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...Scotland on Screen). Through the development of new housing estates situated at the edge of the city such as Easterhouse, Drumchapel, Castlemilk and Pollok, much of the population has been relocated from the city centre to these areas (TheGlasgowStory: 1950s to The Present Day: Neighbourhoods). Glasgow: the dear green place The historic presence of heavy industries belies...

...Scotland first took industrial action nearly fifty years ago. Gordon McKay explains the history behind the ongoing fight for better pay and working conditions...Find out about The Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Setting the scene On 12 August 2022, Scotland’s highest circulation broadsheet newspaper, The Herald, carried a headline exclaiming...

...Scotland and Wales) but also within those units – within the nations and territories that make up the UK. There was a substantial vote for leave across England – over 53% of those who voted recorded a leave vote. And some have suggested that the vote can even be understood as an expression of English nationalism, perhaps reflected in the rise of the UK Independence...

...Scotland’s Open Learning event held on the centenary of the events in George Square 1919, January 31, 2019. Gerry Mooney, The Open University in Scotland This event also featured in some news outlets in Scotland: Martin McLaughlin, “Red Clydeside’ Battle of George Square remembered with centenary gathering’, The Scotsman, February 1, 2019 STV, ‘Glasgow to mark...

...Scotland, at East Kilbride and Hillington, had joined them (BBC Newsreel, 1955). Altogether, around 11,000 workers took unofficial strike action (Daily Worker, 1955; Blantyre Gazette, 1955). This dispute, in which many women workers were involved, lasted until 14 December 1955 (The Daily Telegraph, 1955). Comparatively little is known about this dispute, and the fact that...