Jude Hunter

Top floor tenement sunset in Glasgow, 10:15pm

@nebopeklo We used to get double rounds of vodka, peach schnapps & lemonade in Mandela bar before heading up to level 8 for dancing…I made a playlist for my 50th birthday called Level 8! Skipped Wonderstuff & James though…

A recent illustration of a building where is spent a lot of my time in my youth. Pints of diesel and level 8. Memories are of the Wonder Stuff and James which I can’t bear to listen to now 😬. Thank god there weren’t any camera phones then 🤣

@MurphyNiallGLA @WeAreSanctuary @GlasgowHeritage The community were of the belief that the building was meant to be available as planning gain. Obviously not.

So, just three weeks after my original post, on a quiet Saturday morning a digger was put through the gatehouse to the Victoria Infirmary at Glasgow’s Queen’s Park and within a few hours - by the time I got there - it was reduced to rubble. I appreciate @WeAreSanctuary were within their rights here as, frustratingly, the gatehouse was neither listed or in a conservation area therefore this is permitted development; however, given that it was a building designed by one of the best mid-Victorian architectural practices in Glasgow - Campbell Douglas and Sellars, who designed the 1888 International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry at the Kelvingrove and what was the St Andrews Hall later the west extension to the Mitchell Library which is one of the finest neoclassical buildings in Europe - perhaps it should have been? Regardless, when we are in a housing emergency demolishing a house which should have been brought back into use at least a decade ago is not a good look. Part of what gives ‘The Victoria’ its kerb appeal is the contrast between the new buildings and the surviving historic buildings and the authenticity that lends it. Sadly, yet again another historic building has been dispatched. It all feels at bit snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and leaves me concerned for the neighbouring Administration building which is at least ‘B’ listed and meant to be retained but is in increasingly poor condition and will no longer have the benefit of rates relief…

@joe_yer99 Brilliant 😂

If you've watched "The beast inme" on netflix, you will know how good this is. 😂

@crazylifeovmine We are on the same number of days, keep going! 💪

Day 74 no alcohol - today I was woke by my alarm at 8am! First time since I began this journey that my Ive not been awake before 6am - fingers crossed it continues! Hope you all have fantastic day #RecoveryPosse

@ZenoWatson Great pics 🙂

Autumnal Glasgow 🍂

@UndisScot Strathy point?

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@JohnSwinney It’s great, but why haven’t you brought a big bunch of women over from Afghanistan?

To the children, students and families from Gaza arriving in Scotland for medical care: You are welcome here. Our communities will stand by you as neighbours and friends, and Scotland stands with the people of Palestine. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸

@BustedWench Jesús Christ on a bike

@MurphyNiallGLA @GlasgowHeritage Kilcreggan also a good shout for the villas, and not least this perfect little waiting room for the ferry to Gourock.

#MomentsOfBeauty near #Glasgow: Before my summer holiday was cancelled, I was enjoying pottering around the Clyde sea lochs in the warm summer sunshine. Dotted along the shore are some magnificent holiday villas for wealthy Victorian merchants including this one, Burnknowe, which is in Lochgoilhead. With its Belvedere tower and large bow window it is very similar to the type of villa Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson would design, though it is later. Inside, there is Arts & Crafts stained glass designed by MacFarlane and Co, of Glasgow. Obviously this is lottery win territory but what I enjoy about it is the leafy setting and lawn descending to the water’s edge with a small pier and pontoon so you can tie your yacht up. It has the kind of American east coast quality which makes it look like it would fit right into West Egg from F. Scott Fitzgerald's ‘The Great Gatsby’. The whole ensemble reminds me of the wonderful haunting lines at the end: "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past".

@HoraNoona @bluemoonjules Spurtle!

@bluemoonjules Thank you! I shall stop calling it The Porridge Stick😁

Many many apricots are required for this chutney, now simmer for 2hours, yes, I use my porridge stirrer for chutney making.😁

@zarahsultana I don’t like Tommy Robinson or any of his views. I wouldn’t have gone on this march. But if you continue to badge everyone here as fascists, you are playing into his hands. Grow up and stop playing student politics if you want to be taken seriously.

Fascists aren’t welcome in our streets. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.

@HoraNoona Oh yes

Cheesecake Tuesday! With Blackberry Chilli Jam and Dark Chocolate.

@ionafyfe glasgowbell.co.uk/saltire-raise-…

@roisinmurphy The album was fab, the live show fabber, the review so mean minded ❤️

theguardian.com/music/2023/sep… My album Hit Parade came out 2 years ago today, in the middle of a controversy. Having been told previously by music journalists that it was already “album of the year” when the controversy broke I was instructed by the same people to admit “ignorance” and apologise or face a drop in scores. These messages were passed on to me by my then record label, Ninja Tune. I have the receipts. This is not journalism or criticism, it’s authoritarianism. The record did indeed suffer revised scores across the board and was left off the end of year lists. It wasn’t just upsetting for me but also very frightening to see how the whole of the music media, in tandem, were able and willing to punish a work of art for the sake of activism. To say I’ll never be the same again is an understatement. Props to The Guardian for not changing the 5 star score. But the piece itself is rotten to the core. And the record was never again mentioned by them, I really hope one day that changes.

@joe_yer99 The sausage rolls in there are 👌

No idea whats in this building at Queen street. But theyve done a cracking job on the corner with that new bakers.

@MurphyNiallGLA So sorry Niall. Your paragraph about him being serious, competitive, humble and belief in public service, is exactly like mine, who died last year. They live on in us! 🙂

I’ve not posted for a while. That’s because since late July I have been at my Dad’s bedside as he lay dying in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. Though the nurses and doctors gave him superb care, sadly, the outcome was inevitable. Dad’s funeral was on Friday and I had the joint honour, with my brother, of giving the eulogy. My Dad had a good life so we wanted to celebrate that and, as he wasn’t keen on black, asked people to wear bright colours. My Dad was born and brought up in Kilmaurs in Ayrshire. He came from a poor family but was smart so got into the University of Glasgow. Unfortunately, he didn’t finish his degree as, having failed one part of his third year, his mother insisted Dad return to support his family. While working on the construction of the Prestwick bypass someone handed him an advert for police officers in Hong Kong and off Dad went… My Dad ultimately wound up being an Assistant Director in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. Highlights of his career include: During a June 1966 tropical storm that dumped 15 inches of rain on Hong Kong in 24 hours, Dad had to hike up the vertiginous Peak Tram funicular railway with a radio on his back as the roads and telephone lines to The Peak had been washed away. Press photographs show how badly damaged the track bed was but somehow Dad made it to the top. In December 1970, Dad accidentally received a papal blessing from Pope Paul VI when he paid a brief visit to Hong Kong. Dad was on security detail at the end of a long line of dignitaries and the Pope mistakenly thought Dad also deserved this honour. Sadly, Dad had to hand it back! His career peaked with Dad receiving the Queen’s Police Medal for distinguished service in 1994. We were so proud of him and went to see him get his medal at Buckingham Palace. Dad was also a serious chess player, playing at an international level. He represented Hong Kong at the 24th Chess Olympiad in Malta in 1980 and played for Scotland in various European championships. Nevertheless, my Dad, though serious and occasionally competitive, was a modest, humble man who believed in public service. The greatest gift my Dad gave me was a love of books and the knowledge they hold. I have fond childhood memories of hours spent in Swindon’s Bookshop in Tsim Sha Tsui while Mum and Dad browsed. Dad would even bring home gifts of Isaac Asimov books because he noticed the 12 year old me liked science fiction. Browsing Dad’s library was a joy for there was always treasure to discover. While living with my parents when I was working in Hong Kong during my year out as an Architecture student in the early 1990s, I noticed Dad’s fondness for the historian and travel writer Jan Morris, best known for Pax Britannica and Venice. During Dad’s last few days, I read to him the opening passage from Jan Morris’s book, Hong Kong. It describes a ferry journey from Guangzhou down the Pearl River estuary, arriving in Hong Kong’s ‘fragrant harbour’ just as the mist lifted and the dawn light hit the skyscrapers. As Dad was suffering from Vascular Dementia I don’t know if he took this beautiful moment in, but I felt the need to share it with him. The most surprising book I found in Dad’s library was Jan Morris’s deeply personal work, Conundrum, in which she described her lifelong journey to live authentically as a woman, despite being born a man. It was a controversial book - but to me, as a young gay man still grappling with my identity, finding that book in my Dad’s library gave me hope. It told me my parents were open minded so might understand what I was going through - and so they did. I will be forever grateful for their acceptance and love. I loved and will miss my Dad, but I am so glad I got to know him. Finally, I want to thank everyone at both the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and the Argyle Care Home in Helensburgh who cared for my Dad, and everyone @GlasgowHeritage for their support during this difficult time.

@joe_yer99 Lovely spot, Pittenweem great too.

My wee trip to the east coast was nice. No bad view fae this wee cafe in Crail. This is the place to be if its scorchio me thinks. Crail Harbour Gallery & Tearoom

@dieworkwear I’ve seen something like this worn by male tango dancers. They also favour the baggy style, looks elegant when dancing.

unusual waistband construction known as a hollywood waist, which means the waist connects seamlessly into hips without the use of a separate waistband. this construction was popular in the 1940s and 50s for how it created an elegant line, but is rarely seen today

@HoraNoona Sake!

We knew there would be losses/breakages/souvenir grabs when AirB&Bing our cottage but, who steals a Monopoly set? Really!?🙄😠

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