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Arika Festival »

American multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter

Following the success of last year’s music and film events INSTAL and Kill Your Timid Notion, fine purveyors of experimentalism Arika have returned to Glasgow for an ‘extended festival’ taking place across two weekends in April and Ma...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Ailsa Clark | Read more »

Booze and academia - fostering academic communities among students »

Pub quiz

At the beginning of this semester I went to a cinema with my tutorial group to watch a screening of Lincoln, the Oscar award-winning film. We gathered at the cinema bar before the film and got to know each other better. After the film, we went for anot...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Jon Vrushi | Read more »

Pound, Euro or Bawbee? »

Bank of Scotland

The debate over independence threatens to be bogged down in speculation about how the economic system will adapt rather than whether a constitutionally independent Scotland will deliver better outcomes for Scots than the Union. Within this wider debat...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Prof Catherine R. Schenk | Read more »

Yes Scotland - The Economy »

Yes Scotland campaigners at Glasgow Uni on mock independence referendum polling day

To quote the renowned economists on the Fiscal Commission Working Group: "By international standards, Scotland is a wealthy and productive country."So it still surprises me when people ask, ‘but what has Scotland got?’ Students across Edin...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Blair Jenkins | Read more »

Better Together - The Economy »

Alistair Darling

I believe that we are better together with our friends, families and workmates from across the United Kingdom. Our companies and businesses sell more goods to England, Wales and Northern Ireland than we do to all the other countries in the world combin...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Alistair Darling | Read more »

Glasvegas »

Glasvegas

After the highs of selling more than 300,000 copies of their first record and the lows of being dropped after their second, Glasvegas are back and lead guitarist Rab Allan speaks to The Journal about their new album and tour plans. The Journal: Your t...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Martin Owens | Read more »

Dissecting BBC Panorama's North Korea coverage »

Pyongyang

‘North Korea Undercover’, the latest episode of the BBC’s investigative programme Panorama, reflects the wider problem with the tone of coverage of the Korea crisis: an obsession of our western media with reporting the general backwar...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by John Steel | Read more »

If at first you don't succeed... »

Things can only get better. It’s worrying how just one sentence can conjure up an image of New Labour so quickly. That aside, its an aphorism that the British have relied upon for quite some time. The cuts, austerity, the economy, state funerals,...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Jamie Timson | Read more »

The many ways to peel an orange »

As a student, you often come into contact with a variety of different people, often offering a variety of different services. This is no more so the case than during the exam period, when all normality goes out of the window, and vast conversations can...

Thu 25 Apr 2013 by Edinburgh Anonymous | Read more »

Editorial: Finding a voice »

It’s been an interesting year to be a student journalist in Edinburgh. The Journal has been confronted with a melee of stories to report on, ranging from intriguing exposés to the more quotidian; from censorship scandals to chip portions ...

Wed 24 Apr 2013 by The Journal | Read more »

Here we stand again »

Fratellis

After announcing their split three years ago The Fratellis are back, bringing their irresistibly catchy tunes back with them. The band first came together back in 2005 after Jon, Baz and Mince met in a music shop, each looking for band members. &ldquo...

Sun 21 Apr 2013 by Martin Owens | Read more »

Tectonics Festival »

Ilan Volkov and his electric harp

It’s nearly festival season once again and if, like many Glaswegians, three days in a field with 80,000 Tennents-soaked bams in isn’t quite your cup of tea and, alas, the more exotic prospects of Sonar or Exit are slightly out of your pric...

Sat 20 Apr 2013 by Ailsa Clark | Read more »

Deconstructing political beliefs and football »

Paolo Di Canio

Paolo Di Canio remains to this day a cult hero in the eyes of the Irriducibili — one of Lazio’s numerous ultra-sections — both for his talents on the football field and his persistent, if tenuous, links with the fa...

Tue 02 Apr 2013 by Michael Mawdsley | Read more »

Fight against campus devaluation of women »

Kelley Temple, women's officer, NUS

I got involved in my student politics because I was sick of women’s contributions being devalued in my students’ association. I was bored of seeing it in wider politics and tired of the way women’s liberation gets sidelined when women...

Thu 28 Mar 2013 by Kelley Temple | Read more »

Escaping the disorder »

Living with depression continues to stigmatise

The sadness in his eyes; his handshake more limp than you would expect from a man of his build. It’s difficult to believe that this is the same person once renowned for his ability to light up a bar on karaoke night. “It’s good to se...

Wed 27 Mar 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Climate change policy in Scotland »

The Scottish Government is considering climate change policy as an integral part of the Scottish Constitution, which would be Scotland’s main official document if independence is achieved. Other countries such as India, Poland and Argentina also ...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Jon Vrushi | Read more »

Energy and Independence »

North Sea oil rig

It is forty years ago since the rallying cry was first heard: ‘It’s Scotland’s Oil!' What a very different energy world it is today and how odd such a cry would sound now. Amid all of the talk of independence, the global energy landsc...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Peter Cameron | Read more »

Talk to Angels »

A lot of bands have a vast repertoire of interesting stories — from how they met to the night they trashed their hotel room or went on a 48-hour bender — but few could live up to the tale of Talk to Angels, an unbelievable tale of...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Sean McGowan | Read more »

Scottish government names independence referendum date »

Scots will vote on Scottish independence on Thursday 18 September 2014

First minister Alex Salmond has announced the historic Scottish independence referendum will be held on Thursday 18 September 2014. The SNP leader revealed the date as the Scottish government introduced draft legislation before the Scottish Parliament...

Thu 21 Mar 2013 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

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