30th October 2020 - The Glasgow Guardian



2020: The year it took a pandemic to appreciate staycations

30th October 2020

A guide to caravan life. When analysing the increase of caravan rentals or scrolling through floods of TikToks showing people exploring not-so-foreign lands with upbeat travel music, it’s clear to see that people in the UK are discovering the benefits of swapping air miles for road miles. Of course, this increase in domestic travel has ...


Movements that shaped us: Northern Soul

30th October 2020

Writer Jackson Harvey looks at the movement’s influence on music, fashion and relevance today, explaining why we should all “keep the faith”. We’ve all heard of northern soul. And yet, you’d be forgiven for not recognising the bulk of the “stompers” in the countless compilations you are likely to come across.  There have been various ...


Votes for starvation

30th October 2020

Eleanor Harper explores how the Conservative government’s inhumane disregard for the working class has increased the gulf between Holyrood and Westminster. On 21 October 2020, during a global pandemic and in the midst of the most drastic period of socioeconomic unrest since the 2008 financial crisis, 322 MPs in the House of Commons – 321 ...