30th October 2019
Michelle Osborne Writer Michelle Osborne examines whether we are misplacing the blame by expecting individuals to solve the climate emergency. Daily, we hear about the climate crisis, and daily we hear about how it is our fault. It is drilled into us that we need to make changes in our lives to save the ...
30th October 2019
Olivia Gardener Writer The Cassia lads give fans a dazzling dose of summertime bliss at their SWG3 show. With SWG3 being a smaller and more intimate venue, this was the perfect space for Cassia to do their thing. Combining indie-pop sensibilities and folk vibes with allusions to bands like The Vaccines, Cassia have been staples ...
30th October 2019
Mairi Macleod Writer Mairi Macleod evaluates Dr Gunter’s “Vagenda”. When I told my boyfriend I was reading a book called The Vagina Bible, he laughed out loud in the pub. That’s the thing about the word “vagina”, isn’t it? It makes people laugh, makes people squirm, makes people cringe. That’s why we, from a young ...
30th October 2019
Ella Bagameri Writer While abortion is technically legal in this country, are women still held on trial in the moral sense? Whether it’s a nervous glance over the shoulder or a voice lowered to a whisper when abortion is mentioned, it’s clear that there’s still a lot of uneasiness and stigma surrounding pregnancy termination. According ...
30th October 2019
Ilia Hionidou Writer King Princess unapologetically expresses her “gay sob” with this stunning debut. In the space of a few short years, Brooklyn-born Mikaela Straus – better known by her stage name King Princess – has racked up half a million Instagram followers, bagged an admirer in Harry Styles, and signed a record deal with ...
30th October 2019
Amélie Davidson Writer Following the recent ban of five Glasgow marches over sectarian disorder fears, Amélie Davidson examines Glasgow’s problem with sectarianism. On 12 September, Glasgow City Council banned four loyalist marches and one Irish republican parade from taking place over the threat to public safety. The ban came after protests against two republican marches ...
30th October 2019
Anonymous Writer A UofG alumni bids Britain farewell from her home in Paris as the Brexit deadline comes and goes and another delay is upon us. So here we are, sitting on what should have been the Brexit deadline with another delay pushing it further away. Many of my fellow citizens in France think that Brexit ...
30th October 2019
Fred Bruce Writer What is the true definition of “goth”? Is it macabre makeup, blasphemous black magic, satanic screams? Or does it delve deeper? Depending on your perspective, “goth” can be something of a dirty word; often conjuring images of pasty sad-saps drenched in all black attire, blasting Satanic melodies through their vinyl player and ...
30th October 2019
Madison Plumridge Writer Before you blame ‘Leave’ voters, blame the man that started it all. In his review for the Evening Standard of David Cameron’s new memoir, George Osbourne recalls the night of the EU referendum. He describes himself and Cameron as “helpless witnesses to an event that destroys our careers, wrecks our political project ...
30th October 2019
Rachel Stamford News Editor Halloween costumes shouldn’t have to come with a big price tag – check out the charity shops on your doorstep for cheap, ethical, and original costumes this spooky season. While some people’s scariest Halloween nightmares involve monsters chasing them around haunted houses or running out of candy during the first ...
