 Mackintosh's Willow Tea Rooms (L) 'Expressions' an installation at the Kelvingrove Art Museum and Gallery (R) |
by Philip Game
The BBC’s long-running Taggart crime series shows only too well how bleak Glasgow looks on a bad day, when bitter winds sweep past the Strathclyde Police HQ.
At such times the 1990 title of European Cultural Capital seems rather unlikely, but come back instead on a summer evening when the late sun fires up street after street of florid, rust-red facades, or when Sauciehall, Argyle and Buchanan Streets bustle with shoppers.
Glasgow’s unashamedly Victorian heritage provides the backdrop for an impressive assemblage of galleries and museums. Enjoy a plate of haggis, neeps and tatties at the Willow Tea Rooms, designed a century ago by Art Deco pioneer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. You shouldn’t find any reason to call in on Taggart and friends.
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