15th February 2024
Colonialism shifts the blame for global warming – the West must take responsibility for destroying the planet. The Global South is responsible for climate change. Or, at least, that is today’s environmental narrative. At a glance, this notion could be true. China is famously the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases today, with India, Indonesia, and ...
26th November 2023
2023 marks 120 years of women in GUSA, as The Glasgow Guardian reflects on the history of women’s sports at Glasgow University and the challenges faced through the years. The history of women in the Glasgow University Sports Association (GUSA) is a fascinating and evolving story of resilience, determination, and progress. GUSA, one of the ...
8th September 2023
A walk through Glasgow’s architecture unveils the city’s unique history Enriched with both diversity and flair, Glasgow’s buildings showcase some of the best work by Scottish architects from across the ages. The city houses a plethora of distinct styles, from medieval to modern, which give this vibrant city individuality and character. The Glasgow Cathedral is ...
5th September 2023
A city with a culture deeply rooted in independent music tradition, Glasgow’s musical history reveals a place like no other. Glasgow’s unique and compelling musical history is at one with the vibrancy of the city. This has always been a place so intimately involved with art and culture, and though its complexities and marvellousness can ...
24th November 2022
Writer Zainab Mahmod explores the UK’s continual colonial habits by investigating the history of stolen artefacts in the British Museum. The Koh-I-Noor, meaning ‘Mountain of Light’ in Persian, is a 105.6-carat diamond that resides at the centre of the consort crown jewels of the British Monarchy. The origins of the diamond are disputed as there ...
10th April 2021
Is it fair to compare things like the pandemic to the Holocaust? Maybe not. Antisemitism occurs in subtle ways. One of the most common examples? Comparing everything to the Holocaust. Over the past year, I have seen many posts on social media about humanitarian crises such as the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and ...
4th April 2021
Museums as agents of colonial times. In 2017, The Telegraph published what may have been one of their worst takes yet: “The Elgin Marbles don’t ‘belong’ to Greece – they belong to us all”. I’m fairly sure that this was also Lord Elgin’s thought process, as he chiseled them from the temple wall and abducted ...
22nd February 2021
Examining why this legislation would be problematic. Over the past year, the Western world has seen many examine the sentiment and impact of statues in our societies. How we define, display and recite our heritage has thankfully taken on new significance, especially in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. However, despite the criticism ...
9th February 2021
Ruth Johns-Bishop takes us through the history of hitchhiking, and some common misconceptions behind it. Hitchhiking is thought to be a hippie trend of the past. Originating in the US last century, it became popular in the 1920s and 30s due to people having less money to spend on travel and a sparsity of transportation. ...
1st February 2021
Books Editor Sofia Stephens reflects on the visual and cultural significance of plastic bags. When I think about plastic bags, I think about pollution: turtles suffocated by straws, dolphins choking on carrier bags, a more realistic version of Finding Nemo where Dory is permanently disfigured by a plastic net. I do not, for instance, think ...
