12th November 2017
Ash Neilson Writer Train at the O2 Academy While watching replays of Will and Grace, I was struck that, 13 years on, Eric McCormack was no longer the sharp suited sit-com Adonis of my childhood dreams. I had much the same realization at Train’s recent sold-out gig at the O2 Academy. Lead singer Patrick Monahan ...
12th November 2017
Chloë Spence Reporter The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has faced criticism for its advertising of zero-hours contracts, with nationwide campaign group Betterthanzero suggesting that this is inconsistent with the School’s “progressive” reputation. The group drew attention to this alleged inconsistency in a post on their Facebook page dated 20 September, in which they shared ...
12th November 2017
Natalia Parker Writer This is the “For” piece in a For and Against feature. Read the “Against” piece here. For many, the arrival of your twenties can throw you into a crisis – you feel like you’re barely out of your school uniform and yet you’re expected to have some kind of “plan”. Last year, ...
12th November 2017
Ruairidh Campbell Writer Ruairidh Campbell discusses with the Glasgow University Athletics Club their ambitions for the year ahead. Meeting on a Saturday afternoon, following a club gym session, which was preceded by a hill running session earlier that day, members of Glasgow University Athletics Club’s (GUAC) committee were looking surprisingly upbeat. “I genuinely think this ...
12th November 2017
Savannah Stark Writer Savannah Stark reflects on the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Scotland During Freshers’ week, the University hosted a show debate on the state of relations between the United States and Scotland. The motion proposed to end the “special relationship” with the US government. Watching this debate was incredibly surreal for me ...
12th November 2017
Callum Partridge Writer On Saturday the 30th of September, I had the chance to head over to our Uni’s Concert Hall to chat to a new theatre company with a bright future. They’re called Epilogue Theatre, and after watching them rehearse their upcoming production of Dani Girl, I got the chance to interview Peter Robson, ...
12th November 2017
Sophie Simmonds Contributor Alghero is a medieval coastal town on the Italian island of Sardinia. This is where I’m spending my year abroad as an English Language assistant in a local secondary school. Alghero itself is very small and it feels quite strange having moved here from Glasgow, but I still find myself getting lost ...
