared spectacles and the breathable rainwear. The first discipline is linear and causal; to quote from Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys, history is “just one f****** thing after another”. Things look different, though, when viewed through the prism of trivia. The past is reduced to one big coleslaw of fascinating facts that in their randomness tell a more mixed-up tale entirely.
The first approach leads to big, frowning books by the likes of Tom Devine and Michael Fry. The latter results in small, cheerful books such as Scotland: 1,000 Things You Need to Know, Edwin Moore’s valiant attempt to navigate the more trivial contours of enlightenment and clearances, crown and parliament, dirt and deity.
Moore proceeds from a sincere and controversial first principle: Scotland is really a rather pleasant and interesting place. . .As a work of popular scholarship, though, it’s in a different league to the Scottish novelty titles that get stocked next to the bookstore tills as potential impulse purchases, those little handbooks of parliamo Caledonia and regional braggadocio, such as Weegies vs Edinbuggers.' - Allan Brown The Sunday Times, 21 September 2008

'In his book, Scotland: 1000 Things You Need to Know, Edwin celebrates all that sets us Scots as a race apart - our language, law, flora, food, and of course, our people. From our poets, architects and inventors, to our artists, entertainers and fighters. But he doesn't shy away from the more unpleasant aspects of our history. . .' - Robert Wight, Sunday Post, 14 September 2008

‘We think we know all about William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the Union of the Crowms. However, according to Edwin Moore, author of , Scotland: 1000 Things You Need to Know, we’re still in the dark about many aspects of our history and culture. . . The Big Issue looks at 20 of the most astonishing examples of secret Scotland.’ – The Big Issue, 18-24 September 2008

'What's the connection between Homer Simpson and Larbert, and why are generations of lawyers grateful to a Paisley snail? Need to know more? Author Edwin Moore has gathered 1000 facts like these about Scotland in a quirky new book. Brian Swanson selects a few favourites. . .' - Scottish Daily Express, 13 September 2008

'The palm for Christmas-stocking books seems to have passed recently to popular science, with best selling titles every year such as Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze? This year there has been a gallant attempt at a historical fight back. Scotland: 1,000 Things You Need to Know(Atlantic Books, £12.99) asks (and answers) such post-turkey questions as ‘How many kings of Scotland died in their beds?’, ‘Who on earth decided that the Declaration of Arbroath was the cornerstone of modern democracy?’ or ‘Why is iron brew spelled Irn-Bru?’ Mark Mazower,History Today; The Best of History in 2008, December 2008

'A real treat for the serendipitous Scotophile' - Reginald Hill

FROM THE INTERWEB

www.Booksfromscotland.com (on the new paperback edition)
Book of the Month, May 2010
'Whether it's Scottish lochs or Enlightenment philosophers, the facts of the devolution referendums or the mysteries of Irn-Bru, myths will be debunked and truths revealed in this light-hearted but rigorous overview of Scottish history and culture.'

Also available -

Brief Encounters

Now 99p on Kindle!

Here are some reviews of the print edition (published by Chambers in 2007) -

Edwin Moore's quirky collection of a hundred encounters between (mostly) important historical figures is a gem of a book. Where else could you get concise enlightening accounts of Henry VIII wrestling with Francis I, Geronimo surrendering to General Miles, Ernest Hemingway presenting Fidle Castro with a fishing trophy or (as seen on the books cover) a baby faced Bill Clinton shaking hands with John F Kennedy. A marvelous 'little window on human history. ' - Dominic Kennerk, Waterstone's Product Planning and Promotions Co-ordinator (From the Waterstone's 'We Recommend' list for 2008)

Witty, light and packed with information -- The Sunday Herald

In 1936, in the wake of winning a clutch of gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, the great athlete Jesse Owens was snubbed by an imperious leader, on racial grounds. Popular belief would have it that the leader was Hitler, who is said to have stormed off, furious to see a black man beating European athletes. In fact the man in question was President Roosevelt, who worried that paying attention to Owens' triumphs might be a vote loser. Although Owens and the German Chancellor never talked, Owens claimed that Hitler greeted him with an enthusiastic wave. Such near-misses, shakings of hands and ships-in-the-night meetings are the subject of Brief Encounters – Meetings between mostly remarkable people, a likeable new book by Edwin Moore (Chambers £7.99). Flicking through the index, you will find some expected encounters (Dante stares at Beatrice, Corday stabs Marat, The Beatles strum along to a Charlie Rich record round at Elvis's house), and the book's intriguing and memorable cover shows a baby-faced Bill Clinton manfully gripping the hand of JFK. But Moore has navigated past some of the more obvious collisions, collusions and confrontations of history (there is no Dr Livingstone, I presume) and much of the book's pleasure derives from lesser known incidents.

Inevitably, some of the accounts of earlier meetings are somewhat sketchy but Moore offers some piquant speculation, laced with humour (the book is tagged Reference / Humour, rather than History and this feels right, but the book, though wry and opinionated, never stoops to wackiness). I was intrigued to discover that, though Attila the Hun did die on his wedding night, it was not in drunken and lecherous debauchery, as his enemies maintained, but supposedly because he was generally a simple and clean-living man who had a few too many which brought on a particularly bad nosebleed.

Moore's book is full of such tales – it would be wrong of me to steal the tastiest morsels of his research and pepper this article with them, but look out for a subsidiary reason for the Gunpowder Plot (too many dour and powerful Scots in Parliament); a great meeting of great beards, as Castro wins the Hemingway prize for sea-fishing; Dali bringing a skeptical Freud round to the art of the surrealists; Buffalo Bill's wife claiming an aged Queen Victoria had propositioned him; Oscar Wilde getting a kiss from Walt Whitman, while Walter Scott was more taken with Burns's charismatic eyes. This is an enjoyable and vigorous rattle through some fascinating and believable yarns. My only quibble is that it's a little on the short side – let's have Volume 2 please Chambers! - Roddy Lumsden, www.Books from Scotland.com

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