Talks

Talk by Norry Wilson, LOST GLASGOW journalist Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street How one woman’s drive and determination turned Glasgow into a ‘very Tokyo of tea rooms.’ In Britain, Glasgow created tea rooms and London followed.  LOST GLASGOW’s Norry Wilson tells all. Doors open at 6.30pm.  £15 Including glass of wine or soft refreshment.

Talk by Professor Bruce Peter, design historian Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street Join Glasgow School of Art’s Professor of Design History, Bruce Peter, in a centenary celebration of Art Deco in Scotland with a focus on Glasgow. Following the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in 1925, decorative arts traditions and Beaux Arts approaches […]

Join Colonel Niall Campbell for a brief history on the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious medal for valour awarded by the British Military, and deep dive into the tales of some of the Highland Light Infantry and Royal Scots Fusiliers soldiers who received the award. The talk will be followed by an exclusive opportunity to […]

Talk by Hildegarde Berwick, art curator Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street Eight young lady students at Glasgow School of Art got together in 1882 and started the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists, the first such major female grouping in Britain. By the 1890s a permanent home was found and developed – the Lady Artists […]

Renfield Centre & Sanctuary, 260 Bath Street Set sail with author and campaigner Graeme Smith on the story of Glasgow Harbour.  Extending from Glasgow Green to Clydebank, developing 12 miles of modern quays and 500 miles of railways, Glasgow became the greatest sea port in Scotland.  And the world centre of shipbuilding. The docks were […]

Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum, 518 Sauchiehall Street Lt Col Allan Downie takes audience members on an in-depth exploration into the City of Glasgow’s  Volunteer Corps, how they were formed, how they evolved into the Territorial Force, and their involvement in the Gallipoli Campaign, 110 years ago. Audience members will get the unique chance to look […]

Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street Niall Murphy, Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, explores the career and buildings of one of Glasgow’s famed architects, including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Sir John James Burnet’s talent was as great as Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and Charles […]

Talk by Norry Wilson, LOST GLASGOW journalist Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street Framing the past, and the future, how Oscar captured a community. Oscar Marzaroli came as a child from Northern Italy to Garnethill,  later going to Stockholm and London and then returning to his adopted city of Glasgow. His photo-journalism and filming skills […]

Following his Fridays at One performance, Anthony Marwood leads a violin masterclass in the Ledger Recital Room.

Talk by Norry Wilson, LOST GLASGOW journalist  Mackintosh at The Willow, 215-217 Sauchiehall Street Enjoy LOST GLASGOW’s Norry Wilson and his illustrated history of Sauchiehall Street, the ‘alley of willows’. Tickling the collective memory muscle and teasing out old stories and forgotten facts. And a look at the future.