7th September 2023
What role will younger generations play in shaping the city’s political future? With Scotland enduring some of the most turbulent and pivotal events in its political timeline over recent months, change may just be in the pipeline for Glasgow. And with just under a quarter (23.8%) of the city’s population aged 16 to 29, its ...
14th July 2023
First Glasgow’s decision to discontinue night bus services puts the safety of young women at risk. First Glasgow have decided to withdraw their night bus services from July 31. Insufficient passenger numbers mean that, according to Graeme Macfarlane, commercial director at First Bus Scotland, the services are not financially viable. To sustain them would require ...
27th March 2023
The COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in several pubs being on the verge of closure. Now, in their aftermath, the growing cost of living crisis and rising energy bills pose the biggest threat. Tucked away in the shadow of the railway bridge, my local pub has, for decades, been a fixture of the neighbourhood. It has an ...
27th March 2023
The University of Oxford has become amongst the first UK higher education institutions to ban intimate relationships between staff and students – and Niamh Flanagan argues the University of Glasgow should follow suit. The University of Oxford has this month announced a ban on intimate relationships between staff members and students, following examples set by ...
27th March 2023
So far, 2023 has been dominated by violence against women, and shameful press coverage of these crimes. Why are women not respected by the press, even in death? Throughout the first two months of 2023, the news has been dominated by stories of violent and unspeakable crimes against women. From the disappearance of Nicola Bulley, ...
27th March 2023
Harmful stereotypes obscure the real issues faced by many students whose mental health is suffering as they attempt to cope with multiple competing obligations at university. In a culture that continually perpetuates narratives of university students as living lives of hedonism and alcohol fuelled inertia, attempting to initiate conversations around the necessity of rest for ...
27th March 2023
Using trigger warnings is necessary and helpful when presenting potentially disturbing content. But does their increased use in higher education settings make a mockery of the idea as a whole? Trigger warnings are exactly as the name suggests. They warn of potentially triggering content: things that some audiences might find uncomfortable or disturbing. For the ...
27th March 2023
Writer Alexandra Agar explores the growing and changing world of leftist groups and movements. Leftist politics and youth collectives have gone hand-in-hand for decades. The origins of these groups, as we see them today, began around the 1960’s following the US invasion of Vietnam in 1965, the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and civil ...
22nd March 2023
The clunky and thoughtless edits to the novels of Road Dahl show exactly why we shouldn’t change literature to conform to modern cultural standards. ‘Bowdlerization’ refers to the expunging of offensive or unsavoury material from an artistic work, particularly for the alleged benefit of children. The term originates from Thomas Bowdler who, in 1807, published ...
22nd March 2023
Presenter Gary Lineker was allegedly instructed to apologise for his “partial” comments about Suella Braverman’s immigration policy, but has the BBC ever truly been impartial? “There will be no loyalty, except loyalty toward the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother…”wrote George Orwell in 1949, about a fictional reality, under ...
