You live alone in a bedsit which is damp. You’ve stayed here for five months now, and have yet to see a single familiar face […] Read More
Professor Lindsay Paterson argues that the relative stability of the union in the nineteenth century was underpinned by a gendered understanding of society. In that […] Read More
I In the early hours of 13th November human and environmental rights defender Alessandra Munduruku’s home was invaded. Having made the case against the ongoing depredations […] Read More
Most of COP26 is spectacle: on both the inside and the outside of the official proceedings, the point is to be seen to be there. […] Read More
When I began writing these columns in July, I started out with the idea that we are living out a kind of national orphanhood – […] Read More
When delegates convene for COP26 next week they will do so in a city that is still, despite the best efforts of planners and developers, […] Read More
Attending the Job Centre once a week was always a curious ritual. I recall long waits, being handed lots of bits of paper, stares from […] Read More
Depending on who you listen to, Glasgow is either uniquely well suited to play host to COP26, or outrageously ill-prepared. Amid growing political rancour ahead […] Read More
Whatever stage of life it hit you at, the pandemic has accentuated the process of ageing. Whether you’re seventeen or seventy-one, there is a sense […] Read More
Marked by the emergence of a diverse social movement, mass political self-education, and panic at the pinnacle of the British state – the heady days […] Read More
By the end of 2021 the city of Glasgow will become shorthand for a landmark moment in human history; one way or another. As things […] Read More