

Robbie Armstrong
Robbie Armstrong is a writer, reporter and audio producer based in his home city of Glasgow.


The haunted spectres of the city's aborted ring road
Glasgow's unfinished infrastructure is the source of myth, misinformation – and warning
Glasgow's pizzas: a highly subjective but absolutely definitive ranking
The city’s hits, misses and purgatorial pies

Jim MacNee's wife got sick. So he taught pigeons to play football
How ‘Match of the Doo’ became Glasgow’s top avian fixture

The great Garnethill graffiti war
Taggers say they're reclaiming walls. Locals say they're destroying a 47 year-old mural

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.

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

A day doon the Clyde, meditations on social media and sandwich philosophy
A writer’s edition from Robbie

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.

From Govanhill to the world: Glasgow's jazz revolution
Buckfast, big basslines and brand sponsorship: a new musical wave is coming of age

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

Crack pipes and viral TikToks: the gospel of The Streets
In under six months, two recovering addicts have become Glasgow's newest online celebrities

Was Limmy behind one of Glasgow's most notorious websites?
Glasgow Survival, the war on neds and subreddit sleuthing

Photographing a disappearing generation of Glasgow market traders
Stuart Edwards is on a mission to capture the Barras