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Glasgow Girls

Glasgow Girls is an unexpectedly moving and poignant musical, and a necessary heart warmer to the bitter weather and political climate. Glasgow Girls follows the true story of six teenage girls, Roza (Sophia Lewis), Agnessa (Chiara Sparkles), Ewelina (Stephanie McGregor), Amal (Aryana Ramakhalawon), Jennifer (Shannon Swan), and Emma (Kara Swinney) growing up together in Glasgow, living […]

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Culture Literature

Forever Words

Forever Words is a beautiful and loving tribute to the late Johnny Cash. It uncovers the reality behind the familiar and famous image of the ‘Man in Black’, revealing the funny wholly human man behind the persona.  If anyone is timeless it is Johnny Cash – over ten years after his death and 2,000 published songs […]

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Culture Literature

White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society

White Privilege for Dummies would perhaps have been a more appropriate title for Kalwant Bhopal’s study on white privilege. More fitting, at least, than The Myth of a Post-Racial Society, which makes it sound as though Bhopal’s work enlists a cutting edge and insightful angle on the issues of white privilege in the UK and […]

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EUSC’s Romeo and Juliet

It was a brave decision for the University Shakespeare Company to perform the unabridged version of Romeo and Juliet, and it is commendable that the entire cast were fully committed to bringing Shakespeare’s classic dramatic tragedy in it’s undiluted form, to the stage. It was a well-rehearsed and slick performance. However there were a few […]

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Culture Literature

The Hoarse Oaths of Fife

Chris Moore’s The Hoarse Oath of Fife tells the story of Kenny, a veteran of the First World War, who relives his harrowing experiences at the Battle of Loos. His story is told through the eyes of the narrator dubbed ‘College’, a student at St Andrews, for which Kenny affectionately mocks him. The relationship between […]