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Tenement House, Buccleuch Street, Glasgow © National Trust for Scotland Bonjour Marie-Agnes, Janice et Jean-Claude – Ca va bien? – How are you all today? 🙂 Margaret and I love to read all the letters you send us, so full of kindness and bonhomie! Our readers here at Scotiana may not know […]
Glasgow Necropolis © 2007 Scotiana
Here fond affection rears its sculpted stone… (from John Henry Alexander’s epitaph – Glasgow Necropolis)
“CEMETERIES ARE FOR THE LIVING. Sure, the dead are the permanent residents and the living merely visitors but the Necropolis and every other […] The Willow Tea Room Sauchiehall Street © 2007 Scotiana Hi everybody ! Try to imagine we’re all sitting on a Mackintosh chair round a Mackintosh table, in the very special atmosphere of the Willow Tearooms in Glasgow, chatting about everything Scotland, our favourite subject ! Jane Haining To begin with, […] Peacock on top of Princes Square facade – Buchanan Street Copyright © 2007 Scotiana At the end of the nineteenth century, Art Nouveau transformed towns and countryside around the world. Even though its style had gained popularity from just the last ten years or so, Art Nouveau permeated many arts & crafts: jewellery, […] James Campbell Lord Provost of Glasgow Scotland Back in 1840, Glasgow architect John Baird was commissioned by Sir James Campbell, to design the large block of business premises in Buchanan Street, known as Prince’s Buildings. The buildings formed a four-storey merchant square in yellow sandstone, named in honour of the birth of the […] |
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