24th November 2020 - The Glasgow Guardian



Much ado about nothing?

24th November 2020

Don’t know your Hamlet from your Horatio? Ruth Johns-Bishop lists her top tips to enjoy Shakespeare as a complete beginner. For many of us, Shakespeare conjures up dull memories of school literature lessons. Spending hours a week wading through an old copy of Macbeth or writing an essay on Act I, Scene II of Romeo ...


Comedians, not commentators

24th November 2020

Is political comedy a cure or catalyst for the misinformation virus? My memories of the last US election are foggy at best, but the most prominent involve some outlandish phrases and jokes. Hillary Clinton telling people to “Pokemon Go to the polls”, Trump threatening to shoot a person on Fifth Avenue, or Gary Johnson being ...


Review: The Queen’s Gambit

24th November 2020

You’ve heard about the fashion and the drama – but does The Queen’s Gambit truly deliver the goods? The Queen’s Gambit follows Elizabeth Harman (Anya Taylor-Joy), a fictional chess protege, on her journey from timid orphan to chess royalty. Along the way, Harman must overcome substance addiction, lingering trauma, sexism, and a whole host of ...


Review: Positions by Ariana Grande

24th November 2020

Ariana’s Nickelodeon days and her Cat Valentine persona are well and truly dead and buried, as she releases her sexually charged sixth album positions. Editor-in-Chief Holly Jennings takes a look at Ariana’s latest work; including her slightly disappointing collab with the “unofficial king of sex music” The Weeknd and wonders – is positions a sexy sensation? ...


Music snobbery and the taste complex

24th November 2020

Who and what decides that some music is innately better than others?  Indie-rock artist Beabadoobee recently caused a stir after posting a series of Instagram stories telling her fans to buy her album instead of The Vamps’ album, which was set to be released on the same day, in order to “show they have taste”. ...