3rd October 2018
Julia Hegele Deputy Culture Editor – Theatre The Cecilians’ production of High School Musical 2 was phenomenal. Why not chase this feeling? Of all the theatrical companies on campus, the Cecilian Society is the most polarizing, fielding a rabid base of both supporters and detractors. Established over 60 years ago, they have consistently retained the ...
3rd October 2018
Sam Doak Reporter Glasgow City Council has announced it will launch an inquiry into food poverty in Glasgow, expected to begin on 13 November. This is in response to a report previously published in June 2016 by the Independent Working Group on Food Poverty, a temporary working group set up by the Scottish Government. ...
3rd October 2018
Sam Doak Reporter Ubereats couriers are planning a fast food shutdown on October 4 in solidarity with workers of TGI Fridays, Wetherspoons and McDonald’s Couriers for the food delivery service Ubereats have announced they will be participating in industrial action this week. According to the advocacy group Couriers Network Scotland, this will involve a ...
2nd October 2018
Niki Radman Writer “The bus might have already left the depot.” Richard Holloway seems on good terms with death. He has been reading a lot of obituaries lately and finds the activity “strangely comforting”. The writer, philosopher and former Bishop of Edinburgh was this week’s guest on “Creative Conversations”, where he discussed the prospect of ...
2nd October 2018
Kelton Holsen Reporter Former President of Ireland Mary McAleese is to join the University of Glasgow as a Professor of Children, Law, and Religion. McAleese will be serving in both the College of Arts and College of Social Sciences and will begin her term in the 2018/2019 academic year. McAleese was President of Ireland for ...
1st October 2018
Osama Abou-zeid Writer These essay writing companies are currently not illegal in the UK unlike other countries. Over 40 university heads have called for a ban on essay-writing companies in a letter to the Education Secretary Damian Hinds. The letter, signed by 46 vice chancellors and heads of higher education bodies, argues that such ...
1st October 2018
Axel Koch Music Columnist Touring for one of the best albums of 2017, the 40-minute exorcism of alcoholism, depression, and heartbreak that is Turn Out the Lights, the Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Julien Baker came to Glasgow’s Saint Luke’s on Tuesday night (25 September). The former St Luke’s & St Andrew’s Church of Scotland, the third ...
