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Dozens use UK's first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but 'barriers' still remain
a handful of syringed in packets on top of a blue face covering
Drugs

Dozens use UK's first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but 'barriers' still remain

Invasive media could be putting drug users off using the space, posing risks for them and the community, a councillor has warned
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'
Letter To My Younger Self

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'

Inside the UK's first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths
a handful of syringed in packets on top of a blue face covering
Drugs

Inside the UK's first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths

Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room
Drugs

Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'
Music

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
Jazz performing
Glasgow International Jazz Festival

Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town

Maggie & Me author Damian Barr: 'Today's Tories are far beyond Thatcher's darkest dreams'
Theatre

Maggie & Me author Damian Barr: 'Today's Tories are far beyond Thatcher's darkest dreams'

Olivia Rodrigo GUTS World Tour review – the voice of Gen Z girlhood makes it looks easy
Olivia Rodrigo performs live at the 3 Arena on 30 April, 2024 in Dublin
Music

Olivia Rodrigo GUTS World Tour review – the voice of Gen Z girlhood makes it looks easy

No one wants to host 2026 Commonwealth Games. What if Glasgow had another go? 
Paul McNamee

No one wants to host 2026 Commonwealth Games. What if Glasgow had another go? 

The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh? Glasgow's beauty is not overt, but subtle and beguiling
The Glasgow studio of the Duke of Wellington
Robin Ince

The difference between Glasgow and Edinburgh? Glasgow's beauty is not overt, but subtle and beguiling

'Lonely and expensive': London is becoming less 'liveable' than other European cities, study finds
Cities

'Lonely and expensive': London is becoming less 'liveable' than other European cities, study finds

'Scandalous': Charity that delivers essential supplies to older people faces closure after funding blow
Social Justice

'Scandalous': Charity that delivers essential supplies to older people faces closure after funding blow

There's a letting agency actually trying to fix the housing crisis. Here’s how
Homes for Good, Glasgow housing
Housing

There's a letting agency actually trying to fix the housing crisis. Here’s how

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'
Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth by Stuart Braithwaite is out now
Books

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'

These walking tours with a twist let homeless people show you their city
Invisible Cities, walking tours
Cities

These walking tours with a twist let homeless people show you their city

Denise Mina: 'Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do'
Letter to my Younger Self

Denise Mina: 'Writing is a compulsion. It’s not really something you choose to do'

River Clyde by Simone Buchholz review: A daring, original crime story
Book review

River Clyde by Simone Buchholz review: A daring, original crime story

Glasgow's historic buildings have been neglected - but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past
Paul Sweeney

Glasgow's historic buildings have been neglected - but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past

'Go away': COP26 projectionist gets really fed-up with anti-fracking activists' stunt
Activism

'Go away': COP26 projectionist gets really fed-up with anti-fracking activists' stunt

American journalists covering COP26 are confusing Edinburgh and Glasgow and the internet is having a ball
Map with arrows highlighting Edinburgh and Glasgow
Environment

American journalists covering COP26 are confusing Edinburgh and Glasgow and the internet is having a ball

Pensioners are channelling their inner Banksy to fend off social isolation
Graffiti Grandparents
Art

Pensioners are channelling their inner Banksy to fend off social isolation

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Hospice patients savour virtual art tour from the other side of the world
Art

Hospice patients savour virtual art tour from the other side of the world

Blind ex-Big Issue vendor to open second art exhibition in Glasgow
Art

Blind ex-Big Issue vendor to open second art exhibition in Glasgow

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