Boswell & Johnston, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is hosting a Symposium on Monday 16th February in Glasgow Art Club, highlighting key components of Glasgow’s Cultural Heritage. 

Day Delegates from across the U.K. will be joined by representatives from China 🇨🇳on the eve of  their New Year, that of the auspicious, dynamic 🐎, looking to satisfy their Cultural Curiosity. In the spirit of cross-cultural enquiry Chinese classical music will be performed as will Scottish traditional. Neil Johnston, Director of Boswell & Johnston, is working in harmony with Yunfei Lu, President of the Overseas Chinese Culture and Art Club of the U.K. 

A carefully-curated Programme of Illustrated Presentations by Experts in their field will provide in one day a taster of what Boswell & Johnston’s Scotland Ltd offers in small-group Tours.

Dr Maureen Parks will illustrate her talk on ‘Art Treasures of Glasgow’, Fergus Sutherland will enlighten delegates on the 1938 Glasgow Empire Exhibition and Niall Murphy, Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, will extol the striking virtues of Clydeside’s Architectural Heritage. 

The Director, Neil Johnston, B A, M Ed, MBA, TEFL, highly-educated in History, Languages and Culture, is widely-experienced in composing Tour Packages tailoring briefing Sessions, Seminars, Symposia and Workshops, informing visits to Cultural Icons in his native Caledonia.

“From Castles to Art Galleries, Architectural marvels and sites of considerable Historic significance, I am proud to lead a Team giving active opportunities over the space of a few days on small-group Packages, to adults who seek lifelong learning in the company of like-minded people. Singles are especially welcome, making new friends along the way.” 

Continues Neil, “Monday the 16th represents an indoor, winter, catered Event, showing and explaining what Boswell & Johnston’s Summer and Autumn 2026 Programme features. We work closely with the terrific Team of the iconic Glasgow Art Club  led by President Robert Ferguson and Commercial Director, Gordon Yuill. 

Notably, in September of this year we will be operating between 2 Cultural Bases, namely Glasgow Art Club in the Heart of Scotland’s Greatest City, and Boswell House and Estate, the ancestral home of James Boswell located in Burns Country and adjacent to King Charles’ architectural jewel  Dumfries House, which boasts  the best collection of classic Chippendale furniture.

“Famously, in 1773 James Boswell enticed Samuel Johnson, compiler of the first dictionary of the English Language, to Tour the Western Isles of Scotland, very much a terra incognita at that time. In forming my organisation I have taken inspiration from this example from the cultural watershed of the Scottish Enlightenment. We celebrate the past, honour the present and aim to help shape the cultural future.”