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If Glasgow’s Walls Could Talk

A new podcast by Glasgow City Heritage Trust about the relationships, stories and shared memories that exist between Glasgow’s historic buildings and the city's communities. Presented by Glasgow City ... Read more

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Entertainment makes Glasgow, with Judith Bowers, Britannia Panopticon and Gary Painter, Scottish Cinemas Project.

Entertainment makes Glasgow, with Judith Bowers, Britannia Panopticon and Gary Painter, Scottish Cinemas Project.

Across the 19th and 20th centuries, Glasgow was home to a huge number of music halls, theatres, and cinemas, which serve... Read more

22 Dec 2021

50mins

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Much more than just football - historic stadiums and Football Memories, with Robert Harvey, Football Memories Scotland

Much more than just football - historic stadiums and Football Memories, with Robert Harvey, Football Memories Scotland

People and social interactions are at the heart of football, just like stadiums and other venues linked to a specific sp... Read more

16 Dec 2021

29mins

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There's nothing more beautiful than potential, community ownership and historic school buildings, with Martin Avila, Kinning Park Complex

There's nothing more beautiful than potential, community ownership and historic school buildings, with Martin Avila, Kinning Park Complex

Have you ever wondered why there are so many historic school buildings in our city?The high number of old schools in Gla... Read more

9 Dec 2021

1hr 5mins

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Splashes of colours around the city, with John Foster, City Centre Mural Trail and Ali Smith, Art Pistol

Splashes of colours around the city, with John Foster, City Centre Mural Trail and Ali Smith, Art Pistol

During the last decade, mural painting has flourished in Glasgow, and they can be found all over the city, covering a hu... Read more

2 Dec 2021

56mins

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Accessibility and Heritage, with accessibility consultant Emily Rose Yates

Accessibility and Heritage, with accessibility consultant Emily Rose Yates

Glasgow is famous for its stunning historic buildings dating from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, when the city... Read more

25 Nov 2021

45mins

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A multiplicity of voices, slavery and Glasgow - with Katie Bruce, curator at Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow Life

A multiplicity of voices, slavery and Glasgow - with Katie Bruce, curator at Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow Life

From the 1700s until the UK abolished slavery in 1833, many Glasgow merchants made their fortune from trading tobacco, s... Read more

17 Nov 2021

49mins

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Tenement life, with Ana Sanchez De la Vega, Tenement House and Allistair Burt, Camphill Gate.

Tenement life, with Ana Sanchez De la Vega, Tenement House and Allistair Burt, Camphill Gate.

This double guest episode is about the history of tenements in Glasgow and what it is like to live in a tenement now com... Read more

11 Nov 2021

42mins

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Mapping Queer Scotland, with Dr Jeffrey Meek, Glasgow University.

Mapping Queer Scotland, with Dr Jeffrey Meek, Glasgow University.

In this episode we talk about Scottish LGBTQ+ history and places, and how queer stories are researched and interpreted.T... Read more

4 Nov 2021

53mins

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Disappeared Glasgow, with Reverend John Harvey, former member of Gorbals Group Ministry and Stuart Baird, Glasgow Motorway Archive

Disappeared Glasgow, with Reverend John Harvey, former member of Gorbals Group Ministry and Stuart Baird, Glasgow Motorway Archive

This episode features two great guests discussing the architectural, structural and social transformations that Glasgow ... Read more

28 Oct 2021

53mins

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Are you dancing? Yes, we are asking, with Norry Wilson, Lost Glasgow.

Are you dancing? Yes, we are asking, with Norry Wilson, Lost Glasgow.

In this episode we talk about historic music venues and ballrooms, such as the Barrowland Ballroom and the Apollo, and t... Read more

26 Oct 2021

43mins

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