WEEKLY WANKER #078: THE ICON AWARDS
Emerging from nowhere back in 2015 and almost instantly engulfed in controversy, the Icon Awards are/were a big swanky reception and awards ceremony pitched at the LGBTI+ community. Since […]
WEEKLY WANKER #077: SERCO
Serco are famously the biggest company you’ve never heard of – the outsourcing giant who run everything from HMP Kilmarnock to our nuclear deterrent (well, one-third of it), the Orkney […]
SDL Fail to Make a Breakthrough in Glasgow (Again)
Today’s Glasgow demo by the Scottish Defence League felt like it was going to be a make or break moment for the group, more than two years after their last […]
Pride Glasgow’s fence needs to come down for good
Every year since I’ve been a child, I’ve gone to Glasgow Pride and every year it’s been bigger than the year before. After weeks of unglaswegian weather, last Saturday was […]
Dialling Up Pressure: Better Protection for Call Centre Workers Beyond Mental Health Awareness Week
Guest post by Daniel Morrow [CONTENT WARNING: discussions of suicide] As part of the recent Mental Health Awareness Week, Virgin Media – which employs approximately 14,000 call centre staff […]
Amended: G1 Not Involved With New Arches Venture
CORRECTION Yesterday we published an article about the re-opening of The Arches in Glasgow, inferring that the G1 Group were partly behind a new Innis and Gunn bar and brewery […]
With Glasgow Facing an HIV Crisis, the Media Need to Stop Stigmatising Drug Users
Guest post by Daniel Morrow Sensationalism in some of the tabloid press in the UK is hardly a recent phenomenon, with much of their reputation built on vilifying marginalised groups […]
