30th November 2022
Maggie Rogers plays the second date of her Feral Joy Tour at Glasgow’s O2 Academy. Since she was first discovered by Pharrel Williams while studying at Columbia, Maggie Rogers has become a musical force to be reckoned with – something that only becomes clearer during her live performances. Following the release of her album Surrender ...
30th November 2022
Freya Corcoran profiles the new Glasgow University Filmmaking Society, and attends its guest speaker event with Sanjeev Kohli. The Glasgow University Filmmaking Society, run by President Thomas Adams, is one of the latest additions to UofG’s myriad of extracurricular opportunities. Despite its recent inception, it seems to have taken the university by storm. With over ...
30th November 2022
Victoria breaks down the best shows to watch as the evenings get colder and darker. Gilmore Girls You won’t find a better portrayal of ‘autumn vibes’ than in this witty account of a mother daughter relationship. Following the growth of main protagonist Rory and her mother Lorelai, the show’s seasons portray the ups and downs ...
20th November 2022
Angelica gives her perspective on reading Glaswegian literature as someone who moved here for University. Douglas Stuart’s novel Shuggie Bain, which won the Booker Prize in 2020, joins a long list of rich, and at times, dark, depictions of Glasgow in literature. His story was rejected by 30 publishers before going on to be the ...
20th November 2022
Writer Leila Edelsztien reflects on her ever changing relationship with the soundtrack of the film Lost in Translation. My understanding of Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation has changed each time I’ve watched it. I always feel like some part of my brain has been reset, and there’s something pretty to be found in young Scarlett ...
20th November 2022
Stef McCartney of the Feminist Book Club Glasgow caught up with The Glasgow Guardian to discuss the importance of books, the club, and reading in print. Feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin once said that “first sentences are doors to worlds” (I’m glad they did). The idea of a feminist book club started out as ...
20th November 2022
An exploration of the album format as a fit-for-purpose focal point, in an industry increasingly based around singles and the allure of the algorithm. Speaking to Triple J, Spotify artist and label manager Jono Harrison says that as far as the masses are concerned, “people want albums just as much as they want singles, they ...
20th November 2022
Eve explores whether we should narrow our palette of consumption in the name of objectivity. After his painting Nude Descending a Staircase No.2 (1912) was rejected from the Salon des Indépendants, Marcel Duchamp became a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists in New York. This group guaranteed to accept every submission sent to ...
20th November 2022
Natasha explores her passion for fantasy literature, and why its historic mistreatment hasn’t deterred her from pursuing a masters’ degree in the genre. Whether in your fantasy world you’d wield a sword or a belt of throwing knives, or have wings to fly, fantasy’s creators and fanbase are striking back. Fantasy has often been misconstrued ...
20th November 2022
Meredith dives into the popularity of the TV show Friends, and explains how it has managed to stay popular long after its final episode. Over a quarter of a century since the original release, Friends is one of the most-watched sitcoms of all time. From 1994 to 2004 there have been 10 seasons and 236 ...
