13th March 2022
Meg Russell discusses whether the Home Office’s incompetent response to the invsaion of Ukraine represents an institution that is beyond reform. Number 10 was lit up in blue and yellow last week. It was a nice gesture, but is emblematic of a UK Government adept at performative solidarity, while lacking in practically useful policy. The ...
13th March 2022
Katherine analyses the critically acclaimed French follow up to 2016’s Raw, with director Julia Ducournau going wild. This film was so refreshing; consistently surprising and ultimately satisfying. Julia Ducournau has somehow hit a perfect balance between thriller and drama, navigating a difficult tonal shift tied together with some metal as fuck body horror. After a ...
13th March 2022
Social media and politics: a bittersweet relationship? A YouTube video published by The Sun named “Boris’ best moments” has been viewed over 4.1 million times; videos like these frequently appear on my timeline. Other titles which show our Prime Minister acting in bizarre ways include “Top 10 WTF Boris Johnson Moments” and “Boris Johnson’s BEST ...
13th March 2022
The newest Spider-Man installation doesn’t stick. Marine is not impressed by the latest from the Marvel movie machine which saw Peter Parker bring in the profits as well as the poignancy. The long-awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home arrived in cinemas after breaking records with its trailer being viewed 355.5m times in 24 hours, beating the ...
13th March 2022
A guide to some of Glasgow’s best non-profit, community-led, or socially conscious cafes. The past few years have seen a global rise in social enterprises as well as non-profit and community-led organisations. These are Rowan Duffy’s top five socially conscious or community-led cafes in our own beloved city: MILK Cafe, Victoria Road MILK Cafe is ...
13th March 2022
Patrick dives into the Irish-language cinema taking centre stage at GFF ‘22 with Colm Bairéad’s intimate coming of age drama. In a fascinating interview with the television station TG4, the seminal Irish writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain discussed what would happen if the tradition of Irish-language literature died out. He predicted the corrosive effect it would ...
13th March 2022
Slow and steady wins the race when it comes to educating yourself and creating healthy habits. In 2019, I was having dinner with a friend when she said something that changed my mindset on eating meat forever: maybe it’s not about going entirely vegan at once, but instead giving up the things you can. The ...
13th March 2022
In conversation with trampoline club captain Hollie Fullerton, the student driving a campaign for LGBTQ+ and unisex representation in sport. For several years, transgender and non-binary athletes have been at the heart of sporting debates and have become political lightning rods in a sex-segregated sporting world. Amid all this controversy and unrest, Glasgow University Sports ...