575 years ago today Glasgow University was founded by Pope Nicholas V in a letter (known as a Papal Bull) dated 7th of January 1451. Sent at the request of King James II, this letter William Turnbull, the Bishop of Glasgow permission to add a university to the city's Cathedral. This makes it the fourth oldest university in the UK and the second oldest in Scotland, after St Andrew's University, from where Bishop Turnbull had graduated around 1420.

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575 years ago today Glasgow University was founded by Pope Nicholas V in a letter (known as a Papal Bull) dated 7th of January 1451. Sent at the request of King James II, this letter William Turnbull, the Bishop of Glasgow permission to add a university to the city's Cathedral. This makes it the fourth oldest university in the UK and the second oldest in Scotland, after St Andrew's University, from where Bishop Turnbull had graduated around 1420.

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Queen Street in Glasgow this morning, and someone's in for a rather bad start to their day.

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Queen Street in Glasgow this morning, and someone's in for a rather bad start to their day.

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Good morning, Glasgow. It's a beautiful, if Baltic, start to the day, so get your woolly hats on and get out and enjoy it while it lasts!

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Not from today, obviously, but after all this afternoon's rain, I thought it was worth sharing what Glasgow can look like at this time of year (when the weather's being a little bit more cooperative!).

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Not from today, obviously, but after all this afternoon's rain, I thought it was worth sharing what Glasgow can look like at this time of year (when the weather's being a little bit more cooperative!).

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Just a quick reminder that I have a stall at the Byres Road Market today in Hillhead Library, with copies of Glasgiow Uncovered for sale as well as prints, cards and some framed replicas of Odell's Tenement Night Latch Keys which I make from time to time. It's open from 11am until 4pm.

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This evening's sunset at the Riverside Museum on the banks of the Clyde in Glasgow.

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