Glasgow Tour guide/speaker. Glaswegian and Scottish history enthusiast. @mungosglaschu
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined June 2018
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@arthistorynews Beautiful Artwork uncovered in Glasgow this morning. – at Cambuslang, Scotland
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Wow, my timeline’s full of men questioning my academic credentials and telling me to shut up. Why do people feel the need to resort to ad hominem attacks? We should surely be able to engage in discussion and debate without throwing virtual vitriol over each other.
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Docherty’s bar 183 Garscube Road, one of the many pubs frequented in Cowcaddens. This picture, taken in 1933, depicts the gentleman outside the bar smoking, reading a paper, maybe waiting on the later edition of the newspaper to be delivered? c6063 glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries…
ALT Black and white photograph of a pub with tenement buildings above. On a street corner.
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I'm grateful to Rishi Sunak for waiting till I'd done all my Burns Supper speeches before sacking Nadim Zahawi -- the best laugh every time came from speculating how Burns the exciseman would have roasted the tax cheat!
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Today in #history: The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen. (1431 CE) #OnThisDay
➡️ Read more: worldhistory.org/Joan_of_Arc…
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Seeing people come to buy fish and handing the owner, money, this cat went out and got a leaf to pay for her fish. On the first day, the owner of the shop thought this was very cute, so he gave her a small fish. Now everyday this cat comes in to buy a fish with a leaf.
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Sylvia Plath, poet, novelist, short story writer, was born ninety years ago on 27 October, 1932. To mark the occasion, Editor at Large Jane Feaver offers some reflections on her work.
faber.co.uk/journal/sylvia-p…
ALT Sylvia Plath at Smith College, 1952-53. Image reproduced courtesy of Smith College.
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Would anyone else prefer to turn off the news and look at a cheery photograph of some card index drawers right about now?
"We like to catch, kill and eat stuff – but what do we do when there is nothing left?" trib.al/TdoXCW7
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Shocked to hear that Robbie Coltrane has died at the age of 72.
Long before Harry Potter he starred in John Byrne's Tutti Frutti. Here he is pictured with co-star Emma Thompson.
This is such sad news, thank you Dame Hilary for the joy and insight you gave to so many. You will be sorely missed.
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• Bank Bail Out £500bn
• Energy Corp Bail Out £130bn
When are they going to bail out ordinary people?
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Alexander Trocchi was an avante-gard writer and editor en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex…
Now that’s what you call a find !! Glasgow Girl's art found in attic to go on display - BBC News bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-sou…