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Can a radical feminist housing co-op survive in 2025?
“Plonking a male into the close is bonkers.”
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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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What went wrong for Glasgow's exclusive members club?
How Soho House became 'pure Fyre Festival stuff'
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It's aye pulling ye back
Acclaimed photographer Kirsty Mackay explores belonging as she moves back to Glasgow after 30 years
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Reporting perils, fishing the Kelvin, and more Humble Yum
A summer writer's edition from Calum
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The war on dugs
Is Glasgow (or its authorities) falling out of love with dogs?
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Six years ago Glasgow settled its equal pay problem. Except it didn't
The council still isn’t paying women on par with men — and it's costing millions
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Patrick Harvie made the Greens. Ellie Gomersall wants to unseat him
The 24 year-old is mounting a David vs Goliath battle for Harvie's spot in Holyrood
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Paul Sweeney, Springburn missionary
The Labour MSP is a press favourite, SNP bête noire and a built heritage obsessive. But is he for real?
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Can a radical feminist housing co-op survive in 2025?
“Plonking a male into the close is bonkers.”
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Flag wars: a new player enters the game
Palestine-Saltires, the secret IRA agent and that bra lady's dodgy garments
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When the Ministry of Defence came to Glasgow
Hired and fired from the MoD's Kentigern House
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Is this the end for the city’s most controversial homeless shelter?
Homeless Project Scotland’s founder is set on ‘war’ with the council
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