18th February 2022 - The Glasgow Guardian



(Don’t) Play the Hits!: A guide to disappointing setlists

18th February 2022

Rather than shouting out requests or playing the Creep lottery, should fans just accept artists not playing the hits? It’s a question as old as live music itself. Do musicians and bands have an obligation to their fans? Should they play the “hits” when you go to their gigs? After all, it’s the fans that ...


I rewatched all the Twilight movies in a day, and I have some questions…

18th February 2022

Katherine takes a trip down memory lane, examines the Cullens with a more critical lens but contends they are still camp fun! Most of us older Gen-Z kids will remember the iron tight grip Stephanie Meyer and Summit Entertainment somehow had over thousands of us in the late 2000s. Many of us moved on as ...


Trainspotting…the musical?

18th February 2022

Helena Geddes introduces the hotly anticipated adaptation you didn’t think would ever happen. Trainspotting is set to get a new lick of paint after Irvine Welsh recently revealed his plans to turn the infamous novel into a West End musical. Welsh himself will be taking the lead in the adaptation, collaborating with songwriting partner Steve ...


The trouble with microtrends

18th February 2022

Dorota Dziki outlines the harms caused by the rapid trend cycles perpetuated by Youtube and Tiktok. Microtrends, or short-lived trends, are a plague on the fashion industry, reinforced by huge try-on hauls popular on TikTok and Youtube. Thanks to fast-fashion brands such as Shein, AliExpress and Pretty Little Thing, dupes of expensive and excessive amounts ...


Worried sick

18th February 2022

Why “stop worrying” doesn’t help in the battle with hypochondria. Mastoiditis. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Temporomandibular joint disorder. You name it, I’ve encountered all of these illnesses on my frantic Googling sprees and convinced myself I had them. After hours of touching the weird lump in my neck or trying to identify the cause of ...