13th November 2019
Culture Editors Quickfire recommendations from our Culture Team. Watch screenings and live performances at: moving image festival Hanging Out on 16 and 17 November at Tramway. Featuring exhibits exploring themes of repetition, memorial, outside-ness and gesture, tickets can be purchased for £5-6. https://www.tramway.org/events/pages/event-details.aspx?event=1/artists-moving-image-programme-2019-h...
13th November 2019
Lex Partridge Writer Scotland’s favourite soft drink brings back a classic full-sugar recipe for Christmas. The “old and unimproved” Irn-Bru recipe, first created in 1901, will be available in stores across Scotland at a premium price of £2 a bottle from 2 December. As this recipe has already enjoyed its first centenary, it is thought ...
13th November 2019
Mary Horner Writer A look into The Apprentice, now in its 15th season, and the allure behind the shows façade. It’s that time of year again where our TV screens are graced with a weekly dose of drama, backstabbing and deceit. I am of course talking about The Apprentice. The competition-fuelled business show is now ...
13th November 2019
Roman Long Writer Controversy has emerged after Trisha Paytas came out as a female to male trans person, with some of the trans community claiming it was all an attempt at clickbait: however, should someone’s sexuality be denied or questioned so intensely? Earlier this month, Trisha Paytas published a video to her popular YouTube channel ...
13th November 2019
Jordan Hunter Reporter Oh Yeezus. And after all that hype. Kanye has released his ninth studio album after much delay, but equally as interesting is the religious journey he has stridently embarked upon. He has now established a “church”, complete with sermons and a choir, that has traveled outside LA to the far exotic reaches ...
13th November 2019
Jordan Hunter Reporter The Scottish government is funding education in developing smart home technology. The Scottish Funding Council, a Scottish government entity, has given over £300,000 to develop educational materials for college students in a program called FUTUREquipped. The materials created by the Strathclyde University will go to nearly 13 different colleges to give them ...
13th November 2019
Amélie Davidson Writer A charity is asking for jackets and wellington boots to give vulnerable children across Glasgow a warmer holiday season. This Christmas, while Santa delivers toys around the world, a charity is putting winter jackets and shoes under the trees of vulnerable children across Glasgow. Development company, Hub West Scotland, have partnered with ...
13th November 2019
Emily Hay Culture Editor Culture Editor Emily Hay talks the nitty gritty of the books industry with four of the UK’s most exciting indie publishers: 404 Ink, Galley Beggar, Sandstone and Charco. On 14 October, Bernardine Evaristo and Margaret Atwood shared a win of the most prestigious award in literature – the £50,000 Booker prize. ...
13th November 2019
Alexandra Luca Writer As Scotland becomes the first country in the UK to ban child smacking, is this a step in the right direction? As many will be aware by now, Scotland has recently become the first country in the UK to grant children the same protection as adults against assault. Commonly known as the ...
13th November 2019
Jamie Byrne Writer A couple of weeks on from Scotland’s early exit to hosts Japan, Jamie Byrne takes a reflective look back on a disappointing tournament for the national team. On the morning of 22 September, alarm clocks across the homeland rang as the sun began to rise on a chilly Sunday in Scotland. ...
