NEXT EVENT: 19th November 2025 @ 10.30am ‘VISIONS OF VESUVIUS’ – VESUVIUS AND NAPLES IN ART with Dr Patricia Andrew. An ‘explosive’ lecture that starts and continues with a visual bang, exploring British connections with the dramatic volcanic backdrop of the … See: www.gafas.org.uk/visions-of-v...

LAST MONTH on 15th October 2025 we enjoyed Craig Bryce’s detailed presentation with valuable insights on our new venue, the Trades Hall of Glasgow. Afterwards, Craig took the time to answer questions from the audience and also posed with some of the members of our Committee.

NEXT EVENT~WEDNESDAY 15th OCTOBER 2025 at 10:30 a.m. (doors open 10.00) Craig Bryce will give a talk on the Trades Hall of Glasgow, a stunning Adam designed building with an extensive art collection. Please bring your MEMBERSHIP CARD; it is also your ENTRANCE TICKET.

NEXT EVENT~WEDNESDAY 15th OCTOBER 2025 at 10:30 a.m. Craig Bryce will give a talk on (our new venue) the Trades Hall of Glasgow, a stunning Adam designed building with an extensive art collection. He is also a Trades House Tour Guide and has also been the Honorary Archivist for the past 8 years.

17TH SEPTEMBER 2025 @ 10.30 (doors open 10.00) The Invention of British Art with Bendor Grosvenor Trades Hall of Glasgow, 85 Glassford Street, G1 1UH. Please bring your MEMBERSHIP CARD; it is also your ENTRANCE TICKET and will help us to identify/resolve a number of outstanding membership queries. 👇

FIRST EVENT OF 25-26: Wednesday 17th September 2025 @ 10.30a.m. "The Invention of British Art" with Bendor Grosvenor at our new venue the Trades Hall of Glasgow. The book will also be available to purchase on the day £30 (cash only please).https://www.gafas.org.uk/the-invention-of-british-art/

OUR FIRST EVENT OF 25-26 will take place on Wednesday 17th September 2025 @ 10.30a.m. "The Invention of British Art" with Bendor Grosvenor at our new venue, the Trades Hall of Glasgow. Bendor Grosvenor's book will also be available to purchase on the day at £30 (cash only please). @TradesHall

9.7.25 TRIAL RUN AT THE TRADES HALL.🙏We expected 100 members to turn up, but instead we had 220! Thank you for giving our new venue a go and also to Dr Maureen Park and Niall Murphy @MurphyNiallGLA for giving us their time to ensure things are up and running in 2 months time. 👏👏👏

OUR NEXT EVENT IS OUR TRIAL RUN ON WEDNESDAY, 9TH JULY 2025 at 10:30a.m. at our new venue at the Trades Hall of Glasgow, 85 Glassford Street, Glasgow G1 1UH. It would be appreciated if, where possible, you arrive earlier. Doors will open at 10.00a.m.

Our final event (at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall) was on 18th June 2025 with Jo Walton. Jo delivered an excellent and well received talk. She is seen below with some of our committee. Next event is Wednesday, 9th July 2025 at our new venue, the historic Trades Hall of Glasgow in Glassford Street.

NEXT (and final event at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall) 18th JUNE 2025 at 10:30a.m. BETWEEN ANGELS AND DEVILS: BOTTICELLI AND RENAISSANCE FLORENCE with Jo Walton. Botticelli, one of the most popular painters of the Italian Renaissance..and the times he lived in…More www.gafas.org.uk/between-ange...

GAFAS OUTING TO BALCARRES HOUSE-What an amazing trip! After lunch at the Old Manor Hotel in Lundin Links, we headed to Balcarres House and its beautiful gardens. A tour of the house with The Earl & Countess of Crawford was followed by tea & cake and we were blessed with beautiful weather throughout.

OUR LAST TALK on Betty Joel was a huge success. Clive Stewart-Lockhart delivered an entertaining, well illustrated, informative and well attended talk. David, our Outings Organiser was also very busy finalising arrangements for the following week's outing to Balcarres House...More of which shortly👆

FYI Clive will bring copies of his new book, "Betty Joel: Furniture Maker, Designer and Businesswoman in 1920s And ’30s Britain" to sell at £50 (RRP £55) at our talk next, WEDNESDAY 14th MAY 2025 at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at 10:30a.m. More info. below👇

OUR NEXT EVENT WEDNESDAY 14th MAY 2025 Betty Joel-Glamour and Innovation in 1930’s Design with Clive Stewart-Lockhart. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at 10:30a.m. Born in Hong Kong in 1894, Betty, daughter of the Colonial Secretary, went on to run one of the... See More: www.gafas.org.uk/betty-joel-g...

WEDNESDAY, 16th APRIL 2025~‘NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T’–THE ART OF DECEPTION, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at 10:30a.m. One of the quirkiest lectures you will ever see... it encompasses Trompe L’oeil, Banksy, Bridget Riley, Arcimboldo, and Escher...👆 See:https://www.gafas.org.uk/category/programme/

WEDNESDAY 12th MARCH 2025~Our next event is "Quiet Sentiment and Mysterious Magnitude": The Paintings of William McTaggart by Ailsa Turner at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 10:30am. Please aim to be seated no later than 10:20am. More on: www.gafas.org.uk/quiet-sentim... @whatsonglasgow.bsky.social

Tonight, I am posting information and images on one of the most #historic buildings in #Glasgow, namely the #Trades Hall which dates back to the 18th century:https://www.visitorsguidetoscotland.com/2024/12/glasgows-trades-hall/

That’s posh! I’m sure you all wowed your audience. Glasgow next? You could go for the Trades Hall. Not posh exactly, well perhaps trades union posh. Very impressive.

MEMBERSHIP CARDS~A gentle reminder that your membership card is also your admission ticket so please sign it and show it, face-up, to the people on the door. Bringing your membership card will go a long way to saving a log-jam at the door. If you forget it/are bringing a visitor, head to the desk.

Saint Andrew's Parish Church in the East End of Glasgow. Designed by Alan Dreghorn and built in the 1740s, this is the oldest of Glasgow's grand Classical temple style churches. #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuilding #church #scottishchurches #glasgowchurch #architecturephotography

Mike Leigh was on brilliant form for his Q&A with us at @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social last night. What a legend - excellent to hear his next film is already in the works. HARD TRUTHS is essential viewing, another Leigh masterpiece.

From fields to fauna, Robert Burns saw poetry in every blade of grass. @uofglasgow.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social @dr-ron.bsky.social unveil new PhD scholarship researching the bard's profound connection with the natural world #BurnsNight gla.ac/3PKLkUS

One of the Cochrane Street entrances to Glasgow City Chambers. Built in the 1880s, it was designed by William Young. Cont./ #architecture #glasgow #glasgowcitychambers #arch #architecturephotography #doorway

Coming soon… Make sure you’re following us to hear about our 2025 programme. It’s a good one! 💙📚 #BookSky

Love this doorway on James Miller's magnificent 1897 Glasgow Style Caledonian Mansions in the West End of Glasgow. #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #doorway #caledonianmansions #architecturephotography #glasgowstyle

It's nearly #BurnsNight! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our @chapelchoir.bsky.social perform 'Blyth hae I been on yon hill' - a piece Burns said was ‘one of the finest songs I ever made in my life’. Enjoy this beautiful tribute to Scotland’s National Bard 🎶 @glasgowburns.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/D-oSj...

WEDNESDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2025 FIRST EVENT OF 2025 WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL at 10:30 a.m. WILL BE ‘AND SO TO VAUXHALL’ – A WALK AROUND THE CELEBRATED GARDENS~ with Peter Medhurst . More info on: www.gafas.org.uk/and-so-to-va... @whatsonglasgow.bsky.social @glasgowlive.co.uk