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Why I’m exploring Glasgow with a 1930s guidebook Peter Ross © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Getty Images A special message from Microsoft News: India is currently being devastated by a deadly second wave of Covid. You can support Oxfam's Covid relief efforts in India, including reaching out to the most affected and vulnerable communities, distributing and installing medical equipment and accessories, and supporting the most marginalised households. You can donate here. Glasgow is haunted by itself. Unlike Edinburgh, whose every steeple and gable makes the past fee...

A police spokesman said: "We received a report of a sudden death on Granville Street, Glasgow, around 4.30am on Wednesday, April 28. "A 55-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. This is currently being treated as unexplained however enquiries are at an early stage. "The road is currently closed at North Street into Berkeley Street and at Sauchiehall Street into Granville Street. "Anyone with information about the incident should contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident number 0287 of April 28." Comments & Moderation Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the...

A 60,000-piece Lego Concorde beneath the original will be among the attractions at the National Museum of Flight in East Fortune, East Lothian SCOTLAND takes its first significant step in lockdown easing today with the reopening of hospitality, gyms, non-essential shops and indoor attractions such as museums, galleries and libraries. Museums ranging from the RiversidFum and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow to the National Museum of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) in Edinburgh are among those opening their doors again on Monday. But city...

This year's Aye Write Book Festival has moved online. With more than sixty author talks and discussion panels, it's not to be missed!

We think we know a lot about Australian and New Zealand soldiers’ health in the first world war. Many books, novels and television programs speak of wounds and war doctors, documenting the work of both Anzac nations’ medical corps. Often these histories begin with front-line doctors — known as regimental medical officers — who first reached wounded men in the field. The same histories often end in the hospital or at home. Yet, much of first world war medicine began and ended with the soldiers themselves. Australian and New Zealand soldiers (alongside their British and Canadian count...