4th March 2024
What happened in the final minutes of Scotland vs. France – and what does it mean for the future of World Rugby? The clock turns red at Murrayfield. A whistle, and the TMO gesture given by the referee.67,000 fans, with breath baited; heads turned to the screens at either end of the pitch.The score stands ...
28th February 2024
Rose Glass’ Sundance stunner graces Glasgow screens for it’s UK premiere. Humans are scared of the dark because we’re scared of what could be hiding there, of the horror our imagination cooks up for us; conversely, we’re scared of ourselves, of what we can become. Enter Albuquerque, New Mexico; flat plains under a dusty sky ...
27th February 2024
The best-selling author on imposter syndrome, writing villains, and declaring love. In the middle of Emily Henry’s Book Lovers we find the following line: “I return to work and Libby turns her focus to a Mhairi McFarlane novel, gasping and laughing so regularly and loudly that, finally, Charlie’s gruff voice calls from the other room, ...
24th January 2024
The Scottish artist offers insight into his book-cover paintings through a collection of artist’s notes. Sometimes text can feel stifling next to art, like overwritten exhibition labels—or, at the other end of the scale, too overly-simplified to spark any interest. The writings accompanying Andrew Cranston’s paintings in his new book Never a Joiner fall into ...
11th January 2024
Scotland manager, Steve Clarke, faces some tough decisions in preparation for Scotland kicking off the 2024 European Championships next summer. Despite conceding 14 goals in our last five games (none of which mattered, right?) we are on our way to Germany. Now comes half a year of anxiety and excitement for the upcoming European Championships. ...
11th January 2024
In a year full of historic events and incredible achievements, the world of sport provided twists and turns in 2023 as athletes put on their best performances in preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games this year. The Australian Open kicked the year off in January as Novak Djokovic claimed the men’s singles title, his tenth ...
2nd December 2023
The Glasgow Guardian reports on the three activists from Palestine Action who stood trial last week following the destruction of £1.5 million worth of equipment at the Thales Group factory in Glasgow last year. On 11 July 2022, members of Palestine Action occupied and dismantled the Thales Group factory in the south of Glasgow. Thales ...
26th November 2023
In her exhibition A Quiet Fire at Tramway, Billie Zangewa invites us into her world through intricate hand-stitched works Displayed just beyond the entrance to A Quiet Fire, an exhibition of Billie Zangewa’s work at Tramway, is a large self-portrait work commissioned by the gallery. Reclined in a pose that recalls the traditional female nude ...
23rd November 2023
Writer Rosie Park (another RP), explores the nuances of verbal classism in the UK; the entrenchment of class into British and Irish accents and the (justified?) Celtic prejudice against the widely renowned RP accent. Before moving to Glasgow from Belfast, my Northern Irish accent rarely crossed my mind. Freshers’ week, however, quickly brought my accent ...
3rd November 2023
As they pursue qualification for the 2025 World Cup, the Scottish women made history as they battled it out with Ireland in their first One Day International match in 20 years. 17 October 2023 etched its place into Scottish cricket history when the Scotland women’s cricket team played their first-ever One Day International (ODI) match ...
