Stewart Cunningham
This year is the centenary of the very first TV broadcast by Helensburgh’s most famous son, John Logie Baird. I see that his bust on the esplanade has received the highest of accolades; it has been “Coned”.
This award came into being in 1980 and was accepted as a cherished symbol of Glasgow’s irreverent sense of humour. Whenever the council removes the cone from the head of the Duke of Wellington’s statue outside the Museum of Modern Art, locals ensure another quickly takes its place.
I wonder how long JLB’s will remain. Not long, I reckon.