Interesting piece, published by @glasgowbell.bsky.social, on "Glasgow's Secret Geometry" and Harry Bell's leyline theory. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-sacr...

🌀 In 1984, a man called Harry Bell published 'Glasgow's Secret Geometry' outlining his theory of a hidden networking connecting the city's sacred spaces and ancient buildings 🧵

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🧵The M8 is Scotland's busiest motorway, and its most controversial. Its construction split Glasgow and saw big swathes of the historic city demolished. But it wasn't just buildings that were destroyed. This is story of two friends, parted by the M8 & reunited years later.

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☕️ Ever wondered why Glasgow has two Mackintosh-themed tearooms - with different names? Or why the original Willow Tea Rooms on Sauchiehall Street are now called the 'Mackintosh at the Willow' while there's a Willow Tea Rooms on Buchanan Street? Here's why...

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🔔 It's a busy Monday at The Bell 🔔 💸 A disagreement over finances of the People's Palace refurb 🥁 Meet the millionaire drummer fighting Salmond’s legal case 🫖 An end to the stooshie at the Mackintosh tea rooms 🍻 What went wrong at Overtone brewery? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/peoples-pala...

🗞️ Why does an exclusive private school in Rutherglen owe a parent £1.8m? Why have its accounts not been filed for 3 years? And what does one of Glasgow's biggest restauranters have to do with it? Read our digging into Fernhill School's closure, now.

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🧵'Dreich’ is an apt descriptor for the Wednesday school run at Fernhill. It applies to everything from the weather to the school's prospects. At the end of January, the 72-year-old school announced it was closing - just as the charity regulator launched an investigation.

Why is a former hardcore DJ at war with a west end seafood restaurant? Nicky Modlin is a DJ turned property developer, turned actor. He's now very into biohacking - and righting the injustice of having been barred from Crabshakk Botantics.

The Japanese ambassador is in town! @robbiejourno.bsky.social made some predictions about the visit in his writer's edition. "I am lowkey dreading the inevitable: Suzuki downing a pint of Tennents & saying something cringe like “giein it laldy”. Two hours later:

🔔 If you haven't yet read our insider's report on how the CCA's collapse happened, do it now, as our friends at @theferret.scot report the CCA is being investigated by the charity regulator over "potential financial mismanagement'.

🧵In 1988, the six pupils in Glasgow became the first cohort to be taught entirely in Gaelic. Their English-speaking classmates, nicknamed it the ‘Garlic Unit’. It didn’t matter though; the six pupils were pioneers.

Tha seo glè inntinneach

A dh'aindeoin a' chinn-naidheachd, seo pìos sa mhòr-chuid deimhinneach. (Is fheàrr Gàidhlig bhriste, m.s.a.a.)

'This is not easy and it's not without pain ... leadership in Downing Street has to change'. Anas Sarwar calls for prime minister Keir Starmer to resign. He must have read our briefing www.glasgowbell.co.uk/starmer-mand...

Gaelic education has been a huge success in Glasgow, but some worry the culture is being watered down www.glasgowbell.co.uk/gaelic-mediu...

🏛️ Compulsory purchase is getting ever closer for Glasgow City Council and Egyptian Halls. They've chosen Ediston's hotel and leisure proposal as the 'preferred bidder' to buy the building, and will now progress a CPO. But Derek Souter, the owner, isn't happy.

🔔We spoke to seven arts groups who had events scheduled at the CCA. Most only heard about the CCA’s closure in the press or from customers and at least two are owed money from the centre. All have either cancelled or relocated shows. Image credit: The Telling

Share your thoughts. What's next for the space where the CCA was? The Grecian Chambers are 140 years old and is grade A listed. Not easy to look after.

Briefing out now: 🏛️ Egyptian Halls hotel progress? 🛏️ Homeless Project Scotland's fresh application for night shelter. 🌳 Let us ash you a question. What's your favourite tree in Europe?

The sudden closure of one of Scotland's major arts institution has sparked a wave of finger pointing. But the CCA wasn't destroyed by 'activists'. Since 2023, it's been stuck in a financial black hole. The real question is why the CCA couldn't make the model work.

Questions abound. How could this major arts institution, in receipt of millions of pounds of public funding, go under with — as one source alleged to The Bell — just £8000 in its bank account when it closed? From March 2024 to April 2024, the CCA's cash on hand dropped by 80%.

'When staff at the beleaguered Centre for Contemporary Arts logged onto a scheduled Google Meet video call yesterday lunchtime, they had an inkling of what might be coming'. We've got the inside story on the CCA's troubled final days.

🚨 BREAKING: The CCA is "No longer able to continue operating and is entering liquidation." Tomorrow we're publishing the inside story of how it all went wrong for the arts organisation - read our first report and sign up below 👇 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cca-liquidat...

🇮🇷 Professor Hadi Ardeshir Larijani, of Glasgow Caledonian University, is said to be the son of Mohammad-Javad Ardeshir Larijani — a senior politician within Iran’s government. A petition calling for him to lose his job has received over 36,000 signatures at the time of writing.

🏊‍♀️You've got your Mugdocks, you've got your Loch Lomonds, but what about swimming in the city? It seems like a recipe for hypothermia and cholera, and maybe it is. But it was once all the rage in Glasgow.

Briefing out now. Featuring: 🏥 How it all went wrong at Glasgow’s super hospital ✋ Glasgow poverty tourism takes YouTube by storm 🍛 Is Mother India Café still good? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/queh-hospita...

Dr Habab Idriss was doing field work in eastern Sudan when gunshots rang out in her hometown, Khartoum. For three months, she didn't hear from her family. Then, she came to Knightswood in Glasgow's west, where she found community.

“If you met him, you weren’t likely to forget him.” Great article in @glasgowbell.bsky.social about the extraordinary story of 'tour de force' Alec Nove, leading Soviet expert and former head of the Institute for Soviet and East Europe Studies @glasgow.ac.uk www.glasgowbell.co.uk/alec-nove-so...

Our briefing is out now 🗞️ 🚨 Omnishambles at the CCA: why did its chair just resign after only a month in charge? 🚌 McGill's buses millionaires take a crash course in politics 🚢 Is Greenock really rough, or has Google just got it in for Inverclyde? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cca-resignat...

Scott Agnew’s lived the highest of highs and lowest of lows. He’s reached the top of Scottish comedy and hit rock bottom. Oh, and he’s come back from the dead, literally. But one thing you need to know about him is he’s the king of the miraculous comeback👇 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/comedian-sco...

Across England, high profile mayors have boosted the fortunes of cities like Manchester. A leading think tank says this is exactly what Glasgow needs. But our most powerful politician says it's an English solution to a Scottish question. Who’s right? 👉 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgow-mayo...

Briefing out now: 🏛️ built heritage double-header 🚗 parking: Glasgow's golden goose? 🥘 is Sri Lankan food having a moment? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/parking-cont...

Thanks for sharing our piece. Alec Nove sounds like a real one.

🚗 From parking controls to 20mph speed limits, 2026 could be the year the car loses its grip on Glasgow. But it won't go down without a fight, one which has its origins in the 1960s.

"... the next day, when the taps came back on, the water sputtered, but it was still glorious — the famously fresh “cooncil juice” brought to Glasgow from Loch Katrine up in the Trossachs.

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This week’s briefing out, featuring: 🚘 Parking proposals continue to divide 🍕 Glasgow’s pizza wars heat up 💉 Ozempic boom time for opportunistic businesses 👉 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/southside-pa...

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The Southside's proposed parking controls are eliciting quite the response from locals. Readers are getting into the detail in the comments.

Briefing out now 🇵🇸 Exclusive: council removes Palestine flags 🔥 Yet another mystery fire 👮‍♂️ A death in police custody www.glasgowbell.co.uk/palestine-sa...

Gas ovens, inferior flour and culinary shortcuts - is this proof that Glasgow’s favourite pizza really is getting worse? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/paesano-pizz...

In this week's briefing, we're asking: 🇵🇸Who is the pro-Israel group trying to get the Paltire banned? 🕵️‍♂️Where's the Wally, Rangers capo turned gangster Ross McGill? 🗳️Does Glasgow need greater devolution? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/israel-flags...

Is Glasgow's most controversial charity, Homeless Project Scotland, solving homelessness — or deepening the crisis? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/homeless-pro...

In today's news briefing: 🇵🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Who's behind a campaign to bring down the Palestine Saltires? 🏚️ Long-awaited good news for displaced Albert Drive residents 🥃 Does Glasgow need a whisky quarter?

This morning we sent Calum to a primary school picket to see why English lessons are stoking community tension👇 www.glasgowbell.co.uk/dalmarnock-f...