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THE ARCHES CLOSED INSTITUTION
Two and a half decades of theatre, art, clubs and music that helped breathe life into Glasgow’s internationally renowned cultural scene are now lost beneath a heap of licensing restrictions and police visits: we still can’t believe it’s gone. The semantic whys and wherefores have been raked through elsewhere, so all we want to say is that the Arches and the communal spirit involved in efforts to save her were part of what makes Glasgow great. It’ll be a long time before her memory – or the training, experience and inspiration afforded those who worked, created or partied there – has left the bloodstream of the city. (DP)
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