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After the Garden Festival, with Lex Lamb, Gordon Barr and Kenny Brophy
The 1988 Garden Festival changed how the world saw Glasgow, and how it saw itself. It lives on only in people’s memories as the buildings, objects and artworks from th...
Brutal Glasgow, with Rachel Loughran and Natalie Tweedie
This week we explore Glasgow's love-hate relationship with brutalism and discuss our upcoming Brutal Glasgow exhibition with digital curator Rachel Loughran and Glasgo...
Restoring the Relationship With the Land, with Luna Amanita from The Wash House Garden
In this episode, Fay meets Luna Amanita, co-director of the Wash House Garden - a groundbreaking community enterprise rejuvenating the land behind the historic Parkhea...
A Place for Stories with Bash Khan
Filmmaker and visual artist, Bash Khan has been working across Glasgow for over 15 years. Growing up in the city he developed a love for the buildings surrounding him,...
Voices of Experience: Women in Architecture
If Glasgow’s Walls Could Talk, what would they say about the female architects that have worked in the industry in the city? This is something that Jude Barber, Nicola...
Empower Women for Change: Navigating Glasgow as New Scots with Layla Sadr Hashemi and Ume Chauhdry
In today's episode, Fay introduces Layla Sadr Hashemi and Ume Chauhdry, who share their experiences with the project Thistles and Dandelions, designed to connect ethni...
Rediscovering Mackintosh: A Decade After the Glasgow School of Art Fire, with Dr Robyne Calvert
This episode promises a heartfelt and insightful exploration of Glasgow’s architectural heritage and the enduring legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh as Niall welcomes...
The Tenementals: A History of Glasgow In Song with Professor David Archibald
Can a band tell the history of a city? And if so, what would that look and sound like? That’s what Professor David Archibald and his band, The Tenementals, are setting...
Glasgow’s Gaelic Place-names with Dr Alasdair Whyte
In episode two, Dr Alasdair Whyte, a Gaelic singer, writer, and Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, joins Fay to explore the medieval Gaelic roots of Glasgow...
Hidden Stories of Glasgow Central Station with Jackie Ogilvie
How often do you rush through Glasgow Central Station without a second glance? Never again! Join us on a live, on-location tour with guide Jackie Ogilvie. Discover the...
If Glasgow's Walls Could Talk Series 3 teaser
Get Ready to Hear Glasgow's Secrets! Series 3 of If Glasgow's Walls Could Talk Arrives 27th June!We're thrilled to announce the return of If Glasgow's Walls Could Talk...
A Natter with Niall (with Norry Wilson, Lost Glasgow)
Have you wondered what Niall's favourite building in Glasgow is? Well this week you can find out! The tables are turned on Niall as his good friend Norry finds out abo...
Dear Green Place with Fiona Sinclair
In our penultimate episode of the Series Niall and conservation architect Fiona Sinclair take a metaphorical walk through Glasgow's many parks and green spaces. They t...
Women Make History with Gabrielle Macbeth and Anabel Marsh (Glasgow Women's Library)
We're joined by Gabrielle Macbeth, Volunteer Coordinator at Glasgow Women's Library and Anabel Marsh, one of the Library's longest serving volunteers who tell Niall ab...
Hospitals, Health & Heritage with Dr Hilary Wilson and Dr Kate Stevens (Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary)
In our first ever live podcast recording we’re joined by Dr Hilary Wilson and Dr Kate Stevens from Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary to hear about the history of the ...
Housing Is A Human Right: Glasgow's Housing Struggle with Joey Simons (Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive)
Joey and Niall discuss the newly formed Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive and how it informs and is informed by Glasgow's strong connection to housing struggles and mov...
Ghosts of Glasgow with Jan Murdoch-Richards (Lanarkshire Paranormal)
Whilst Glasgow may not be as famous as Edinburgh for it’s ghosts and ghouls, there are still stories of many spooky goings on around the city. Join Jan Murdoch Richard...
Drawing Community with Dr Mitch Miller
Glasgow is home to the largest concentration of showpeople in Europe, but they go largely unnoticed in the city until planning issues come to light. In this episode Ni...
Alasdair Gray's Glasgow with Sorcha Dallas (The Alasdair Gray Archive)
Alasdair Gray’s iconic work is dotted around the city of Glasgow, but how did the city impact his life and work? This week we’re joined by Sorcha Dallas, Custodian of ...
A Snapshot of Glasgow with Chris Leslie
This week we’re joined by photographer Chris Leslie, who began his career in the Balkans in the 1990s. His 2017 book and multimedia project ‘Disappearing Glasgow’ feat...
Glasgow on Film with Dr Emily Munro (National Library of Scotland's Moving Image Archive)
In our first episode of Series 2 we welcome Dr Emily Munro, Curator and Learning Officer at the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Imagine Archive for an enlighteni...
Entertainment makes Glasgow, with Judith Bowers, Britannia Panopticon and Gary Painter, Scottish Cinemas Project.
In this episode, we'll be talking about Glasgow's entertainment industry in the last few centuries; we will be discussing historic music halls, theatres, and cinemas w...
Much more than just football - historic stadiums and Football Memories, with Robert Harvey, Football Memories Scotland
In this episode, we will be talking about the history of Scottish football and its social importance, and about how stadiums shaped and influenced Glaswegian lives acr...
There's nothing more beautiful than potential, community ownership and historic school buildings, with Martin Avila, Kinning Park Complex
In this episode we will be talking about historic school buildings, why there are so many and how the community can get involved in their preservation; with a special ...
Splashes of colours around the city, with John Foster, City Centre Mural Trail and Ali Smith, Art Pistol
In this episode we will be talking about murals in Glasgow, how they enrich the city’s urban landscape and how they are created, with John Foster, project Lead for the...
Accessibility and Heritage, with accessibility consultant Emily Rose Yates
In this episode we'll be talking about accessibility and inclusivity in relationship to Glasgow's historic built environment and heritage sector, with accessibility co...
A multiplicity of voices, slavery and Glasgow - with Katie Bruce, curator at Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow Life
A fascinating episode about the interpretation and representation of slavery in Glasgow, with a focus on the GoMa building, built by tobacco Lord William Cunninghame o...
Tenement life, with Ana Sanchez De la Vega, Tenement House and Allistair Burt, Camphill Gate.
A double guest episode about the history of tenements in Glasgow, and what it is like living in a tenement now, compared to living in one at the start of the 20th cent...
Mapping Queer Scotland, with Dr Jeffrey Meek, Glasgow University.
In this episode we will talk about Scottish LGBTQ+ history and places and how queer stories are researched and interpreted.
Disappeared Glasgow, with Reverend John Harvey, former member of Gorbals Group Ministry and Stuart Baird, Glasgow Motorway Archive
This episode features two great guests to discuss the architectural, structural and social transformations that Glasgow went through, and what they meant for the commu...