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Glasgow, a city so good they named it once.

Well, what did you expect, if there is anything us Glaswegians like it’s trying to be funny and running ourselves down. Well it is time this stops…which is just well because we’re not that funny to be honest. However, we’re not in the business of running Glasgow down either, it may be far from perfect but there is a lot of good to enjoy in the city and that’s what we’re here to do. If you want to Get Around Glasgow and see just what the city has to offer, we’ll do our best to point you in the right direction.

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BOOKS

Books about Glasgow or books by Glasgow people will be our main focus in this section.

Ellipsis Digital – The Typesetter Q&A

We’ve been lucky enough to have caught up with a couple of authors with strong links to Glasgow, Paul...

The Glasgow Noir Fiction Q & A

Having stumbled across @GlasgowNoir on Twitter, one of the Get Around Glasgow team decided to download...

Paul Cuddihy – The Hunted Q & A

We never seem to get enough time to read books these days but occasionally we turn off the computer...

Lanark: A Life In Four Books

What is left to be written about Lanark by Alasdair Gray? Nothing…so we may as well end this article...

CREATIVE

A catch-all for the quirky, interesting, fresh and forward thinking people or activities in the city with maybe one or two shopping ideas thrown in.

Burnistoun Series 3 Nearly Ready To Roll

Ready to roll? Nae rolls mate! Yassssssssss!!!! (with fist pumping motion) That was the words and actions of Ian Connell that got the third night of the Burnistoun Series 3 screening underway and it captured...

Glasgow April Fools Pranks

There ain’t no fool like a weegie fool. According to that well known bastion of the truth Wikipedia, April Fool’s Day in Scotland is “Hunt The Gowk Day”. The traditional prank was to send...

Some Mothers Do Chav ‘Em

“I’m telling you Etta, I’m right at the end of my tether at the moment.” It was a sentence that Etta commonly heard from her colleagues two or three times a day but the reasons were never...

The State Broadcasters Hunt Down Trespassers

Let’s make videos There are plenty of great Glasgow bands to like and fall in love with and we hopefully all have one or two that stand out. For us at Get Around Glasgow, we really like The State...

Langside Has A New Unique Boutique

Shopping for a gift or just something a little different for your home in the Southside of Glasgow isn’t the most rewarding of experiences these days, it’s hard to think of one shop on the...

HISTORY

The tales of Glasgow’s past can be enchanting, frightening but usually always interesting; we look at some of the places and events that made Glasgow what it is today (and blame them!)

Glasgow April Fools Pranks

There ain’t no fool like a weegie fool. According to that well known bastion of the truth Wikipedia, April Fool’s Day in Scotland is “Hunt The Gowk Day”. The traditional prank was to send...

The End of Athletics at the Kelvin Hall

International Athletics had it’s last gathering at The Kelvin Hall in Glasgow on Saturday before it travels out east to the new Scottish International Indoor Arena currently rising in the Dalmarnock...

Red Road Flats In The Picture Again

New exhibition goes underground The Red Road flats are a big part of the Glasgow story and anything which shines a light on the people and community that called the Red Road flats home is going to be...

Last of the Skyscraper Weans?

Hey you… up in the sky… In the period after the Second World War, Glasgow faced a crisis (well, it faced a few) with respect to housing and a solution to the shortage was found in multi-storey...

Calderpark Zoo

Calderpark Zoo ( or Glasgow Zoo in it’s later days) Glasgow can be a bit wild at times but we are currently without a genuine zoo at the moment with Calderpark (Glasgow) Zoo being no more. If you...

MUSIC

Home to some of the greats of the musical world (and one or two of the bad), if music is the food of love, Glasgow says rock on.

Bonnie Prince Billy Sees A Darkness In Glasgow

Well, we all do don’t we? Given the current weather, it would be fair to say that we can all see a darkness in Glasgow but this is something that comes naturally for Will Oldham, or Bonnie Prince...

The State Broadcasters Hunt Down Trespassers

Is Glasgow The Biggest Music City?

A jumped up PR piece seems to say so! Lists used to be brilliant but nowadays, it seems as though they are nothing but puffed up PR pieces. When news of an interesting research or study breaks it can...

Help Belle & Sebastian Make a Movie

They’ll be Like Dylan In The Movies If you’re feeling altruistic you may be interested in the latest project of Stuart Murdoch, the frontman of Glasgow top indie kids Belle & Sebastian. Well,...

What Presence! Harry Papadopoulos

Post Punk Photos and more Music lovers, photography lovers and Glasgow lovers, have you heard about the Harry Papadopoulos exhibition that is taking place at the Street Level Photoworks gallery in the...

NEWS

Do you think the news is boring or just don’t have the time to sit through the waffle? Us too, we’ll try and give you the relevant Glasgow news right here.