24th March 2018
Aaron Gray Writer Glasgow’s O2 Academy once again hosts the UK’s fantastical travelling grime and garage night: Foreverland, as they traverse the UK on their Magical Circus tour. The night promised to be an effervescent and colourful party set to a soundtrack of classic UK garage. Although I do not yearn nostalgically for the late ...
24th March 2018
Georgina Hayes and Savannah Stark Views Editor and Writer When we first found out about our University’s new anti-choice group, the “Glasgow University Protection of Unborn People Society” (now rebranded as “Glasgow Students For Life”), we were hoping to interview them in order to put faces to the nameless admins of the society and to ...
23rd March 2018
Holly Sloey News Editor A fire in the roof of a Sauchiehall Street building in the early hours of 22 March has caused chaos in Glasgow’s city centre. Described by eyewitnesses as “massive”, the fire in the building home to Victoria’s nightclub and Holland & Barrett, among others, was first brought to the attention of ...
22nd March 2018
Priscille Biehlmann Writer Almost a year has passed since Prime Minister Theresa May signed and sent Article 50 off to Brussels, leading Britain on its first step down the long and winding road out of the EU. Since then, negotiations between the UK and the EU have stalled over everything from the Irish border to ...
22nd March 2018
Ilia Hionidou Writer “Where’ve you applied?” became the preeminent question in the sixth form common room during my 13th and final year of A-levels. I could eventually reel off the list automatically: York, Liverpool, Glasgow… Along with many of my other friends, many of whom were also applying for the arts and social sciences, I ...
22nd March 2018
Jonathan Peters and Rebecca Zack News Editor and Deputy Editor Student-staff solidarity strongly opposed the pension deal Industrial action at universities across the UK continued, after a deal between the Universities and College Union (UCU) and Universities UK (UUK) was rejected by local UCU branches over proposed changes to academic pensions. The news last week ...
22nd March 2018
Jasmine Urquhart Deputy News Editor Edit: an earlier version of this article stated that Amy McKinnon’s piece prompted the start of the “Oor John” campaign. This was in fact already in existence before the writing of her article. Journalist Amy MacKinnon has won the prestigious DuPont award, regarded as the “Pulitzer of Broadcasting” for her reporting ...
21st March 2018
Leora Mansoor Writer It is an interesting moment when you find yourself sympathizing with those you’ve always considered to be barbaric, callous and cruel. Mike Day’s debut documentary, The Islands and the Whales, is the kind that invites complex kinds of considerations though. His intimate portrayal of life on the isolated Faroe Islands, where hunting ...
21st March 2018
Amy Shimmin Writer The #FreePeriodScotland study conducted by Women for Independence (WFI) has shown that one in five menstruating women in Scotland cannot afford sanitary products, such as sanitary towels or tampons. The consultation, which canvassed 1000 menstruating women on their experiences, concluded that nearly 20% face “period poverty”, a term used to denote financial ...
20th March 2018
Mhairi Harris Advertising Manager On 16 February, the Volunteering Clubs and Societies awards celebrated its 10th anniversary. It also marked the 2nd year that the awards have obtained funding from the University, allowing them to become a bigger and better collaborative event. The event was held in the spectacular Kelvin Gallery and opened with ...
