15th January 2024
Music Editor Dan Brophy interrogates the unstoppable popularity of Spotify Wrapped. Spotify Wrapped has become a cultural phenomenon. Released annually since 2016, Wrapped transformed an exercise of marketing, based on data collection, into what feels like a musical bank holiday. Its personalised approach, combined with its invitation to share on social media, creates a package ...
15th January 2024
From The Secret History to American Psycho, meet some of literature’s most infamous narrators Narrators in fiction aren’t always entirely trustworthy. Whether they mean it or not, the unreliable narrator is a cornerstone of psychological thrillers and dark academia alike, because of their ability to misguide a reader and to misconstrue reality. Perhaps one of ...
15th January 2024
Literary references abound in the lyrics of Taylor Swift Taylor Swift, a global pop phenomenon, has a career nearing 20 years in the industry. She boasts 10 albums, spanning a multitude of genres, and while her songs may not be everyone’s cup of tea, it is impossible not to acknowledge her talent. Her music reflects ...
15th January 2024
The Glasgow Guardian’s Culture team dissects the year just gone – by picking a favourite work of art from their area of expertise. Katherine Prentice – Culture Editor: Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig I don’t feel like we can have a best of list without a nod to the absolute sensation Barbenheimer caused, and the ...
