Noel Gallagher shows ignorance and greed of rich
In this economic climate, you get very little for free and when you do, you don’t expect to be heckled for it by a millionaire. Residents of flats facing Custom House Square in Belfast were barraged...
View ArticleReview: The Revolution will be Televised
The Revolution Will Be Televised is the new comedy series on BBC3 which brings the issues of “corruption, greed, and hypocrisy” straight to viewers’ screens. Targeting bankers, politicians and...
View ArticleDallas is back – but who wants it?
As the new series of US television show ‘Dallas’ arrives on Channel 5 this evening, it raises questions about its contemporary relevance. The series initially ran from 1978-1991 and was cancelled due...
View ArticleCapitalism Kills…Art
In a society that only values things that are financially profitable, what room is there for freely expressed, organic, honest creativity? The market systems which grip today’s culture put a...
View ArticleSavile
For the past month the news headlines have been dominated by allegations of child abuse against Jimmy Savile. As a result of the allegations various institutions have came under suspicion regarding...
View Article“I am a Glasgow Girl”
“I am a Glasgow Girl”. The message emblazoned on the badges of a vast chunk of those crammed into the foyer of The Citizen’s Theatre Glasgow, and rightly so. I was fortunate enough to be privy to the...
View ArticleReview: 2050 Flashback – The System Changes
In November 2011, the Embros Theatre in the Psiri district of Athens was reopened by a collective of artists frustrated that such a valuable resources was being left to decay. Ran as a radical arts...
View ArticleSpirit of Revolt: A Review
“We say that any culture that is not driven by social justice is a sick, shallow and worthless culture. It is this city of defiance that is the face of Glasgow.” (The Glasgow Keelie, 1990) The Mitchell...
View ArticleFilm Review: Zero Dark Thirty
“Zero Dark Thirty” (ZDT) is the best of Hollywood, and the worst of Hollywood. As an action packed thriller it is gripping, but as a supposedly liberal film it is very questionable in its depiction of...
View ArticleReview: Growing Up Poor
Growing Up Poor is a two-part documentary following the lives of six young British people who are all living on less than £10 per day. There are up to 300,000 young people who are living in the same...
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