Scotland Magazine

TRAVELS WITH TOM

Glasgow has reinvented itself throughout history. It is arguably, alongside London, the only British city that has retained its central importance in the nation’s affairs since the Middle Ages. Then, it was the seat of Scotland’s second archbishopric and it still hosts one of the four medieval universities in Britain.

Glasgow boomed after the Union with England, exploiting its easy access to

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