Tuesday 5 October 2010

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!!!



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
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


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)

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

Bones and Silence

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

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
Castlerigg Stone Circle

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 
Central Station

Central Station to St Enoch Square via Buchanan St

Cessnock / Kinning Park
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/cessnock-kinning-park.html
Cessnock 2: a walk down (and round about) Clifford Lane
Cessnock Underground to Claremont Centre via Plantation Park

Charlie and the Void

Chatelherault
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/chatelherault.html
A Christmas Eve Walk, 2014

Churches (Working/ Non-Working), Temples Mosques etc
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/churches-working-and-converted-other.html
Citizens Theatre
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/citizens-theatre.html
City Centre
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/city-centre.html
Climate Change Demo
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/climate-change.html
Clyde St to Victoria Rd to Bridge St
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/clyde-st-to-victoria-rd-to-bridge-st.html 
Clydebank 1
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/01/clydebank-1-golden-jubilee-and-environs.html
Clyde River Festival
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/clyde-river-festival.html
Clydeside
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/clydeside.html
Colebrooke st tenements: more inconvenient Glasgow buildings come down

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
Commonwealth Games 2: Lockdown Glasgow, from Kelvingrove to the Clyde Flotilla; these are the Friendly Games- and don't you forget it
Commonwealth Games 3: Glasgow Green
Commonwealth Games 4: Bike Racing
Commonwealth Games 5: Macbeth in the GOW Back Court
Commonwealth Games 6: the Drugs Don't Work: including Scientology, the Police, Different Breid, the Big Issue and Beggars
Commonwealth Games 7: Pacific Quay, BBC Scotland and round to Paisley Rd West


Coning the Duke and the Age of Ignorance

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
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.com/2011/12/desecrating-donald.html
Drygate 1: Fort Weetabix to the Ladywell Flats
Drygate 2
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

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

Evolving Odeon
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/evolving-odean.html
Festivals and Fetes
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/festivals-fetes.html
Finnieston
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/finnieston.html
Forth and Clyde Canal 1
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/forth-and-clyde-canal-part-1.html
Forth and Clyde Canal 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/forth-and-clyde-canal-part-2-swans.html
Gartnavel Hospital: a Winter Walk, February 2011
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/05/gartnavel-hospital-winter-walk-february.html
Gartnavel Hospital 2: Bingham's Pond
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/11/gartnavel-hospital-2-binghams-pond.html
Gartnavel Hospital 3: a Sunset Walk
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/11/gartnavel-hospital-3-sunset-walk.html
Gartnavel 4: a Detached View

Garnethill
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/03/garnethill.html
Garnethill Sunset
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 
Gibson Street Gala

Glasgow City Antiques at Lancefield St to St Enoch Square
Glasgow Cross and Argyle St
 http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/04/glasgow-cross-trongate-and-argyle-st.html
Glasgow School of Art Fire

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

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 
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
Govan 2: from Ibrox Underground via McTear's to Govan Underground
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
Hello Glasgow: Portman St to the Co-op building under the Kingston Bridge and back

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
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?

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

Kelvinbridge: Adventures in Art - West End Festival 2011
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/05/kelvinbridge-adventures-in-art-west-end.html
Kelvinbridge: Lansdowne Church Art Adventure Day
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/kelvinbridge-lansdowne-church-art.html
Kelvinbridge: Autumn Evening
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/kelvinbridge-autumn-evening.html
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/06/kelvinbridge-lansdowne-church-art.html
Kelvinbridge: the Belly of the Beast
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/kelvinbridge-tunnel.html
Kelvinbridge: a Man and His Dog
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/08/kelvinbridge-man-and-his-dog.html
Kelvinbridge Dawn 1
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/10/kelvinbridge-dawn-1.html
Kelvinbridge Dawn 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/10/kelvinbridge-dawn-2.html
Kelvinbridge Dawn 3
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/12/kelvinbridge-dawn-3.html
 Kelvinbridge Dawn 4
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012_04_01_archive.html
Kelvinbridge Railway Station: the 'Re-opening'
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/03/kelvinbridge-railway-station-re-opening.html
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum.html
Kelvingrove Bandstand
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/10/kelvingrove-bandstand.html
Kelvingrove Bandstand 2 (and new Occupy Glasgow site)
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/11/kelvingrove-bandstand-2-and-new-occupy.html
Kelvingrove Park
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/kelvingrove-park.html
Kelvingrove Park: Sledging
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/01/kelvingrove-park-sledging-8-january.html
Kelvingrove Park: the Fountain Vandalised
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/01/stewart-memorial-fountain-vandalised.html
Kibble Palace, Botanic Gardens: Ban Ra Vatavaran
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/kibble-palace-botanic-gardens-ban-ra.html
King's Theatre to Glasgow Cathedral: a November Walk
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/12/kings-theatre-to-glasgow-cathedral.html
Kinning Park and Govan and Tradeston - the Loyalist Borderlands
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

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
Millport: a Chopin trip
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/millport-chopin-trip.html
The Molendinar Burn: many Stepps to Glasgow Green
Morning on the Great Western
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

Pollokshaws Rd at Eglinton Toll: Will and Kate visit Quarriers (and miss a Republican protest)
Pollokshields: Glasgow's Muslim Community
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/pollokshields-glasgows-muslim-community.html
Pub Dogs of Glasgow Launch

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
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
Referendum Day + 1: Loyalists and Yessers in George Square - 'Scotland, Who AreYou?'
Referendum Day + 4: Yes and No Together

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

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
Save Belmont St/Doune Gardens Pleasure Grounds
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
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
 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
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

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

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

Tommy Burns Tribute
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/07/tommy-burns-tribute-16-may-2009.html
Alexander Greek Thomson
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2010/05/alexander-greek-thomson.html
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 2: the Egyptian Halls Part 1: the Interior
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/02/alexander-greek-thomson-2-egyptian.html
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 3: the Egyptian Halls Part 2: the Exterior
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/02/alexander-greek-thomson-3-egyptian.html
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 4: Eton Terrace, 41-53 Oakfield Avenue
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/09/alexander-greek-thomson-4-eton-terrace.html
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 5: Glasgow City Free Church
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2011/09/alexander-greek-thomson-5-glasgow-city.html
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 6: the Sixty Steps
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.com/2012/01/alexander-greek-thomson-6-sixty-steps.html
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 7: the Sixty Steps 2
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/alexander-greek-thomson-7-sixty-steps-2.html
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 8: the Sixty Steps 3
Alexander 'Greek' Thomson 9: the Egyptian Halls Part 3 
Townhead to Cowcaddens Sunset
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

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

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 

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

Yorkhill Park to the SECC to Finnieston
http://glasgowalbum.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/yorkhill-park-to-secc-to-finnieston.html



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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 

1 comment:

  1. Hi Eddie - Hadn't been on your blog spot for a while - great pics of the Renfrew area! I must go and have a look for myself. Deedee

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