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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A 30-YEAR BALKAN JOURNEY via the Stirling Photography Festival Wednesday, September 9 • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM - The Tolbooth Stirling An illustrated talk by Chris Leslie presenting A Balkan Journey, his 30-year photographic exploration of the post-conflict former Yugoslavia

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The Partisan Necropolis will have a special screening in Chicago on March 1, followed by a Q&A with me, in collaboration with Ja BiH, marking Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Independence Day. TICKETS: lnkd.in/eAgf6CPw

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UofG Unesco RIELA 🧡 @uofgunescorila.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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...

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marnixbeyen.bsky.social @marnixbeyen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Soon at the @uantwerpen.be: screening of "The Partisan Necropolis" by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Register via the site: www.uantwerpen.be/en/about-uan...

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

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!

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The Empire Cafe @the-empire-cafe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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.

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This is a very welcome first for me & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & @dialectographer.bsky.social Book of the Week! Thank you! #Cumbernauld

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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...

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BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams

Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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...

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BookshopLATES... Concrete Dreams

Join the award-winning artists of Recollective to discover Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, past and present.

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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...

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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

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Nae warning siren and all over in 3 - 4 seconds. Lucky I managed to capture this one… Photo essay in tomorrow’s @guardian #glasgow #wyndford

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Phone snaps from this mornings run and some last views of the Wyndford Flats @guardian photo essay live on Monday am #glasgow #wyndford #demolition

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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

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Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre. An Urban Design Group Presentation.

YouTube video by UrbanNous

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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/

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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...

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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.

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

A piece I wrote on Cumbernauld Town Centre. Images from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social and @dialectographer.bsky.social Link to our limited edition book is here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/

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Book – Concrete Dreams

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Great article by @alisonirvine.bsky.social with images from me & @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social. Get the book here: concretedreams.org.uk/book/

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Book – Concrete Dreams

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A lovely blog piece from author Kirkland Ciccone on our Concrete Dreams book launch at Cumbernauld Library. Thank you for braving the snow, Kirkland! @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social @librariesnl.bsky.social concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/

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The Book – Concrete Dreams

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Still time to book your ticket for our event tonight! Guest speakers Bruce Peter, Diane Watters and Jonny Murray join with Recollective (me, @alisonirvine.bsky.social and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social ) to launch Concrete Dreams. Free, but ticketed - link here: www.eventbrite.com/e/concrete-d...

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Concrete Dreams: The Rise & Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre

Join Recollective (Alison Irvine, Chris Leslie and Mitch Miller) to launch their new book on the complex history of Cumbernauld Town Centre.

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

We launched in snow and mist! Thanks to Cumbernauld Library for hosting. @librariesnl.bsky.social Books are selling fast: concretedreams.org.uk/book/ Events: Glasgow School of Art bit.ly/3Ojr8c4 & online bit.ly/4i5OShe @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Despite the 1cm of snow & the ensuing armageddon, we managed to pull off an almost full house for last night's launch of Concrete Dreams Book at the Cumbernauld Library. The books themselves are selling like hot cakes - so get your copy now online before they sell out 😉 concretedreams.org.uk/book/

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A big day for me and @dialectographer.bsky.social yesterday. We spoke with @lenniesaurus.bsky.social on Radio Scotland's The Arts Mix about Concrete Dreams and Cumbernauld. Jackie Kay was on too 😍 concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/ @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Afternoons - The Arts Mix - 21/11/2024 - BBC Sounds

Len Pennie on what's happening in the arts and culture scene across Scotland.

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

CONCRETE DREAMS - The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre by @alisonirvine.bsky.social , Chris Leslie & @dialectographer.bsky.social ltd ed book that documents Cumbernauld Town Centre through the eyes of its residents, as it waits out its imminent demolition concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Images from Concrete Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Cumbernauld Town Centre. Includes essays from me, photography from @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social and illustrations and dialectogram from @dialectographer.bsky.social More info here: concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/ #Cumbernauld #legacy #Stories

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Alison Irvine @alisonirvine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A Sunday morning longish read for anyone interested in new towns, Cumbernauld, people and place, legacy and stories. I loved working on this book. concretedreams.org.uk/about/ @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @dialectographer.bsky.social www.thedrouth.org/dropped-from...

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DROPPED FROM OUTER SPACE by Alison Irvine – The Drouth

The Drouth Online is Scotland’s weekly web journal for literature, art, politics and informed critical commentary.

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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller) @dialectographer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

A great read from @alisonirvine.bsky.social on Cumbernauld. You can also find this essay & the work she, myself and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social did together in our book, Concrete Dreams. concretedreams.org.uk/the-book/

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The Book – Concrete Dreams

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