26th November 2014
David Don Writer Roland Barthes’ 1957 book Mythologies develops Ferdinand de Saussure’s system of semiology that words – or ‘signs’ – are comprised of a ‘signifier’ (physical form) and ‘signified’ (the concept it represents), and posits that there is in fact a further level of meaning, which Barthes refers to as ‘myth’. Barthes takes ...
26th November 2014
Daniel Santamaria Writer As students of the University of Glasgow, we are part of a long history that goes back to the Middle Ages. Although this past seems utterly divorced from us, while we rush to lectures or wander the library in the hope of finding a computer, we can get to know it better. ...
26th November 2014
Roisin McCarthy Writer This is the first time I have ventured into the Barrowlands Ballroom. It’s worthwhile saying to the few who have yet to – as I’m presuming it’s eventually unimaginable not to have at least once, marched under the neon lights of the ‘Barrowland’ slogan and seen a gig in a venue where ...
26th November 2014
Kathleen Brien, also known as the dance-pop sensation Katy B, came to Glasgow on her highly anticipated Little Red tour. Her latest album, widely regarded as a skilful dance record with a heart wrenching story, clearly shows Katy’s emergence as not only a pioneer of contemporary dance, but a talented and maturing musician with a ...
26th November 2014
Laura Scott Writer What has been your personal highlight since reaching the semi-final of The Voice in 2012? I think the highlight so far has been writing Losing with MNEK. That song means so much to me as it bought a new chapter to the journey. It was our first ever writing session. I was ...
26th November 2014
YES Belen Casañas Writer Who hasn’t gone up the hill to the library, and seen a door hanging two meters above the street? Weird, some might think? Useless? That door is in fact the door Charles Rennie Mackintosh used over 100 years ago. Today, it is the symbol of the beginning of a revolution. It ...
26th November 2014
Selena Jackson GUSA Correspondant Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last week or so, you’ll be well aware of the catastrophic fall from grace of self-proclaimed ladies’ man, Dapper Laughs (real name Daniel O’Reilly), a comedian who found fame in 2013 on the back of the Vine clips that he starred in ...
26th November 2014
Eilidh Rose McEwan Writer I had no idea when I bought my Nikon DSLR camera 8 months ago, with idealistic ambitions of shooting meaningful photojournalism and black-and-white landscapes, that my purchase instead implicated me in the continuation of a decades-long conflict. I had no idea that some of the minerals used to operate this camera ...
26th November 2014
Sarah Payne Writer Yiftah Curiel, Head Spokesman and Press Officer for the Israeli Embassy in London, was scheduled to speak to both the Glasgow European Society and the Dialectic Society last week. However, the talks were disrupted by pro-Palestine protesters, provoking an angry, indignant and chaotic response from organisers, pro-Israel supporters and even Mr Curiel ...
26th November 2014
Kate Snowdon Production Manager “If you like ones like that, there’s more over there.” Whilst the two guys discussing posters in the union may have been referring solely to posters, I had my suspicions. Watching them appraise the page three model on the door-size poster, I uncomfortably turned another page of ‘Paradise Lost’ and reflected ...
