Lost London: a Victorian Street for Friggers and Radicals
Now a street in London’s lost history, Holywell Street was a narrow alleyway once notorious for radical politics and erotica…
The wonderful world of Glasgow street art and graffiti
A panda down an alleyway. A dalek rusting at the bottom of the Clyde. Abstract geometry in a garden. It’s the wonderful world of Glasgow street and graffiti art.
Brandalism, Banksy and Bastiat: advert sabotage in Glasgow
Walking down Woodlands Road, Glasgow yesterday I came across this piece of advert sabotage and subversion on a bus stop.
Saints and gangsters: In search of a lost burn (Part 3)
The final part of searching for the lost Molendinar Burn.
Strange Tales of the North-West Passage: The Window
A short grubby true tale of a window, exhibitionism and Patsy Cline
Glasgow children (and greyhound) in the Glasgow rain
The kids had been running around in the pouring rain shouting “taps aff for torrential” in a nearby park. Taps Aff is Scottish vernacular for tops off – the removing of shirts by males in the event of it being warm enough, a phenomenon rarely seen and so much celebrated in Glasgow (although taps aff is…
