Beloved, reviled
- & not only by Glaswegians, Glasgow isn`t just the industrial revolution nor the Victorian slums. Founded in the sixth century, its forebears pushed back the Romans. The roof of its cathedral, founded in the twelfth century, survived the Reformation. Its fifteenth-century university welcomed Adam Smith & the Enlightenment. It prospered from sugar, tobacco, cotton & slavery in the the eighteenth century, & saw the rise of the Red Clydesiders in the twentieth. Its denizens have seen rise & fall, bombs & demolitions, their humour intact. Now these people & this city play a pivotal role in Scotland`s & the UK`s future. It`s time for a book that tells the story in all its complexity.