Category: Lifelong Learning Blog

Home-grown Recipes Project

Published on 28th June, 2012 by Syma

This post was published 12 years ago. You can explore more recent posts through the categories and tags.

It has been lovely working with the women at the Minority Ethnic Elderly Care Centre (MECC) in Govanhill exploring their favourite traditional recipes and hearing about the stories that […]

Digging for Women of the East End

Published on 28th May, 2012 by GWL Blog Contributors

This post was published 13 years ago. You can explore more recent posts through the categories and tags.

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the 20th May, members and friends of GWL’s East End Detective group gathered at the Mercat Cross to try out a mini taster of the walk that will eventually become the Women’s Heritage walk around the East End of Glasgow.

New What’s On Guide Launched

Published on 25th May, 2012 by Laura

This post was published 13 years ago. You can explore more recent posts through the categories and tags.

Find out What’s On at GWL this summer with our new What’s On guide!

Enoch was a Woman: A River Walk

Published on 1st May, 2012 by Heather M

This post was published 13 years ago. You can explore more recent posts through the categories and tags.

On Sunday 29 April, some of our East End Detectives attended an event called “Enoch was a Woman: a river walk”, led by artist Lucy Livingstone, as part of the Glasgow International Festival, designed to reinstate the reputation of a Glasgow figure now only represented in a temple of shopping.

Telling lies for fun

Published on 21st September, 2011 by Donna

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I teach creative writing at the GWL and Helen said to me today, “Donna, can you write a blog post for us about what you do?” Oh dear. Basically, what I can teach anyone about creative writing boils down to just one sentence: You can’t teach anyone creative writing. So, I’m here under false pretences and I’ve been trying to keep that quiet. And now the cat’s out of the bag. I guess now I should just slink off home and never darken the Library’s doors again.