31st October 2022
One of only three surviving copies in the world, the University of Glasgow loans “Slave Bible” to a Dutch exhibition on Gospel music. A rare copy of the Slave Bible from the University of Glasgow is going to the Netherlands for display. It will be loaned to the Museum Catharijneconvent as part of the art ...
29th October 2022
The “Girls’ Night In” boycott happened a year ago. Have clubs and bars become any safer for women since? When I think of Girls’ Night In, I wish my mind would instantly go to large quantities of rosé, a catch-up over laughs, and memories of throwing popcorn at that one girl who won’t stop drunkenly ...
29th October 2022
In honour of its 100th anniversary, Sam Mutch explores the creation and legacy of German horror classic Nosferatu. When you think of a classic horror film, what comes to mind? Some of the most common answers include The Shining (1980), The Exorcist (1973), and Psycho (1960). But, nestled amongst the greatest horror films of all ...
28th October 2022
There is nowhere that unleashes mass unhinged chaos quite like Bongos Bingo. Bongo’s Bingo is no quiet night out. Almost immediately from the get-go, the entire hall falls under the spell of the evening’s presenter, a Belfast man, and his two glamorous, half-naked assistants, who keep the energy at a high from start to finish. ...
28th October 2022
Angelica Kerr explores the best of Halloween: the stories. As a birthday treat, my mother invites us to sit down with her and watch The Shining: Stanley Kubrick’s film of Stephen King’s great horror classic. Just as roses and peonies are blooming and baby birds are tweeting, at my house we gather around to enjoy ...
26th October 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan heads down to the CCA for a night of queer experimental theatre, and interviews its administrative director. “This week he moppin’ floors, next week it’s the fries”. “That bitch knew her cheeses”. Both lines emanate from the theatre on display at the CCA on Wednesday 19 October. This is par the course ...
26th October 2022
Both a romance and a detective thriller, Decision to Leave is one of the best movies of the year. Decision to Leave‘s cinema showing opens with a message from director Park Chan-wook, speaking directly to the audience. He details that his film will be both a murder mystery and a romance, and hopes we enjoy ...
26th October 2022
With an independence space dominated by the Centre-Left politics of the SNP, is there a space at the table for a Centre-Right political party? Two major monopolies in political discourse exist in Scotland today. The Scottish National Party (SNP) has dominated the pro-independence narrative for the past twenty years, making the cause distinctively centre-left in ...
25th October 2022
The latest addition to Björk’s sprawling discography is both eclectic and incomplete, emotionally charged and surface level. As a newcomer to Björk’s work, a nose-dive into her 10th album might not have been the most natural introduction to her particular and eclectic musical style. Having no reference point other than her popularity among young adults ...
25th October 2022
Marianne eloquently reviews the Scottish tour of James IV as it visited Glasgow. “The deid were living as you live now”, Danielle Jam earnestly narrates from centre stage, as she opens James IV: Queen of the Fight. The show is playwright Rona Munro’s fourth in a series of plays set in successive courts of medieval ...
