27th March 2023
Ahead of his show as a part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival we caught up with a rising star of British comedy. In his new show “Wang In There Baby”, Phil Wang is getting sillier. That seems like a pointless ambition for a comedian, but Wang has had this idea for some time. “I just ...
20th March 2023
A deep dive into the animated collage which adapts Murakmai’s short stories. I sit down with Pierre Földes while his debut feature, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (an animated film, adapting a handful of stories by Haruki Murakami) plays at the Glasgow Film Theatre a few blocks away. I ask him about reaching out to Murakami ...
22nd February 2023
Five members of GUWC discuss the relationship and trends associated with women and weightlifting. (TW: mention of eating disorders) Following their triumph at the Scottish University powerlifting competition, where the University of Glasgow women won team gold, three individual golds as well as a silver and a bronze, The Glasgow Guardian spoke to five women ...
21st February 2023
The Scottish screenwriter talks to The Glasgow Guardian about his upcoming play Better Days, and club culture past and present. Ben Tagoe was a teenager when the title track to his one-person show, Better Days, was released. Featuring a raft of classic early 90s rave tunes, his crowdfunded production tells the story of Danny, a ...
12th December 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan Farthing attends the Kelvin Ensemble’s bi-annual concert, and speaks to its chairperson, Nick Baughan. No one quite knew where the queue started and ended. The endearing chaos of Hunter Halls – a charmingly functional but far less elaborate version of Bute Hall – was the result of a sold out concert from ...
22nd November 2022
Writer Ana Negut speaks to Selina Hales, founder of Refuweegee, to get her perspective on why the cause of refugees should matter to us all, and how we can help. The cause of refugees is one of the most polarising political issues of the 21st century. Public narratives towards migrants and displaced persons are constantly ...
14th October 2022
While Editor-in-Chief of The Glasgow Guardian, Lucy Dunn interviewed former Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, and current Editor of The Spectator, Fraser Nelson. “Let me show you the office!” the man on the vertical Zoom display decided cheerily, after we’d briefly exchanged introductions. His phone camera flipped around, and he stepped back to reveal a large ...
14th October 2022
The Glasgow Guardian sits down with the newly-appointed NUS Scotland president, Ellie Gomersall. In conversation with The Glasgow Guardian, National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland president Ellie Gomersall has addressed the most pressing issues of the day for University of Glasgow students, from the rising cost of living to mental health. With regards to the ...
23rd March 2022
The longest running panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News chats to Tristan about life on the Scottish comedy scene. Ever since his successful debut at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe festival, Stuart Mitchell has been a consistent presence in the Scottish comedy scene. Alongside performing at gigs and being the longest-running panellist on BBC Radio ...
18th December 2021
British Youtuber Max Fosh sat down with The Glasgow Guardian to talk about his first ever stand-up show. Max Fosh, for the uninitiated, is a young British YouTuber who has made waves doing bizarre and often random adventures such as playing jenga with architects, infiltrating the world’s most posh event, and parking a car with ...
