Glasgow - City Of Culture

"I could cope, I could cope with all the stupidity, the cruelty, the ugly things that happen - it it wasn't for the fact that once in a while you'll do something that's so beautiful that it gives me hope for us all, for a moment..." Anonymous street poem, found in the West End of Glasgow.

Is this new at Nice'n'Sleazy or had I just missed it?

Aaaah, the Glasgae banter...

King Robert of Sicily about 1927 George Henry Paulin (1888-1962) Marble The tale of King Robert comes from a poem by H.W.Longfellow (1807-1882). He was an arrogant king who was deposed by an angel, stripped of his robes, and forced to asume the role of a jester, with only a monkey for a friend. (From the Kibble Palace)

Something for all the family...

Glasgow is a post-industrial city. Its murder, unemployment and heart-disease rates are amongst the highest in the Western World. It is not in Kentucky.

If you'd like to know more, check out its comedians. Try Sandy Nelson and Limmy.

I recently moved back after ten years away. It's nice to be back.

I took these pictures with a Nokia N95 during August 2008.

I hope you enjoy them.