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 ...
20th November 2022
Writer Leila Edelsztien reflects on her ever changing relationship with the soundtrack of the film Lost in Translation. My understanding of Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation has changed each time I’ve watched it. I always feel like some part of my brain has been reset, and there’s something pretty to be found in young Scarlett ...
20th November 2022
Stef McCartney of the Feminist Book Club Glasgow caught up with The Glasgow Guardian to discuss the importance of books, the club, and reading in print. Feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin once said that “first sentences are doors to worlds” (I’m glad they did). The idea of a feminist book club started out as ...
20th November 2022
An exploration of the album format as a fit-for-purpose focal point, in an industry increasingly based around singles and the allure of the algorithm. Speaking to Triple J, Spotify artist and label manager Jono Harrison says that as far as the masses are concerned, “people want albums just as much as they want singles, they ...
20th November 2022
Eve explores whether we should narrow our palette of consumption in the name of objectivity. After his painting Nude Descending a Staircase No.2 (1912) was rejected from the Salon des Indépendants, Marcel Duchamp became a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists in New York. This group guaranteed to accept every submission sent to ...
20th November 2022
Natasha explores her passion for fantasy literature, and why its historic mistreatment hasn’t deterred her from pursuing a masters’ degree in the genre. Whether in your fantasy world you’d wield a sword or a belt of throwing knives, or have wings to fly, fantasy’s creators and fanbase are striking back. Fantasy has often been misconstrued ...
20th November 2022
Meredith dives into the popularity of the TV show Friends, and explains how it has managed to stay popular long after its final episode. Over a quarter of a century since the original release, Friends is one of the most-watched sitcoms of all time. From 1994 to 2004 there have been 10 seasons and 236 ...
20th November 2022
Andrew encourages readers not to give up on a fun night out in favour of overrated comfort. Now that movies are cheap and easy to access – paying the same price for a month’s worth of online content as a single cinema ticket – why do we still bother going out? What experience can the ...
