Earlier this week we mourned the loss of a powerful voice calling for a re-engagement of the social democratic left, that of Tony Judt. For Judt, political apathy and lack of radicalism amongst t…

From a Clyde Navigation Trust booklet 1962

Old photograph of Fairfield Shipyard in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the Second World War. It also built many transatlantic liners, including record breaking ships for the Cunard Line and Canadian…

Old photograph of the Pearce Institute in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The Pearce Institute, a building which contained a public hall, library and other rooms, was given to Govan by the widow of Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet, born 8 January 1833, died 18 December 1888. He was a British shipbuilder, under whose management the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan on the River Clyde became the leading shipbuilding company in the world. He was later a Conservative Party…

Sunny Govan