20th November 2022
A year on from the COP26 climate conference here in Glasgow, what have we learned? Glancing at the news the other day, I was surprised to discover that COP27 was taking place in Egypt this month. I presume I’m not alone in having almost forgotten the seemingly momentous climate summit that took place in Glasgow ...
20th November 2022
The world needs to stand with the people of Iran against the Islamic Republic. “Someone’s crime was that her hair was flowing in the wind,” rapped Iranian musician Toomaj Salehi – a song lyric that would soon result in his arrest for crimes punishable by death. Over the past week, international discussion of the situation ...
20th November 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan Farthing argues that David Cameron’s policies are ultimately responsible for the failings of more recent prime ministers. David Cameron is the worst prime minister of the 21st Century. He did a runner after his big Brexit gamble because he was too scared to face the consequences, leaving it to a trio of ...
20th November 2022
The case of Natasha Abrahart highlights the importance of a legally defined duty of care for universities toward their students. You’d be forgiven for assuming that our University and others across the country owe students a duty of care in regard to their wellbeing and personal safety. With school leavers in Scotland being as young ...
20th November 2022
Angelica gives her perspective on reading Glaswegian literature as someone who moved here for University. Douglas Stuart’s novel Shuggie Bain, which won the Booker Prize in 2020, joins a long list of rich, and at times, dark, depictions of Glasgow in literature. His story was rejected by 30 publishers before going on to be the ...
20th November 2022
Constance Roisin discusses with Charlotte Gordon her book Romantic Outlaws: the extraordinary lives of Mary Wollestonecraft and Mary Shelley. There have been a lot of stories told about Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley. In their own lifetime the pair were notorious, not just for their controversial books – A Vindication on the Rights ...
20th November 2022
Music Editor Otto Hampden-Woodfall attends a screening of short film The Hermit, directed by James Hawkins, and set to the lead single from Richard Dawson’s newest album The Ruby Cord. The Hermit is an enigma. It’s a striking series of disjunctions at heart; a deliberately unclear collaboration between songwriter Richard Dawson and director James Hawkins, ...
20th November 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan brings you the highlights of what’s happening in the city. ART THE TOOTH OF HISTORY | CCA | UNTIL DECEMBER 23 | FREE 32 photographic prints and accompanying paintings depicting lockdown life in Glasgow through the metaphor of the bloodstream BOOKS CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS EVENTS : ALYCIA PIRMOHAMED, MAISIE CHAN | NOVEMBER 21, ...
20th November 2022
How will the music industry adapt to artists pulling out of headline tours due to personal reasons? The lifestyle of a music artist – turning up to interviews and sold-out shows on little to no sleep, and surviving on caffeine and microwavable meals – is often glamourised. But it is sure to reach a state ...
20th November 2022
Emma Dunn explores if the ever-increasing number of music copyright court cases is a problem. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? For some, maybe, but for the estate of Ed Townsend, co-writer of Let’s Get It On with Marvin Gaye, it’s seen as “copying and exploiting”, and worth £90m in damages. Sheeran was ...
