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Glasgow is a city that was built on coal. As it hosts COP26, Vicky Allan looks at its carbon past, present and future.

A sense of community, a strong sense of social justice, a sense of community, a strong sense of socialjustice, humour a sense of community, a strong sense of social justice, humour and a sense of community, a strong sense of socialjustice, humour and grit. these are all qualities that you will need in abundance over the days ahead and if you feel your determination flagging at any point, please take a walk outside, talk to a glaswegian and let the spirits that infuses the city infuse you, too. and if, as you spend some time here, you feel yourself feeling a little bit older, a little bit bolsh...

There is much more to Scotland’s largest urban economy than ill health and desolation, writes Gavin Moffat Buchanan Street in the city centre. ‘Glasgow is undergoing an unprecedented level of development, socially and commercially.’ Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Buchanan Street in the city centre. ‘Glasgow is undergoing an unprecedented level of development, socially and commercially.’ Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Letters Thu 11 Mar 2021 13.07 EST Last modified on Thu 11 Mar 2021 13.10 EST While I am glad that the recent photo essay on Glasgow�...

COVID restrictions have kept most Scots off the roads for months. Campaigners backed by a former UN expert say that’s why now is the perfect time to reimagine our transport system to tackle poverty and climate change. Philip Alston’s excoriating 2018 report on extreme poverty in the UK found that UK Government policies had led to the “systematic immiseration [economic impoverishment]” of a significant part of the population. The then UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty, Alston emphasised how the privatisation and deregulation of public transport had contributed to the suf...

Eglinton Street, Laurieston from the number 4, bus. Photograph: Kirsty Mackay Documentary photographer Kirsty Mackay examines the causes of the ‘Glasgow Effect’ in a highly personal project. She looks at Glasgow’s excess mortality in comparison to the UK average and shifts the focus from the individual to government policy. The Fish That Never Swam will be published as a book later this year. by KirstyMackay Fri 26 Feb 2021 02.00 EST Last modified on Fri 26 Feb 2021 02.10 EST In Glasgow people’s lives are cut short: male life expectancy in Possil is 66, in Penilee three yo...