OTD 9 November 1868

On 9 Novem­ber 1868, the Glas­gow Her­ald moved into new premis­es on Buchanan Street, on a site that extends back to Mitchell Street. The frontage is dec­o­rat­ed with fig­ures of Guten­burg and Cax­ton. The Mitchell Street frontage was redesigned by Charles Ren­nie Mack­in­tosh at the end of the 19th century.

Breaking the news exhibition

A pop-up dis­play based on the British Library’s Break­ing the News exhi­bi­tion is on view at Edin­burgh’s Cen­tral Library. The dis­plays draw upon each library’s indi­vid­ual col­lec­tion and region­al con­nec­tions to cel­e­brate the val­ue of region­al news in com­mu­ni­ties across the UK. It is on dis­play 4 July — 4 August 2022. Break­ing the News […]