13th January 2024
Scotland’s largest city seems to have lost its political swagger In 1994, John Major’s Conservative Westminster government was set on re-organising Scotland’s water services, in preparation for privatisation. The Strathclyde Regional Council—representing the former local government region which then incorporated Glasgow—disagreed. Aiming to prove its point, the Council organised a po...
13th January 2024
What is a groupie and why does our society love them? The Glasgow Guardian looks into the history of the term and its importance. I’m freshly seventeen, sitting in a recording studio too small for the number of people that have come along for the session. The drummer is adjusting his set and the guitarist ...
13th January 2024
Simon Murphy’s new exhibition Govanhill captures a transient snapshot of the Glasgow Southside area. Framed on the wall of Street Level Photoworks is a photograph of a young girl, she is around 11 or 12 years old. School uniform on, cigarette in hand, head cocked to the side, she poses, defiantly, outside the entrance to ...
13th January 2024
Love yourself; play bingo with life The idea of entering a New Year always entails bettering ourselves…but why is this? Why, for as long as we can remember, have we chosen to make resolutions at the start of every year? The imminence of a New Year is an emotionally charged time, perhaps because all we ...
13th January 2024
How to set goals that stick Did you know you are ten times more likely to make positive improvements in your life if you make a New Year’s Resolution, even if you do not achieve the resolution itself? Perhaps you want to train for a 5K, commit to meat-free Mondays, meet your dissertation targets, or ...
