
Fire fears as vape shop prepares to open next to Glasgow’s Mackintosh Tearooms
The artist Ashley Rawson visited the shop last week with his ‘unexploded vape’ artwork as a protest against the plans. Photograph: Ashley RawsonView image in fullscreenThe artist Ashley Rawson visited the shop last week with his ‘unexploded vape’ artwork as a protest against the plans. It’s hard to understand how a shop filled with flammables can be allowed to open next to a listed building full of historical artefacts.
- ▪The artist Ashley Rawson visited the shop last week with his ‘unexploded vape’ artwork as a protest against the plans.
- ▪Photograph: Ashley RawsonView image in fullscreenThe artist Ashley Rawson visited the shop last week with his ‘unexploded vape’ artwork as a protest against the plans.
- ▪It’s hard to understand how a shop filled with flammables can be allowed to open next to a listed building full of historical artefacts.
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| Publication time | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:58 GMT |
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The artist Ashley Rawson visited the shop last week with his ‘unexploded vape’ artwork as a protest against the plans. Photograph: Ashley RawsonView image in fullscreenThe artist Ashley Rawson visited the shop last week with his ‘unexploded vape’ artwork as a protest against the plans. Photograph: Ashley RawsonBuildings at riskFire fears as vape shop prepares to open next to Glasgow’s Mackintosh TearoomsResidents say shop threatens Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s last surviving tearoom months after vape shop blaze nearbyEve Livingston Scotland correspondentTue 29 Sep 2026 04.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 29 Sep 2026 04.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIn the heart of Glasgow city centre, nestled between shops, bars, offices and hotels, sits the Mackintosh Tearooms, the last surviving…
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