@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social
My photo essay - published this morning…
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire
Scotland’s national flag has become a flashpoint in a growing cultural battle linked to anti-immigration sentiment. In the racially diverse Springburn area of Glasgow, people fear a storm is gathering...
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
My photo essay - published this morning…
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Exhibition, film screening and discussion hosted by photographer @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in collaboration with Empire Café and featuring our very own Tawona Ganyamatopé Sitholé.
Join them tomorrow at 6:30pm in Glasgow, more info on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clyde-refl...
Join them tomorrow at 6:30pm in Glasgow, more info on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clyde-refl...
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Exhibition, film screening and discussion hosted by photographer @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in collaboration with Empire Café and featuring our very own Tawona Ganyamatopé Sitholé.
Join them tomorrow at 6:30pm in Glasgow, more info on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clyde-refl...
Join them tomorrow at 6:30pm in Glasgow, more info on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clyde-refl...
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Soon at the @uantwerpen.be: screening of "The Partisan Necropolis" by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Register via the site: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...
September 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Soon at the @uantwerpen.be: screening of "The Partisan Necropolis" by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Register via the site: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...
Today’s World Premiere of The Partisan Necropolis is now sold out via SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL
THANK YOU to all those who helped support and fund the film. This is a proper milestone.
Screenings closer to home coming soon!
THANK YOU to all those who helped support and fund the film. This is a proper milestone.
Screenings closer to home coming soon!
August 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today’s World Premiere of The Partisan Necropolis is now sold out via SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL
THANK YOU to all those who helped support and fund the film. This is a proper milestone.
Screenings closer to home coming soon!
THANK YOU to all those who helped support and fund the film. This is a proper milestone.
Screenings closer to home coming soon!
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Our new Reflections 03 Episode is out! Louise & Jude discuss their investigation into ownership around the Clyde, their Petition, meeting Colombian River Guardians, joining Swimmable Cities, their live Mapathon for @archifringe.bsky.social, & their collaborations with @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Our new Reflections 03 Episode is out! Louise & Jude discuss their investigation into ownership around the Clyde, their Petition, meeting Colombian River Guardians, joining Swimmable Cities, their live Mapathon for @archifringe.bsky.social, & their collaborations with @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social
Phone snaps from a great wee summers evening exploring around the former Ravenscraig site with Frank McElhinney NL Ann Louise Neil McGuire @mr Andy summers
As part of @archifringe.bsky.social
Outdoor screening of @dr_amanda_thomson Boundary Layers film topped it all off nicely.
As part of @archifringe.bsky.social
Outdoor screening of @dr_amanda_thomson Boundary Layers film topped it all off nicely.
June 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Phone snaps from a great wee summers evening exploring around the former Ravenscraig site with Frank McElhinney NL Ann Louise Neil McGuire @mr Andy summers
As part of @archifringe.bsky.social
Outdoor screening of @dr_amanda_thomson Boundary Layers film topped it all off nicely.
As part of @archifringe.bsky.social
Outdoor screening of @dr_amanda_thomson Boundary Layers film topped it all off nicely.
Filming tonight for my Clyde Reflections project and The Empire Cafe with poet Tawona Sithole on the banks of the Clyde. Lighting and the river were in top form…
Run River Run….
#glasgow
#riverclyde
Run River Run….
#glasgow
#riverclyde
May 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Filming tonight for my Clyde Reflections project and The Empire Cafe with poet Tawona Sithole on the banks of the Clyde. Lighting and the river were in top form…
Run River Run….
#glasgow
#riverclyde
Run River Run….
#glasgow
#riverclyde
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This is a very welcome first for me & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & @dialectographer.bsky.social
Book of the Week! Thank you! #Cumbernauld
Book of the Week! Thank you! #Cumbernauld
⭐️ BOOK OF THE WEEK ⭐️
‘Concrete Dreams’ by Alison Irvine, Chris Leslie and Mitch Miller
Explore the complex legacy of Cumbernauld’s iconic, but divisive, brutalist town centre through the stories of its residents in this lavishly illustrated volume.
‘Concrete Dreams’ by Alison Irvine, Chris Leslie and Mitch Miller
Explore the complex legacy of Cumbernauld’s iconic, but divisive, brutalist town centre through the stories of its residents in this lavishly illustrated volume.
April 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is a very welcome first for me & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & @dialectographer.bsky.social
Book of the Week! Thank you! #Cumbernauld
Book of the Week! Thank you! #Cumbernauld
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Come and see Recollective (myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social) at @riasbookshop.bsky.social this Wednesday (23rd April) at 6.30pm talking about Concrete Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams
Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Come and see Recollective (myself, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social) at @riasbookshop.bsky.social this Wednesday (23rd April) at 6.30pm talking about Concrete Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
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If you're interested in Cumbernauld, architecture, social history, stories, photography and illustration, & if you can get to Edinburgh on 23rd April, this is the event for you! @dialectographer.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @riasbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams
Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you're interested in Cumbernauld, architecture, social history, stories, photography and illustration, & if you can get to Edinburgh on 23rd April, this is the event for you! @dialectographer.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @riasbookshop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bookshopla...
The last days of Clune Park Estate, Port Glasgow, before it gets demolished. Left to rot for 20 years. What a complete scandalous waste of housing.
#clunepark
#carboncrime
#clunepark
#carboncrime
April 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The last days of Clune Park Estate, Port Glasgow, before it gets demolished. Left to rot for 20 years. What a complete scandalous waste of housing.
#clunepark
#carboncrime
#clunepark
#carboncrime
A carbon crime or bright new future? For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over demolishing the site’s high-rise flats...
Words and Pictures by Chris Leslie
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Words and Pictures by Chris Leslie
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The battle for Glasgow’s Wyndford estate – photo essay
A carbon crime or bright new future? For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over demolishing the site’s high-rise flats
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A carbon crime or bright new future? For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over demolishing the site’s high-rise flats...
Words and Pictures by Chris Leslie
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Words and Pictures by Chris Leslie
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Phone snaps from this mornings run and some last views of the Wyndford Flats
@guardian photo essay live on Monday am
#glasgow
#wyndford
#demolition
@guardian photo essay live on Monday am
#glasgow
#wyndford
#demolition
March 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Phone snaps from this mornings run and some last views of the Wyndford Flats
@guardian photo essay live on Monday am
#glasgow
#wyndford
#demolition
@guardian photo essay live on Monday am
#glasgow
#wyndford
#demolition
4 years ago today - Z A T V A R A N J E premiered ‘online’ at Glasgow Short Film Festival via @royalscottishacad.bsky.social
In retrospect I think it was a too raw and close to the bone… 5 years on maybe less so
Filming Glasgow’s streets empty was something else though…
#Glasgow
#Sarajevo
In retrospect I think it was a too raw and close to the bone… 5 years on maybe less so
Filming Glasgow’s streets empty was something else though…
#Glasgow
#Sarajevo
March 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
4 years ago today - Z A T V A R A N J E premiered ‘online’ at Glasgow Short Film Festival via @royalscottishacad.bsky.social
In retrospect I think it was a too raw and close to the bone… 5 years on maybe less so
Filming Glasgow’s streets empty was something else though…
#Glasgow
#Sarajevo
In retrospect I think it was a too raw and close to the bone… 5 years on maybe less so
Filming Glasgow’s streets empty was something else though…
#Glasgow
#Sarajevo
March 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
February 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Our #UrbanDesignGroup talk on Cumbernauld Town Centre is online if you'd like to take a look: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_jj...
The book can be bought here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social #Cumbernauld #Brutalism
The book can be bought here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social #Cumbernauld #Brutalism
Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre. An Urban Design Group Presentation.
YouTube video by UrbanNous
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Our #UrbanDesignGroup talk on Cumbernauld Town Centre is online if you'd like to take a look: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_jj...
The book can be bought here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social #Cumbernauld #Brutalism
The book can be bought here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/
@chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social #Cumbernauld #Brutalism
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Cramming dialectograms into a book can be a PAIN. & yet Gabby Durnan, the designer who worked with me, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social on Concrete Dreams pulled off a miracle here. Check it out…
concretedreams.org.uk/book/
concretedreams.org.uk/book/
December 12, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Cramming dialectograms into a book can be a PAIN. & yet Gabby Durnan, the designer who worked with me, @alisonirvine.bsky.social & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social on Concrete Dreams pulled off a miracle here. Check it out…
concretedreams.org.uk/book/
concretedreams.org.uk/book/
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Words on Cumbernauld from me and photos from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in today's Herald. An extract from our book: concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/
@nlheritage.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
@nlheritage.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
The story of a Scots town that was once 'a dazzling ship sailing across a hill'
Pic 21: The penthouses corridor in Avon Walk Pic 17: Interior stairwell of Town Centre Pic 22: John Kirkhope - Cumbernauld Resident and former…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 7, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Words on Cumbernauld from me and photos from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social in today's Herald. An extract from our book: concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/
@nlheritage.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
@nlheritage.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
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The beginning of the end for #cumbernauld town centre-at least as we know it.
To get the inside scoop on this controversial structure, why not take a look @ Concrete Dreams (by @alisonirvine.bsky.social , @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & me)
concretedreams.org.uk/book/
news.stv.tv/west-central...
To get the inside scoop on this controversial structure, why not take a look @ Concrete Dreams (by @alisonirvine.bsky.social , @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & me)
concretedreams.org.uk/book/
news.stv.tv/west-central...
Town centre regeneration begins with demolition of 'landmark' office building
The Centre Cumbernauld will also be brought down to make way for a new town hub.
news.stv.tv
December 5, 2024 at 6:47 PM
The beginning of the end for #cumbernauld town centre-at least as we know it.
To get the inside scoop on this controversial structure, why not take a look @ Concrete Dreams (by @alisonirvine.bsky.social , @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & me)
concretedreams.org.uk/book/
news.stv.tv/west-central...
To get the inside scoop on this controversial structure, why not take a look @ Concrete Dreams (by @alisonirvine.bsky.social , @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & me)
concretedreams.org.uk/book/
news.stv.tv/west-central...
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Thursday's free webinar with Urban Design Group had sold out but they've just released more tickets. Please join us! www.udg.org.uk/events/2024/... @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Thursday's free webinar with Urban Design Group had sold out but they've just released more tickets. Please join us! www.udg.org.uk/events/2024/... @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social