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
In 1970 the island of Papa Stour, one of the fifteen smaller inhabited isles in Shetland, made headlines by advertising in a national newspaper for […] Read More
In a recent analysis of ‘Generation Left,’ James Meadway pointed out that, with 50% of 18 – year-olds attending university, ‘education is no longer a marker of […] Read More
You find yourself commuting home from work one day. Unexpectedly, your train stops mid-tunnel. You then notice that water is seeping through the closed doors, […] Read More
Shit — imagine huge immovable mountains of the stuff, caked into the stones or rushing forth in biblical torrents. A great leveller, tramped in by […] Read More
On crossing the border at Deadwater into Scotland, the signage is surprisingly dull. Scottish Borders and the Forestry Commission offer a muted welcome in fonts that resemble Comic Sans. Turn around, however, and […] Read More