Glasgow WOW

Sheer beauty of the city is captured in new book

THIS is Scotland’s biggest city as you’ve never seen it before.

A new book featuring stunning images of Glasgow, released this Thursday, showsows the beautiful side of the “noo mean city”.

Photographer Allan Wright has collected 240 stunning snapsps of the city’s landmarks, cityscapes and its people inn a collection

Photographer Allan Wright. called Glasgow Now. Wright’s new book includes striking shots of famous landmarks ssuch as the SSE Hydro, Celtic Park,P Ibrox, Bell’s Bridge and the Barras, encapsulating eeverything that residents andan visitors know and love aboabout the city. “There’s an infeinfectious zeal

for life on ththe streets of

Glasgow these days,” said Wright. “It’s vibrant, bold and confident – it’s a city on the move and in a great direction which others should be inspired by.

“I’ve spent two years working on this book and during that time I’ve encountered an extraordinarily diverse and vibrant community where smiles are always plentiful.

“I spent much of my childhood and teenage years in Glasgow, as did my co-author Des Dillon – both

of us now live in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland.

“This book is not an elaborate tourist promotion, neither is it a comprehensive description of Glasgow.

“However, it is the shared and longstanding personal engagement we both have with a city on the move. This is how it appears now. Catch it – it won’t stay this way for long.”

Glasgow Now is out on Thursday.

■ ■ The Second Glasgow Caledonian Railway Bridge over the Clyde. A state-of-the-art suspended helical staircase in Glasgow’s Lighthouse lets you climb to the top. ■ What the Doctor ordered? A great spot for a cup of coffee. ■ Commuters travel...

■ The majestic People’s Palace in Glasgow Green celebrates the city’s diverse history and its people.

■ The Wellpark Brewery in Glasgow’s Duke Street, owned by Tennent’s Caledonian, has turned beer into works of art.