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We do not have any concrete information as to why Sir William collected arms and armour. There are, however, clues. The works of Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) outnumber all the other titles in Burrell’s Library and they are the most thumbed. Burrell’s daughter Marion recalled how she found her father’s ‘historical yarns immensely exciting’ on […]

Orchardson’s engaging works such as ‘Le Mariage de Convenance’ in Kelvingrove, brought him considerable critical success and ensured his reputation as an outstanding Scottish painter of contemporary and historical subjects. He avoided the detailed crowded compositions, favoured by many of his Victorian peers, instead concentrating on pertinent characterisation, harmonious arrangements and a distinctive technique admired

John MacKay is one of Scotland’s best known broadcasters. His career as a reporter and presenter has spanned from the Thatcher Years to the Independence Referendum and beyond. MacKay has been witness to the major stories in the country’s recent past. These include the tragedies of Lockerbie and Dunblane; the creation of the Scottish Parliament;

 A look at the 195 year history of Scottish temperance with emphasis on ‘Glasgow, the birthplace of tee-totalism and still its capital in whisky-injured Scotland’. No one thinks much about the subject today and few remember that Dr T J Honeyman (Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and founder of FoGM) was once a leading light

Scottish Furniture, 1500-1914, recently published by National Museums Scotland, is the first comprehensive narrative account of furnituremaking in this country. In this talk the book’s author will guide us through the evolving landscape of Scottish furniture-making, with a particular emphasis on items made in Glasgow. The contribution of Scotland’s best workshops was generally overlooked in