Rob Hodge, 22, painting and printmaking, Studio 28 says: 'My flat feels like a graveyard for paintings.

When the glorious Mackintosh Building was ravaged by fire in May, it wasn't just the city's favourite son's work which was destroyed

The call wasn't met with much concern. Over the years, at the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service's Johnstone command centre, there had been many call-outs to the famous Glasgow School of Art (GSA), always to a drill or false alarm. Nevertheless, dispatchers immediately radioed through to the three closest fire engines.

Arriving at the building – which sits proudly on Renfrew Street – four minutes later, the fire crews were struck by the speed of the evacuation as students streamed through the double doors and down the cascading front staircase.That morning, the building had hummed as 102 final-year fine art students and their undergraduate helpers put the finishing touches to their pieces for the degree show. The product of four years of work, the alarm sounded four hours before the final deadline. It was to be the only time in that all the work was together in one place.....Continue Reading

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