30th October 2014
Liam Welsh If you have an interest in Glaswegian culture, the figure of Alasdair Gray is somewhat inescapable. Think you’ve somehow managed to avoid him? Think again. The mural as you enter Hillhead subway station? Gray. The ceiling of Oran Mor? Him again. Or perhaps you’ve heard of his seminal tome “Lanark”? It’s fair to ...
30th October 2014
Andrew McAllister Culture Editor When you pick up this paper one of Glasgow’s best and most colourful arts festivals will already be underway. As Scotland’s preeminent celebration of LGBT culture Glasgay! is one of the UK’s leading multi-art festivals focussing on LGBT people. This year’s objective is to explore ‘social, historical and contemporary taboos’ through ...
30th October 2014
Anna Ireland So Johnny Marr has returned. Second solo offering Playland (following 2013’s debut The Messenger) follows a stream of post-Smiths outputs from the guitarist and founding member. Recorded on the back of touring, and citing this as an inspiration, the album displays sparks of this electricity, almost palpably so in ‘Boys Get Straight’; possessing ...
29th October 2014
Haymon Rahim Sub Club has been celebrating Subculture’s 20th birthday throughout 2014. Guided through the decades by duo Harri and Domenic, it is one of the longest running club nights in the world. Sub Club’s own achievements ought not to be stated here, for its reputation among Glaswegians of all dimensions certainly precedes itself. But, ...
29th October 2014
Paige Barclay Held annually over a long weekend in October, Document is Scotland’s only film festival focussed on human rights. Founded in 2002 in direct response to widespread negative media bias against asylum seekers – and particularly Roma families – the festival acts as a platform for debate about global human rights issues. Through documentary ...
29th October 2014
Aidan Kerr Nottingham based indie-pop band Childhood supported Johnny Marr at the O2 Academy on October 27th, part of a nationwide tour. Aidan Kerr spoke with Ben Romans-Hopcraft (vocals) and Leo Dobsen (lead guitar) before seeing their performance: Gathering a loyal following and gaining plaudits from the music press Childhood rolled into Glasgow to ...
29th October 2014
Matthew Sharpe Since the medium of film moved from manually operated eye-hole projection machines onto the proverbial “big screen” in the 1920s, it appeared as though the evolution of its format had stagnated and flattened to a plateau. The advances in streaming services and download technology in recent years, though, have reopened the can of ...
29th October 2014
Haymon Rahim Having gotten my TEFL qualification last summer but unable to find a job that didn’t overlap with the academic year, I was forced to put off any such pursuits until this summer. Since then I have taught in two distinctly different teaching environments; the first of which was at a spa resort in ...
28th October 2014
Steven McFeat As French classic ‘Le Jour Se Lève’ celebrates its 75th Anniversary with a high definition re-release, Steven McFeat speaks to film critic and Professor of Film Studies at London’s King’s College, Ginette Vincendeau about the film’s colourful history and the future of French cinema ‘A man has committed murder, locked, trapped in a ...
28th October 2014
Beatrice Cook Boyz Noize superfan Beatrice Cook tells us all way we would be fools to be anywhere else than The Arches on November 15th. Definitely one of the most influential players in the electronic music field, German electro-tech producer and DJ Alex ‘Boys Noize’ Ridha, is a force to be reckoned with. From as ...
