Chain of mystery: We found the ghost owner of 105 Union Street
As the smoke subsides, a complex picture of poorly regulated businesses emerges
Robbie Armstrong
Robbie is co-founder and all-rounder at Bell HQ. He's written about the tragedy of Best Kebab, Castlemilk's fight for a supermarket and gone undercover at the city's favourite pizzeria.
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Has Paesano Pizza passed its peak?
As Glasgow’s beloved pizzeria scales up, critics say the quality is scaling down
The tragedy of Best Kebab
TikTok bandits, machete threats and dismal döner meat
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Growing hope in Glasgow's most isolated community
A Blackhill charity is bouncing back from acts of vandalism stronger than ever
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Interview with the paedophile hunter
Oliver Braid was a rising star in the art world. Then he packed it all in to become a vigilante.
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Mackintosh's only church is flammable and unprotected. Why?
Worrying parallels between Queen's Cross and Glasgow School of Art over ignored calls for a fire suppression system
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The anatomy of a fall at Albert Cross
‘The fact that it was listed actually killed the building’
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Neil almost lost everything. Now he’s showing tourists a hidden side of the city
From homelessness to walking tour guide
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Can you sum up Glasgow in a dish and a drink?
A food-themed writer’s edition from Robbie
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The haunted spectres of the city's aborted ring road
Glasgow's unfinished infrastructure is the source of myth, misinformation – and warning
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Glasgow's pizzas: a highly subjective but absolutely definitive ranking
The city’s hits, misses and purgatorial pies
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Jim MacNee's wife got sick. So he taught pigeons to play football
How ‘Match of the Doo’ became Glasgow’s top avian fixture
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The great Garnethill graffiti war
Taggers say they're reclaiming walls. Locals say they're destroying a 47 year-old mural
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Is it time to move on from Mackintosh?
We're going head to head in today's edition. Plus: a Victoria Park councillor mysteriously leaves the SNP.
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Pews it or lose it: the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society is at war
A debate about church furniture has sparked a bitter conflict about who gets to protect the legacy of Glasgow’s greatest architect
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A day doon the Clyde, meditations on social media and sandwich philosophy
A writer’s edition from Robbie
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Conspiracies, closed doors and conflict: where’s Castlemilk’s supermarket?
Hospitality magnate Stefan King promised he’d end the area's food desert. Instead, he put the rents up.
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From Govanhill to the world: Glasgow's jazz revolution
Buckfast, big basslines and brand sponsorship: a new musical wave is coming of age
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