The lucrative land deals closing Glasgow’s bowling clubs
Members stand to pocket big sums from selling up. But local communities aren’t so enthused.
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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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Marooned on Barclays Island
A dispatch from the banking behemoth’s campus. Does it fit in?
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How not to buy a house in the Southside
The 'offers over' system is vastly inflating property prices — and predicting gentrification
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The last days of Glasgow Zoo
It's hard to believe now, but tigers once roamed a site off Baillieston Road
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Glasgow beat its youth violence reputation once. Can it do it again?
Recent increases in violence among the city’s youth are concerning. But the blueprint for change remains
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Paramilitaries, King Billy tattoos and a racist murder in Woodlands
What can a senseless killing from 1975 tell us about the fight against fascism today?
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The ghosts of Glasgow
A quest for answers about family links to the city leads to unpleasant personal truths for one writer
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Flourish House’s radical work ‘saves lives’. So why is the city cutting its funding?
'You’re expected to work to survive, but here we’re working to build a community’
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A murder in Springburn
In 1978, Donald Miller's brutal killing made headlines — until new information emerged
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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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The £30k war over Cathkin Park
Locals say a football charity is mounting a hostile takeover of a Crosshill pitch. What’s the truth?
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Magnet fishing is supposed to be a wholesome hobby. Why all the beef?
TikTok embezzlers, outlaw leaders and a five year Scottish Canals dispute: welcome to the wild west of Glasgow’s waterways
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What happened to the Scots who went to fight in the Spanish Civil War?
Documenting Scotland's doomed fighters
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Attempting to unpack Glaswegian masculinity
Does the West of Scotland man really exist?
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Should Glasgow's suburbs subsidise the city?
Play in Pollok Park, work in town; pay tax in East Ren.
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