1st February 2010
With a general election looming, Craig MacLellan looks to the future with Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy MP When people asked me what kind of child I was like at school, I liked to pretend that I was a rebel. Alas though, I was a very well behaved wee boy — a teacher’s ...
1st February 2010
Nick Sikora Six members of University staff have been recognised in this year’s New Year’s Honours list, being awarded two CBEs, two OBEs and two MBEs, respectively. CBEs were awarded to Professor Peter Kennedy, head of the University’s Clinical Neurosciences division, and Professor Karen Vousden, Director of the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, who both ...
1st February 2010
Anna Murray Two senior directors at the Student Loans Company (SLC) have resigned following a damning external report into the problems encountered in the last year. Wallace Gray, information and communications technology director, and Martin Herbert, marketing and customer services director, both resigned their posts at the end of December. The report, which examined the ...
1st February 2010
Daniel Stern & Jonathan Pryce The Guardian offers a taster of the city’s newest street style blog, Les Garçons de Glasgow. Glasgow, famous for its shopping, fashion and experimental style, has had one thing missing til now – something that every other self-respecting city from Tokyo to Tel Aviv, from Berlin to Barcelona has. Can you guess ...
1st February 2010
Tom Bonnick Youth in Revolt begins like any other Michael Cera film. It has the same faded colour palette, earnest exclamations of indie-cool (this version of Cera wants to be a writer, thinks Ol’ Blue Eyes should be played on an hourly basis, and rents La Strada for fun) and has its protagonist endure the ...
1st February 2010
Louise Pollock “The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up” were the famous words uttered by iconic starlet, Marilyn Monroe, as she took Hollywood by storm, transforming from small-time actress to an epic household commodity and big brand name. Perhaps the most famous woman of the 20th Century, Monroe represented the embodiment ...
1st February 2010
We have some exclusive Youth in Revolt merchandise to giveaway, courtesy of Momentum pictures. To win, just email your answer to the following question. What are the full names of each of the characters played by Michael Cera? Good luck! Read our review of Youth in Revolt here. This competition is now closed. Thanks for ...
1st February 2010
Oisín Kealy sees what is on offer at this year’s Celtic Connections festival The Swell Season – Glasgow City Halls – 16/01/2010 Marketa Irglova, looking very Celtic in a green dress more Riverdance than rock and roll, kneels down with a toy keyboard beside Glen Hansard, past lover and current musical soulmate, and the two ...
1st February 2010
Maxwell Ward Prison has made for a frequent setting in crime cinema, and with Jacques Audiard’s Grand Prix-winning A Prophet, his first film since the acclaimed The Beat That My Heart Skipped, we are introduced to a merciless French jail overrun by Corsican mobsters. Following the prison career of Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), a ...
1st February 2010
Oisin Kealy speaks to Stewart Henderson about his record label, Chemikal Underground Did you start Chemikal underground primarily as an outlet for your own band, The Delgados? Well actually, I’ll disabuse that notion right from the start. The Delgados were certainly the first band to be released, but Chemikal Underground was not created by us ...
