Radical Print Histories Walking Tour

Sat May 23 2026 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm UTC+01:00

The Briggait, Wasps Studios | Glasgow

Glasgow Zine Library
Publisher/HostGlasgow Zine Library
Radical Print Histories Walking Tour
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Radical Glasgow Tours presents this exploration of the city's rich history of radical print
About this Event

This tour will last 2 hours and will cover a distance of just over 1 mile. The tour will follow a circular route staring and ending at the Briggait.

This tour will explore some of the city's rich history of radical print cultures, from anarchist booksellers and worker-run newspapers to seditious print shops, political posters and suppressed languages. People attending the tour will also learn about the surprisingly long history of radical stickers.

Attendees will receive an accompanying zine sharing resources, archive material and further reading on radical print histories of Glasgow.

Access on the tour:

There will be time to break along the way but our tours suffer from the same accessibility issues as the wider city: where possible we build stops around available seating, but this is a wider issue of provision and sometimes there can be long stretches of walking between seats.

The same is true of access to public toilets. Where possible we will incorporate a toilet stop on the walk, but the lack of public toilets is a result of wider council cuts and closures which disproportionately affect disabled people, carers and parents.



About the facilitators:

Radical Glasgow Tours are Katherine Mackinnon, Henry Bell and David Lees. We research, create and deliver interactive walking tours of Glasgow, exploring histories of activism, protest, political and social change.



Access information for this event:

The tour will follow a circular route staring and ending at the Briggait. You can find directions here.

There will be 20 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: walking tour

If you have any questions or access requirements, please get in touch with us via [email protected]

Find out more about access at GZF events and how to make an access request here.

All events will adhere to our safer spaces policy, which you can learn about here.

GZL pledges to support The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. As part of this pledge we may participate in strikes called in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine. If this event falls on a strike day and is cancelled, we will work with event leaders to reschedule the event asap. Participants will also have the option of receiving an immediate refund for any ticket purchases and travel booked to attend.


How to access the event:

After booking a ticket, you will be sent several reminder emails from Eventbrite leading up to the event. We will also send emails that share any resources that attendees will need access to, including any required materials.

Please email [email protected] if you have any issues


Support GZL:

Join the GZL Patreon and support the library on a monthly basis: http://patreon.com/glasgowzinelibrary

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The Briggait, Wasps Studios, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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