11th September 2023
A quick run-down of the best pubs in the West End. So you’re new to Glasgow and are wondering, where are the perfect pubs in the west end for us students? Where can I go for a few chill pints with flatmates, a date night, a cheap scran, or even to take it a wee ...
22nd November 2022
Councillor Holly Bruce’s motion includes the addition of lighting in Kelvingrove Park and hopes to expand public transportation. Greenspace Scotland and Glasgow City Council have began discussions on adding lighting and other safety measures to Kelvingrove Park as a part of Councillor Holly Bruce’s feminist city planning motion. Councillor Bruce’s motion amends the City Development ...
18th October 2022
The Scotsman Group, formerly known as the G1 Group, has purchased the Òran Mór located on Byres Road in Glasgow. The company is a Glasgow-based hospitality group owned by Stefan King, which has acquired various businesses across Scotland overtime. Its portfolio includes the Scotsman Hotel in city centre Edinburgh as well as the Hillhead Bookclub ...
20th September 2022
Is it worth venturing out of the West End bubble for a wee culture trip? Martin Mullaney investigates… I was in my first year of secondary school when the Burrell Collection closed. Now, after six years and many protracted renovations, the famed Southside museum is back in business. It would be wrong to describe the ...
15th September 2021
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Jamie Byrne suggests his top five watering holes for students As the enormous wave of thirsty students return to the bustling streets of Glasgow’s West End, it is a necessity for all new students to get to terms with their local watering holes. Generation after generation of students have had a major impact ...
23rd February 2021
University states it expects students to follow the rules and will use “disciplinary measures when necessary”. Data released by Police Scotland reveals that the West End has had the most police callouts and penalties for house parties in Scotland. Between 28 August 2020, when the police were first given the power to break up parties, ...
2nd February 2021
Council previously blocked plans to install statue outside Oran Mor. The campaign to install a statue of Billy Connolly in the West End has refired. The statue by sculptor David Annan, entitled The Patter, was commissioned by businessman and supporter of the arts Colin Beattie a decade ago. It depicts comic Chic Murray and Billy ...
16th December 2020
Views columnist Rachel reflects on re-discovering a sense of community spirit during the pandemic. I decided to move back to my hometown during lockdown, rather than continuing to rent near the University. Living in Glasgow’s west end, I hadn’t become involved in anything going on around me or made any friends who lived nearby, and ...
