24th November 2023
Constance Roisin talks to Cheryl Strayed about love, sense of self and agony aunts. Tiny Beautiful Things, which aired earlier this year on Hulu, has a unique premise. Clare, an anonymous agony aunt (played brilliantly by Kathryn Hahn), shares the same past with real-life Dear Sugar author Cheryl Strayed. Her present, on the other hand, ...
24th November 2023
Millie Bobby Brown joins the cast of celebrities vilified for their use of ghost writers with her debut Nineteen Steps. Another victim of the ‘actor turned author’ pandemic has been named. Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown released her debut novel Nineteen Steps this September, joining the ever-expanding list of celebrities who have developed an ...
23rd November 2023
Maths, once arguably the most feared subject, is now…fun? What does this shift say about our relationship with maths- and is it for the better? Numbers are one of the most important aspects of day-to-day life, from budgets and bills, to schedules and daily decisions, basic numeracy and mathematics are vital skills. Yet, for many, ...
23rd November 2023
The diversity of sexuality in the animal kingdom has been largely kept quiet, it’s time to embrace the prevalence of same-sex activities in the wild, for science, but for society too. “Historians will say they were just friends”. From Achilles and Patroclus to anyone Sapho ever came into contact with; across human history there are ...
23rd November 2023
Feel like your degree is sending you mad? You’re not alone. Mad scientists make me feel inferior. As I fail to understand yet another quantum mechanics lecture dressed in a supremely boring outfit (even by the standards of 2003, which still has an unfortunate grip on my wardrobe), I wonder—how can one person both make ...
23rd November 2023
Data seen by The Glasgow Guardian suggests there to be over 500 empty rooms in University-owned accommodation. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by The Glasgow Guardian has revealed substantial decreases in the overall occupancy rates of student accommodation available to University of Glasgow (UofG) students compared with the previous academic year. The occupancy ...
23rd November 2023
An investigation by The Glasgow Guardian has found that less than 1 in 5 University of Glasgow staff have undertaken the “Let’s Talk About Race in the Workplace” racial sensitivity and cultural awareness training that was made available in response to the 2021 “Understanding Racism, Transforming University Cultures” report, which that found over half of ...
23rd November 2023
New rankings have revealed the University of Glasgow to be the most challenging of the Russell Group universities to get into. New UCAS rankings for 2024 have shown the University of Glasgow to be one of the hardest universities in the country to receive an offer from. Beating Oxford, Durham and Imperial College London, the ...
23rd November 2023
The Glasgow Guardian reflects on how governments across Europe have responded to the cost of living crisis, while considering the role of global markets. Over the past few years, Europe has been subjected to a series of crises, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the subsequent mass inflation. Although nowhere near the peak ...
23rd November 2023
The Old Firm’s domination of the SPL raises the question of whether any other club can ever take the title off their hands. The 2023/2024 Scottish football season looks to be shaping up as pretty much as anyone else would have predicted it, with a story very familiar to any fan of the Scottish Premiership. ...
