Lorraine Murray, archivist, has a fascinating tale of the Glasgow Witch Trials but there’s no mob rule, ducking or burning at the stake here. Scotland, it seems, was different. Permission was required from the Privy Council to conduct a trial and solid evidence, not superstition and heresay, was required.   (events)

For Black History Month we see the welcome return of Stephen Mullen who will speak on the Sugar Aristocracy. In 2008 Stephen spoke to the Club on his work which debunked the myth we like to believe about ourselves that, ‘It Wusnae Us’ – well it wuz - and now he takes it a step further.    (events) 

All cities have fires; some are more devastating than others. In Glasgow’s case one of the most disastrous is that which consumed a warehouse in Watson Street and the Model Lodging House which adjoined it in 1905 with great loss of life. Dominic D’Angelo has made a special study of the fire.    (events) 

If People Make Glasgow then the city has a wealth of cultures and people to mould it. Great waves of Highlanders, Lowlanders, Irish, people from Northern and Southern Europe and folk from South Asia. Contributing hugely is the Sikh community; Prabhjot Kaur and Shindo Kaur will tell us of Sikh history here.  (events) 

Jimmy Logan is one of Glasgow’s best loved comedians and actors and it’s fairly well known that he was one of a family of entertainers. His nephew, son of Buddy Logan is John Short who will regale us with family stories while telling us something of his own career in acting and management.    (events) 

Imagine, in lock-down, you decided to research who’d built your house only to discover it was at the centre of a strange affray which ended with a police constable dead and a medical student in custody. That’s what happened to Dr Ailsa Boyd as she researched architect Robert Duncan.  (events) 

Of course Glasgow invented the beautiful passing game of football. Sheffield might argue the toss (as might Edinburgh) but Graeme Brown of the Hampden Collection will refute their claims citing the many colossal defeats inflicted on the Auld Enemy in those early years.. (events) 

The whole raison d’etre of the OGC is to bear witness to the changes in the city so who better to round off our year than Norrie Wilson. In his own words Norrie, ‘spat the dummy’ after 14 years of writing the Memories page in the Evening Times and created something new; Lost Glasgow.   (events)