Empty offices and child ‘directors’: How to augment reality and avoid tax in the process
We’ve got to the bottom of that giant banner on the M8 office block
Calum Grewar
Calum joined the Bell full-time in April 2025. He's mapped the city's fires, investigated dodgy businesses and tracked the collapse of the CCA.
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Heroes and villains, Christmas gone quiet and Danish corruption
A writer’s edition from Calum, including ‘complexifying’ stories and a 2026 preview
How to lose friends and house people
This charity says it can solve the city’s homelessness crisis. The council says it’s making it worse.
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Who goes Orange in 2026?
Scotland’s Orange order is on a modern push for Protestantism without sectarianism. At least that’s what they say
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Katy-Anne’s rent jumped 80% in 18 months: is Glasgow getting out of control?
‘My dreams of living on my own are slowly dying’
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Fernhill’s wealthy parents tried to save the school, so why did it still close?
‘We couldn’t get past [Sep Marini’s] firewall’
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Five hours to defend Glasgow's twin city
Mykolaiv is a tough city with a dark sense of humour. Sound familiar?
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Chaos at the school gates: Fernhill enters liquidation, tells staff they won’t be paid
“I apologise… but there’s no money in the bank account”
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How Glasgow watched the game
'F***ing best 25 quid I’ve ever spent'. A Transatlantic double-header
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Neo-Nazi flags over St Enoch Square: how Tuesday’s protest took Glasgow by surprise
‘If we didn’t have all these immigrants coming over in the boats we would never have the problem’
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Escaping the doom loop
Reflecting on an evening of rigorous debate and passionate pleas
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'Monumental' vs 'sh*te': down to the wire with Glasgow's Holyrood hopefuls
SNP domination masks winds of change
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Has Laurieston invented the perfect restaurant?
The decor’s straight out of Versailles. The prices are straight out of the 90s.
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How the north/south divide could decide Glasgow's newest constituency
Kelvin and Maryhill is split by more than just the river. So who's vying to represent this polarised seat?
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Exclusive: Heist at the Riverside Museum as tea magnate’s historic gold trophy stolen
An 18-carat gold cup worth £490k was stolen from a Glasgow museum. Why didn’t we hear about it?
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What should fill the Union Corner gap?
And what of the Woodside Viaduct and political 'scunneration'? A writer's edition from Calum
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Revealed: The West End influencer with a line to Iran's exiled prince
He’s got a million followers and is at war with Iran’s ‘unofficial consulate’ in Glasgow
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The £1m tax avoidance scheme and the case of the talking raccoon
Taking you deeper into the strange world of a charity, major landlords, and empty offices in Glasgow
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Outsider lives on Union Street
Forced out by fire, the city’s fringe people are trying to regroup
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