22nd February 2019 - The Glasgow Guardian



Is Scottish football still in the “Dark Ages”?

22nd February 2019

Andrew Quinn Sports Editor Kilmarnock have been subjected to sectarian abuse from both sides of the Old Firm in the last couple of weeks. Kris Boyd was hit with a coin and abused by Celtic fans, and Rangers fans called manager Steve Clarke a “Fenian Bastard”. In any other part of the world this would ...


Review: Big Fish by Epilogue Theatre

22nd February 2019

Julia Hegele Deputy Culture Editor – Theatre Epilogue theatre, the charity-centric brain-child of seasoned Cecilian members has opened their season with a real catch. Their most recent production of Big Fish, a musical adaptation of the Tim Burton classic, was a reassuring delve into heartfelt narratives, kindly characters, and the expectable warm embrace of the ...


In defence of Cecilians

22nd February 2019

Julia Hegele Deputy Culture Editor – Theatre     There seems to be some massive internalized conflict between the Glasgow Guardian and the Cecilian Society, the University’s largest musical theatre company. In my opinion this stems from a disconnect between the critical and the creative but that is neither here nor there. In the past week, an ...


Review: Mid90s

22nd February 2019

    Maisie Wilson Culture Editor   This year Glasgow Film Festival opens up with Jonah Hill’s directorial debut Mid90s This year Glasgow Film Festival opens up with Jonah Hill’s directorial debut Mid90s. Shot in 4:3 on 16mm film, Hill attempts to create a 1990’s retro aesthetic. The result: a film exuding nostalgia, however meandering ...


The political films of Margarethe von Trotta

22nd February 2019

  Bronagh McGeary Deputy News Editor Deputy News Editor Bronagh McGeary talks to iconic German director Margarethe von Trotta about her famous Rosa Luxemburg (1986) and politics on screen In February, Glasgow Film Theatre took part in a retrospective around prolific German director Margarethe von Trotta as part of their CineMasters series. Three of her ...