27th November 2016
Megan Brass Writer “Ultimate frisbee – is that like what I play with my dog in the park?” I hear you ask. A common misconception, and one which ultimate players everywhere are keen to challenge. Although it is a rapidly growing sport, many people have still never played, seen or even heard of ultimate frisbee ...
27th November 2016
Hannah Donnelly Writer Glasgow is a city littered with leaves and blinking lights; walls crawling with street art. Here, life brews in every nook and forces its way through every crack and crevice in the pavements. Scattered throughout these streets, beneath the lights and sirens, are jagged points of discarded needles, left from users of ...
27th November 2016
John Gorrod Sports Editor Glasgow University Boat Club captain Stuart Mitchell has revealed all – in more ways than one – about one of the University’s longest-standing clubs. The Boat Club, or Rowing Club, has enjoyed great success this term and will soon publish a naked calendar to raise funds for charity & their club. ...
27th November 2016
Creator Kenny Li talks to us about why Dice Roll cafe is more than just a game. Luke Shaw Deputy Culture Editor (Film & TV) Sitting in the warm din of the CCA Kenny Li strikes a fairly casual figure, but the event that he runs every few weeks, the Dice Roll cafe, is anything ...
27th November 2016
This year’s Booker Prize nominees reveal a disheartening trend in the representation of Scottish novelists. Adam Nicholson Writer With Paul Beatty’s The Sellout nabbing the “prestigious” Man Booker Prize for 2016 – the first American to do so – the opportunity presents itself to review the present state of affairs of the literary award, now ...
27th November 2016
Jodie Pearce Views Editor In the wake of what has been an intense and strange six months of politics on both sides of the pond, many prominent journalists and politicians are among those asking “how did this happen?” Britain’s decision to leave the EU and America’s decision to elect Donald Trump are results that were ...
