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Designer and coder and all that into places and spaces mainly local, ancient or modernist. Author of the definitive account of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival.
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The first full account of the event which changed how Glasgow is seen by the world, and how it sees itself: a lavishly-illustrated 200-page hardback, available here.
‘Superb… a proper landmark Glasgow publication’ (Rory Olcayto)
gardenfestivalbook.com/
Really enjoyed my ‘in conversation’ for @byresrdbookfest this afternoon. Sold out, and a lovely crowd they were too. Thanks very much to all involved, and for asking me to participate - and Hillhead Library, of course, is a really special venue. gardenfestivalbook.com
I was at some ravey event at the start of the 1990s and no. 2 here was being projected on a loop on a big screen. In hindsight that makes me think of how, until a decision was made to bleed 'em dry, the three Star Wars films retained a not-quite-underground-but-still-cult status.
This is a darn fine piece of work.
Thank you @WikiCommons and @claudeai for helping me to put together this Plaque and Statue reference map: neil-scott.com/plaques/
Only a few tickets left on the @byresrdbookfest Eventbrite! If you'd like to hear me in conversation with the Herald's Mark Smith about my book, and the event which changed how Glasgow sees itself and how it is seen by the world, now's your moment. eventbrite.co.uk/e/lex-lamb-…
Had to be in Bridgeton for a couple of hours this am so walked over to have a look. Despite its explosive end, a fine bit of the base of the demolished dyke on view at the bottom of a big trench! On the way I composed a joke about ‘Harvie’s wall bangers’ but didn’t deploy it.
Probably the most interesting thing I've done so far for the Glagsow's Doors Open Day Festival, which is on this weekend, is visit the archaeological dig currrently going that's looking for evidence of one of the walls in the East End of #Glasgow known as Harvie's Dyke.
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This has the vibe of a bunch of menhirs on a weekend break at the beach
The Cromlech of the Almendres, the largest existing group of structured menhirs in the Iberian Peninsula (and one of the largest in Europe). Photo: João Carvalho #StandingStoneSunday #megaliths #Neolithic #BronzeAge #Archaeology
Been wondering what was going on with the trees along the Kelvin Walkway recently and here’s all the answers. All sounds pretty worthwhile but the picture editor got their Halfpenny/Ha’penny Bridges mixed up. heraldscotland.com/news/2655…
Glasgow's other Garden Show: @The_RHS set up an offshoot of their Chelsea show at Strathclyde Park in 1997. Initially visitor numbers were good but fell enough for the event to be cancelled after the third year. Very little online about this, but the events manager was a 1988...
