---------------------------------------------------------------------------- `Lattice QCD: where are the gluons in hadrons?' Abstract: Lattice QCD is introduced. Applications to mesons, in particular favour-singlet mesons are discussed. Methods to evaluate disconneced quark diagrams are presented. Pseudoscalar and vector mesons are contrasted. Isospin breaking is briefly discussed (eg rho-omega mixing). Finally strange quarks in the nucleon (which play an important role in interpreting experimental searches for dark matter) are reviewed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------