8th January 2023
Film and TV Editor Katia gives a personal account of the prejudice she faced as a tall person in ballet. I started going to ballet classes at the age of three. We had just moved to Spain from America, and my mother was eager to find a fun activity where I might make friends. I ...
8th January 2023
Constance talks to the author of Parallel Lives, to discuss the role of marriage both within the book and in society more broadly. Phyllis Rose’s Parallel Lives, a study of five Victorian marriages, covers the ground of newlyweds, sexual disgust, affairs, ménage à trois, the mid-life crisis, re-marriage, love and revenge. It has become a ...
8th January 2023
Culture Editor Jeevan brings you the highlights of what’s happening in the city. ART THE AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS | THE HUNTERIAN | UNTIL FEBRUARY 5 | FREE Exploring her cultural legacy and posthumous reputation IZA TARASEWICZ: THE RUMBLE OF A TIRELESS LAND | TRAMWAY | UNTIL JANUARY 29 | FREE Installations made ...
8th January 2023
Adam Dunphy talks to Gallus, an indie band at the heart of Glasgow’s burgeoning underground scene. Glasgow has been the cradle for countless upstart musicians – Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai, Paolo Nutini, Lewis Capaldi – and all sorts of styles and genres. You are very likely to find your niche here. You might think of music ...
8th January 2023
Sex on screen is getting out of hand. The original Fifty Shades of Grey film amassed $569.7 million at the box office. Initially written by E.L James as Twilight fanfiction, the film follows Anastasia (Ana), an English student, who meets the billionaire businessman, Christian Grey. They begin a sexual relationship that involves Grey’s Red Room ...
8th January 2023
2022 has seen the Queen of Crime return from the dead. Martin Mullaney explores Agatha Christie mania. 2022 has, thus far, seen the release of both Death on the Nile, Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded Poirot adaptation, and See How They Run, a satirical send-up of the whodunnit centred around Agatha Christie’s famously unfilmable play, The Mousetrap. ...
8th January 2023
Meriel ponders the appreciation you gain as an adult when looking back at the films that defined your childhood. The Incredibles gets better every time I watch it. Even though it was created before the second coming of cinematic superheroes (courtesy of Marvel), it still stands out as unique, due to director Brad Bird’s vision ...
8th January 2023
Writer Rory speaks with the Glasgow-based filmmaker and poet. Sean Lionadh, or to some, just Lionadh, has been doing the rounds of accolades and awards on the British cultural scene. He and his team have been awarded a Scottish BAFTA, a BIFA, and a seemingly endless number of awards and nominations in the international film ...
