Stephen Millar was born and brought up in Glasgowand now splits his time between there and Edinburgh. He has long had an interest in urban exploration and takes walking groups around Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London. His articles and photographs have appeared in iNews, The Scotsman, The Herald on Sunday, Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh Live, and The Daily Record. Stephen has spoken about his book Tribes of Glasgow at Glasgow’s Aye Write! Book Festival.Gillian Loney is a journalist, columnist and editor of Glasgow Live, the city’s biggest news website. She has spent a decade covering culture, what’s on and breaking news, and specialises in writing about Glasgow’s growing food and drink scene - which means she’s always on hand to recommend local restaurants. Her work has also featured in the Daily Record, The Scotsman, the Daily Mirror, the Wow24–7 website and more. Secret Glasgow, her first book, marks a new chapter for her.

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• Glasgow WestFOSSIL GROVE 14RISE SCULPTURE 16WESTER SPIRIT CO. RUM DISTILLERY 18WEST OF SCOTLAND CRICKET CLUB 20RELICS OF CROW ROAD RAILWAY STATION 22SARACEN FOUNTAIN 24GARTNAVEL HOSPITAL GARDEN 26BINGHAM’S POND 28‘CR’ INSCRIPTION 30NORTH KELVIN MEADOW AND THE CHILDREN’S WOOD 32THE SIXTY STEPS 34POETRY POST BOX 36NORTH WOODSIDE FLINT MILL 38GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS LOST STATIONS 40WINDOWS IN THE WEST TENEMENT 42TRAM ROSETTES 44PANELLING AT THE UNIVERSITY CAFÉ 46QUAKER BURIAL GROUND IN PARTICK 48MASONIC LODGE 50LION AND UNICORN STAIRCASE 52THREE SQUARES GYRATORY SCULPTURE 54BLACKSTONE CHAIR AT THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM 56EARSDEN SHARK 58SUFFRAGETTE OAK 60PEARCE LODGE 62THE ‘C’ AND ‘R’ MONOGRAM 64GARGOYLES AT ST MARY’S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL 66BURNBANK BOWLING CLUB 68ACROBATIC EQUIPMENT AT THE ARLINGTON BATHS 70WOODLANDS COMMUNITY GARDEN 72THE ARLINGTON BAR 74CHARING CROSS MANSIONS CLOCK 75ANDERSTON LIBRARY SIGN 76CAMERON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN 78RENNIE MACKINTOSH STATUE 80THE BACK GARDEN 82THE HIDDEN LANE 84THE ARGYLE TREE 86FORMER MASONIC BUILDING 88CLYDESIDE DISTILLERY 90Glasgow CentreSHADOWGRAPHY IN COWCADDENS 92MUSEUM OF PIPING 94GLASWEGIAN BLACK MADONNA 96GARNETHILL URBAN PARK AND MOSAIC MURAL 98GARNETHILL VIEWPOINT 100TITANIC MEMORIAL AT SCOTTISH OPERA’S HQ 102THE ELF SCULPTURE 104COLUMNS OF THE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 106MACKINTOSH FRIEZE AT THE GLASGOW ART CLUB 108‘CHOOKIE BURDIES’ 110JAMES THOMSON’S FACE 112FORMER MASONIC TEMPLE 114ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 116THE STATUES AT NO. 64 WATERLOO STREET 118‘TOBACCO WAREHOUSE’ SIGNAGE 120GREEK INSCRIPTIONS ON THE FORMER ARROL’S BRIDGE 122‘BLOCKADE RUNNERS TO SPAIN’ MEMORIAL 124VINTAGE OTIS LIFT 126REMAINS OF GRAHAMSTON 128THE DAILY RECORD BUILDING 130LIBRARY OF ROYAL FACULTY OF PROCURATORS IN GLASGOW 132HOMELESS JESUS SCULPTURE 134HEAD OF A CHINESE MAN WITH A PIGTAIL 138GLASGOW’S REPURPOSED POLICE BOXES 140VESTIGES OF THE 1ST-CLASS WAITING ROOM FOR ANCHORLINE PASSENGERS 142NELSON MANDELA BUST 144GLASGOW CITY CHAMBERS 146THE TRADES HALL 148THE FOULIS STONE 150GREYFRIARS GARDEN 152REMAINS OF THE ‘ROTTENROW’ 154CALLANISH SCULPTURE 156CATHEDRAL HOUSE HOTEL 158HEADSTONE OF MARY HILL 160CARVINGS ON THE CATHEDRAL WALL 162MONUMENT TO THE BATTLE OF TELL EL KEBIR 164GYPSY QUEEN MEMORIAL 166GRAVESTONE OF ALEXANDER MCCALL 168CHARING CROSS MANSIONS CLOCK 170DUKE STREET PRISON WALL 172MOLENDINAR BURN 174HIELAN JESSIE PUB 176THE PIPE FACTORY 178ARCHWAY OF ST ANDREW’S LANE 180DOUGLAS GORDON’S ‘EMPIRE’ SIGN 182CHERUB/SKULL AT TRON THEATRE 184BRITANNIA PANOPTICON 186ARANDORA STAR MEMORIAL 188Glasgow SouthLITERARY FACES 194FORMER GOVAN POLICE STATION 196GOVAN CAT SCULPTURE 198THE GOVAN STONES 200FAIRFIELD HERITAGE CENTRE 202GOVAN COAT OF ARMS 204RELICS OF GOVAN’S PAST 206GOVAN GRAVING DOCKS 208WHISKY CASKS OF THE OLD TOLL BAR 210GLASGOW CLIMBING CENTRE 212HISTORIC MILESTONE 214THE MASONIC SYMBOLS OF POLLOKSHIELDS BURGH HALL 216FORMER MILLAR & LANG ART PUBLISHERS OFFICES 218GLASGOW GURDWARAS 220THE HIDDEN GARDENS 222QUEEN’S PARK GOVANHILL CHURCH OF SCOTLANDSTAINED-GLASS WINDOWS 224CATHKIN PARK’S EMPTY FOOTBALL TERRACES 226SOUTHERN NECROPOLIS 228GORBALS BOYS SCULPTURE 230TOOLS OF THE TRADE IN THE GORBALS ROSE GARDEN 232CALTON BURIAL GROUND 234GLASGOW WOMEN’S LIBRARY 236RUTHERGLEN BOUNDARY STONES 238Glasgow - To the West and SouthPOSSIL MARSH NATURE RESERVE 242RELICS OF ANTONINE WALL 244CLYDEBANK MUSEUM 248INCHINNAN PARISH CHURCH GRAVESTONES 252ST CONVAL’S STONE AND THE ARGYLL STONE 254LUMA TOWER 256HORATIO’S GARDEN 258CROOKSTON CASTLE 260GLASGOW MUSEUM RESOURCE CENTRE 262ARTHURLIE CROSS 264THE SECRET WATERFALL OF ROUKEN GLEN PARK 266ROUND TOLL 268JOHN MACLEAN MEMORIAL 270MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS MEMORIAL 272Glasgow - To the North and EastWALLACE’S WELL 276POSSIBLE RENNIE MACKINTOSH HOUSES 278SPRINGBURN WINTER GARDENS 280BALGRAY TOWER 282BAS-RELIEF OF A LOCOMOTIVE 284THE GROOVE MARKS OF MONKLAND CANAL 286DENNISTOUN MILESTONE SCULPTURE 288BUFFALO BILL STATUE 290FRANCIS KELLY’S GRAVE 292GARTLOCH HOSPITAL 294THE GROOVE MARKS OF MONKLAND CANAL 296