Taps aff in April and Mars bars in batter, pudding for breakfast and world-renowned patter: Elaine C. Smith, Sanjeev Kohli, Karen Dunbar and Alex Norton share some of their favourite things about Glasgow

• The sense of humour - a necessity and in the genetic makeup of the city.
• Òran Mór - a work of art from its Alasdair Gray ceilings to the theatre in its basement.
• The Clyde Arc bridge - officially known to the people as 'squinty'.
• The Glasgow Women's Library - great resource, great history, great women!
• The swagger of its citizens - "a swagger that wid dry a washin", their tenacity, strength and desire to make a better life.

Profile: Elaine C. Smith

• The view from the top of Gardner Street. Imagine San Francisco, but with added Partickhill Bowling Club.
• Economy of expression, as evidenced by this description of a friend's death: "Tap of the stairs. Heart attack. Bottom of the stairs. Deid."
• Kelvingrove Art Gallery - the sheers scale of it. I imagine that if aliens were to attack Glasgow, the Art Gallery would get on its hind legs and batter the invaders away with the casual swipe of a red sandstone turret.
• The Clyde Auditorium - looks like an enormous turban. I imagine that an enormous Sikh version of Godzilla - Godzillapreet - lives underneath Glasgow. Perhaps Godzillapreet will join in the defence against aliens. I hope so.
• King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - rightly held in the highest regard by every band that's played there, and a totem of Glasgow's searing passion for music. I'm constantly surprised by the sheer level of love and knowledge of folk here.

Profile: Sanjeev Kohli

• The way people tell you their life story at the bus stop.
• The guarantee of being able to start a sing-song absolutely anywhere at absolutely any time!
• People taking their clothes off as soon as the sun even threatens to shine.
• The amount of cyclists. I'm no kiddin! We're all on bikes here!
• Our enormous underground.

Profile: Karen Dunbar

• Glasgow taxi drivers - I can't remember the last time I had a decent conversation with a London cabbie.
• Still getting called 'son' at the age of 64 - as in "Aye, ye were awfy good in Taggart son. No' as good as McManus mind, but good a' the same..."
• The Panopticon Theatre, although I still for the life of me can't understand why the funding hasn't been made available for the restoration of this unique part of Glasgow's rich theatre history - maybe because it's no' an auld, ruined castle...
• The Kelvingrove Art Gallery - arguably the finest and most diverse display of art in Britain, if not the world.
• The Rouken Glen - a perfect example of why Glasgow's original name was Glaschu, - a Gaelic term meaning 'The Dear Green Place’.

Profile: Alex Norton