{"id":745218,"date":"2026-08-21T14:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/745218\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T14:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:58:10","slug":"batman-course-returns-at-glasgow-college-as-city-becomes-gotham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/745218\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman course returns at Glasgow college as city becomes Gotham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Mr Howie, a self-confessed Batman fanatic, launched his Love to Learn course almost six years ago, which takes Bat-fans through the history of the DC Hero, and study in detail the evolution of Bruce Wayne\u2019s alter-ego from his original appearance in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939, to cartoons and then today\u2019s blockbuster movies.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/topics\/history\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">History<\/a> of Batman\u201d class guides students through the character history of \u2018The World\u2019s Greatest Detective\u2019 from origin stories to present day developments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Budding fans cover content from a range of media such as film, cartoons, comic books, and gaming from the comfort of their own batcaves.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/26483348.batman-part-ii-fresh-scenes-shot-glasgow\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"aJWbwf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Glasgow transformed into Gotham City for filming of The Batman: Part II<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/26472451.batmobile-spotted-glasgow-ahead-batman-sequel-filming\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"aJWbwf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Batmobile arrives in Glasgow ahead of The Batman: Part II filming<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/26411083.glasgow-road-closures-place-batman-part-ii-filming\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"aJWbwf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">All the Glasgow road closures in place for The Batman: Part II filming<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Howie said: \u201cThere\u2019s a whole community of Bat-fans who are so excited to see filming take place in Glasgow again. After 87 years of Batman, he\u2019s still one of the great heroes of our time &#8211; his complex personality, brilliant detective skills and amazing villains make for such iconic movies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cNow that we\u2019ve seen the first sightings of filming, I\u2019m on high alert, looking at places like the Kingston Bridge, Bothwell Street and near the River Clyde for more sneak peeks. The buzz in town has been amazing and I know that fans across the city, like myself, extend a big welcome to Hollywood as filming takes place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI\u2019ve watched every movie a million times and can quote every scene &#8211; it\u2019s very much had an influence over my life and the thought of seeing the next film being made in my home city is honestly so, so exciting.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fans can join the waitlist for the next History of &#8220;The Batman&#8221; online course <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.glasgowclyde.ac.uk%2Fcourses%2F1226958-history-of-the-batman-online%2F6705&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCraig.Williams%40newsquest.co.uk%7C70bb9e4fd13743c8d2bf08deff7fce0c%7Cb0660fd33ef04a73b44ef93c297faf15%7C0%7C0%7C639229121547215841%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hppVW2Yx4WD1XFNHR%2BtAFbbhnvdwr7Z2408QTuRCps8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> and be among the first to hear when new dates are announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mr Howie, a self-confessed Batman fanatic, launched his Love to Learn course almost six years ago, which takes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-745218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}