In March 2024, South Lanarkshire Council announced plans for major redevelopment of Hamilton town centre. It’s my home town and… Read more: Alternative Hamilton Masterplan
Category: places
Articles about my local area, other places in Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad.
Duke Street & John Knox Street – options for Avenues Plus
Duking it out in the East End of Glasgow. Most of the time I’ve lived in Dennistoun I’ve wanted protected… Read more: Duke Street & John Knox Street – options for Avenues Plus
Dennistoun Spaces for People trial
In December 2020, Glasgow City Council started a Spaces for People trial project in Dennistoun. The plans use short one-way… Read more: Dennistoun Spaces for People trial
Don’t let parking controls block cycling in Dennistoun
In July 2019, Glasgow City Council launched its proposal for a Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ) in Dennistoun and Royston. This… Read more: Don’t let parking controls block cycling in Dennistoun
Carving up the Meatmarket masterplan
In December 2017, plans were released for the empty site at the corner of Duke Street/Bellgrove Street in Glasgow. It… Read more: Carving up the Meatmarket masterplan
Copenhagen – whit you Dane to me
It was a Danish relative who took us to Copenhagen in summer 2009. Not literally, as he’d been dead for decades.… Read more: Copenhagen – whit you Dane to me
Glasgow festivals – looking east
I was going to write about the Commonwealth Games one year on but there was no shortage of those kind of features in the media.… Read more: Glasgow festivals – looking east