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Inside the Big Issue: Sir Chris Hoy
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Chris Hoy

‘We can underestimate what we’re capable of dealing with,’ Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy tells us. More in this week’s Big Issue.

Healthier lives were Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. 2026’s games must raise that bar
Steven Mackenzie

Healthier lives were Glasgow’s 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. 2026’s games must raise that bar

Sporting and cultural events transform cities, but we must make sure their legacy benefits all

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all 
Music

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all 

Glasgow Library of Synthesised Sound is demystifying the geekiest of instruments

Central Station is Glasgow’s beating heart. It’s chilling to think we nearly lost it
Opinion

Central Station is Glasgow’s beating heart. It’s chilling to think we nearly lost it

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

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Inside the Big Issue: Power to the people
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Power to the people

The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures
Fiction

The Cut Up by Louise Welsh review: slippery and morally dubious adventures

In pictures: Powerful new exhibition captures the eerie loneliness of deserted places
Photography

In pictures: Powerful new exhibition captures the eerie loneliness of deserted places

Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future
Art

Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future

Glasgow institution Citizens Theatre reopens after a seven-year intermission
Theatre

Glasgow institution Citizens Theatre reopens after a seven-year intermission

Glasgow council knew this building was dangerous for years. Its collapse left people homeless
Homelessness

Glasgow council knew this building was dangerous for years. Its collapse left people homeless

Frenetic, angry and urgent: Kneecap show they’ve no intention of shutting up during Glasgow show
Kneecap

Frenetic, angry and urgent: Kneecap show they’ve no intention of shutting up during Glasgow show

This women’s library just became a ‘library of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers
Libraries

This women’s library just became a ‘library of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head
Music

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head

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

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

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
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’

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

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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
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