A panorama of the Govan-Partick Bridge, which we think is on the alignment of the early medieval crossing point between the Clyde Britons' Christian centre at Govan Old, which dates from c. AD 500, and the Viking-Age Strathclyde royal estate at Partick.
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The Govan Sarcophagus in the round: View the Viking-Age Govan Sarcophagus in 360°, including the rarely seen panels on the rear.
The Govan Stones museum closes for winter after Hallowe'en, so visit today and tomorrow, 1-4pm, for your last chance before April!
This is perfect from Joan McAlpine on Alex Salmond. "There was nothing apologetic or cowering about Alex Salmond. The Scottish cringe took a beating when he became First Minister." 👌
https://t.co/YZnG5pLroa
⏳️🚨❄️ We close for winter after Hallowe'en, so you have only 8 days left to visit our stunning collection of Viking-Age carved stones within the cathedral-like Govan Old before we reopen on the 1st of April!
🔥 Well, whaddaya know…
BBC tours hospital IDF says sits above Hezbollah gold. They were given free access to everywhere.
And?
Nada.
Just like when IDF produced graphics of Gaza hospitals with command centres beneath and found… an Arabic calendar. https://t.co/tUk9kRGYCF
Aberfan: 58 years that don't lessen the loss. On 21st October 1966, a coal tip collapsed, killing 116 children and 28 adults. Nobody lost their job, and money fundraised for the families was raided to clear the tip. We mourn the lives lost, and the price our valleys paid for coal
Paying tribute to Alex Salmond, Conservative MP @DavidDavisMP says: "It was a tragedy at the end of his career that his own party, his own government, turned on him..."
"Alex was a very proud son of Scotland but he was also a son of this House of which we should be proud."
Work has begun on a gigantic subsea electricity transfer of Scotland’s energy resource to England.
The plan is to use Scotland’s energy to power 8 million homes in the rest of the U.K.
Scotland will receive nothing in return
We will still pay the highest energy prices in the UK
Please share and make this a #FollowFriday for our museum, which hosts a wondrous collection of Viking-Age carved stones from the lost early medieval kingdom of Strathclyde. Getting close to 8,000 fantastic followers, so a huge thanks to those following us already! #FindsFriday
What an amazing time last night at the IMAX in Glasgow, discussing our #indyref, ten years on. A wonderful audience and fabulous speakers. A huge thank you to all.
More pics to follow!
“There was a concerted campaign, led by the Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Government – the top
civil servant – to destroy Alex Salmond…” @FergusEwingSNP #bbcgms 10/9/24
174 years ago there was a huge storm in northern Scotland, and it uncovered something strange.
From beneath the soil emerged a perfectly preserved village older than the Pyramids, and it even had furniture.
This is the 5,000 year old story of Skara Brae...
Angela Rayner urges local leaders in England to sign devolution deals https://t.co/WMcy2FX7Ue via @ft Note ‘England’ and note ‘devolution’. Meanwhile, outright refusal to talk about what Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland might really want, which is freedom from England.
The elaborate and stunning metalwork at the top of 142 Saint Vincent Street in Glasgow which is the origin of its nickname: The Hat-Rack. Built around 1900, it was designed by James Salmon Junior, and is one of Glasgow's Art Nouveau architectural gems.
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The Anchor Line Building on Saint Vincent Place in Glasgow. Designed by James Miller and built in 1906 for the Anchor Line Steamship Company, it's clad not in stone, but in Faience, a type of ceramic tiling.
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