Anabel Marsh
@glasgowgallivanter.bsky.social
Retired librarian, traveller, and women's history enthusiast. Blogs at glasgowgallivanter.com She/her.
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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North Wales 2023: Eglwysbach and Bodnant Garden glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/11/17/e...
North Wales 2023: Eglwysbach and Bodnant Garden
Our home for a week in North Wales and its nearest attraction.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
North Wales 2023: Eglwysbach and Bodnant Garden glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/11/17/e...
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Meet the History Detectives 🕵️♀️
Hear short talks from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest & Beverly McFarlane, long-standing members of our History Detectives team. Topics include: Jessie Stephen, Rebecca Strong and Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals.
Book here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/meet-t...
Hear short talks from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest & Beverly McFarlane, long-standing members of our History Detectives team. Topics include: Jessie Stephen, Rebecca Strong and Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals.
Book here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/meet-t...
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Meet the History Detectives 🕵️♀️
Hear short talks from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest & Beverly McFarlane, long-standing members of our History Detectives team. Topics include: Jessie Stephen, Rebecca Strong and Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals.
Book here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/meet-t...
Hear short talks from Anabel Marsh, Anna Forrest & Beverly McFarlane, long-standing members of our History Detectives team. Topics include: Jessie Stephen, Rebecca Strong and Glasgow’s Lock Hospitals.
Book here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/meet-t...
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We’re thrilled to share that we’ve been awarded funding from @firstportscotland.bsky.social !
This support will let us hire new part-time staff, expand our creative + Wikipedia workshops, and bring more educational resources on women’s history into schools across Scotland. 💜
This support will let us hire new part-time staff, expand our creative + Wikipedia workshops, and bring more educational resources on women’s history into schools across Scotland. 💜
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We’re thrilled to share that we’ve been awarded funding from @firstportscotland.bsky.social !
This support will let us hire new part-time staff, expand our creative + Wikipedia workshops, and bring more educational resources on women’s history into schools across Scotland. 💜
This support will let us hire new part-time staff, expand our creative + Wikipedia workshops, and bring more educational resources on women’s history into schools across Scotland. 💜
North Wales 2023: Wrexham and Colwyn Bay glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/11/10/w...
North Wales 2023: Wrexham and Colwyn Bay
Two stops on our journey from Cumbria to North Wales.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
North Wales 2023: Wrexham and Colwyn Bay glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/11/10/w...
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We pay tribute to Elspeth King (and Smudge, the People's Palace cat) on our East End Heritage Walk. Rest in Power Elspeth.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We pay tribute to Elspeth King (and Smudge, the People's Palace cat) on our East End Heritage Walk. Rest in Power Elspeth.
womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-our...
womenslibrary.org.uk/discover-our...
Glasgow Gallivanting: October 2025 glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/11/03/g...
Glasgow Gallivanting: October 2025
October’s roundup includes a few spooky goings-on.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Tributes have been paid as Elspeth King, the former curator of Glasgow's People's Palace, is understood to have died
Tributes paid as former Glasgow People's Palace curator Elspeth King dies
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November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Tributes have been paid as Elspeth King, the former curator of Glasgow's People's Palace, is understood to have died
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Hillhead Burgh Hall, designed by George Bell of Clarke and Bell, photographed in the 1960s. It opened in 1873 and was demolished less than a century later in 1970. The site was later used for the new Hillhead Library in 1972.
📷 News quest
#Glasgow
📷 News quest
#Glasgow
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Hillhead Burgh Hall, designed by George Bell of Clarke and Bell, photographed in the 1960s. It opened in 1873 and was demolished less than a century later in 1970. The site was later used for the new Hillhead Library in 1972.
📷 News quest
#Glasgow
📷 News quest
#Glasgow
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The James Watt North Building on Glasgow University's Gilmorehill Campus. Designed by J.J. Burnet in a Scots Baronial style, it was originally built in 1901 to house the Engineering Department.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowuniversity #jameswatt #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowuniversity #jameswatt #architecturephotography
November 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The James Watt North Building on Glasgow University's Gilmorehill Campus. Designed by J.J. Burnet in a Scots Baronial style, it was originally built in 1901 to house the Engineering Department.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowuniversity #jameswatt #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowuniversity #jameswatt #architecturephotography
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Another three walks in Cumbria glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/10/27/c...
Another three walks in Cumbria
Mixed weather for the rest of our week in Cumbria culminates in Storm Amy.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Another three walks in Cumbria glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/10/27/c...
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The entrance to the former Bridgeton Public Library on Landressey Street in the East End of Glasgow. Designed by J.R. Rhind and built in 1903, it's now home to the Glasgow Women's Library.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #bridgeton #library #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #bridgeton #library #architecturephotography
October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The entrance to the former Bridgeton Public Library on Landressey Street in the East End of Glasgow. Designed by J.R. Rhind and built in 1903, it's now home to the Glasgow Women's Library.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #bridgeton #library #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #bridgeton #library #architecturephotography
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
The Ullswater Way glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/10/20/u...
The Ullswater Way
We complete the Ullswater Way which we started two years ago.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The Ullswater Way glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/10/20/u...
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Politics is getting hairy so ... A thread of amazing Scottish foremothers who knew being divisive is the path to change. 1st, Rose Klasko Kerrigan, sacked at 14 for speaking against WWI. She scandalized Glasgow’s only birth control clinic by seeking contraception before she had kids. /1
October 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Politics is getting hairy so ... A thread of amazing Scottish foremothers who knew being divisive is the path to change. 1st, Rose Klasko Kerrigan, sacked at 14 for speaking against WWI. She scandalized Glasgow’s only birth control clinic by seeking contraception before she had kids. /1
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We’re so grateful to The RHF Museum for this fantastic addition to our collection!
These keys once belonged to Maryhill Barracks, but what might they have unlocked? Our best guess is a gate or a large door.
On display along with other objects and photographs until 17 Dec.
📆 Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm
These keys once belonged to Maryhill Barracks, but what might they have unlocked? Our best guess is a gate or a large door.
On display along with other objects and photographs until 17 Dec.
📆 Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We’re so grateful to The RHF Museum for this fantastic addition to our collection!
These keys once belonged to Maryhill Barracks, but what might they have unlocked? Our best guess is a gate or a large door.
On display along with other objects and photographs until 17 Dec.
📆 Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm
These keys once belonged to Maryhill Barracks, but what might they have unlocked? Our best guess is a gate or a large door.
On display along with other objects and photographs until 17 Dec.
📆 Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm
Cumbria 2023: three walks glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/10/13/c...
Cumbria 2023: three walks
Three short circular walks, including a topiary garden, an abbey, and helping police with their enquiries.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Cumbria 2023: three walks glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/10/13/c...
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The Bibliotheque Carnegie is one of the thousands of libraries worldwide funded by Andrew Carnegie, but the only one in France. Designed by architect Max Sainsaulieu, it opened in 1928 and is still a working municipal library, so the public areas can be visited for free.
October 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Bibliotheque Carnegie is one of the thousands of libraries worldwide funded by Andrew Carnegie, but the only one in France. Designed by architect Max Sainsaulieu, it opened in 1928 and is still a working municipal library, so the public areas can be visited for free.
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We discovered a photo of artist Hilda Goldwag in our collection and indentified the painting she’s working on!
A refugee from Vienna in the 1930s, she became an important figure in Scottish art. Her story reminds us of the creativity and resilience migrants bring to our culture.
➡️ mbht.org.uk/blog
A refugee from Vienna in the 1930s, she became an important figure in Scottish art. Her story reminds us of the creativity and resilience migrants bring to our culture.
➡️ mbht.org.uk/blog
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We discovered a photo of artist Hilda Goldwag in our collection and indentified the painting she’s working on!
A refugee from Vienna in the 1930s, she became an important figure in Scottish art. Her story reminds us of the creativity and resilience migrants bring to our culture.
➡️ mbht.org.uk/blog
A refugee from Vienna in the 1930s, she became an important figure in Scottish art. Her story reminds us of the creativity and resilience migrants bring to our culture.
➡️ mbht.org.uk/blog
Cumbria 2023: Dalemain and Lowther, two loops on the Ullswater Way glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/10/06/d...
Cumbria 2023: Dalemain and Lowther, two loops on the Ullswater Way
These walks sparked a love affair with Ullswater.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Cumbria 2023: Dalemain and Lowther, two loops on the Ullswater Way glasgowgallivanter.com/2025/10/06/d...
World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now (petition) action.eko.org/a/world-lead...
World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now
Right now, the last remaining vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, The Marinette, is approaching Gaza's waters -- carrying brave activists who are all risking their lives to break Israel’s illegal siege on G
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October 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now (petition) action.eko.org/a/world-lead...