20th September 2022
This unassuming eatery may be the dark horse of the West End’s thriving Indian restaurant scene. A birthday-related curry was in order. Alas, this was week 11 in semester two – a period largely characterised by burgeoning eye bags and stress-induced insomnia – so we craved somewhere safe, solid and stable. Mister Singh’s seemed the ...
20th September 2022
The University needs to reach out to its LGBTQ+ community to ensure they feel safe on campus. In May 2021 The Glasgow Guardian urged the University to do more to eliminate gender-based violence through improving student safety on campus. Since then, a mandatory gender based violence course has been established on Moodle, but there is ...
20th September 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan Farthing interviews his mother, Bend It Like Beckham’s co-writer Guljit Bindra, about its effect on women’s sport. Bend It Like Beckham is now 20 years old. It has since become the only film to be officially distributed in every country in the world, inspiring sports players and sports journalists alike. Through the ...
20th September 2022
Our Culture Editor brings you the highlights of Glasgow’s music scene Glasgow’s music scene is second to none. Expect to shout here we fucking go multiple times as you immerse yourself in high octane hysteria and all round good vibes. Here are some of the gigs to look out for over the next month. ANTHRAX ...
20th September 2022
Our Culture Editor brings you the highlights of what’s happening in the city. Moving to Glasgow affords you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the plethora of cultural delights this city has to offer. Here are some of the following month’s offerings, hopefully providing a balance of both interesting and affordable events. ART ALASDAIR GRAY’S ...
18th September 2022
Culture Editor Jeevan wishes you a warm welcome to sunny glas-gay, highlighting the cities LGBTQ+ spaces in all their glory. Congratulations on becoming a glas-gay. If you’re reading this in freshers’ week, you will probably find yourself in Colourfest at Hive, expecting Paris is Burning but instead grooving to Ne-Yo and Usher. It is a ...
18th September 2022
Jeevan shares some tips and tricks for the frantic scramble for flats at the start of this semester. Glasgow’s housing market is horrendous right now. There are simply too many students wanting too few flats, and if you’re starting the semester without knowing where you’ll be living next year, it must feel really daunting. As ...
18th September 2022
Jeevan reflects on the importance (or unimportance) of obsessing over having the perfect balance in everyday life. CW: eating disorders “A balanced diet for women”; “a balanced diet for men”; “a balanced diet for toddlers”. All readily available on BBC Good Food, and well-intentioned, no doubt. Reference intakes and perfect portions to boot, these precise ...
18th September 2022
With rising student numbers and the ongoing commercialisation of higher education is it still serving its original purpose? Encapsulating the philosophy of a Conservative government is the belief that university represents a marketplace of ideas, and functions as a market economy. Neither seem successfully apparent today. A university which has to accommodate freshers in a ...
26th July 2022
Political satirist Matt Forde talks to The Glasgow Guardian about his upcoming show at the Edinburgh Fringe – including why it will always feature some Scottish politics – as well as the role of impartiality and cancel culture in political comedy. Both “crasherooni snoozefest” and “security, prosperity, respect” could feature in Matt Forde’s lexicon. As ...
