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That's Us!' " Learning to be at Home with Scots. " Greater Govanhill
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (228+ words) That's Us!' " Learning to be at Home with Scots. Greater Govanhill That's Us!' " Learning to be at Home with Scots. From Poetry on the Underground to Govan classrooms, one incomer traces how Scots slipped into his speech " and his singing…...
Factored Out: How Glasgow's Property Management Industry Fails Us " Greater Govanhill
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (694+ words) I live in a locally infamous flat in Shawlands that has had shoring work up for a couple of years now, with a huge crack along its front that my family and I have recently vacated for major works to…...
Glasgow Southside has gone Green: Holly Bruce win's Nicola's Sturgeon's former seat" " Greater Govanhill
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1668+ words) Holly Bruce, the newly elected MSP for Glasgow Southside Scottish Green member and Langside councillor, Holly Bruce, has been elected Glasgow Southside's new MSP. Holly will take over the seat from former SNP member and ex-First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who…...
In conversation'on writing, class, Scots and Agnes Owens " Greater Govanhill
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1677+ words) Kirsten Innes: I'm a novelist and came to Agnes through studying Scottish literature at Aberdeen University. That was my introduction to Agnes because there was a professor there, Isobel Murray, who knew Agnes quite well. Agnes was still alive at…...
Govanhill, Whit Aboot Yae? : The heart ae Scots isnae wits in a dictionary, it's in the people who speak it. " Greater Govanhill
3+ week, 3+ day ago (580+ words) By Mikael Phillips | Image by Samar Jamal "You don't realise that all of these things that you're saying are actually Scots." Andrew Conlin For years before co-editing this magazine, I had been writing my own plays, short stories, and the…...
Culture shift: How do we build communities of care? " Greater Govanhill
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (414+ words) By Natalia Uribe | Illustration by Stuart White That's when I decided to shift my focus. Instead, I tuned into the concept of community power. Rather than focusing on traditional academic theories, politics or philosophy, I turned my attention to movement…...
Artists make Glasgow " on Trongate 103" " Greater Govanhill
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (451+ words) Demonstrators gather on Saturday 21 March for Trongate 103 In an email shared with supporters, GMAC's interim director, Louise Oliver, described City Properties decision as "cultural vandalism" against the city. This comes at a time when Glasgow's grassroots arts and cultural spaces…...
Govanhill Baths" 25th commemorative anniversary in pictures " Greater Govanhill
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (60+ words) Govanhill Baths" 25th commemorative anniversary in pictures'Greater Govanhill Inside one of shops selling vapes When Govanhill Baths was closed by Glasgow City Council, the people who fought to keep the building open had not imagined that, 25 years later, they"d still…...
Inside the vape shops of Govanhill " Greater Govanhill
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1194+ words) Inside one of shops selling vapes "These are very popular," Ali says, gesturing behind him. "We don't even sell tobacco products, just vapes. If people want tobacco they can go to Pricecutter down the road." When I ask Ali about…...
A journey through radical Govanhill " Greater Govanhill
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (243+ words) You don't have to walk far in Govanhill before finding yourself at a spot where members of the community have organised, fought for their rights and celebrated their wins. This neighbourhood has long been a focus in the city for…...