My photo essay - published this morning… ‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Exhibition, film screening and discussion hosted by photographer @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in collaboration with Empire Café and featuring our very own Tawona Ganyamatopé Sitholé. Join them tomorrow at 6:30pm in Glasgow, more info on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clyde-refl...

Soon at the @uantwerpen.be: screening of "The Partisan Necropolis" by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Register via the site: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...

Today’s World Premiere of The Partisan Necropolis is now sold out via SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL THANK YOU to all those who helped support and fund the film. This is a proper milestone. Screenings closer to home coming soon!

Our new Reflections 03 Episode is out! Louise & Jude discuss their investigation into ownership around the Clyde, their Petition, meeting Colombian River Guardians, joining Swimmable Cities, their live Mapathon for @archifringe.bsky.social, & their collaborations with @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social

Phone snaps from a great wee summers evening exploring around the former Ravenscraig site with Frank McElhinney NL Ann Louise Neil McGuire @mr Andy summers As part of @archifringe.bsky.social Outdoor screening of @dr_amanda_thomson Boundary Layers film topped it all off nicely.

Filming tonight for my Clyde Reflections project and The Empire Cafe with poet Tawona Sithole on the banks of the Clyde. Lighting and the river were in top form… Run River Run…. #glasgow #riverclyde

This is a very welcome first for me & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & @dialectographer.bsky.social Book of the Week! Thank you! #Cumbernauld

Come and see Recollective (myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social) at @riasbookshop.bsky.social this Wednesday (23rd April) at 6.30pm talking about Concrete Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...

If you're interested in Cumbernauld, architecture, social history, stories, photography and illustration, & if you can get to Edinburgh on 23rd April, this is the event for you! @dialectographer.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @riasbookshop.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...

The last days of Clune Park Estate, Port Glasgow, before it gets demolished. Left to rot for 20 years. What a complete scandalous waste of housing. #clunepark #carboncrime

vimeo.com/1074681676 My Partisan Necropolis trailer just been released….

A carbon crime or bright new future? For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over demolishing the site’s high-rise flats... Words and Pictures by Chris Leslie www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Nae warning siren and all over in 3 - 4 seconds. Lucky I managed to capture this one… Photo essay in tomorrow’s @guardian #glasgow #wyndford

Phone snaps from this mornings run and some last views of the Wyndford Flats @guardian photo essay live on Monday am #glasgow #wyndford #demolition

4 years ago today - Z A T V A R A N J E premiered ‘online’ at Glasgow Short Film Festival via @royalscottishacad.bsky.social In retrospect I think it was a too raw and close to the bone… 5 years on maybe less so Filming Glasgow’s streets empty was something else though… #Glasgow #Sarajevo

Coming out of ‘retirement’ for one last story… #disappearingglasgow

Phone snap from the morning run #glasgow

Our #UrbanDesignGroup talk on Cumbernauld Town Centre is online if you'd like to take a look: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_jj... The book can be bought here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/ @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social #Cumbernauld #Brutalism

Cramming dialectograms into a book can be a PAIN. & yet Gabby Durnan, the designer who worked with me, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social on Concrete Dreams pulled off a miracle here. Check it out… concretedreams.org.uk/book/

Words on Cumbernauld from me and photos from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in today's Herald. An extract from our book: concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/ @nlheritage.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

The beginning of the end for #cumbernauld town centre-at least as we know it. To get the inside scoop on this controversial structure, why not take a look @ Concrete Dreams (by @alisonirvine.bsky.social , @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & me) concretedreams.org.uk/book/ news.stv.tv/west-central...

Thursday's free webinar with Urban Design Group had sold out but they've just released more tickets. Please join us! www.udg.org.uk/events/2024/... @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social

A piece I wrote on Cumbernauld Town Centre. Images from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social and @dialectographer.bsky.social Link to our limited edition book is here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/

Great article by @alisonirvine.bsky.social with images from me & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Get the book here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/

A lovely blog piece from author Kirkland Ciccone on our Concrete Dreams book launch at Cumbernauld Library. Thank you for braving the snow, Kirkland! @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/

Still time to book your ticket for our event tonight! Guest speakers Bruce Peter, Diane Watters and Jonny Murray join with Recollective (me, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social ) to launch Concrete Dreams. Free, but ticketed - link here: www.eventbrite.com/e/concrete-d...

We launched in snow and mist! Thanks to Cumbernauld Library for hosting. @librariesnl.bsky.social Books are selling fast: concretedreams.org.uk/book/ Events: Glasgow School of Art bit.ly/3Ojr8c4 & online bit.ly/4i5OShe @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social

Despite the 1cm of snow & the ensuing armageddon, we managed to pull off an almost full house for last night's launch of Concrete Dreams Book at the Cumbernauld Library. The books themselves are selling like hot cakes - so get your copy now online before they sell out 😉 concretedreams.org.uk/book/

A big day for me and @dialectographer.bsky.social yesterday. We spoke with @lenniesaurus.bsky.social on Radio Scotland's The Arts Mix about Concrete Dreams and Cumbernauld. Jackie Kay was on too 😍 concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/ @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

CONCRETE DREAMS - The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre by @alisonirvine.bsky.social , Chris Leslie & @dialectographer.bsky.social ltd ed book that documents Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, as it waits out its imminent demolition concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/

Images from Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre. Includes essays from me, photography from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social and illustrations and dialectogram from @dialectographer.bsky.social More info here: concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/ #Cumbernauld #legacy #Stories

A Sunday morning longish read for anyone interested in new towns, Cumbernauld, people and place, legacy and stories. I loved working on this book. concretedreams.org.uk/about/ @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social www.thedrouth.org/dropped-from...

A great read from @alisonirvine.bsky.social on Cumbernauld. You can also find this essay & the work she, myself and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social did together in our book, Concrete Dreams. concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/