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Welcome to Glasgow City Heritage Trust podcast, "If Glasgow's Walls Could Talk", a new series about the relationships, stories and shared memories that exist between Glasgow historic buildings and people.
Show Notes
Are you interested in Glasgow, and its historic buildings and want to know more about the stories that make this city so special?
Every week we will be exploring a variety of heritage topics and historic buildings in Glasgow together with a bunch of amazing guests and host Niall Murphy, GCHT deputy director. Apart from great interviews and interesting discussions, we firmly believe that the best part of the "If Glasgow's Walls Could Talk" podcast is that you can help us make it even more special. We are planning to include in every episode a voice message from you, our listeners, find all the details at this link.
Listen to our teaser episode now and don’t forget to bookmark it to be the first one to hear our new episodes coming to you later this year!
Keep an eye out on our website at glasgowheritage.org.uk, join us on social media @GlasgowHeritage and follow the hashtag #IfGlasgowsWallsCouldTalk.
This podcast was produced by Inner Ear for Glasgow City Heritage Trust. This podcast is kindly sponsored by the National Trust for Scotland and supported by Tunnock's.
Creators and Guests
Host
Niall Murphy
Niall Murphy, who is the Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, is a conservation architect and is heavily involved in heritage, conservation and community issues in Glasgow. Niall is also Chair of Govanhill Baths Building Preservation Trust and was previously chair of Pollokshields Heritage, Planning Convener for Pollokshields Community Council and a member of the Glasgow Urban Design Panel. Between 2016 – 2018 he was a member of the Development Management Working Group for the Scottish Government’s Planning Review. Niall regularly lectures or does walking tours on architecture, heritage and urban design issues. Niall has won the Glasgow Doors Open Day Excellence Award for Outstanding Talk (2023) and for Inspiring City Tour (2017), the Glasgow Doors Open Day Above and Beyond Award (2014), the Sir Robert Lorimer Award for Sketching (1996) and, in addition to nominations for Saltire Awards and GIA Awards was nominated for the Scottish Civic Trust’s My Place Award for Civic Champion in 2015.
What is If Glasgow’s Walls Could Talk?
A podcast by Glasgow City Heritage Trust which focuses on the relationships, stories and shared memories that exist between Glasgow’s historic buildings and the city's communities. Presented by Glasgow City Heritage Trust’s Director Niall Murphy and journalist Fay Young, this series features guests discussing with Niall and Fay a specific area, type of building or aspect of Glasgow’s heritage, not only from a historical and architectural point of view, but also from the perspective of the community; drawing on the guests’ personal experiences, thoughts, knowledge and memories.
Hello, and welcome to Glasgow City Heritage Trust podcast, "If Glasgow's Walls Could Talk", a new series about the relationships, stories and shared memories that exist between Glasgow historic buildings and people.
Hello, everyone. I'm Niall Murphy, Deputy Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, and I'm your host for this brand new podcast series called "If Glasgow's Walls Could Talk. Every week we will explore a variety of heritage topics and historic buildings in Glasgow together with a bunch of great guests. During this 10 episode podcast series, every speaker will have the chance to share their memories and thoughts as we try to discover just what is it which makes the city of Glasgow so special. You'll hear about classical historic music venues with Norry Wilson from Lost Glasgow and what tenement living means today and in the past.
We'll talk about accessibility issues with consultant Emily Rose Yates and the challenges of mapping Queer Scotland with Dr. Jeffrey Meek from Glasgow University. You'll learn more about murals and historic buildings with Ali Smith, curator of Art Pistol, and different ways to talk about Glasgow's role in the slave trade with Katie Bruce, curator at GoMa. And this is just to name a few of the guests we've got lined up.
Apart from great interviews and interesting discussions, we firmly believe that the best part of the "If Glasgow's Walls Could Talk" podcast is that you can help us make it even more special. We are planning to include in every episode a voice message from you, our listeners. So you'll have the chance to leave a voice message to a dedicated phone line about a memory linked to a specific place or area in Glasgow. Your gran's flat in the Gorbals, or your favourite mural, or the amazing first date you had at the Dennistoun Palais.
So please keep an eye out on our website at glasgowheritage.org.uk to find out all about this or follow the hashtag #IfGlasgowsWallsCouldTalk. If you're interested in Glasgow, and its historic buildings and want to know more about the stories that make this city so special. Don't waste more time. Please subscribe to our podcast!
Glasgow City Heritage Trust is an independent charity and grant funder that promotes the understanding, appreciation and conservation of Glasgow's historic built environment. Want to know more? Have a look at our website at glasgowheritage.org.uk and follow us on social media @GlasgowHeritage. This podcast was produced by Inner Ear for Glasgow City Heritage Trust. This podcast is kindly sponsored by the National Trust for Scotland and supported by Tunnock's.