Sentinel Works, Glasgow
The Sentinel factory in Polmadie, Glasgow is the earliest reinforced concrete building in Scotland, built in 1903-04 by Archiebald Lietch […]
Black Lives Mattered to David Dale
Stewarton’s most famous son, David Dale was a leading Scottish industrialist, merchant, and philanthropist. An excellent book entitled David Dale, […]
Four Pine Trees
They had a certain calmness Those Scots pine trees That stood together On the edge of town Four […]
Moorhen in Maxwell Park
Earlsferry
We will not move all night and all day You’ll hear the CMO say But she’ll go to Earlsferry Earlsferry […]
I Wish I Was in Stewarton
Here’s my version of the great Billy Connolly song ‘I Wish I was in Glasgow’. Oh, I wish I […]
The old Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow
I’ve been studying the revival of the Gothic tradition as part of my Open University Degree Course, Discovering the arts […]
Steward’s Enquiry
Rod slightly strains his neck as he stares up at the screen in the corner of the bookmakers’ shop. He […]
Last Train?
A forsaken copy of the Racing Post brushed against his size 12 black brogue shoes as it made its way […]
For The Many Not The Few
It’s 17 years now since I last shared a platform with Jeremy Corbyn MP, I recall it well. It was […]