Controversy has been stirred by a £15,000 grant given to an artist Ellie Harrison so she can live in Glasgow, only, for a year.

Here is what our readers thought:

So Creative Scotland can fund an artist to hang about for a year but can't find any money to get a statue built of Glasgow's first woman politician Mary Barbour?

Says it all. Anti-working class and more interested in the West End than places like Govan.

John Simon

Of course she will get a true picture living in the west end, with luvvies, middle class " socialist " students, politicos, social workers, etc all who have a vested interest in improving their communities. Artists have called the £15,000 a drop in the ocean compared to funds spent on other projects.

We also are fed the tripe that art in many forms contributes to society especially the poor and deprived. Nonsense it contributes to people interested in art and that's a very few.

John McLean

I ALWAYS read the evening times and filled In the competition for a family of four to go to the Peter Pan Panto. I couldn't believe my luck when I won. My daughter, son and their children went to it, they loved it and they had really good seats too. I can't thank all at the evening times staff enough for keeping up with all the news etc, and ofcourse wish you all and readers a very happy, healthy 2016.

Margarette McKinney

Before and after: The radical transformation of one of Glasgow's housing schemes, Monday's Evening Times

A very carefully worded article.

GHA has built 141 new homes in an area where the houses were all social housing.

The rest will be for sale by property developers.

That's cause for celebration?

The article suggests that the renewal of Sighthill will be an asset to the Springburn area.

In fact, like Dalmarnock, the vast majority of houses are available only to those who can afford to pay for them.

Social engineering at it's worst.

Alex Saville, posted online

THE article on loneliness is unhealthy as diabetes in old age was so sad.

I suppose friendship and seeing family on a regular basis is something those of us who can get out and about easily, take for granted.

It does make you stop and think to call in and think of others a bit more frequently.

C Gentles, Govan