Recorded Talk: Glasgow: The Home of Modern World Football
Recorded Talk: From Brides to The Bridewell: Women’s Lives in a Glasgow City Block
Recorded Talk: Maps, Myths & Misrepresentations
Recorded Talk: 19th Century Retail and the Rise of the Department Store
Recorded Talk: The TREE, the BIRD, the FISH, the BELL …and the PHOTOGRAPHER: Thomas Annan’s Glasgow
Recorded Talk: Atlantic Slavery Hidden in Plain Sight In A Victorian City
Thomas Sulman’s Bird’s Eye View of Glasgow (1864)is perhaps the most famous of all such views of British cities. The splendid, panoramic detail underlines Victorian Glasgow remained both commercial and industrial city: steam and sail ships sit on the Clyde at the Broomielaw, whilst the smog from new chemical industries compelled the affluent ranks to decant from the old ‘Merchant City’ to newer residences in the leafy west end. However, one of the major forces in Glasgow and Scotland’s shift from commerce to industry – transatlantic slavery – remains hidden in plain sight.
Recorded Talk: Mapping the City with John Moore
Recorded Talk: Gruesome Glasgow
Gallus Glasgow Learning Resources for schools
Download our Gallus Glasgow Inter-Disciplinary Learning Resources for schools!
Black Victorians and Uncle Tom’s Cabin in Glasgow
This blog explores how Glasgow’s theatres attracted black performers to the city through plays such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, which proved extremely popular.