Byres Road Book Festival
Byres Road Book Festival at Hillhead Library – Lex Lamb-The 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival
- Tickets
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Free - ticket requiredThis event is run by an external organisation but takes place in a Glasgow Life venue. Glasgow Life does not take any responsibility for this event including the communication of any cancellations or rearrangements, or the ticket sales for this event.
- Dates and times
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Saturday 26th Sept 2026
12:30pm
- Age
- 16+ years
- Venue
Lex Lamb will be in conversation with journalist Mark Smith. The discussion will revolve around the neglected importance of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival to Glasgow’s history, the stories behind it and how writing about the event reveals a snapshot of Scottish civic, cultural and economic life in the late ‘80s. Lex Lamb is a graphic and web designer based in the West End of Glasgow. He was chair of New Glasgow Society for two years and subsequently project leader of the After the Garden Festival project, conducting walks, talks and discussions related to the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival. He has been interested in unusual and designed landscapes and spaces from an early age.
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Assistance dogs
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Hearing loop
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Baby changing
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Baby feeding
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Computers
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Parking
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Photography and video recording
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Study spaces
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