22nd October 2018 - The Glasgow Guardian



Glasgow’s arts scene is in crisis

22nd October 2018

Jenny Cameron Writer With the CCA under threat, there seems to be a trend occurring amongst arts spaces in Glasgow Following the blow of the closure of The Arches a few years ago, Sauchiehall Street’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is now under threat after another fire at the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building. ...


When is it right to smash your child’s iPad?

22nd October 2018

Lewis Paterson Online Editor A balanced look at anti-tech parenting When the TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp announced that she had “smashed” her kids’ iPads after they broke screen time rules, it was the peak of a summer of stories that had seen children and teenagers’ uses of tech scrutinised beyond comparison. Headlines included the story ...


The Great British Break-up

22nd October 2018

  Bethany Woodhead Views Editor There are so many issues students must deal with while attending university: deadlines, debt, fights with friends, bereavements in the family… and break-ups. Unfortunately, we’ve all been there and perhaps even just the words “break-up” are dragging back memories of dark nights spent listening to depressing music and crying into ...


Creative Conversations: Novelist Jane Harris

22nd October 2018

Niki Radman Writer An ongoing series of talks hosted by the University’s Creative Writing department Jane Harris is standing behind the podium, her gaze sometimes detaching itself from the text and wandering off into the audience over the square frames of her glasses. As she reads from her first novel The Observations, Harris’ voice travels ...