24th February 2024 - The Glasgow Guardian



Clocking Out: Chasing the Dream of a Four-Day Workweek in the 21st Century

24th February 2024

Writer Leonard Hockerts looks into the social and political issues associated with adopting a 4 day work week – and whether it is somewhat inevitable. In the 1930s, economist John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that, by around 2030, a 15-hour workweek would be the norm. It is now 2023, and in the UK the average ...


Novara Media: A new voice for the North of England?

24th February 2024

A look into the surprising, and overdue, development of Novara media in their creation of a North of England editor. Novara Media – an independent media outlet based in London – has recently created the position of North of England editor. What is perhaps surprising is that the news outlet has only now created this ...


From Wordle to Crosswords: How Word Games Are Making a Modern Comeback

24th February 2024

 A look into the, perhaps unforeseen, rise in popularity for word games and crossword puzzles, and yet newspapers are still on the decline?  With Wordle past its 900th daily puzzle, and an ever-increasing number of similar games at our fingertips, it seems word games and puzzles are back in fashion. Crosswords, which have been a ...


Getting Close and Personal with STD Stigma

24th February 2024

How my impassioned, touch-starved covid brain threw out the condom and traded that closeness with another human being for a prescription of ‘acne’ medication and a limit of two Aperols on my big Italian holiday) The first time I got tested, I was four partners deep and I had decided I’d met the one. My ...