15th September 2018
Emily Hay Columnist – Books Exploring your new neighbourhood through its literature legends You now live in Glasgow, city of sandstone tenement buildings and everybody’s favourite crappy lager, Tennents. I’m betting you didn’t see it as a centre for culture and literature – did you? Well, our humble home may not have the classical literary ...
15th September 2018
Laurie Clarke & Georgina Hayes Editors-in-Chief If you’ve arrived on campus this September feeling totally out of your depth, then we, lurking in the empty takeaway box-ridden Glasgow Guardian office as we write this editorial, are right there with you. In our combined six years of university, we’ve missed more lectures than we’ve attended, darkened ...
15th September 2018
Rosie Beattie Columnist – Film & TV Looking for a cinematic experience that’s a bit different? Luckily for all you film enthusiasts, Glasgow is bubbling with alternative and quirky film screenings and events that take place across the city all year round. In my column, I will be writing about some of Glasgow’s most innovative ...
15th September 2018
Georgina Hayes Editor-in-Chief EqualEngineers are to host a careers fair aimed at connecting anyone seeking a career in engineering or technology to “inclusive employers with motivated talent from a diverse range of backgrounds.” The event will take place on 26 September in Edinburgh, which event organisers say will be an informal space, wherein attendees can ...
15th September 2018
Noor Sabha Features Editor Noor Sabha on being an international student at Glasgow University Leaving your country, your family, your home and your way of life behind is a daunting experience. I know because I’ve done it. In September 2017, I moved from Jordan to Glasgow to pursue a degree in psychology. Coming from a ...
15th September 2018
Amy Shimmin Writer I was eighteen years old when I packed up my childhood bedroom into a far-too-small car and drove 200 miles north. Not a unique or unheard of choice; Murano alone could house a small settlement of people. My first year home was a private halls in Partick, and I shared it with ...
13th September 2018
Rory Clark Sport Editor Scotland’s oldest club face eviction from the home of Scottish football Queen’s Park FC is the oldest association football club in Scotland. Although the club currently ply their trade in League 2 – the fourth tier of Scottish football – their lowly status actually belies the scale of their past successes. ...
13th September 2018
Katie McPeake Writer Katie McPeake shares her experience of drawing strength through community You never think it will happen to you until it does. It sneaks up on you in the most unpredictable way, an abrupt ambush on your self-sanctity. One day you are the same old you, the next you find yourself another statistic ...
13th September 2018
Manon Haag Deputy Culture Editor – Film & TV Director Desiree Akhavan comes into her own with heartfelt film on conversion therapy Trailers for Desiree Akhavan’s second feature hinted at a queer coming-of-age story following in the tracks of recent indie successes Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017) and Love, Simon (Greg Berlanti, ...
13th September 2018
Isabel Thomas News Editor The ballot is said to be one of the largest ballots of women workers in the UK Female workers in Glasgow have voted 98 per cent in favour of strike action over equal pay claims. The ballot run by GMB Scotland which opened on 30 August and closed 13 September, is ...
