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Smallpox, tuberculosis, measles, syphilis … a new book describes how recurring epidemics nearly wiped out Australia’s First Peoples.
Ahead of the make-or-break UN climate summit in Glasgow, council leader Susan Aitken tells our Writer at Large of her revolutionary plans to…
On July 26 1971, a top secret cabinet meeting ended what was then Australia’s longest conflict. The public would hear about it for the first time in August, when Prime Minister William McMahon announced the withdrawal of Australian forces from Vietnam. Eighteen months — and a change of government later — Australia’s Vietnam War was over. Alongside untold Vietnamese, some 521 Australians had died in conflict, including 202 national servicemen. The end of Australia’s war also saw the wrapping up of a novel and now largely forgotten organisation. The Ex-Services Human Rights Associatio...
BBC News Published image captionKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions Trade unions have lodged a formal collective grievance over potential job cuts at the body which runs libraries, museums and sports centres for Glasgow City Council. But Unison, GMB and Unite say the arms-length charity has failed to properly consult staff about the plans. Glasgow Life said the job cuts would be made "over time" and would not involve compulsory redundancies. The three unions argue Glasgow Life has failed to provide "basic staffing information" setting out h...
THOUGH it still has its share of social and economic challenges, Glasgow is now correctly recognised as one of the UK’s, and indeed Europe’s, most vibrant cities – and its rich cultural life has been a significant factor in that revitalisation. More than three decades ago, when it became the UK’s first European Capital of Culture (beating eight other British cities), that was not a widespread perception. Its rich artistic and architectural heritage was overshadowed by Edinburgh – in part because of the Festival, and the national collections housed there. At the beginning of the ...