20th May 2014 - The Glasgow Guardian



Album review: Elbow

20th May 2014

Aidan Reid The English alternative band Elbow’s latest record “The Take Off and Landing of Everything” is a slow, melodic odyssey, yet it is an album that seems to lack real impetus – an album you are eagerly waiting to ‘take off’, but one which might fail to deliver. Fantastical, wandering lyrics and melodies aplenty ...


10 minutes with Tom Gebbie, GUSA President Elect

20th May 2014

Beatrice Cook It has been yet another (black and) golden year for the GUSA; the University’s recent win at the Glasgow Taxis Cup, as well as a clear increase in sports membership alongside continued success in the BUCS tables sees the Association going from strength to strength. Newly elected GUSA President Tom Gebbie, who triumphed ...


Britain First and the return of the right

20th May 2014

Douglas Jack When Tommy Robinson stood down as head of the English Defence League in October 2013 and moved to the ‘counter-extremism’ think-tank Quilliam, the actions of far-right activists seemed to melt away from our newspapers and television screens – to the relief of many. However the recent ‘scandal’ involving the selling of Halal meat ...