17th March 2020 - The Glasgow Guardian



Aphantasia: Blind in the mind’s eye

17th March 2020

Max Kelly Travel Editor Max Kelly explores the condition in which people lack a mind’s eye, and its history. Try to picture your favourite meal. How does it look? Or perhaps, try to picture a colourful sunset. Could you do it? For people who suffer from aphantasia this is not possible. This condition means that ...


Let’s talk about ensuring mutual consent before sex, baby

17th March 2020

  Laurie Clarke Production Manager How do you make consent sexy? By talking about it. Have you ever had sex with someone because it was easier than turning them down? Have you ever faked an orgasm just to try and wrap things up? Have you ever been choked, bitten, spat on, slapped, or anally probed ...


[Dis]comfort food

17th March 2020

Eilidh Akilade Writer Eilidh Akilade shares her struggle in finding food that feels like home in our third installment of our Home Comforts series. Sunday mornings all too often began with the air dripping with that heavy stench of black pudding. Plates were dished up, sticky and sweaty. Thoughts of blood seeping into freshly buttered ...


Glasgow alumni makes inroads in sports media

17th March 2020

Max Ferguson Sports Editor Glasgow University graduate Callum McFadden’s podcast, Football CFB has seen big success in a small time frame. Callum McFadden is a University of Glasgow graduate and alumni, with aspirations of entering the sports media sector. Recently, he founded a football podcast, Football CFB, with the aim of shedding a light on ...


Reading ahead to 2030

17th March 2020

James Taylor Writer The way we enjoy books has changed massively over the previous decade – how is this change going to expand in the next? If there’s one thing that has remained a constant over the messy, chaotic years of human history, it’s our society’s insatiable love of reading. It’s the one thing we ...


Rejuvenation of the hostile environment

17th March 2020

Benjamin Coulson Deputy Investigations Editor Benjamin Coulson discusses the implications of the “Jamaica 50” for Britain’s approach to immigration. On the morning of Tuesday 11 February, 17 individuals were deported to Jamaica, despite fierce outcry and opposition. The deportations took place after a court of appeal judge ordered the Home Office to suspend the deportation ...