Sometimes, you must spend twenty or twenty-five years living in a place before you can be considered a local, but in Glasgow, there is a quicker way to become a Glaswegian. This shortcut involves the statue of James Oswald, which stands on the northeast corner of George Square.

In George Square, on the main façade of the City Chambers, where Glasgow City Council have been based since 1889, a few earth-bound mortals have been granted a place in this divine congregation; artists, scientists, and tradesmen. Most of those figures are generic representations of their trade but one can be clearly identified, Queen Victoria, who sits high above the main entrance, in the centre of what is known as the Jubilee Pediment.

The Marks and Spencer’s store on Argyle Street was built on the site of the Black Bull Inn and Hotel, once Glasgow’s most fashionable hostelry