18th June 2012
Alice Hockey With the Kelvingrove and Hunterian on your doorstep there is often no need to venture far to enjoy culture and art. However since term is over and Glasgow outside the West End awaits, grab your bike or your railcard (train to Pollockshaws West via Glasgow Central) or the 23 bus from Dumbarton Road ...
17th June 2012
Oliver Milne Tonight will see the the conclusion of one of the most intense months of punditry since man started selling ink in barrels. The second Greek election in as many months will decide the fate of the euro, austerity economics, democracy, the bookability of cheap package holidays to Kos, and human freedom itself. So ...
16th June 2012
Words: Laura StockwellPhotos: Dasha Miller Baking at home isn’t normally associated with students. Maybe those quirky, cool ones who make apron and oven gloves look hot can pull off that domestic deity persona. For most of us though, home baking seems like too much effort for far too little gain. Especially when Greggs is just ...
15th June 2012
Ruaridh MacIntyre Whisky, it’s synonymous with Scotland and if you’ve never had a dram then right now is the best time to start. It’s 10am you say? Too early for whisky? I can’t quite hear you over the taste of this fine single malt and the violent tremor in my hands. Scotland has nearly 100 ...
14th June 2012
Lucy Hansen I came to Glasgow for rain. Rain gets me, covers me, I like how it drips down my neck and onto my chest. It’s the scourge of the vain; making every hairdo frizz and makeup bleed. Although, even rain-fashion appeals; the swish of un-natural fabrics, the clash of a rain jackets’ primary palette. ...
13th June 2012
Jean-Xavier Boucherat FESTIVALS! 1. Doune the Rabbit Hole. It’s in Doune. 2. Dimensions Festival. It’s in Croatia. 3. Go to Ieperfest. It’s in Belgium. 4. Go to Greenman. It’s in Wales. 5. Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons is running the Meltdown Festival at Southbank this August. Acts this year include well knowns such ...
12th June 2012
Michael Comerford If this is how good the view looks on video, imagine what it’s like actually being there. Though, statistically speaking it will be dark and pishing it down. Hmm. If during your time in Glasgow you don’t step foot on a boat, you’re almost certainly denying this city its historic right of existence. ...
11th June 2012
Calum Morrell One of the most common things I hear from people when talking about music is “I don’t like classical”, often followed up by the admission that they have never actually spent the time listening to a range of classical music in order to find out whether they like it or not. After all, ...
10th June 2012
Marcus Peabody The Glasgow School of Art degree show is considered one of the best in the country, and its right on your doorstep, so if you’ve got an afternoon to spare (or if you’re feeling a bit culturally destitute at the moment) make an afternoon trip to Garnethill and spend a few hours soaking ...
9th June 2012
Euan McTear If you’re heading out to stock up on books for your beach holiday, or if you’re even just loading up your kindle for a day out at the park, why not try to learn up on the small matter of the most severe recession since the Great Depression. Here is our pick of ...
