4th April 2022 - The Glasgow Guardian



It’s the million-dollar question: What’s happening at Chelsea?

4th April 2022

Sportswriter Samuel Solden reflects on the current ongoings at Chelsea FC. When Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea Football Club in 2003, shockwaves were sent around the football world. This takeover is widely regarded as one of the decisive factors that led to the Premier League receiving large amounts of money from foreign investors. These ...


Glasgow Film Festival 2022: Everything Went Fine

4th April 2022

Axel analyses the ambitious, albeit unexciting, medical drama from wayward french director François Ozon. Celebrating its UK premiere as part of the Glasgow Film Festival, Everything Went Fine is the latest from prolific French filmmaker François Ozon, an earnest but rather nondescript drama about assisted suicide. Having risen to fame as a sort of enfant ...


Is Wordle a form of Wellness?

4th April 2022

Far from being just a silly puzzle, Wordle is good for our cognitive health. Wordle is the latest online craze at the moment, having just been bought over by The New York Times after exploding in popularity at the beginning of the year. However, according to a study by neurologist Douglas Scharre, MD, director of ...


Racist reporting on the Ukrainian crisis

4th April 2022

The media coverage on the conflict in Ukraine reflects the racism western countries have towards refugees. “They seem so like us. That is what makes it so shocking.” The words of journalist Daniel Hannan are ones that have been echoed by many figures in the media during discussion of the crisis in Ukraine. From Ukraine’s ...


Universities UK publishes new guidance discouraging student-staff relationships

4th April 2022

The Glasgow Guardian understands that in the last five years there have been 10 formally declared student-staff relationships at the University of Glasgow. Universities UK (UUK) has released a set of measures for universities to confront staff-to-student sexual misconduct and create a “safe and inclusive environment for both students and staff”. The report urges universities ...


Glasgow Film Festival 2022: Ashgrove

4th April 2022

Anna sits down with writer, producer and star of Canadian drama Ashgrove, Jonas Chernick to discuss the creative process, the film’s premiere and its messaging. The Glasgow Guardian was lucky enough to be invited to the Glasgow Film Festival’s Industry Hub to interview the cast of Ashgrove, the latest project of Canadian filmmakers Jeremy LaLonde ...


‘More than empowerment’: A football match of a lifetime for Barcelona

4th April 2022

Barcelona smash attendance record for women’s football match as crowd of over 91,000 attends Champions League win over Real Madrid. On Wednesday evening, Barcelona made history by producing an outstanding performance to beat rivals Real Madrid 5-2 and reach the Champions League semi-finals in front of a record-breaking crowd of 91,553 fans at the Nou ...


Preview: MSc Film Curation showcase

4th April 2022

Across five very special nights, six of the MSc Film Curation students at the University of Glasgow will be showcasing five wildly different films, each curated to the individual curator’s tastes. After working on their events across the last semester, each MSc student is proud to showcase their achievements:  On 31 March at 8pm there ...


World Changers: Two years on from Covid

4th April 2022

Over two years on from the initial outbreak of Covid-19, The Glasgow Guardian examines how researchers at the University of Glasgow contributed towards tackling the pandemic. The MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) has played a significant role in the genetic surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, numerous vaccine trials, and critical public health ...