#OTD in 1938, the gates opened to The Empire Exhibition, in Bellahouston Park - two days later, King George VI would carry out the official opening. This view - taken from the top of Tait's Tower - looking down towards Mosspark Boulevard.

Do you like rivers? Do you like music? Are you free next Saturday for a jaunt to Moffat? If these extremely specific things apply to you, I’ve got good news! (We’ll repeat the concert on the 13th of June in Glasgow too if Moffat is too far).

Live near Bellahouston #Glasgow ? Discover the hidden history all around you... Two free apps with multiple stories: en.actionbound.com/bound/taits-... OR Prizewinning "Empire Retold: Bellahouston AR" on Android & Apple. Place-based learning through #decolonisation research. #GBL #EdTech #outdoor

Health information delivered as a video game can bridge the #communication gap between patients and providers theconversation.com/health-infor... #VideoGames #GameBasedLearning

New book chapter out: "Agents of Change Toolkit for Educational Change" radar.gsa.ac.uk/10844/ Presents an interactive, co-designed resource for whole-school approaches to educational change. #GameBasedLearning #GBL #schoolimprovement #teachers #schools #education #change #research #EduSky

📣 Nominations for our Media Awards close on Monday! 📣 This weekend is your last chance to nominate something great you've seen, heard or read. Find out more and submit an entry here: https://scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/media_awards/

Scotland's 1938 #Empire Exhibition drew millions yet it's vanished from Glasgow's collective memory. I made a policy briefing on how cultural institutions can make space for the stories that got left out. Use it to persuade funders to invest in #antiracism gsamediacentre.co.uk/dr-daisy-abb...

A horse struggles to exist #art #animation #indieanimationday #horse

🏆 "Empire Retold" has won a Data Sonification Award! Our #augmentedReality app brings unheard voices to the history of #Bellahouston Park — the site of Glasgow's 1938 British #Empire Exhibition. Free to download on iOS & Android. #Glasgow #DigitalHeritage #GlasgowSchoolOfArt #AR #history #GBL

Join the CRER team! We're seeking candidates with excellent awareness of the Scottish policy environment, experience in a policy or campaigning role and most importantly, the desire and ability to make a real improvement to racial equality in Scotland. www.crer.org.uk/work

To sign up, and for further details of the conversation this week between Prof Mélanie Torrent & Dr Ben White, on Prof Torrent's book, 'Algerian Independence & the British Left', please use the link below: www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...

Spaces left on this May Day tour tomorrow morning, it's a greatest hits of Glasgow radical history! Weather looking beautiful as well. Tickets always pay what you can or give me a shout to come for free www.eventbrite.com/e/may-day-sp...

Accurate. m.xkcd.com/3235/ Thanks @d-livingstone.bsky.social for the share. #games #boardgames #GBL

I have made a (free) game/walking tour all about Tait's Tower in #Bellahouston Park, #Glasgow en.actionbound.com/bound/taits-... I'm testing some more which will be available soon... please give feedback & share. @kamack.bsky.social @bellahoustonac.bsky.social @sghetorg.bsky.social #GBL

Hello all. I am shamelessly here to hustle orders for 'The 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival'! The first full account of the Glasgow Garden Festival is now available to preview and pre-order. And a print of the Garden Festival sketch map is available right now! gardenfestivalbook.com

Cautionary tale for those of us working in games and play bsky.app/profile/doou...

This new book has a chapter about the 1938 Empire Exhibition Portable City Modern Glasgow’s Transatlantic Connections by Stephen Bowman, Kieran Taylor (ed.s) Series: The City as Place: Emotions, Experiences, and Meanings, Volume 2 www.peterlang.com/document/136... #empire #20s30s #history

Few spaces left on this new tour today and Friday. Finally the weather is looking quite decent!! As always give me a shout for free tickets as radical history is for everyone ☀️ www.eventbrite.com/e/migrants-m...

PhD opportunity - Scottish Video Game Heritage - ce0173li.webitrent.com/ce0173li_web...

Glasgow Building Preservation Trust is seeking an architect-led design team for the £6.5 million restoration of Gallowgate’s former Whitevale Baths.

This is a graphic recording of a co-design workshop on BEYOND, a peace game project I worked on with Prof Rebecca Sutton. See alt text for a full description of the themes identified. #peace #GBL #IHL #conflict #gamesForGood

ALDinHE's Neurodiversity / Inclusivity community of practice is an informal, supportive environment to share experiences connected to neurodiversity & inclusivity. Find out how to get involved & access the neurodiversity resource bank: http://aldinhe.ac.uk/resource-bank/neurodivergence #LoveLD

Early Bird tickets for #ALDCon26 are almost gone! 🐦 Join colleagues, spark new ideas, share practice, and explore the future of Learning Development. Grab your ticket now: aldinhe.ac.uk/aldcon26#ALDCon26Early bird tickets closes at 5pm today 20 April 2026.

CRER and @seemescotland.bsky.social partnered with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social to host a workshop on mental health, policing and racial justice in Glasgow. The findings are included in their new report, Keeping Us Safe: Rethinking policing, harm and justice. www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...

New policy briefing aimed at #museums and the cultural sector working with sensitive histories, #colonialism and #empire. Want evidence to share with funders/politicians/bosses to explain why anti-racism activities are needed in your org? This short, visual booklet helps! radar.gsa.ac.uk/10825/

If you or your students research any aspect of British, Irish or British colonial/imperial history (Roman empire to today) and need a tool that will never hallucinate sources, check out the BBIH. It develops research skills rather than repressing them. Instit. & indiv. subscriptions available.

#Policy briefing for help to integrate anti-racist and #decolonial activities in cultural and #heritage institutions. gsamediacentre.co.uk/dr-daisy-abb... #decolonisation #history #museums

This really does look like one of the best jobs ever. And the recruitment process is impressively inclusive as well. (Maybe I'll start writing more public-facing pieces so next time this comes up I'll meet the requirements! Absolute dream job for a researcher with great writing skills...)

Come help us shape the future of video game heritage in Scotland! New AHRC PhD opportunity for anyone interested in video game heritage and want to work with National Museums Scotland, Abertay Uni and Uni of Glasgow, apply! Applications due 11/05/2026 ce0173li.webitrent.com/ce0173li_web...

👀Launch event for the project and board game, Games for Research and Interdisciplinary Dialogue (GRID), funded by the InFrame Research Culture Catalyst Fund. grid-project.com Friday, 1 May, 10:00–13:00, University of St Andrews. For queries, contact [email protected] #Games4Research #GBL

I'm really delighted that, thanks to the efforts of my colleague @victorportela.bsky.social we have finally managed to remake the empireexhibition.com website and all of our videos and images are now publicly accessible once again. Enjoy! #empire #3d #research #history #20s30s #Glasgow

I've found lots of (c) films showing the Empire Exhibition including interior footage I've not seen before. @ninabake2.bsky.social this includes inside the Palace of Engineering and maybe more? Thought it would interest you. movingimage.nls.uk/search?searc... Fab collection @natlibscot.bsky.social

Your AI Is a Yes-Man. Here’s How to Fix It. www.whytryai.com/p/how-to-reduc… #AI #sycophancy #prompting

The latest QS World Rankings are out, and congratulations to all colleagues across @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social whose hard work has resulted in our global top ten recognition www.gsa.ac.uk

I've been having fun with a new platform for #interactiveFiction, qynari.com (except, of course, I'm using it for interactive #learning materials!) It's designed to be visual and lower code than #twine and they are actively seeking user feedback atm. Worth a look :-) #VisualNovels #CYOA #GBL

This is an excellent book and you should buy it for the kid (or pacy-fiction-loving adult) in your life. discoverkelpies.co.uk/books/fantas... #BookRecommendation

Huge thanks to the team at @discoverkelpies.bsky.social and @florisbooks.bsky.social and the wonderful @bigglestones.bsky.social for the launch party of The Nightkeeper's Apprentice tonight! They still have some signed copies (and many other lovely books :) ) www.bigglestones.com/shop/the-nig...

Eighty thousand signatures 💛🩷🩵🤍🎉 Eighty thousand trans allies. Eighty thousand voices saying clearly: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community ✍️ Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk

The GSA has risen to 8th in the QS 2026 World University Subject Rankings for art and design. One of only three institutions within the UK in the global top 10 for art and design, the GSA is ranked as one of the world’s leading creative institutions. gsamediacentre.co.uk/the-glasgow-...

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Delighted to discover that the audiobook of Everybody Wins, my book on modern board games, was featured in the Audible blog a few days ago, along with excellent company from @timclare.bsky.social , @add-hawk.bsky.social and others. Have a look: www.audible.com/blog/article...

DreaMR, or Dreaming with Mixed Reality by Haunted Planet 🌎 is on Saturday, 28 th March, at 6.30 pm in National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, as part of Piano Flowers weekend🌸🪻🌹🌺🌼🌷 www.eventbrite.ie/e/piano-flow... with @svetlanarudenko.bsky.social @logaculture.bsky.social @dreamr.art

#InteractiveFiction writers! Educators using #interaction! There's a new platform with a #prize of £1000 for the best interactive experience or narrative. I've put a couple of things up to test it out. It's a bit like a visual version of #Twine. qynari.com/articles/int... #GBL #PlayfulLearning

Tickets are selling like Grandma's hot cakes for this year's #PlayLearn conference in July... So grab your riding hood and I'll see you in Brighton! playfullearningassoc.co.uk #GBL #PlayfulLearning #research #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Are you an organizer or head of a games dev community, based in the UK? (Can be design, audio, composers, artists, games course leaders, entire studios, whatever!) If so, DM/reply to this post. I'm organizing a cool event in the warmer months with an emphasis on bringing folks together Plz RT!

@politicdormouse.bsky.social www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion...

"Empire Retold" has been longlisted for the New Media Writing prize! @nmwprize.bsky.social If you liked it you can vote for a public award here: newmediawritingprize.co.uk/opening-up-2... If you've not played with it yet, now is the time! Download it (free) from your app store.

"Polyvocal Histories through #AugmentedReality" focusses on the methodological approach and lessons learned for a project about #education from a #decolonial / #antiracist perspective. Watch the 2min video abstract: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B31s... Read full paper: radar.gsa.ac.uk/10433/ #GBL

Want to explore the #Empire Exhibition of 1938 in 3D from the comfort of your computer chair? This free #Unity interactive is annotated with archival images, video, quotes, and prompts for critical #decolonial engagement. radar.gsa.ac.uk/10458/ #digital #history #heritage #glagow #scotland

Reposting resources about #decolonising #Glasgow #History Tagging @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social @sghetorg.bsky.social @scotsarchives.bsky.social @maryhill-in.bsky.social @natlibscot.bsky.social @stuartjeffrey.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @scotcivictrust.bsky.social @pastglasgow.co.uk