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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Exhibiting PINCH »

PINCH at Studio 41

This year’s International Women’s Month has certainly been a controversial one. As a national outcry erupted over sexist remarks made at the annual Glasgow University Union (GUU) Ancients, many feminist voices in Glasgow have been left tend...

Mon 18 Mar 2013 by Ailsa Clark | Read more »

A prize example »

Roman Nose at the SAMAs

The Scottish Alternative Music Awards, now in its fourth year, celebrated its latest instalment at The Garage last weekend, providing a sold out Friday night with a suburb blend of comedy, concert, and the best of the nation’s alternative music s...

Wed 13 Mar 2013 by Daniel Lawson | Read more »

W.H. Auden: Rake, Radical and Librettist »

W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman

Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, American newspapers and cable news networks were quick to band about the saccharine sound byte ‘Those to whom evil is done/ do evil in return.’ It’s a quotation taken from ‘September 1, ...

Wed 20 Feb 2013 by John Hewitt Jones | Read more »

Twitter is not the enemy, we are »

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It is quite astounding that in the same breath, perfectly educated people can lambast the mechanics of social media and mentally wring their hands over the disintegration of what they call 'fundamental personal freedoms to privacy' while simultaneously...

Wed 06 Feb 2013 by Olly Mace | Read more »

David Weir: seizing the moment at London 2012 »

FOUR-SOME: David Weir with his golden haul from London 2012

With the likes of Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and Sir Chris Hoy seizing their moment during their home Olympics and, in doing so, becoming national treasures, the stage was set just 19 days later for Britain’s Paralympic athletes to become national h...

Tue 22 Jan 2013 by Martin Owens | Read more »

Christmas on a closed ward »

Delivering poinsettias to every patient who could receive a flower at Christiana and Wilmington Hospitals on 24 Dec - a tradition they have carried out since 1985

Come lunchtime on Tuesday 25 December, millions of people, spanning every time zone, will answer a call - “Dinner’s ready!” With Christmas a mere two weeks away, panic is setting in for those yet to pillage the tinsel spangled stores...

Wed 12 Dec 2012 by Gemma Clark | Read more »

The reconstruction of education »

Children in Libya

“May God let the right side win,” she said, adding, “We don’t even know what the right side is.” The above quotation comes from an article published in the New York Times on Libya and the problems its teachers, students a...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Mark Gee | Read more »

Billy Kay: Six centuries of Scottish universities »

Billy Kay

If ye've a knacky son or twa, To Glasgow College send them a' Where, for the Gospel or the Law Or classic Lair, Ye'll find few places hereawa' That can compare – Glasgow poet John Mayne, celebrating the centrality of his old university to the Gl...

Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Olivia Pires | Read more »

Where is Scottish Labour going? »

Ken Macintosh MSP

Embarrassing. Historic. Theoretically unusual. Many things passed through the minds of Labour supporters in Scotland during the parliamentary elections in May. The Scottish National Party (SNP) won over the country, long a bastion of support for Labour...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Rizwaan Sabir: "Innocent until proven Muslim" »

Rizwaan Sabir

On 14 May 2008, Rizwaan Sabir was arrested and detained for seven days under the Terrorism Act. The reason: downloading an Al-Qaeda training manual — copies of which can be freely purchased from high street book stores for under £...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Olivia Pires | Read more »

Strathclyde law students go pro bono »

The Strathclyde Law Clinic team

Walking down the corridor in Strathclyde University’s Graham Hills building the blue carpet is worn and stained by the masses that traipse through it. It is ordinary and unexceptional, but behind one of the grey doors is the core of a significant revol...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Sara Warden | Read more »

Norway terrorist attacks: 'I remember his face just like it was yesterday' »

An informal memorial to the victims of the Norway terrorist attacks which claimed 77 lives

In an Edinburgh cafe, as police outside corral the opposing masses of Scottish Defence League protesters and Unite Against Fascism campaigners who have gathered on the eve of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, John tells me about a cold July day on a Norwe...

Mon 26 Sep 2011 by Olivia Pires | Read more »

The wind's pushing Scotland forward »

Offshore windfarm

In the global race to develop sustainable alternative energy sources, Scotland is among the countries currently leading the pack. With 25 per cent of Europe’s tidal power and 10 per cent of its wave energy, the Scottish renewables sector is poise...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »

AV: A closer look »

The referendum which will be presented to the British public on 5 May is one of the few opportunities in which we are able to participate directly in the democratic process. Politicians and political activists alike have seized upon the current public ...

Wed 04 May 2011 by James Turley | Read more »

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CHVRCHES

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Strathclyde appoints Lord Smith as new chancellor

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Hiatus - Parklands

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Exclusive: Cyber-attacks against Scottish universities put student data at risk

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The battle for Hampden glory