21st February 2023
ART ELIZABETH PRICE: UNDERFOOT | HUNTERIAN | UNTIL APRIL 16 | FREE Solo exhibition focusing on the textile heritage of Glasgow’s industrial age TUAN ANDREW NYUGEN | CCA | UNTIL MARCH 25 | FREE Fragments of a story about the memories and desires of West African colonial soldiers sent to combat Vietnamese liberation uprisings in ...
18th February 2023
FLY’s current residency at Glasgow’s Sub Club has been extended, with new dates announced covering most weeks in March and April. Holly McPherson, FLY’s event coordinator, says that “FLY operates festivals, clubs and concerts across Scotland; we love to showcase the historic culture of Scotland through the venues we use”, and that it’s “an honour ...
16th January 2023
A summary of things to look out for over the next three weeks. The annual Celtic Connections festival returns to Glasgow from Thursday 19 January to Sunday 5 February, offering a lineup of musical, theatrical and other events encompassing traditional, folk, indie, jazz and Americana genres. A range of venues throughout the city will host ...
16th January 2023
The Black feminist punk band sell out their Glasgow show. Punk died six years ago according to Joe Corre (the late Dame Vivienne Westwood’s son). Though he lambasted its transition into a “marketing tool” used by the music industry, the success of Big Joanie’s UK headline tour – Glasgow being their 3rd sold out show ...
8th January 2023
Culture Editor Jeevan argues that Cheryl’s stint in the West End attests to her longevity and work ethic. Cheryl Tweedy Cole Fernandez-Versini. Several articles about the former Girls Aloud member, who is now known as “just Cheryl”, commence with a bricolage of the last names she has accumulated over the years, and why shouldn’t they? ...
8th January 2023
Culture Editor Jeevan brings you the highlights of what’s happening in the city. ART THE AFTERLIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS | THE HUNTERIAN | UNTIL FEBRUARY 5 | FREE Exploring her cultural legacy and posthumous reputation IZA TARASEWICZ: THE RUMBLE OF A TIRELESS LAND | TRAMWAY | UNTIL JANUARY 29 | FREE Installations made ...
7th January 2023
Jeevan writes about how inadequacies in mental health services have fostered a potentially dangerous culture of self-diagnosis online. Content Warning: mentions of mental health problems and eating disorders Recent NHS data reveals a cost of mental health crisis: a quarter of 17 to 19 year olds have a probable mental disorder, while 1.2 million people ...
12th December 2022
The Glasgow Guardian returns to Bongo’s Bingo to review its Christmas offering. There is no greater accumulation of heteronormative slaying than at Bongo’s Bingo Glasgow. Almost everyone in the queue snaking down Eastvale Place was sequin-clad or generally glammed up, and some were dancing on the benches before 7pm. In Glasgow there’s no settling down ...
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 ...
20th November 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan Farthing argues that David Cameron’s policies are ultimately responsible for the failings of more recent prime ministers. David Cameron is the worst prime minister of the 21st Century. He did a runner after his big Brexit gamble because he was too scared to face the consequences, leaving it to a trio of ...
