6th November 2018
Kirsty Leeds Writer Kirsty Leeds argues that a few injustices or wrong accusations of celebrities are worth bringing the issues into the daylight On 18 July 2018, Cliff Richard walked out of court £210,000 richer after suing the BBC. They live broadcast his home being searched by police, after allegations of sexual abuse came to ...
5th November 2018
Adam Nicholson Writer A good rhyme can make most things palatable, even when they are at heart repugnant. Take, for instance, today’s event, hot on the heels of Halloween: November 5th, or “Guy Fawkes Night.” Almost every child in the country has been told, at some time or another, to “Remember, remember the fifth of ...
5th November 2018
Emily Hay Books Columnist Books Columnist Emily Hay reviews HWFG, so get ready to “take a seat and grab a pint because McQueer is back” If like the rest of Glasgow you’ve been eagerly awaiting the return of Chris McQueer after laughing your way through his short story collection Hings last year, then I’m ...
4th November 2018
Tara Gandhi Deputy News Editor Glasgow City Council “are poised to announce” plans to set up a museum about Glasgow’s links with the slave trade. This follows campaigns to raise awareness of the issue led by the likes of MSP Graham Campbell, who himself is descended from enslaved people in Jamaica. Campaigners have also requested ...
4th November 2018
Kelton Holsen Reporter This Halloween, police received two separate reports of bodies spotted in the River Clyde and the Kelvin. The incident at the Clyde occurred at the Squinty Bridge at around 1:35 PM. Witnesses reported seeing someone in the water near the bridge. The bridge was subsequently closed down, and emergency services were called ...
4th November 2018
Laurie Clarke Editor The door to my building takes five seconds to lock behind me. Five seconds to hurry down the close, up the stairs, look once – twice – over my shoulder until the door is out of sight, and glance at my reflection in the window before I turn the corner. I wait ...
4th November 2018
Aurora Piergiacomi Writer Exploring the political links between East Kilbride workers and Pinochet’s Chile “Sometimes the butterfly flaps its wings and there’s a storm at the other side of the world.” East Kilbride, 1974: a group of Rolls Royce engineers decide to act in solidarity with Chilean people oppressed by the military junta and refuse ...
3rd November 2018
Euan Findlay Writer With increasingly prominent female body positivity movements sweeping the globe, Euan Findlay questions why we have yet to see campaigns encouraging men to love their bodies Body image is a subject that has been increasingly at the centre of many positive movements and campaigns attempting to push for an accurate and ...
3rd November 2018
Lewis Paterson Online Editor “Where are my people at?” exclaimed Keith Flint as The Prodigy’s show at the SEC began on a cold Friday night in November. As became quickly apparent as soon as the opening drum beats of their iconic hit Breathe played, “his people” were everywhere in this packed crowd. And if ...
3rd November 2018
Anonymous Writer Flatmates from Hell It’s week five and you’re rapidly approaching the halfway point of your first semester at university. The spritely exuberance of your first couple of weeks may have long abandoned you, or perhaps you’re still clinging on and going on nights out just as much as you did during Freshers’ Week. ...