From suffragettes to fighters in the Spanish Civil War, they are the people and stories woven into Glasgow's history. A new project is bringing fresh life to the city's past - through a rock band. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A slavery and colonial trail has been launched in Glasgow, marking the city's role in the transatlantic slave trade. Glasgow City Council says the new walk will give both residents and visitors to the ...

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The Scottish Government has pledged £14 million towards the refurbishment of Glasgow's People's Palace and Winter Gardens.

The history of a months-long rent strike of 30,000 Glasgow residents against profiteering landlords, forcing the government to freeze rents for the duration of World War I. Submitted by Steven. on ...

In August 1879, around 6,000 spectators lined the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, to see two teenagers called Elizabeth and Minnie swim half a mile. Now, 145 years later, there's a ...