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contents GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL. Europe’s largest comedy festival returns for its 15th year 4

DUTCH UNCLES. We caught up with

A CHAT WITH ASHLEY STORRIE.

GIGS OF MONTH. All the best gigs in Edinburgh and Glasgow this month

Ahead of her festival gig

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the English indie pop quartet before they come to Glasgow later this month 24 26

at the impact fake news is having

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WHAT’S ON IN EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. All of March’s highlights

NHC PICK OF THE MONTH. Check out who New Hellfire Club named their pick of the month 27

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FAKE NEWS IS A REAL THREAT. A look

TREAT THE MAW This mother’s day with

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Club Set To Get Edinburgh Bouncing Again 17

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POTM: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Our predictions for this month’s Blockbuster 32

INTERVIEW WITH HUGH JACKMAN. 18

6 MUSIC FESTIVAL. Everything you need to know about the 6 Music Festival coming to Glasgow

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WIN WIN WIN WIN The Glasgow Live International Comedy Festival returns from 9 – 26 March 2017, promising more laughs than ever before. Headline acts in the star studded programme include Al Murray, Miles Jupp, Jimmy Carr, Omid Djalili, Stewart Lee, Sue Perkins, Russell Howard, Frankie Boyle and Henning Wehn. To celebrate, GLICF and The Student Advertiser are giving away a pair of Omid Djalili, Reginald D. Hunter and Miles Jupp tickets to three lucky readers.

Omid Djalili – Schmuck for a Night King’s Theatre – Sunday 19 March 7.30pm

Award winning comedian and actor Omid Djalili known for his legendary Edinburgh Festival performances is returning to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival!

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Intelligent, sometimes provocative and always entertaining, his stand-up is a hugely energetic and captivating comedy masterclass. His credits range from Hollywood to television and the West End stage. Earning praise across the world for his performances Omid recently starred in Dickensian (BBC1), Lucky Man (Sky1) and Going Forward (BBC4) with Jo Brand.

Europe’s LARGEST Comedy Festival Returns This Month For Its 15th Year

Europe’s largest comedy festival celebrates its 15th anniversary this month with its most star-studded line-up to date as plenty of household names and talented newcomers are set to perform at over 470 shows across Glasgow.

The Glasgow Live International Comedy Festival (GLICF) returns from 9 – 26 March and has revealed its packed programme featuring performances from Jimmy Carr, Al Murray, Russel Howard, Sue Perkins, Frankie Boyle (and Friends), Omid Djalili, Bridget Christie, Reg D Hunter and some of the biggest acts currently performing on the UK circuit including Richard Herring, John Shuttleworth, Josie Long, Simon Munnery and David O’Doherty.

Aside from these high-profile names, the festival will also showcase some of the finest local talent with Fred MacAulay, Des Clarke, Craig Hill, Susan Calman, Mark Nelson, Janey Godley, Iain Connell and Robert Florence confirmed to perform, alongside the cream of international humour as Greg Proops, Hailey Boyle, John Hastings, Rich Hall, Tony Law and Abigoliah Schamaun head to the city and

sell-out showcase America Stands Up! introduces some of the most exciting comedians working in the States right now.

The festival is known as a great opportunity for rising talent to cut their teeth and performers to watch out for this year include Richard Gadd, Fern Brady, Darren Connell, Ashley Storrie, Scott Gibson, Larry Dean, Scott Agnew and Jamie Dalgleish. Also, make sure to check out CHUNKStival at new venue McPhabbs, where the best alternative comedy shows will take place.

Other highlights from the eighteenday festival – which takes in everything from stand up to sketches, theatre, film, magic and pub quizzes – include Taggart’s Alex Norton making his solo debut at the Citizens Theatre; West End stars the Reduced Shakespeare Company bringing William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) to the King’s Theatre; Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan making a triumphant return with Off The Bawl; acclaimed journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson’s Psychopath Night; a rehearsed reading with live music of Ian Auld and Willy Maley’s The Lions of Lisbon at another new GLICF venue, Barras Art And Design.

Councillor Frank McAveety, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, said: “Some of the biggest names in comedy have graced the stages of the Glasgow Live International Comedy Festival over the years and the calibre of this year’s programme is again a strong reflection of this – it’s diverse, bold and packed with an eclectic mix of top performers from the UK and internationally.”

Events take place at over 50 venues in the city every day, tickets are on sale now at www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com.

Which BBC1 show did Omid recently star in?

A) Sherlock B) Casualty C) Dickensian For more information, and to buy tickets, visit www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

Some People v. Reginald D. Hunter King’s Theatre – Friday 24 March 7.30pm

Reginald D Hunter is delighted to return to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival with his highly anticipated new show. During the 15 years in which he has lived in the UK, Reginald’s searingly honest material has garnered him a popular fanbase that spans the generations.

He is a well-known face on primetime television and presented the hugely popular three-part BBC2 series Reginald D Hunter’s Songs Of The South. In the past 12 months, he has appeared in a critically acclaimed tour of Ireland as well as performing across Europe.

What was Reginald’s popular BBC2 Series called?

A) Songs Of The South B) Songs Of The West C) Songs Of The North For more information, and to buy tickets, visit www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

Miles Jupp: Songs of Freedom King’s Theatre – Tuesday 21 March 7.30pm

Astronauts. Regrets. The sexes. Social Media. Hipsters. Poo. Rage.

Medicine. Manners. Identity. Lost stuff. Other stuff.

Miles Jupp, (stand-up, actor, writer, thinker, father, husband, worrier, fool, star of Rev. and host of The News Quiz) hits the road in a freshly-ironed shirt and some robust trousers and tries to make some bloody sense of it all.

What topical comedy programme on BBC Radio 4 does Miles Jupp host?

A) The Alternative News B) The News Quiz C) That’s Not News For more information, and to buy tickets, visit www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

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Quick Fire Round Where are you right now?

In my room What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you?

Chris Evans (who I’d never met but just happened to be in the same bar as me) was waving at a person behind me and I for some reason thought he was going for a high five, I gave him a violent high five and scared him… it was mortifying.

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Can you remember your last dream?

I was on a cruise with Larry David and we were having an intense but tender relationship, it’s a recurring dream… I don’t know what it means.

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What’s your favourite movie?

I don’t have one!!! My favourite TV show is Psych, I like it more than Game of Thrones, I’m on my fifth rewatch of it.

Catch her at Blackfriars Basement on Saturday 18 March CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE TIME WHEN YOU DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO DO STAND-UP? In my early 20’s I was very lost. I’d had a lot of false starts career-wise and I didn’t know what I wanted to be ‘when I grew up’. My mother is a comedian so I spent a lot of time around stand-ups but I used to joke that I didn’t hate myself enough to do comedy. I had a deep-seated fear of failure but then I think I failed at nearly everything I tried to some extent! When I realised that nothing is ever perfect and the only thing holding me back was fear of failing, I thought I might as well give it a try. So, my mum found me a gig where I could do a five-minute unpaid spot. My best friend was supposed to wave a light at me after 5 minutes but she forgot… I did 15 mins (NEVER DO THAT) of OK comedy and the booker ended up paying me. People laughed, not necessarily at my jokes, but they laughed.

BEING FROM SCOTLAND, HOW DO YOU THINK THE COMEDY SCENE HERE DIFFERS FROM ELSEWHERE? We have a small number of clubs and an even smaller number of media outlets so we have fewer opportunities which means we try harder. The open spots in Scotland are far more polished and competitive than the open spots in London because they have to be.

YOU SEEM TO UTILISE YOUTUBE WELL: DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT’S A GOOD PLATFORM FOR COMEDY? DO YOU TRY

YOUR BEST TO AVOID THE DRAMA ON IT? I am a YouTube NERD – I’ve been watching YouTubers like Philip DeFranco for ten years.

I’ve always wanted to put content online and join in with the conversation but never had the confidence until lately.

I think it’s an amazing platform and I’m so glad I’m starting to find my feet on it.

I’d love to see a channel like Facts in Ireland (they make the ‘Irish people try…’ videos) open in Scotland and do what they’ve done for new comedians. They’ve given comics like George Fox and David Reilley a boost on social media and a platform to showcase themselves, putting regional voices online and proving that they get hits in the millions.

As for Drama, I don’t get involved any more, I take the Aaron Burr approach to life “Talk less, smile more, don’t let them know who you’re against or who you’re for… you keep out of trouble and you double your choices”… incase you didn’t know I also LOVE HAMILTON (the musical, not the town).

CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOUR SHOW, FULL FRONTAL STORRIE, AT BLACKFRIARS BASEMENT FOR THIS YEAR’S COMEDY FESTIVAL? It’s tough writing a new show every year that reflects your real life, because my life mainly involves playing video games and learning Hamilton songs off by heart, and nobody really finds my impersonations of the hookers from Grand Theft Auto all that

funny… I wanted to talk about my dad, my relationship with him but I couldn’t find a jumping point… then we had a fight over Christmas, he was so badly behaved and I was convinced I’d never speak to him again… and then I told the story on stage and people HOWLED with laughter and I realised he’d given me the greatest gift of all, the bones for my 2017 comedy show.

So my dad features heavily, I also really like to talk about sex (that was a weird segue). I feel like a lot of women my age who aren’t married, who aren’t in settled relationships and who are still trying to find themselves sexually can relate to my anxieties and mishaps when it comes to the bedroom… so there’ll be some of that.

YOU’VE DISCUSSED OFFENSIVE COMEDY BEFORE, HAS THIS CHANGED AT ALL WITH THE RISE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS? WHAT’S THE MOST OFFENSIVE JOKE YOU’VE EVER TOLD? My mind is always changing on this subject, I still kind of hold with the idea that if you’re talking about a personal experience then people really shouldn’t get offended. I talk about child abuse, I grew up in a family deeply affected by child abuse, I’m related to men who abused the children in my family… So my perspective on that subject is an honest one, one that’s well informed and I feel that as long as your jokes are coming from an honest well informed place then “offensive” shouldn’t really come into it.

Last year I spoke in my show about how I

was afraid of being raped and how I took a rape lock to T in the Park for my tent, I guess on paper that’s a “rape joke” but it’s one a lot of women can relate to and it’s honest. I missed the 1975 set because I was stuck in my tent (I left the key for my rape lock outside). My point being context is everything, context and truth. In a world of misinformation, political correctness is the least of our worries.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A WOMAN IN A PREDOMINATELY MALE HEAVY SCENE? It doesn’t bother me as much as it probably should. I went to film school where I was one of only two girls in a class of 30, I grew up in a family of sons and uncles… I went to an all girls school where I was perceived by my peers as being ‘masculine’ so I find comfort in the company of men. I’ve found that men tend to tell you what they think of you socially, whereas women tend to pretend to like you out of politeness.

WHAT COMEDIANS DO YOU LOOK UP TO? Roisin Conaty – She was one of the first female comedians who said things that directly related to my life and I was blown away. My Mum (Janey Godley) for just kicking down every door and throwing stones at every glass ceiling so that my generation didn’t have to. Billy Connolly – I had Pizza with him once, before I was a stand up and he told me I was funny and should try comedy.

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Fake News is a REAL THREAT The 22nd of February was much like any other day on social media. Everyone’s Facebook was smothered in posts about the latest celebrity gossip, mutual friend pregnancies and cute pics of dogs.

However, there was one piece of content that seemed to be apparent no matter your age, gender or interests.

Depicting a woman being verbally assaulted by a van driver before she gets revenge by ripping the motorist’s wing mirror off, the viral footage made headlines all over the UK. Everyone was commenting on it, calling the woman everything from brave to unstable to insane. However, there was one similarity in all of these pieces: nobody checked if it was real.

Countless reports of the event were presented as hard fact despite not quoting a source. The Sun, The Mirror, Mail Online and The Huffington Post were the main culprits of this. This displays a problem that is rampant in journalism where news organisations prioritise clicks over quality. Example? Look no further than the aforementioned Sun who updated their headline with “but was it real” to save face. This has acted as a catalyst to a worldwide epidemic going by the name of ‘Fake News’.

Before discussing how it has a negative impact on news and the public in general, first we need to clearly outline what fake news is. The phenomena can be described as similar to propaganda. For those who don’t know, this is information which is knowingly fake or bias in nature. This is nothing new especially in terms of politics where its origins can be traced back centuries ago. There are countless cases of this, with World War II and American propaganda to raise morale and set the nation against the Nazis being one of the most famous examples.

While the two are similar, fake news and propaganda differ in some vital ways.

Firstly, propaganda is usually perpetuated by large groups, most notably governments and the state. This is in order to keep control of or influence a large audience.

Fake news on the other hand seems to be particularly instigated by smaller groups who all seem to have different intentions.

NASTY NEWS The most obvious intent is malicious, as shown disgracefully during the US election last year. As Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton went head to head over who would succeed Barrack Obama, multiple stories arose. These shone both candidates in various lights though sadly, nearly all of the

following headlines were fabricated. On one hand, there was the DailyPresser article that reported that Pope Francis was backing Trump. On the Democrat side of things, a post claimed that Hilary Clinton blamed racism for the death of Harambe.

It wasn’t until Trump was elected President that many witnessed their first use of fake news. During his first press conference, the POTUS used the term repeatedly.

This hasn’t stopped Trump himself from spreading fake news stories himself.

There was “Kuwait issues its own Trumpesque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries” which was proved to be false.

Fake news, while perpetuated by small websites built to generate ad revenue, is still very toxic especially when officials such as Trump and UKIP MEP Jane Collins, who claimed ‘hundreds’ of illegal immigrants arrive in UK each week, quote non existent sources to suit their own agendas.

BAN THE BADDIES? The relationship between the media and Trump has become even more complicated due to this. His behaviour threatens to damage democracy as he has banned various outlets from attending White House briefings. Amongst these outlets are The Guardian and Daily Mail and, notably, the BBC. The UK juggernaut was named “fake news” by none other than Donald Trump’s assistant. It’s not just Britain who has been insulted with this term though: American outlets like CNN and The New York Times have also been barred for allegedly feeding into the Fake News frenzy.

However, Trump’s constant use of the term has led to him changing the definition from “intentional hoaxes and misleading” to whatever doesn’t suit his agenda.

A female cyclist gets revenge on a catcalling van driver. But not all was as it seemed.

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led media seem to give is the way CNN Brian Stelter retweeted a video without checking the source. The video in question was the Delta Airlines controversy which saw a man and his friends ejected from a plane for apparently speaking another language. It was soon revealed though that the man in question was a famous YouTube prankster. This proved Stelter to be hypocritical after his claims that all journalists should triple check their sources.

However, a quick Google search will result in countless videos displaying both Trump and follies blatantly lying for everyone to see. A notable example has to be when a republican lawmaker Trent Franks said in an interview with CNN that immigrants are bringing nukes into the country, disguised under a bale of marijuana. As you can expect, the claim, which came with no sources, was quickly laughed off. The host replied with statistics that Obama had deported more immigrants than any other Republican president, totally debunking claims that Trump was left having to deal with the mess that the Democrats had left.

SERIOUS VS SATIRE A victim of this malicious intent, however, is comedy, in the case of satirical sites like The Onion. Best known for funny headlines such as “Surgically Altered Obama Doubles Struggling To Find Work After Presidency”, the comedic site has consistently had to defend itself after finding itself painted with the fake news brush.

Many unaware members of the public share their articles as legitimate sources of news. This is despite the fact The Onion as well as similar satirical sites have made it clear they are not. Just a glance at the information on The Onion’s About Us page is enough to show this. Here they claim that the website has a daily readership of 4.3 trillion. Then there’s the serious declarations such as “The First Amendment protects satire as a form of free speech and expression”.

These disclaimers haven’t stopped satire from blending into this malicious intent though. A notable case of this has to be a headline from RealNewsRightNow that

The move came after Trump told a US conference: “We are fighting the fake news, it’s fake news, fake. The fake news doesn’t tell the truth. It doesn’t represent the people. They have no sources, none.

They shouldn’t be allowed to use sources that they don’t name. ‘A source said Donald Trump is a horrible human being’.

Let him say that to my face. They should put the name of the person and then you’ll see stories dry up so fast.” However, Trump fails to bring up a single example of this.

This adds to his already mucky public image of unreliability after using fake news to his own advantage during the election.

ONE RULE FOR ONE, ONE FOR ANOTHER These claims of fake news aren’t without merit but the occurrences are rare to say the least. The only example the republican

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The Onion, a satirical newspaper launched in 1988, has found itself in the cross-hairs during the fake news fiasco.

stated “U.S. to House 250,000 Syrian Refugees at Navajo, Standing Rock Indian Reservations”. If you hadn’t guessed by now, this was a subtle touch of humour. It may have been too subtle though. Donald Trump started quoting the fact as if it were true which the author Robert was unsurprisingly aghast at. “That was very unsettling,” he said. “I was, like, this is incredible.”

The Mail claimed the father of the thenhead of the Labour Party hated Britain; supporters demanded an apology. The city editor said the paper should have made it clear its accusation was comment, not fact.

HOW TO SPOT A FAKE It’s clear that fake news serves as a threat to journalism and us as a society. Now it’s time to take action so what better way to do that than spotting fake news.

One of the best ways to do so is being aware of whether or not the source is reliable. The Daily Mail, for example, have repeatedly offended with headlines that are conservative slanted such as “The Man Who Hated Britain”, a story that tried to set up Ed Miliband’s father without any evidence.

The Sun has also been found doing similar heinous acts. Most infamously is its reporting of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. Unsurprisingly this has led to Liverpool recently barring Sun journalists from reporting on matches. While the papers may report legitimately on some stories, it’s best to take these papers with a pinch of salt. Make sure to cross examine any of their articles so that you don’t end up looking like a fool.

READ FOR THE REAL STORY Another way to spot fake news is maybe a bit too obvious but it’s one that many overlook: read past the headline. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of seeing an interesting statistic or one that angers you. Without thinking, you share it, not even considering

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to read the article in its entirety. This is a great disservice though as a headline only serves to try and sum an article. It can’t possibly convey over 1,000 words in just ten.

An example is an article claiming that Sweden had banned Christmas lights to avoid offending Muslims. This was only half true as Christmas lights were indeed banned. However, this was not due to religious backlash as Elin Isaksson, coordinator at Trafikverket, told The Local “Christmas lights are usually plugged into the lampposts, and under Swedish law, Trafikverket is not allowed to give or sell power from the electric installations they own”. So not only was the Muslim angle a complete lie but Christmas lights were only banned from being plugged into the lampposts, as can be seen in the same local piece which displays some gorgeous lightworks.

FAKE IS REAL DANGER While it’s funny enough to joke about fake news, the reality is that frequently using the term is damaging. Now more than ever, our governments must be held accountable for their actions. In addition to this, the media seems to be less and less trusted due to certain outlets creating content without sources in order to further an agenda.

As CNN’s Chris Wallace put it though, attacking the media does not create jobs.

Trump’s attempt to put focus on anything other than himself is both obvious and harmful.

With the internet literally at our fingertips, it’s important to make sure that we don’t fall into this trap. Knowing how to spot it, report it and debunk it is crucial if we ever want to defeat this toxic threat. If it’s ever allowed to become the diversion that Trump and Co. want it to be, it can be summed up perfectly with one word the President loves

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The two week festival, which is still one of the largest of its kind in Europe, holds events across Edinburgh from 1-16 April and this year is inviting people to ‘Get Connected’ to science, to one another and to the global community.

The festival programme includes debates,

discussions, workshops, screenings and nights out with a scientific twist. We’d recommend checking out some of the ‘A Very Short Introduction To ..’ events at Summerhall, the ‘Chimps on Trial’ discussion on 8 April at the National Museum of Scotland, Jenna Watt’s award winning show ‘Faslane’ on 10 March at Summerhall and ‘Science Festival Lates’ at City Art Centre on 30 March.

If you’re feeling ready to add to your tattoo collection, or even better if you’re ready to get your first piece of ink, mark the occasion with a memorable visit to the Scottish Tattoo Convention.

Now in its seventh year, the event at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange welcomes World renowned tattoo artists, so if you’ve been admiring the work of a particular tattoo artist working at the event for some time now, save yourself the cost of the flight to visit them and book in with them for the convention.

Aside from offering the opportunity to be tattooed by some of the most respected artists in the industry, the International Scottish Tattoo Convention features music, entertainment, competitions and the chance to watch some of the most exciting fresh talent at work.

SIX NATIONS: SCOTLAND V ITALY 18 MAR MURRAYFIELD

SKELF BIKEPARK OPENING 31 MAR BRAIDWOOD GATE

NT CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL 22-25 MAR TRAVERSE THEATRE

Scotland will be looking for another victorious win against Italy on 18 March when the two teams meet at Murrayfield for the first of three games on “Super Saturday”.

Tickets have now sold out but you can watch the game in plenty of venues across Edinburgh, including the OX184, which has a 3am license; The Joker and The Thief, which has a surround sound system and doesn’t allow kids; The Peartree, which is showing the game on their huge outdoor screen and plenty of other locations.

The Skelf is an exciting new, free to use and non profit bike park opening in central Edinburgh on March 31st.

Located at Braidwood Gate, Dumbiedykes, the Skelf BikePark is community owned with a 1km loop of blue graded mountain bike trails and a 900 sq.m pump track, with ‘berms’ and ‘rollers’ suitable for BMXs, jump bikes, mountain bikes, scooters, skateboards, rollerblades and balance bikes.

The launch event (March 31st 12-4pm) will feature a BBQ, live music from Ali and the Ferraris, a pump track challenge and talks from some inspirational female mountain bikers.

Now in its 22nd year, the National Theatre Connections Festival continues to create opportunities for young people to experience professional theatre-making and commissions 10 new play for young people to perform.

At the Edinburgh local NT Connections festival, performers from Kirkcaldy High School, Knightswood High School, Waid Academy, Perth High School, Collision Youth Theatre, Indelible Arts and Pace Youth Theatre will be performing plays including ‘Three’ by Harriet Braun, ‘Status Update’ by Tim Etchells and Kellie Smith’s The Monstrum’ at the Traverse Theatre from 22-25 March.

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SCIENCE LATES 7 APR GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE When you’re a kid, the Glasgow Science Centre is amazing. However, when you’re an adult taking kids to the Science Centre, it’s like any other day out, a big stress-fest. You can’t fully enjoy all the exhibits and demonstrations when you’re chasing children around and making sure they don’t harm themselves in the giant hamster wheel.

However, now you’ve got the option to fully explore the Science Centre with no pesky kids

running around thanks to the Science Lates nights, which begin on 7 April with ‘Get Curious’, which features explosive demos, live shows and three floors of hands-on exhibits. Also, did we mention you can drink at the events? Let’s see how well you fare on the hamster wheel after a few. Tickets cost £15 per person and run on the first Friday of the month until September, strictly over 18s only.

SMAC NIGHT 29 MAR SLOANS It’s hard to imagine that there are people out there who actually don’t like macaroni cheese. However, let’s not talk about them, instead let’s celebrate those who love the cheesy delight. If you fall into the latter category, get yourself down to the next SMAC (Scottish Macaroni Appreciation Club) on 28 March at Sloans.

On the night you’ll “pledge allegiance to mac and cheese before the meal”, before tucking into three mac-nificent macaroni dishes and one SMAC mystery macaroni recipe. Tickets are cost £11 and are available from itison.co.uk.

GLASGOW SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 15-19 MAR The Glasgow Short Film Festival returns from 1519 March to celebrate its 10th anniversary and is marking the milestone by welcoming back some of their favourite guests and events, along with featuring brand new additions.

One event they are revisiting is ‘A Wall Is A Screen’, which first came to Glasgow during the 2015 festival. This guerrilla mobile screening takes over neglected spaces, commercial buildings and other familiar locations for 10 minutes of short film, before moving to the next location. 600

GLASGOW VINTAGE & FLEA MARKET 26 MAR BAaD Following the very positive feedback for their first event last month, the Glasgow Vintage & Flea Market is heading back to the Barras Art and Design this March.

Featuring vintage clothing, furniture, retro homewares, antiques, food stalls and other treasures, the free to attend event offers a modern approach to showcasing vintage items and with plenty of bargains on offer, it’s very unlikely you’ll go home empty-handed.

The event takes place on 26 March at BAaD, in the heart of the Barras Market.

people attended the free event back in 2015, let’s see if they can beat that figure on 18 March.

Also featuring at this year’s event is ‘When I Say Vagina’, a new programme, taking place at Joytown Grand Electric Theatre on 16 March, all about lady bits, muffins, beavers, flowers, tacos, cooches, bearded clams, honeypots, pussies, love boxes, cherries, and pink canoes. It features films exploring female body image, sexual oppression, masturbation, empowerment, social expectations and talking vaginas.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY STREET FESTIVAL 17 MAR MALONE’S Malone’s annual Saint Patrick’s Day Street Festival returns on 17 March with 10 acts performing over two stages (including Irish dancing), along with outdoor bars, food, face painting and other activities for all ages.

However, they’re not just celebrating on the 17th. The venue, which is on Sauchiehall Lane, has a Midweek St Patrick’s Day event in aid of British Heart Foundation on 15 March, followed by a ‘Pre Paddy’s Trad Session’ on the 16th, the last day of the Six Nations and live music on 18 March, finishing with a Sunday Session with music from 3pm on the 19th.

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The school’s subject departments and specialist units collaborate to provide a dynamic, fully-rounded and varied programme of specialist and cross-disciplinary postgraduate courses. Across the Business School, we endeavour to provide industry input to ensure our teaching is relevant to the business world.

Our new MSc in Data Analytics will have its first intake this year. The programme has been constructed in close consultation with relevant companies to ensure it is offering what the industry sector needs. The programme includes six miniprojects within the year-long programme where clients will come in and present a problem to the students.

Our students will investigate and pitch their solutions back to the company the following week.

Companies have already been signed up for this.

Our MSc in Business Analysis and Consulting has built up industry contacts over the years and has a successful and valued placement programme where students go through a selection process to find a three week intensive placement with the organisations on offer.

Students have found this a

very worthwhile part of the programme and in many cases it has led to full-time employment.

The Data Lab offers scholarships for both these programmes, acknowledging that there is a skills gap in the data industry which urgently needs filled.

Another example of industry involvement is Marketing Works. This is an integral part of the trio of Masters Marketing programmes – MSc Marketing, MSc International Marketing and MSc Tourism Marketing Management. Marketing Works provides students with a challenging organisation-based ‘learning in action’ opportunity to advise a company on a marketing issue, with clients benefitting from the student insights which are backed up by expert academics.

The Consulting in Practice module is an important part of the MSc in Project Management and Innovation, a programme which provides students with the skills required for managing projects conceived to bring about change and innovation in an organisation. The module involves students working on a live issue for a client organisation and, as with Marketing Works, there are mutual benefits.

Accredited by the Energy Institute, our MSc in Global Energy Management has an interactive Global Energy Forum with external energy experts coming in to share insights into, and discuss, the energy industry. The programme also offers summer projects as well as site visits.

Whatever programme is chosen, students benefit from courses which have the business world at their core, producing industry-ready graduates.

To help with tuition fees, SBS offers a substantial portfolio of full and partial scholarships to help with tuition fees, and in light of the Times Higher Award, we are delighted to announce some new additions to the scholarship list for 2017.

Visit our website for further information on our programmes and the scholarships on offer. Alternatively, on 28th March (11-12.30pm) we are hosting an MBA and Masters interactive virtual fair. The fair will be online and provide information on all aspects of studying at the triple accredited Strathclyde Business School and you will be given the opportunity to chat to admissions representatives from each of the Business School departments.

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Our 12 subject departments and specialist units collaborate to provide a dynamic, fully-rounded and innovative portfolio of specialist and cross-disciplinary postgraduate programmes.

Also, to help with tuition fees we offer a substantial portfolio of full and partial scholarships each year, and in light of our Times Higher Education “Business School of the Year” award, we are delighted to announce some new additions to the scholarship list for 2017.

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Vienna summer school programme offers a unique approach to ‘think for the future’

Registration is open for a unique course, which offers a new wave of economic thinking for those looking for an alternative to the current ‘boom and bust’ nature of the world order.

The pioneering Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems (AEMS) summer school provides an exciting opportunity to learn, debate and understand a different approach to the subject.

Held in Vienna, the heartland of the Economy for the Common Good social movement – which provides a framework for the content – the two-and-a-half week-long course attracts a broad audience including undergraduate and post graduate students, as well as people with interests and careers in politics, philosophy, economics and finance.

All teaching and associated social activities are carried out in English and last year 53 participants from 33 countries took part, collaborating, investigating and debating how economic, political, monetary and environmental factors need to be changed to be more sustainable.

Günther Jedliczka, CEO of the OeAD-Housing Office, said: “The summer school offers UK and Irish students the opportunity to head to Vienna for a truly unique experience.

“AEMS explores the economy of the future and how it can adapt to balance some of the turmoil, strains and challenges of modern life and gives those taking part the chance to build a global network of contacts for the future, enhance their CVs and study in an environment with a truly global perspective.

“At the start of the programme we look at climate change, which is a significant economic and environmental issue.

“From there, we look at alternatives to the capitalist system, where profits still count but factors such as life-work balance, ethics, sustainability and the environment count.

“The summer school also investigates how happiness and satisfaction are key drivers rather than material goods.”

The AEMS summer school takes place from July 26 to August 11, 2017.

As part of the unique student experience, OeAD is able to place students in its new, high-profile passive house student housing, giving those taking part have the opportunity to experience life in modern, sustainable environments.

The OeAD-Housing Office – which won the Austrian Climate Protection Award in 2013 and the Environmental Award of the City of Vienna in March 2015 – operates AEMS under a notfor-profit arrangement.

The cost of the course is 1390 euros. This price includes all social activities as well as accommodation in OeAD’s passive house student properties in Vienna. The cost also includes additional accommodation for participants of almost a week, enabling them to explore the city at leisure.

Students completing the AEMS summer school are awarded five ECTS points.

More details about AEMS and GBS can be found at www.summer-university.net

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MAW this mother’s day with these alternative treats in Edinburgh and Glasgow “Mother’s Day is hard when your mum deserves an island but you can only afford a candle,” have you ever heard a more accurate statement?

With our measly student budgets not quite stretching to a gorgeous private island in the middle of the Caribbean and a ‘tropical’ scented candle not nearly enough of an expression of our gratitude, it’s hard to find a middle ground that both fits our budget and shows our mums how much they mean to us.

So with that in mind, we’ve searched for a few alternative Mother’s Day ideas in Glasgow and Edinburgh. However, remember that you can show your mum some appreciation everyday: wash a couple of dishes every now and again, throw a washing on, give the house a hoover – it’s all easy and cheap!

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OCTOBER COCKTAIL MAKING CLASSES

Although we’re sure your mum would be mighty happy to receive a purse friendly selection of Lush treats for mothers day (we’d recommend the Brazened Honey mask or H’Suan Wen Hua hair treatment), if you can afford to push the boat out or are happy to chip in with your siblings, then surprise your mum with a treatment at the Lush spa.

Some people inherit their mother’s eye colour, others find they have the same laugh. However, if you’re proud to boast that your ability to handle your drink is all down to your mama, then reward her for passing on this remarkable skill on Mother’s Day with a cocktail making class at October.

For £50 you could treat your mum to 30 minutes of a localised, deep-tissue massage to help ease any knots or aches and pains. She will have a consultation ahead of the massage to discuss any areas of tension and then half an hour of peace away from family life, work pressure and general stress to just chill, surely a guaranteed good present idea? Treatments are only available in Scotland at the Princess Street Lush Spa store.

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REAL MARY KING’S CLOSE If you or your mum haven’t experienced the Real Mary King’s Close tour yet, you’ve been missing out. It’s one of the top rated attractions in Edinburgh and it’ll be an experience your mum won’t forget for a long time.

You’ll explore the hidden Closes of Old Town Edinburgh, which were once at the heart of Edinburgh’s busiest and most vibrant streets, learn about the myths and mysteries surrounding the underground space and discover the fascinating real stories of the people who lived, worked and died in the closes.

You’ll learn the tricks of the trade from their in house mixologist and with prices ranging from £25-£45pp, there’s an option for different budgets.

Instead of sending your mum out for fancy overnight stay at a boutique hotel with its own private hot tub, bring the experience to the comfort of her own home.

Let your mum chill out in her own private garden hot tub, play her favourite songs and she doesn’t need to bother with travelling somewhere fancy, dressing up and paying for travel/dinner – she can just get you to run around after her instead.

There are plenty of companies that offer hot tub hire across Glasgow and Edinburgh, with competitive prices at most. For around £150 you can hire a hot tub, which will usually arrive on Thursday and be picked up on Monday, and some offer gazebo type privacy, pop-up cool bars and even bottles of fizz to accompany it all.

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The attraction is also offering a special Mother’s Day option on 26 March. For £54.50 you’ll get two adult tickets for the 2pm tour, followed by a Prosecco afternoon tea at the Burgh Courtroom.

CITY SIGHTSEEING TOUR Chances are when you were a wee wean, your parents took you to most of the famous SCottish landmarks to educate you and probably take cute pics of you to embarrass you with later.

Now that you’re a fully-fledged adult with your own cash, hop on the Edinburgh or Glasgow City Sightseeing tour bus and spend the whole day exploring and making new memories with your mum.

You could stop off at the Grassmarket and buy her a quirky gift in one of the many independent shops or grab a bite to eat in the Old Town.

Or if you’re on the Glasgow bus, use your exclusive discount (£11 per adult for tour ticket holders) to take your mum to afternoon tea at the iconic Willow Tea Rooms or jump off at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum for a chilled out afternoon exploring the exhibitions.

by Courtney Hendry Online Editor

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Glasgow has long been considered Scotland’s hot bed for cutting edge electronic music. Whether it’s through the labels which release it, the producers who make it or the clubs which celebrate it, the city is an institution when it comes to the nation’s rave culture. But it’s not the only city in Scotland to embrace the definitive clubbing experience. On any given weekend, you’ll find that Edinburgh plays host to some cracking nights.

Granted, part of the appeal of venturing into Scotland’s capital for some dancefloor boogying is the scenery, which makes stoating around out your dish at 5.00 AM looking for a kebab shop or an after party a beautiful experience. However, it’s also a haven for some clubs which give the Subby, SWG3 and the Arches in its prime a run for their money. Enter Cabaret Voltaire; one of the best venues for nightlife in the country.

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Following on from their massive launch party last month, The Borough Collective continued what is to be a monthly series of events in banging style, with the launch party for Craig Smith and the Revenge’s new album Find Your Rhythm. Denizens of the Scottish club scene, the duos unique sound has won them favour among house aficionados, implementing elements of old school funk, disco, hip hop and soul

into their sonic palette. House is a genre rooted in Chicago and Detroit’s rich musical heritage, and while these myriad of genre influences have been present in the music since its inception, this pair of dons have been imperative in imbuing the spirit of those native cities on these gloomy shores.

The night itself was what you’d expect from masters of their craft – an eclectic range of dancefloor destroyers with a classy touch, made all the better with the friendly folk you get to know throughout the course of the night. Sometimes all it takes is a belter of a night out to put those past woes to bed, and being at a rave immersed in music with likeminded people is as pure a clubbing experience as one can have. As previously mentioned, Cabaret is a perfect club for this type of simple entertainment, and with drink prices which don’t rip the arse out of your wallet, you can’t beat it really.

If you get a chance to pop along to a Borough party, I highly recommend. After a brief hiatus from clubbing, this was a reminder of why I fell in love with the experience and the music in the first place.

So, go ahead and bolt over to the website, find the next date, and get it slotted into your diary. Maybe I’ll even see you there.

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Sneaky Pete’s – one of Edinburgh’s best live music venues

Bongo Club Set To Get Edinburgh Bouncing Again Edinburgh: home to some of the countries’ most beautiful attractions and a city full to the brim with culture as well as history. It’s no surprise that the capital of Scotland manages to bring in tourists from all over the globe each and every day but there’s always been one area that Edinburgh seems to always lose when it comes to Glasgow: music.

We’re not simply discussing the artists that either city has crafted, if we were to compare and contrast the homebrewed talent then we’d be here all day, rather the venues that accommodate said artists. Glasgow could list its venues all day until the cows come home as it has all areas covered. For the smaller acts, there’s Stereo which packs 300 loyal music fans face to face with their favourite acts in what can be simply described as the most intimate boiler room you’ll find outside of an office Christmas party.

Then there’s King Tuts which many acts will want to tick off their bucket lists and for good reason too: the venue has played hosts to some of the biggest bands to ever appear in Scotland and the rest of the UK which King Tuts is obviously proud of as their stairs are adorned with all the artists who have played there. This is all without mentioning Audio, Hydro, SECC, O2 Academy, Broadcast, Nice N Sleazy, ABC, Oran Mor, St Lukes and, the granddaddy of them all, Barrowlands.

That isn’t to say Edinburgh isn’t without its own share of fantastic places brimming with some amazing up and coming artists: it’s that more and more of these places are facing closure. This isn’t exclusive to Edinburgh either as all over the UK, venues have fought and sadly lost; many the victims of tough licensing laws, unwelcoming neighbours, aggressive development and an increase in property values. Money talks and this was most clear when the city lost its Picture House, bought by JD Wetherspoon, and the Venue sold for studio and art gallery space.

“You can’t blame people for selling up,” says Davyd. “The valuation of the [Tunbridge Wells] Forum as a music venue is about £375,000. If we sell it to be flats, it’s worth about £1.2m. ” This hasn’t went down kindly with music fans in the Capital City and one individual who has actively called out the problem is Stephen G Marsden, best known for his work under the name Unkeepable. Speaking up about the live music crisis, Marsden stated that “it seems hypocritical that Edinburgh hosts the largest arts, music, theatre, book and comedy festival in the world and yet the Edinburgh council will not support music and art in the city for 11 months of the year.”

In a passion driven post, Marsden drew comparisons to the rest of the UK. “It nearly

happened in Manchester when I lived there.

I used to attend and play at Night and Day Cafe most weeks. They’ve been instrumental for both local, home-grown talent and national touring bands building and nurturing their fan-bases in the North-West. But in early 2014 a resident of Oldham Street, Manchester complained that the live music venue was causing a nuisance and unless the venue could turn its music down (meaning it wouldn’t be operating as a live music venue anymore) it would be shut down.”

This is all set to change though as the city’s “funkiest and most cosmopolitan” venue begins to get into top gear. Created by the Out Of The Blue charity, a hothouse of creativity since its birth in 1994, The Bongo Club received a second wind as it too almost fell victim to the plague of gentrification affecting venues all over the city. A student council initiative and viral petition managed to save the venue as it moved to the Cowgate, sending the venue underground.

The “without you, we’re nothing” tagline the club lives by was undoubtedly true during this fiasco and it looks like The Bongo Club is ready to give back with an onslaught of exciting gigs covering various genres.

Marketing Manager Andrew Richardson has made it crystal clear that The Bongo Club has lived up to its title of being a unique

outlook on clubbing. Need proof? Just last month the club played host to Paluch, a hip hop star from none other than Poland. “We got a good audience for his pal Keke back in November and he was described as among the big Polish hip hop heavyweights. That alone meant it was probable that we’d draw another very healthy crowd of our Polish friends”.

More recently, The Bongo Club welcome Dub legend Mad Professor as he headlined Wee Dub Festival’s closing party just last Sunday.

The artist, well known for his remix album for critical darlings Massive Attack, lived up to his guarantee of making it a big one. Then there was the launch of Electrickal Sound System’s new record label as well as a mighty guest in the shape of the Zenker Brothers which was very special to say the least.

Of course, one venue alone can’t repair a live scene that has existed for over half a century.

What must be done to fix this cannot be done overnight or at a flick of a wand but it’s safe to say that places such as Bongo Club are taking the right steps towards to achieving it. So while Glasgow may still be the music juggernaut, its big brother is slowly but surely catching along.

by Liam Menzies Twitter:

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Famous for its black pudding! But Stornoway has another notch on its belt to be proud of – the multi-award winning, family friendly Hebridean Celtic Festival.

Hebcelt returns this July for its 22nd annual festival. Set against one of the most atmospehric backdrops that Scotland has to offer, there is no doubt that the wider beauty of the Outer Hebrides and the setting of their big blue marquee in the grounds of Lews Castle play a huge part in Hebcelt’s year on year success.

Last year the festival celebrated its 21st birthday and the guest list was definitely one to be proud of, with the line-up including acclaimed folk band Breabach, Scottish superstars Runrig, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Hayseed Dixie, King Creosote and Astrid to name a few.

Visitors from around the world love to embrace the wild scenery and enjoy the area’s distinctive Gaelic culture and heritage, and the fact that they can do this and take in one of the best familyfriendly festivals in the UK at the same time is often enough reason for visiting. But just in case you need a little more convincing, let’s look at what else makes this festival a ‘must’ on anyone’s list.

The Music! The music you will hear encompasses Celtic cultures tinged with contemporary traditional, rock, indie-folk and world influences. Each year, organisers have consistently brought a variety of music together from around the world, and never seem to dissapoint.

The Community! Without Hebcelt’s unpaid volunteers, sponsors and the community at large, the festival would simply not exist. Their sense of community and their chilled out approach, really is something to be proud of.

The setting! But what makes this event really special is the atmosphere. Chilled out vibes, family friendly vendors, and fussfree camping truly makes this festival one of a kind.

The festival attracts crowds from all over the world and draws in around 15,000 visitors – about twice the population of Stornoway.

The area is gorgeous and the island community always reach out and offer a welcoming hand to visitors, making this one of the most special experiences you’ll have all summer.

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Lauren Laverne outside The Barrowlands for the 6music festival launch. Photo credit: BBC

Everything You Need to Know About 6Music Festival Coming to Glasgow This month, across Barrowlands, SWG3, the O2 Academy and St Luke’s and kicking off on the 24th of March is BBC’s 6 Music Festival – “Where extraordinary music plays.” With the likes of Honeyblood, Goldfrapp and even Limmy making an appearance, this festival is something to be excited about.

In this special 6 Music Festival section of TSA we’ve some great interviews with a few of the best acts taking part: Honeyblood, Optimo, Dutch Uncles and Simian Mobile Disco - they’re all here so be sure to give it a read.

From the 24th until the 26th of March, the 6 Music Festival will present three days and three nights worth of exciting gigs, talks and even film screenings in Glasgow.

It all kicks off in the Barrowland Ballroom with The Jesus and Mary Chain. The rock band, formed in East Kilbride in 1983, are set to release their latest album Damage and Joy on the day of the gig, following their last album Munki, which was released all the way back in 1998. The band officially split in October of 1999, and after reuniting in 2007, are making new music and are set to play Glasgow once again. In the Ballroom, they will be joined by Ride, Warpaint and Sleaford Mods. Meanwhile, at the O2 Academy, Goldfrapp will play with Sparks and Future Islands, and over at St Luke’s, headlining is Cate Le Bon, Dutch Uncles, Girl Ray and Duds.

The next day, in international art-space Tramway on the 24th, it begins with a DJ set from Craig Charles, followed by a wide range of events; a talk from Paul Buchanan on making music in Glasgow, comedy with Shaun Keaveny (which will feature Fern Brady, Limmy and Scott Gibson) and BBC Radio 5 Live’s Fighting talk. That night,

the Shins and Grandaddy will play the O2 Academy, while the likes of the Lemon Twigs and Thundercat play St Luke’s and the Ballroom, respectively.

Back at Tramway on Sunday, the 26th of March, Lost in France will screen followed by a question and answer session with director Niall McCann – his film explores Scotland’s independent music scene in the 90’s, led by cult label Chemikal Underground. Released last year, the film currently holds a 7.7/10 star rating on INDB. Belle & Sebastian, who will play the O2 Academy on the night of the 26th, will also be at Tramway that day to talk to Welsh songwriter, author and broadcaster Cerys Matthews.

Alongside Belle & Sebastian, Whitney and Julia Jacklin will also appear at the Academy.

Over at St Luke’s, a whole host of music acts are helping to bring the festival to a brilliant close; Anna Meredith, Gaika, Forest Swords and Kahdja Bonet will be there, along with a DJ set from Stuart Braithwait.

With so much going on across Glasgow, the 6 Music Festival is offering something for everyone – whether you’re up for a laugh, into the Glaswegian music scene or wanting to see an eye-opener about all of that music, you’ll find something to enjoy this month.

Not to forget that beyond the main festival venues there’s loads of local talent to discover in some of the best small venues in the city as part of the 6 Music Festival Fringe.

Bloc+, Nice n’ Sleazy’s, The Art School, Broadcast, The Old Hairdressers and more are all taking part so if you’ve missed out on tickets for the main events get yourself down to one of these stellar venues for the best of our local talent.

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SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO will perform the SWG3 on 25th March as part of 6 Music Festival

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We caught up with Jas from the group for a pre gig chat You’re performing at this year’s BBC RADIO 6MUSIC FEST in Glasgow, what has your experience with the city been like?

We’ve played Glasgow a lot of times, Sub Club and the Arches when it was open.

Glasgow is always ace, amazing crowds and a great scene.

You join the likes of Depeche Mode and Optimo on the lineup, will you be going to see any of the other acts on the bill over the weekend?

Will definitely try and catch a few people… and Optimo and Depeche will be high up the list!

Glasgow is well known for its underground DJ scene, notably sub club and the dominance of Optimo night during the 90’s and 00’s: was there a similar night for you back down in England?

Optimo is so unique… there wasn’t really a club night playing that broad spectrum of music in London. There were plenty of good nights (Trash etc) but nothing quite as eclectic and deep as Optimo.

What music shaped you into the artists that you are today?

There’s a huge list… couldn’t possibly go into it full here. But a small selection would include LFO, Aphex, Moondog, Delia Derbyshire, Raymond Scott, Jeff Mills, Talk Talk, Robert Wyatt…

Techno, specifically mainstream, gets widely criticised for its repetitive structure, do you feel like there are enough acts trying to turn the tide?

If you’re criticising techno for it’s repetitive structure, then you probably don’t understand it properly… I don’t think there needs to be a movement to change that!

What artist would you guys most like to have featured on a track of yours and why?

Dream vocalists would probably be Nick Cave or Bjork.

Are there any notable artists or acts that

you feel are important to your genre right now?

Objekt is doing some pretty special stuff at the moment.

Jas, while James focussed on production, you made a move towards DJing: how did that go for you?

DJing is something we’ve both done together for a long time, it’s just moved a bit more towards me doing more gigs on my own, as James’ producer schedule doesn’t allow him to do as much. So a small adjustment into playing more solo, but generally I love DJing so happy to be doing it as much as possible

You guys recently released a new record, now that it’s out what are your thoughts about it? What has the reception been like so far?

Pretty good so far… it’s a club oriented instrumental techno record, so never going to top the charts. It’s a good picture of where our club tastes are and music we made to DJ with. Our next SMD project will be something quite different…

QUICK FIRE ROUND

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO Where are you right now?

At home in the studio What are your plans for the rest of the day?

Making some techno What’s your favourite place on earth?

Tough call… Japan?

Would you rather have legs as long as your fingers or fingers as long as your legs?

Umm neither?

What’s your favourite movie?

The Holy Mountain

by Liam Menzies Twitter:

@blinkclyro www.blinkclyro.com

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WE CHAT TO

HONEY BLOOD

HONEYBLOOD will perform the 02 Academy on Saturday 25th March as part of 6 Music Festival

AHEAD OF 6 MUSIC FESTIVAL Following up the massive success of their sophomore record ‘Babes Never Die’, Scottish rock duo Honeyblood are set to continue their ‘the bigger the better’ mantra with their largest UK tour to date. Performing at least five times in Scotland alone, not including their 6 Music appearance, the band will kick-start it all in Australia of all places, travelling via Asia before they start the UK leg in Ireland. We chatted to Stina Tweedale as she talked us through what it’s like to be in one of the best up and coming bands in the UK. Q: So you’re going to be performing in the 6 Music Festival later this year: is it still a lot to take in being included amongst home-grown juggernauts like Belle and Sebastian?

A: Of course! It’s an absolute honour to fill in that slot since there are so many acts that they could have chosen from. 6 Music have always been great for championing new music so it’s so nice to be asked and especially since it’s taking place in Glasgow.

Q: Honeyblood has been around since 2012 which is quite a milestone: are

there any plans to celebrate the fifth birthday?

A: Wow! I hadn’t even thought of that to be honest, five years my goodness.

It’s almost been since our very first gig was in April though we probably won’t since we tend to just celebrate the anniversary for Cat’s first gig which is in September. We celebrated it about two years ago and got her some presents, embarrassed her a little bit!

Q: ‘Babes Never Die’ came out last year to a very warm reception, how are you feeling about it post release?

A: Good, it’s nice to have it out since we had been working on it for a year and then once it was all done we were kind of just sitting on it. It’s always nerve wracking to release an album especially when following up the first one I’d say so it’s a relief to see people are into it as much as they were our debut.

Q: Is there a song in particular, either from the new album or your debut that you’re particularly proud of?

A: Off the last album definitely Babes as it’s very personal to myself and I’m glad that it’s been so well received.

Cat (Drummer) and I both felt that ‘Love Is A Disease’ is one off the album that really shows a real a shift in song writing and demonstrates the band developing. For me those are the ones that are notable achievements in our eyes.

Q: Obviously both yourself and Cat are women in a female only duo, do you feel like festivals are doing enough to represent women in their line-ups or is it still an issue?

A: Yeah I think there’s been improvement, especially since the band started back in 2012. We don’t really tend to present ourselves as a female duo but it definitely is something that I’m aware of. I can only see the world through the eyes of a woman so all the issues and inequalities that are present in the music industry really do vex me.

Q: Linking onto that, you’ve both performed at T in The Park prior to the

festival announcing its cancellation for 2017, how are you feeling about that as well as TRNSMT replacing?

A: Yeah, we’re not playing TRNSMT as far as we know sadly and probably won’t be but TRNSMT is definitely something that needs to happen. It’s a natural evolution to T In The Park so it can only be a good thing!

Q: You utilise social media very well, do you feel like this is a necessity nowadays with the age of the internet?

A: Yeah definitely! No matter who you are, even if you’re a band who don’t use social media at all, you’re still benefiting from the tools. People will hear about those acts for not using social media and they’ll find it unusual but it still gets them interested. It’s especially great for bands like ourselves, an indie label act to generate our business so we can talk to fans, venue organisers and what not.

by Liam Menzies Twitter:

@blinkclyro www.blinkclyro.com

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and Hot Chip to name a few, and it was hailed as an end to an era: are there any plans for a revival?

Of the Sunday Night weekly residency – NO! – NEVER!

What plans for new music do each of you have coming up?

annouce SWG3 festival and 6music fest gig With over 20 years DJ-ing experience and both becoming renowned and highly respected for their memorable and ecstatic deejay sets, Optimo duo JD Twitch and JG Wilkes return to Glasgow for the 6Music Festival later this month. Responsible for the nightclub Optimo (Espacio) which ran from November 1997 until April 2010, they sat at the very epicentre of the Scottish Clubbing consciousness in its weekly residency in Sub Club and is widely regarded as one of the most important and ground-breaking clubs of the past 10 years. 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of Optimo (Espacio), and to celebrate the pair have announced “Optimo 20” which will take place on Sunday 6th August – a one day festival in conjunction with SWG3. We caught up with Jonnie (JG Wikes) for a chat about Optimo’s much awaited ressurection.

Seeing as Optimo is named after one of their tracks, how much of an impact have Liquid Liquid had on you?

We were very much inspired by the particular period in New York’s musical history when Liquid Liquid were first active. 99 Records in particular was a label that had released music a lot of people would say was synonymous with a sound or attitude they experienced at the club. Bands like Bush Tetras, Maximum Joy, Y pants, ESG and of course Liquid Liquid. Liquid Liquid’s raw percussive energy, contagious groove and their DIY

approach was something we felt and still feel great affinity with. In fact we became good friends with the members of the band and remain good friends to this day.

Talk us through how you felt after Optimo, club night, finished?

It was time and we were ready to end it when we did. I guess the overwhelming feeling after the last party on a Sunday was – I need to sleep now.

Optimo played host to a number of acts who are now very big, Franz Ferdinand

We produce separately and remix separately – sometimes collaborating with other people and as solo artists too. We are both always working on projects involving music, sound design, soundtracks and music supervision.

There are a whole bunch of acts joining you at this festival in August, was there any you had in mind from the very start?

No, not really. The line-up is composed only of artists we genuinely admire – that was the premise for the selections.

It was also an opportunity to reunite Optimo friends and family at our 20th anniversary, some artists particularly close to us personally. With the content we were also keen to maintain a fairly even balance of live artists and dj’s.

You’re donating some of the profits to some good causes: was there a reason for this or was it just an act of goodwill?

We decided some time ago that we would initiate our own fund raising program rather than accepting offers to play at benefit gigs which often lost money or where funds raised failed

to properly reach those they were actually earmarked to help. Optimo 20 will celebrate Optimo but it will also celebrate Glasgow, a city with it’s own fair share of problems. We acknowledge that and think it’s important to do what we can to help.

What bands are you most excited to see at 6 Music Fest in Glasgow?

Saturday night at SWG3 looks set to be some night!

I haven’t looked at who’s playing yet – to my shame. Oh! I hear Depeche Mode are playing The Barrowlands but tickets for that will be rare as hen’s teeth!

You’ve toured over America, Europe and Japan: how do these places compare to one another? Is there a particular location that’s your favourite?

Glasgow still remains our favourite place to play.

Pitchfork hailed you as one of the best DJ duos back in 2006, is there a lot of pressure riding on you following such acclaim?

We put pressure on ourselves to keep things interesting when we play and that’s really all. It’s nice to be acknowledged sometimes but we really don’t pay much attention to DJ polls and end of year lists.

It’s been 20 years since you both started, did you ever imagine it would lead to this?

Frankly, no. We feel incredibly fortunate to be able to do this for a living. Right back when we started out, neither of us had much of a game plan. We were playing because we loved it, probably would have paid to get to play and certainly weren’t thinking it could be a career.

OPTIMO will perform the SWG3 on Saturday 25th March as part of 6 Music Festival

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A CHAT WITH

DUTCH UNCLES AHEAD OF 6MUSIC FESTIVAL

SO YOU’RE PLAYING THE 6MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS MONTH. Yeah in a few weeks on the Friday night, St Luke’s, it looks good. I’ve never been there before, our guitarist Pete – his girlfriend is from Glasgow and she was very excited when she found out we were playing there so that’s a good sign. We’ve not really done this for a while at least not in this respect.

All the gigs we’ve done so far this year have been either TV or radio which are just terrifying experiences or we’ve done instores at record shops where we’ve had to strip down as much as we can. We’re not an acoustic band so whenever we try and do acoustic stuff we just remove one guitar amp and yet we’re still using an electric marimba, samples and all this other stuff.

We can’t just whip out the acoustic, that’s just like a four letter word for us, it just doesn’t make sense.

SO BIG BALLOON, WHAT’S YOUR THOUGHTS ON COMING FROM OH SHUDDER TO WHERE YOU ARE NOW? I think it was about having a bit of a do over really cause I just remember

feeling very unsatisfied after Oh Shudder, I just felt a bit confused. Had the singles been received well on and played more on the radio I probably wouldn’t have felt so confused about it. It kind of felt as if, not the industry itself as a big monster, but it felt as if a few backs had been turned with us releasing this album which already felt as if it might be a little too indulgent in places. Me and Robin when we stared writing the album we didn’t really have any idea what to write about which is very much why it ended up becoming such a diary pop album in a sense because if you haven’t got anything to write about write about yourself. We got ourselves some funding from the PRS foundation to make the album, that was really great and very encouraging to get that. At the same time it allowed us to get a little bit lost in the instrumentation of the album and what we were doing it for. We were having a bit of a breakdown with our guitarist, Daniel Spedding, who left the

DUTCH UNCLES will perform at Saint Luke’s on 25th March as part of 6 Music Festival

band a week before the album came out where basically we weren’t playing in a live room as a band anymore to write these songs. We were just kind of writing and producing them all at the same time in a studio as opposed to figuring these songs out live and figuring out if these were actually good from their foundations.

It’s a very agnostic album Oh Shudder, the last track ‘Be right back’ expresses that perfectly, it’s all about being unsure but in a sense fearful about being unsure. Big Balloon as a characteristic lyrically is about facing things on your own, it’s a very lonely album, pretty much someone rambling to themselves in their head about this experiencing things on their own and not sharing their experiences with people. But even though this is a problem that kind of does unravel throughout, the character themselves’ not afraid of that. I think if there’s any sort of motivation we would

want to give our listeners it would be about just don’t be afraid to be on your own, don’t be afraid if things don’t work out as you hope their going to work out. It’s about erasing the fear that was expressed too much in the last album.

With Big Balloon, from a personal point of view we are also talking about how unfashionable we felt as a band because we felt like jazz-prog was, if it hadn’t been on its way out for the last five years it was definitely out by then which was two years ago now. It felt like a bit of a fireball song for us, when Robin came to us with the music I had the lyrics written to it in about five minutes, which is always the key to a good song, if you can make the whole thing complete in five minutes then you kind of know that you’re on to a winner.

We knew that as soon as we had that song in our hands it was another make or break for us really. It had to be the first song that comes out on this album and if people don’t get it or if it’s not played on the radio then just fuck it, that’s just the way it is and we’re not going to have any regrets about it if it goes badly. But it didn’t go badly, it’s gone better than we ever thought in many ways. Sometimes you’ve got to be brave and stand by your choices like that.

The title song ‘Big Balloon’ is very much a call to arms about what ever vices you have that get you through

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the day; whether it’s going to be antidepressants, or where its going to have to be technological dependencies, or whether it’s being a functioning alcoholic. Whatever you’ve got to do to get through the day and being you being the way you want to be just do it, just get on with it and don’t worry about it being either unfashionable or concerning to others. I’ve got a lot of friends who use anti-depressants and I’m always quite surprised that they do it but at the same time the problem is that when those kind of conversations come up and someone accidentally reveals that that they’re having anti-depressants then that conversation immediately had a silence to it and it shouldn’t be there. It should be ‘Ok, like fine you know a lot of people have them, it’s not a problem, you just do what you gotta do’.

IS MUSIC YOUR WAY OF GETTING THROUGH THE DAY? In a way it’s not really, well I don’t feel like it is, mainly because we’ve been doing this for eight years, we’ve made five albums – year on year off pattern – and because I’ve never really expressed what we’ve wanted to express in any other way I’m not sure if music is the way that I get through my own problems. I do see it as a platform and I do see it as a way to reach out to other people and I have thought about how scary it would be if I didn’t have this platform. There is a very cathartic therapeutic aspect

to what we do as musicians and as writers but it’s never struck me as being something I need to get on with the rest of my life or anything like that. But then again I’d be damned to know what else I would do and actually I’d be scared to lose it.

AND THE BUZZ OF WALKING OUT IN FRONT OF A CROWD IS? [Laughing] Yeah, what the addiction of applause?

OR EVEN JUST THE FEAR BEFOREHAND? It’s not really a fear so much it’s more like a bizarre dread. I remember Ryan the bass player of Dananananaykroyd all the years ago describing the feeling of before a gig and it was the same feeling that soldiers felt going to war. Just a bizarre empty dread in that you’re not quite sure what to expect yet and I kinda feel like it’s more like that than anything else. On this album we’re just saying ‘Fuck it, you make a mistake don’t worry about it just make sure you’ve got something to say.

There’s nothing worse than going out on stage and not having anything to say to the crowd, it’s not about how well you play or not, it’s about not having anything to say whatsoever. You’ve just got to make sure you’ve got something witty in the bank or something insightful and as long as you have that then you’re fine.

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GIGS OF THE MONTH Previews A PREVIEW OF THE TOP GIGS GLASGOW & EDINBURGH HAVE TO OFFER IN MARCH/APRIL

THE AMAZONS KING TUT’S (07/04/17)

The Amazons are officially the most hotlytipped guitar band of year after featuring on all of the biggest tips for 2017 lists – including the BBC Sound Poll 2017, Best Breakthrough Act at the Q Awards, MTV’s Brand New For 2017, Apple Music’s New Artists 2017, Deezer’s Pick For 2017 and most recently, BT TV Music’s Ones To Watch 2017. And things are still hotting up for the youthful quartet with the release of their new single “Black Magic” which is their second consecutive track to be highlighted as

FEEDER

QUEENS HALL 25/03/17 FEEDER (Grant Nicholas & Taka Hirose) announced their return last year after a four-year hiatus in glorious style, celebrating their highest chart position since 2008 with 9th record All Bright Electric.

All Bright Electric is a true statement of intent representing an even bigger, more exciting FEEDER who found a fresh lease of life in making this breathtaking new record. The album became their 7th top 10 release with critics hailing it as up there with the band’s very best.

Following 14 incredible SOLD OUT dates last year, FEEDER embark on their second instalment of UK shows with a stop in Edinburgh on 25 March.

MALLORY KNOX

LIQUID ROOMS 29/03/17 Mallory Knox returned earlier this year with ‘Better Off Without You’, the second single to be lifted from their forthcoming third album Wired, released on 10 March.

Written about the prescription drug Citalopram, used to treat anxiety and depression, ‘Better Off Without You’ was borne out of bassist Sam Douglas’ frustration towards a doctor who took a particularly lax approach to his treatment. “For something so personal it all felt very impersonal” recalls Sam of the experience that provoked one of the band’s most pertinent, thought-provoking tracks to date. You can catch Mallory Knox in Edinburgh on 29 March.

DAN OWEN SNEAKY PETE’S (05/04/17) THE SWG3 POETRY CLUB (06/04/17)

Dan Owen has announced an extensive European and UK headline tour, running through March and April. In light of the news Dan revealed the video for his latest single ‘Moonlight’, which is out now through LAB Records.

Owen has been experiencing a lot of love from reviews and his live shows been hailed as owning a voice which compares to the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, his husky voice and melodic tone leaves every audience in awe. Luckily for us, Owen will be gigging in both Edinburgh and Glasgow in early April.

Mistajam’s Hottest Record in the World.

After the ominous atmosphere of their previous single ‘Little Something’, ‘Black Magic’ takes a brighter, more playful approach to their revered alt-rock onslaught.

Their relentless rhythmic drive continues unabated, but the track’s spiralling guitar motif immediately lays a foundation in the mind while frontman Matt Thomson adds an adept falsetto to his already mountainous vocal range. Catch The Amazons in Glasgow on 7 April.

GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV KING

TUT’S (28/03/17), MASH HOUSE (/29/03/17) “More so than many of his peers, Gregory Alan Isakov has a magical, mystical way with a folk song…

On its own, ‘The Stable Song’ epitomizes what sets Isakov apart. Add on the Colorado Symphony and a throwback video, and the die is cast.” Folk Alley Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Isakov has spent his entire life travelling, and as a result, his travels have impacted his songwriting; his songs tell stories of miles and landscapes and the search for a sense of place.

Taking inspiration from the likes of Leonard Cohen, Kelly Joe Phelps and Bruce Springsteen, Isakov has played many music festivals across the world and will be in Glasgow and Edinburgh on 28 and 29 March.

LOUIS BERRY

KING TUTS 31/03/17 Following on from his last single ‘Restless’, Louis Berry blazed into 2017 with his new single ‘She Wants Me’.

An undisputed highlight of his live shows, the track ups the ante on Louis’ trademark firebrand rock ‘n’ roll.

With critical acclaim already coming from tastemaker heavyweights including Radio 1 (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, Clara Amfo, Greg James), Louis continues to write incessantly to hone his craft in delivering a melody and hard hitting lyrics.

After selling out all his UK headline shows to date, Louis Berry has announced five further dates for March and April, including a stop in Glasgow on 28 March.

TWELFTH DAY HUG AND PINT (07/04/17) TRAVERSE BAR (09/04/17) In the wordless communication that passes between Orcadian fiddler Catriona Price and Peebles harpist Esther Swift as they perform, the strength of their decade-long musical partnership, friendship and shared humour is evident. It’s this depth of connection, and tangible desire to have fun, that gives Twelfth Day its extra edge.

In their own words, this is not so much a duo, but a two person quartet. Their two distinctly different voices, the fiddle, and the pedal harp, build layer upon layer of a complex and ever-evolving sound, rich with rhythm, harmony and texture.

Catch the Scottish duo in Glasgow and Edinburgh in early April.

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March PICK OF THE MONTH It’s no great secret that Scotland’s music scene is a thing to be proud of. So we here at TSA have teamed up with Scotland’s very own New Hellfire Club to bring you a monthly pick of who we think are doing epically well right now. Keep your eyes out for these up and coming bands. This is TSA and New Hellfire Club’s ‘Pick of the Month’.

THIRTEEN Hi there folks! First time we have had an out and out punk-rock band in for our POTM, so it’s great to have you in for a chat! Please do open the interview then by telling us a wee bit about yourself, like who you are and how long you’ve been a band etc.

Dolly: Ooh, I like that description, an out and out punk band. It makes me feel very, er.. Punk. Ok, so we are Thirteen, and we play Punk Rock N Roll! My name is Dolly, and I’m the singer/guitarist. Then we have Crag on bass and backing vocals and Tam on drums and backing vocals. The band started at the back end of 2013, when I came back from living in Oz, and wanted to put a band together. I had a bassist, the name, about 5 songs, but no drummer, so in the process of finding one, I answered an advert for a guitarist/singer to join a punk covers band. That’s where I met Tam and original bassist Taggart, and the chemistry was amazing. Anyway, long story, short, I persuaded Tam and Taggart to play original songs, and that’s when Thirteen was born (around the end of April 2014). We have started a tradition of playing a gig around the 22nd April as our birthday gig, so this year it’ll be our third anniversary.

Let’s get right into the name stuff then first and foremost, you guys are the first band we have talked to with a number for a name, how did that come about then?

Crag: Thirteen is a fairly obvious choice as a band name, because of the connotations with bad luck, rock n roll etc. However, I like to think that the name Thirteen chose us, because it follows us about. Like, the first gig after I joined was coincidently on Friday 13th Feb, our 13th gig as a band was the first date of our first tour, even the number of one hotel room we stayed! We call it (tongue firmly in cheek) the “power

of Thirteen” and it often proves to be lucky for us. Several times, we’ve had to move venue on the day of the gig, because of an “unforeseen” problem, but each time the gig has gone ahead, and is usually fantastic. That’s the “power of Thirteen”, when things seem to be going the wrong way, it always turns out great. So we have embraced it by doing things like making sure there were 13 songs on the album and playing Friday 13th gigs on purpose.

Tell us a bit about your own songs, how would you describe your own music to someone who has never heard you before? We only ask as we have been given into trouble in the past for calling what we thought was a punk band, a punk band! (Turns out they class themselves as good old fashioned rock n roll, styles can be so bloody tough to pigeonhole these days!)

Dolly: Yes, we are a punk band, and proud of that label. Most people have a perception of what Punk means, which is usually derogatory – i.e. three chords, played badly, with shouty vocals, predictable lyrics and profanities. But, that isn’t punk. Punk is an attitude, a philosophy, a lifestyle, a celebration. We describe ourselves as Punk Rock N Roll, which means that we have the attitude and aspirations to try and point out some of life’s failings, but as musicians we try not to be constrained by the punk-by-numbers brigade.

Tell us a bit about your own musical loves then, and what styles and bands inspired you to take to the stage yourself one day.

Are you punk rock through and through, or are your musical tastes a little more unusual/eclectic when you are relaxing at home with your feet up?

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Dolly: For me, great music has one thing in common, passion. Music, should invoke an emotional response. It’s a primal thing, and should make you want to fuck or kill.

It’s about massive drums, crunching guitars, powerful vocals, meaningful lyrics, stage presence and presentation. What inspires me about live music, is seeing a band who really means it, who don’t just play the songs, but really get into it, and entertain.

A show should be like a communion, a joint effort between band and crowd. It’s like “we’ve all come out for a good time, so let’s do that”. That’s what I want to see, so that’s what Thirteen does.

Tam: For me having my teenage years in the nineties I was doing the whole American punk thing with bands like Rancid, NOFX, Green Day etc. But like Dolly anything with a good, strong rhythm and probably loud guitars will get my attention.

We ourselves have seen a resurgence in more ballsy punk rock over the last few years, certainly from the days when indie rock seemed to rule the land. Do you guys sense a genre on the rise, or do you think it’s always been there and just surfaces more regularly in times of global/local strife?

Crag: Punk has never really gone away, but it seems to have a 10 year popularity cycle. After the “Punk Is Dead” cliché, the 80’s saw a resurgence then in the 90’s it broke big in America and worldwide with Offspring, Rancid and Green Day etc. Of course, this year is the 40th anniversary of the original wave, so it’s having another resurgence, which is a great thing for bands like us who are trying to put our own stamp on it. I’m not sure it’s anything

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to do with political climates (although that definitely informs a lot of the lyrical content), because I think anyone that has a rebellious streak tends to lean towards punk, and the artistically minded discover our voice through it.

So the floor is now yours, what’s next for 13 in 2017, any big gigs or new releases the readers should know about?

Dolly: Well, we released our debut album A Line Of The Dead On Deadline Day at the end of last year, but since then we’ve been back to the studio and recorded six new songs, one of which has been chosen to appear on a new compilation put out by Tarbeach Records of New York, alongside another 2 Scottish bands, Heavy Drapes and Reaction. The album is released on 4th April, and our song is ‘We Will Overcome’.

Hopefully being on the Tarbeach comp will put us before a new audience, and the label will want to release more songs, but I guess that’s up to the public and how they respond to the album, and more specifically us. Other than that we’ve got three newly written songs which are ready to be recorded and hopefully released before the end of 2017.

Crag: We have plans to release a split vinyl album with newly reformed Horror Punk legends The Screaming Dead, sometime later in the year and I’m dead excited to be having one of our songs released by a label from Queens NY as it’s home to Spiderman and The Ramones. www.facebook.com/ThirteenUK www.13punkfalkirk.bandcamp.com/ releases

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Edinburgh

SAT, 18 MAR

WED, 01 MAR

Rebel Westerns Closing their six date headline tour The Mash House: 19:00 £6.00

Dutch Uncles Manchester pop oddites Electric Circus: 19:00 £10.00

Bronston Salutations EP Launch La Belle Angele: 19:00

THU, 02 MAR The Jets The Jets Electric Circus: 19:00

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Evol Evol DJ Electric Circus: 22:30

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FRI, 03 MAR The Pigeon Detectives The Pigeon Detectives Electric Circus: 19:00 tbc Speaker Bite Me Speaker Bite Me DJs Electric Circus: 22:30

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SAT, 04 MAR July Talk July Talk Electric Circus: 19:00

£12.00

THU, 09 MAR Mitski Mitski Electric Circus: 19:00 Skinny Bitches? Skinny Bitches?

Electric Circus: 22:30

£10.00 tbc

FRI, 10 MAR Electric Dreams Electric Dreams Electric Circus: 19:00

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Beep Beep, Yeah! Beep Beep, Yeah! DJs Electric Circus: 22:30 £5.00

TUE, 14 MAR The Holy Smokes EP Launch, with guest Michael Barker Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £6.00

WED, 15 MAR The Excitements A heady cocktail of old school soul and authentic, gritty R&B La Belle Angele: 20:00 £15.00 Artwork presents… Art’s House (all night at Witness) Sneaky Pete’s: 23:00 £10.00 Disco Biskit Get a taste of the disco biscuit!

The Mash House: 23:00 £5.00 LOCO KAMANCHI: £2 PARTY Bass over Room 1 and House & Techno in Room 2. Featuring various guest acts over the weeks alongside a strong roster of local and student DJs. The Bongo Club: 23:00 £2.00

THU, 16 MAR Glass Peaks Glass Peaks + Thirtythreeconnection + Annahar Electric Circus: 19:00 Netflix & Trill Netflix & Trill Electric Circus: 22:30 Church Season finale of all things Bass The Mash House: 23:00

tbc tbc £5.00

RITUAL Ritual returns with another midweek night of the best disco, deep and soulful house music, with guests from Soul Jam (Sneaky Pete’s).

The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5.00

FRI, 17 MAR Home$lice, Shredd, Bluebirds, The Ediots CSC have teamed up with Glasgow Party Planners Fuzzkill to bring a mixed showcase of Central Scotland’s best new bands.

Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 tbc Matt Gloss & The Emulsions Matt Gloss & The Emulsions Electric Circus: 19:00 tbc Pop Rocks Grandmaster Brash Electric Circus: 22:30

tbc

XXXY Ten Thousand Yen Tour Sizzling percussion, weird synths, thick bass, languid melody and deep held down dancefloor pressure.

Sneaky Pete’s: 23:00 £10.00 Disorder Techno and House connoisseurs assemble.

The Mash House: 23:00 £5.00 Horsemeat Disco + Byron the Aquarius La Belle Angele: 23:00 £15.00 SUBSTANCE FREE PARTY IV: UNKNOWN ENTITY + RESIDENTS A St Patrick’s Day techno party powered by the DSR Soundsystem.

The Bongo Club: 23:00 Free b4 12

£5.00

Caezium + Richy Neill Band, Monsters on Movie Posters, Old Bohemia Sneaky Pete’s: 20:00 tbc DJ Fett Burger at Wasabi Disco Founder of the extra terrestrial Sex Tags imprints alongside his brother DJ Sotofett, Fett Burger refuses to adhere to any pre-conceived notion of genre, with releases ranging from house, techno, disco, surf-rock, dub-reggae and everything else in between Sneaky Pete’s: 23:00 £8.00 Texture featuring Djrum Moulding anything from Techno, Breaks, Hardcore and Drum & Bass The Mash House: 23:00 £10.00 Tweak_ Credible, weekly Saturday night party La Belle Angele: 23:00 Free/£6 MESSENGER Edinburgh’s original roots and dub reggae lion (established ’87), the Messenger Sound System keeps the fires burning for all lovers of proper roots reggae music and rasta culture.

The Bongo Club: 23:00 £7.00

TUE, 21 MAR Sneaky Rock Battle In Aid of Edinburgh Sick Kids: This Wooden Idea / Ifreann / Forgotten Drive / Brigdi Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 tbc

WED, 22 MAR

Tweak_ Credible, weekly Saturday night party La Belle Angele: 23:00 Free/£6 Tribute night The Killers vs Noel Gallagher La Belle Angele: 19:00 £10.00 Tweak_ Credible, weekly Saturday night party La Belle Angele: 23:00 Free/£6 MUMBO JUMBO melting pot of classic dance music: soul, funk, disco, hip hop, house and electronic beats The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5 (EARLY BIRD) / £8 (ADVANCE) / £10 (DOOR)

SUN, 26 MAR Wylde, Sway, Nasari, Sam. 4 piece post punk/ shoegaze band based out of Edinburgh Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £6.00 Halo Tora + Concrete Kingdoms La Belle Angele: 19:00

£5.00

MON, 27 MAR

Lyndsey Craig // Someday Single Launch + Special Guests Indie 3 piece with country and grunge influence Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 tbc Noah Noah Indie/electro/pop/rock with close harmony and tight, driving synths The Mash House: 19:00 tbc THE FLINT & PITCH REVUE #4 With UrbanFarmHand, Ryan Van Winkle, Sophia Walker, Ellen Renton and introducing Djana Gabrielle. Hosted by Jenny Lindsay and Cameron Foster.

The Bongo Club: 19:30 £6.00 Headset Garage / Techno / House + Old School Hip Hop The Mash House: 22:00 tbc Lezure 020: Willow (Workshop) Her unique DJ sets match the left-field aesthetic of the Workshop sound; joining the dots between the worlds of minimal, house and techno.

Sneaky Pete’s: 23:00 £6.00 Soundscape House roots, but eclectic in style.

La Belle Angele: 23:00 £5.00 Dreamshade Five mates from Lugano, a tiny little town in Southern Switzerland, who decided they could change Melodic Metal La Belle Angele: 19:00 £10.00

Our Hollow, Our Home + Sworn Amongst + As I Was Hunted La Belle Angele: 19:00 £6.00

WED, 29 MAR

Under The Spotlight feat. Shavonne Fraser, Jonnie Wallace, Ryan Pape Avant-pop with glacial electronics and packed with unashamed synth pop moments Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 Bass Belly With Double 99 La Belle Angele: 23:00

£6/£9

FRI, 31 MAR Disgraceland Leftfield punk and dirty blues La Belle Angele: 23:00 £3/£5 Twin Heart Alt Rock / Emo band from Ayrshire.

La Belle Angele: 19:00 £5.00 HOTLINE (LAUNCH NIGHT) HOTLINE, run by girls, for everyone and anyone. An R ‘n’ B, disco and funk get-down where you can freely dance however the hell you want.

The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5 / £4 / £3 concs

SAT, 01 APR PLUS44 EVENTS: MALACH, RUFUZ, DJ GRUBAZ (LIVE) Plus44Events zaprasza na kolejny koncert w Edynburgu! Tak zajebi?cie nas tam przyj?li?cie, ?e wracamy!

The Bongo Club: 19:30 £18 (adv) BIG N BASHY: FLIRTA D & D.O.K. FLIRTA D is the main man in the legendary SLK grime crew. D.O.K. produced tunes for the likes of D Double E, Crazy Titch, SLK, P Money, Trim, Bruza & Frisco way back in the day and more recently with Spyro, Champion & P Jam. The Bongo Club: 23:00 £7 / MOTD

SUN, 02 APR LaKyoto, Luna Delirious Electronic pop music with colossal melodies Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £8.00

SAT, 25 MAR

MON, 03 APR

IDLES + Birdhead IDLES met as a quintet at the death of the indie scene in Bristol and began making visceral and sometimes unlistenable post-punk to a growing crowd.

Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 Sold Out

C.U.L8TER funk/disco/house/garage.

The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5 / £6 / £7

Pulse Monthly Techno-heavy party The Mash House: 23:00

Joy Orbison Joy Orbison Sneaky Pete’s: 23:00

The Phantoms Single Launch: “Shadows” “What Oasis would have sounded like if they had listened to The Doors rather than The Beatles” – Jim Gellatly Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £8.00 SOULSVILLE Residents Cameron Mason and Calum Evans will be spinning the finest cuts of Deep Funk, Latin Rhythms and Rare Groove into the early hours The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5.00

TUE, 11 APR Hafdis Huld One of Iceland’s most loved singers. With a voice as pure as melt water and a razor-sharp wit to match any comedian Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £10.00

WED, 12 APR LOCO KAMANCHI Bass over Room 1 and House & Techno in Room 2 The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5 / £4 concs

Glasgow

£11.00

TUE, 04 APR Union Canal Archipelago EP Launch Launch of their Archipelago EP. Live set from an expanded 5-piece Union Canal Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £4.00

Devin Townsend Project Leprous Barrowlands: 19:00

MIDNIGHT PINK W/ THE VEGAN LEATHER (LIVE & DJ) + EDWIN ORGAN Late night live gig and dj sets featuring The Vegan Leather and the wonderful Edwin Organ!

Broadcast: 23:00 £5.00 ATLAS:EMPIRE Atlas : Empire are a Progressive Rock band, based in Glasgow, UK. King Tuts: 20:30 £7.00 DAMMIT PRESENTS… DAMMIT PRESENTS… Bloc+: 21:00 FREE

FRI, 17 MAR GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2017: SHAND UP COMEDY Happiest Boy in Comedy Broadcast: 18:00 £7.00 GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2017: JOE MCSLOY – THE REAL MCSLOY The jokes are fast, fierce and sharp as a Samurai sword.

Broadcast: 18:00 £7.00 Charlie Worsham Alex Francis O2 ABC 2: 19:00

£13.00

Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Little Fingers Barrowlands: 19:00 Sold Out Glasgow International Comedy Festival : Douglas Walker: Komischer Hug and Pint: 19:00 £5.00 Cloud Nothings Founded in a Cleveland basement Stereo: 19:00 £12 advance STBF CLUB DECODE PRESENTS : REBEL WESTERNS + MADE AS MANNEQUINS + DELPHI Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 FREE Glasgow International Comedy Festival: Kevin McPadden #BIGGERTHANKANYE Hug and Pint: 20:30 £5.00 GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2017: PABLO SERSKI – NOTHING IS PERFECT If you’re looking for humour that’s darker than a meth addict’s teeth, complete with killer punchlines and observations that some may find offensive, mixed with dark, cutting edge material and a huge dollop of sarcasm then this is the show for you!

Broadcast: 21:00 £8.00 Wrong Hands eclectic selections for your enjoyment. In the bar till 3am!

Flying Duck: 22:00 FREE Glasgow International Comedy Festival : Late Night at The Hug and Pint Hug and Pint: 22:00 £8.00

TUE, 14 MAR

Hot Mess Queer dance party for freaks and lovers.

Sneaky Pete’s: 23:00 £6.00

ELECTRIKAL: DANCEHALL & BASHMENT CARNIVAL #4 Wildest bashment & reggaeton vibes. Expect a exotic sun-soaked paradise with an immersive decor experience.

The Bongo Club: 23:00 £10.00

Such a Drag Groundskeeper Fanny & Friends Electric Circus: 22:30 tbc

FRI, 07 APR

SAT, 08 APR

THU, 30 MAR

FRI, 24 MAR

SALAAM AALIKUM AFRICA Unleash your inner tribal The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5 (LIMITED) / £10 (LIMITED) / £12 (ADVANCE) / £15 (DOOR)

Stillhound plus special guest Emilie Inspiration from art, geography and the far flung soundscapes of their homeland, creating an avant-pop record with glacial electronics Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £6.00

LOCO KAMANCHI: OUTBREAK Bass over Room 1 and House & Techno in Room 2 The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5 to free

£7.00

Posable Action Figures, ForeignFox, The Motion Poets 2 piece Electrobluespoprock band from Edinburgh.

Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £5.90

HEADSET Garage / Techno / Old School Hip Hop The Bongo Club: 23:00 £2 b4 12 / £5

LOCO KAMANCHI: DNB CARNIVAL Bass over Room 1 and House & Techno in Room 2 The Bongo Club: 23:00 £3 b4 12 / £5 (concs) / £7

Jakil infectious Pop catalogue The Mash House: 19:00

THU, 06 APR

TUE, 28 MAR

£11.00

Jonny Jewel plus Sahara and Oskar Braves Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 £6.00

£8.00

LOCO KAMANCHI Bass over Room 1 and House & Techno in Room 2 The Bongo Club: 23:00 £5 / £4 concs

Johnny Flynn & Sussex Wit Johnny Flynn & Sussex Wit La Belle Angele: 19:00 £14.00

Crib A family with many different tastes, Crib brings you the finest in RnB, Disco, House, Techno and Drum and Bass.

The Mash House: 23:00 £5.00

THU, 23 MAR

Dan Owen Dan Owen Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00

l’Anatomie with Aera (Innervisions / Maeve), Hendry, and Kieran Apter l’Anatomie with Aera (Innervisions / Maeve), Hendry, and Kieran Apter Sneaky Pete’s: 19:00 tbc

Gregory Alan Isakov Story of miles and landscapes, and the search for a sense of place The Mash House: 19:00 £12.50

Onra (LIVE) + Wuh Oh Sneaky Pete’s: 21:00

WED, 05 APR

£22.50

NHC PRESENTS : YORKSHIRE RATS + THE STUMBLERS + STRUNG OUT NIGHTS Bands, just like people and animals, are not created equal.

Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £7.00

WED, 15 MAR Lower Than Atlantis Young Guns, Hands Like Houses, Roam O2 ABC: 19:00 £16.00 Toner Cartridge is almost empty. So we made an exhibition cuz the printers shit Stereo: 19:00 tbc QUEER THEORY Monthly queer cabaret with music, poetry, performance and more Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £5.00

Riddim Box: Bashment & UK Funky Special Hi-energy Dancehall combined with UK Funky and Bass Music Stereo: 23:00 ENJOYABLE MOMENT *CLUB NIGHT* DJ ADIDADIS & THEE VOKAL DESTROYER bring you the wettest hits from the depths of your sub-conscious.

Bloc+: 23:00 FREE ADRIAN SHERWOOD LUMINOUS, DJ RIBEKA King Tuts: 20:30 £11.00

SAT, 18 MAR House of Crust presents: Omega Tribe AOA /THE DISTURBED /NINE BULLETS /MANTILLA / FRENETIX Stereo: 15:00 £9.00 Jarrod Dickenson (Acoustic Matinee Show) Hug and Pint: 16:00 £7.00

Start to End presents... Feist | The Reminder Hug and Pint: 20:00 £8.00

THIS FEELING – THE BLINDERS + SUPPORTS Broadcast: 19:00 £5.00

DAVE HAUSE AND THE MERMAID DAVE HAUSE AND THE MERMAID King Tuts: 20:30 £13.00

Jarrod Dickenson + JP Ruggieri + John Rush Hug and Pint: 19:30 £9.00

VEGAN CONNECTS & REPEATER PRESENTS… VEGAN CONNECTS & REPEATER PRESENTS… Bloc+: 21:00 FREE

THU, 16 MAR IMMI EP LAUNCH Support from Patrick Queen and Medicine Priests Broadcast: 19:00 £6.00 (Not Just Another) House Party: Fundraiser for Glasgow Student Housing Co-op Night of music and entertainment, to help make a student housing co-op in Glasgow a reality!

Stereo: 19:00 £4 advance / £5 OTD HD MUSIC PRESENTS : EMPIRE + CHAPTER & VERSE + CAST UNDER THE LAKE Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £7 ADV / £9 OTD Glasgow International Comedy Festival: Kevin McPadden #BIGGERTHANKANYE Hug and Pint: 20:30 £5.00

Sycophantasy ??? Catriona Reilly ???cofounder of Push It Flying Duck: 22:00 FREE Tribal Pulse presents Boom Merchant (Reworck/Motech/Asymmetric) Stereo: 23:00 MONSTER HOSPITAL *CLUB NIGHT* Last month they played the ferocious two-hander of Duality by Slipknot into Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield. It’s alot to live up to but ya bois will do our best.

Bloc+: 23:00 FREE CROWBAR + WARHEAD King Tuts: 20:30

£15.00

SUN, 19 MAR TEN FE Lush Krautrock synthpop Broadcast: 19:00

£6.00

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Flying Duck: 19:00 £5.00 BILLY BIBBY + JAMIE ROBERT ROSS + AARON WRIGHT + STEEL VALLEY SAINTS Ex Catfish Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 FREE Glasgow International Comedy Festival : David Bratchpiece: Midland Street: The Rise and Fall of the Arches, Glasgow...and my part in it Hug and Pint: 20:30 £5.00 BLOC+JAM OPEN MIC Louis Abbott, Jamie Sturt host one of Glasgow’s most popular and consistently high quality open mic nights.

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE Dirty Hit Tour Superfood, King Nun + Pale Waves King Tuts: 20:30 £12.00

GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2017: SHAND UP COMEDY Fomedians rallying to the cause to tell their best jokes for Scottish Huntington’s Association Broadcast: 18:00 £7.00 GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2017: PABLO SERSKI – NOTHING I S PERFECT Humour that’s darker than a meth addict’s teeth Broadcast: 18:00 £8.00 Adriana Spina Album Launch Adriana will be launching Let Out The Dark with an intimate full band show Flying Duck: 19:00 tbc Glasgow International Comedy Festival : Chris Betts: Bewilderbeest Hug and Pint: 19:00 £5.00 Russian Circles Russian Circles Stereo: 19:00

£15 STBF

MON, 20 MAR SURFER BLOOD Hailing from West Palm Beach,

IN STATIONS + GUESTS Catchy Glasgow band In Stations release their first EP Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £6.00

£8.50

Glasgow International Comedy Festival : Mary Bourke and Christian Talbot: I want an Irish passport Hug and Pint: 20:30 £10.00

Florida, Broadcast: 19:00

WCS Paisley Music Showcase WCS Paisley Music Showcase O2 ABC 2: 19:00 Sold Out Circa Waves Circa Waves Barrowlands: 19:00

£15.00

Where There’s Life + Miami Monroe + High Tides + Finding Argyle Hug and Pint: 19:30 £6.00 THE BLAS COLLECTIVE (CELTIC CONNECTIONS GLITTERATI) Eclectic evening of folk, jazz, country, blues and some pop covers too.

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE THE EARLY NOVEMBER DRYJACKET, HELLO FUTURE King Tuts: 20:30 £14.00

TUE, 21 MAR GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY

FESTIVAL 2017: ALEX KEALY – TOO EARLY TO TELL Comedian & vertebrate Alex Kealy presents his second comedy show.

Broadcast: 19:00 £6.00 FRANTIC + MILKTOAST + ADULT FUN Frantic - twinkly, tappy, math rock with catchy vocal bits FFO: Delta Sleep, Feed Me Jack, Arctangent (festival) Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £4 OTD Southern Halo Southern Halo Hug and Pint: 19:30

£10.00

Saligia // Bed Of Wasps // Old Guard // Petrushka German based screamo/emoviolence blasters. Fast as it gets, intense, chaotic.

Stream ‘The New Innocence’ on bandcamp and buy a copy at the gig.

Flying Duck: 20:00 £5.00 PSEUDO SATELLITES + WINDOM EARLE + JW STURT Atmospheric, alt-rock trio Bloc+: 21:00 FREE

WED, 22 MAR DAWSON REIGNS / THE RISING / GARY

QUINN DAWSON REIGNS / THE RISING / GARY QUINN Broadcast: 19:00 tbc

GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2017: JOE MCSLOY – THE REAL MCSLOY Jokes are fast, fierce and sharp as a Samurai sword Broadcast: 21:00 £8.00 Glasgow International Comedy Festival : Late Night at The Hug and Pint Hug and Pint: 22:00 £8.00 Bd010 - Body Fundraiser - Meningitis Research Foundation Stereo: 23:00 SALTMARKET OUTHOUSE *CLUB NIGHT* A new collective based in Glasgow, bringing you the best in alternative music with absolutely zero genre restraints, just heavy good tunes!

Bloc+: 23:00 FREE FAUVES HORSEBEACH, VICTORIA’S FLIGHT, JOSHUA GRAY King Tuts: 20:30 £7.00

SAT, 25 MAR WEEKEND DEBT EP LAUNCH W/

CERTIFICATES & MOON STRANGER EP LAUNCH Broadcast: 19:00 £6.00 The Reason Sunny Sense, Apostrophe, Flaxman O2 ABC 2: 19:00 £8.00 IRA (Polish Band) House Of Silk O2 ABC: 19:00

£25.00

Glasgow International Comedy Festival : Mr Twonkey: Twonkey’s Christmas in the Jungle Hug and Pint: 19:00 £5.00 John Otway From the age of 9, John Otway knew he wanted to be a pop star.

Stereo: 19:00 £14 STBF Geeking Awesome: Straight Outta Comic Con Hug and Pint: 20:30 £6.00 Night of the Jaguar DJ Set ?Tropical Disco? / ?Wonky House ?/ ?Post Punk? / ?Left-field Dance Sounds Flying Duck: 22:00 FREE

ON AIR: with Emu War and Hannah Doherty Raising money for the Glasgow SE Food bank Stereo: 19:30 £5 OTD THE BLAS COLLECTIVE (CELTIC CONNECTIONS GLITTERATI) Eclectic evening of folk, jazz, country, blues and some pop covers too.

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE James Maslow James Maslow O2 ABC 2: 19:00

Cancelled

TIM KASHER TIM KASHER King Tuts: 20:30

£8.00

TUE, 28 MAR SAMANTHA CRAIN + Chrissy Barnacle Broadcast: 19:00

Savoy Motel Savoy Motel Stereo: 19:00

£7.00 £7 STBF

LVL UP + Colour Me Wednesday + Bridal Shower Hug and Pint: 19:30 £7.50 CASABLANCA DRIVERS (FRA) + ABLE FACES Casablanca Drivers are French band based in Paris. They mix surf garage, rock and 70’s psychedelia. Rumours are that they are flexible thus combine risky acrobatics acts with their performance.

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV King Tuts: 20:30 £12.00

WED, 29 MAR TRUDY AND THE ROMANCE Witch’ s brew of

lovelorn sea shanties and mutant rockabilly pop for all the doo-wop digging rockers Broadcast: 19:00 £6.00 Tommy Cash Tommy Cash Stereo: 19:00

£10 STBF

ARDOUR PRESENTS : UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION Glasgow grime and photography Nice n’ Sleazy: 20:00 Free till 11pm and £5/£6/£7 after THE HOSTILES + THE TIPS High-octane Scottish ska-punk outfit The Hostiles hit the road in March with German Reggae-Soul Punkers The Tips!

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE SLAVES (US) US Slaves King Tuts: 20:30

Sold Out

ILK + CUCINA POVERA + DOMINIC WAXING LYRICAL Taiko drumming. Drones. Loops. Violin.

Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £5 ADV / £7 OTD The Dead Man’s Waltz vs. Injuns The Dead Man’s Waltz vs. Injuns Hug and Pint: 19:30 £5.00

MAGNUS + THE MAWB + COOLER KINGS Fuelled by their stylish rock beats, Glasgow three-piece Magnus delivers an exciting guitardriven performance like no other.

Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £5.00

GONZO (INDIE DISCO) *CLUB NIGHT* Quest to bring epic nostalgia back in the form of all things MTV2 (pre-trash) and 120 Minutes continues.

Bloc+: 23:00 FREE

6Music Festival Fringe - LP Records presents: Codist EP Launch + Shredd + Wendell Borton Hug and Pint: 19:30 £7.00

6 Music Festival BONOBO // SONGHOY BLUES // THUNDERCAT // Barrowlands: 17:00 Sold Out

WEST PRINCES (LATE SHOW) WEST PRINCES (LATE SHOW) Broadcast: 23:00 FREE

NINE BELOW ZERO + LIGHTS OUT BY NINE King Tuts: 20:30 £15.00

Broadcast: 19:00

tbc

Glasgow International Comedy Festival : Geeking Awesome: Straight Outta Comic Con Hug and Pint: 19:00 £6.00 The Moonlandingz The Moonlandingz Stereo: 19:00 £12 advance STBF ONRA (LIVE) Emotive, soulful hip-hop Broadcast: 22:00

£10.00

Remastered: Funk + Afro Bringing the funk and afro to the red brick basement Stereo: 23:30 HONEYBADGERS + THE NINTH LIFE HONEYBADGERS + THE NINTH LIFE Bloc+: 21:00

FREE

FRI, 24 MAR 6 Music Festival THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN // RIDE // WARPAINT // Barrowlands: 17:00

Sold Out

Glasgow International Comedy Festival : Andy Vannan: Comic Books, Travel and Other Stuff Hug and Pint: 19:00 Free

ST. DUKES MARTHASVILLE King Tuts: 20:30

£7.00

FRI, 31 MAR MIRACLE GLASS COMPANY Nominated for Best Live Act at SAMA Awards 2016 Broadcast: 19:00

£6.00

SYNERGY PRESENTS : DESPERATE JOURNALIST + LIFE MODEL Desperate Journalist + Life Model Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £7 adv NHC Music Big Band Payday - Das Plastixx + Woodwife + Steve Grozier Band Feed the music not the corporations Hug and Pint: 19:30 £6.00 Nathan Fake (live) Nathan Fake (live) Stereo: 19:30 £11 STBF

Glasgow International Comedy Festival: The Death Hilarious: The Scum Always Rises Hug and Pint: 20:30 £5.00

Remake Remodel Tame Impala Night Remake Remodel Tame Impala Night Stereo: 23:00 £3 STBF

BLOC+JAM OPEN MIC Louis Abbott, Jamie Sturt host one of Glasgow’s most popular and consistently high quality open mic nights.

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE

SHAKE APPEAL *CLUB NIGHT* Tigermask, Amigo Insano and Electric Rich welcome you all to gather at the House of Bloc, for the finest in rock n’ roll, rockabilly, punk, garage, punk n’ roll, blues, sleaze rock, beard riffs, wham bam glam & 60’s girl group sounds Bloc+: 23:00 FREE

6 Music Festival DEPECHE MODE // JAMES LAVELLE [UNKLE] (DJ SET) Barrowlands: 17:00 Sold Out

MON, 27 MAR ANELSIS: WELCOME TO BASS (LIVE

SURROUND SOUND EXPERIENCE) Electronic Music Producer/DJ Anelsis presents his Acid House EP in surround sound Broadcast: 19:00 FREE

£12.50 STBF

RNW MUSIC PRESENTS BERNIE TORME + SUPPORT A masterclass in punk-tinged hard rock Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £10.00 Katee Kross & the Amberjax + Andrew Nicol + Jay The Mighty Roadflower + Will Leatherbarrow + Kirsty Quin Feed the music not the corporations Hug and Pint: 19:30 £7.00

LOUIS BERRY TOM PRIOR King Tuts: 20:30

£9.00

SAT, 01 APR Lords of the Land Festival AUTOPSY + MAYHEM + PRIMORDIAL + MARDUK Barrowlands: 13:00

£38.50

Hug and Pint: 19:30

£10.00

Reverieme Michael Timmons, Amy Rayner O2 ABC 2: 19:00 £6.00 The Neal Morse Band The Neal Morse Band O2 ABC: 19:00 £25.00

SAT, 08 APR RUSTY SHACKLE South Wales based indie folk roots Broadcast: 19:00

£6.00

MT. DOUBT + FOREIGNFOX + SKJØR To celebrate the release of the brand new singles from Mt. Doubt and Foreignfox on a split 7” vinyl on Scottish Fiction Records Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £6 adv / £8 otd The Michael Edgar Band + support The Michael Edgar Band + support Hug and Pint: 19:30 £7.00 The Bohemians - A Night of Queen The Bohemians - A Night of Queen O2 ABC: 19:00 £18.00

SUN, 09 APR SAINT HUCK / THE STEP BROTHERS /

JESSY LANZA Producer and singer from Hamilton Ontario, Broadcast: 22:00 £10.00

ANDREW NICOL / ALAN TENNIE Blues/folk/ country/americana collective Broadcast: 19:00 £5.00

MON, 03 APR Blackberry Smoke Blackberry Smoke

BLACK CAT BONE + MELISA KELLY AND THE SMOKIN CROWS + LOGANS CLOSE + MAMA T Following the success of the first Barrelhouse, and rave reviews from the likes of NHC and The Write Angle, Barrelhouse is back with another Blues and Soul line up.

Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £5.00

Barrowlands: 19:00

Sold Out

Lisa O’Neill Lisa O’Neill Hug and Pint: 19:30

£8.00

TUE, 04 APR Posable Action Figures + Ded Rabbit + All

the Franklins 2 piece Electrobluespoprock band from Edinburgh.

Hug and Pint: 19:30 £5.00 Melanie C Melanie C O2 ABC: 19:00

£24.00

WED, 05 APR Manu Delago Handmade Explores a vast array

of sounds ranging from sweet and delicate vocal lines with colourful Hang accompaniment, to chunky electronica Hug and Pint: 19:30 £10.00 BLOC+JAM OPEN MIC Louis Abbott, Jamie Sturt host one of Glasgow’s most popular and consistently high quality open mic nights.

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE

FRI, 07 APR Twelfth Day - Cracks in the Room’ Album

DOWNSTAIRS: CSC PRESENTS: BAD GIRLFRIEND / THE PALE KIDS / FAT BLACK CATS (FREE ENTRY) A late night showcase w/ Birmingham’s Bad Girlfriends first Scottish show.

Plus support from Two of the citys best GaragePunk bands.

Broadcast: 23:00 FREE

THU, 23 MAR LOUD POETS LOUD POETS

earthlings? earthlings?

Stereo: 19:00

LNFG 1st Birthday Bash BooHooHoo will be headlining the party with other acts (new and old).

Stereo: 19:00 £10 STBF

25 Output Presents: Elliot Adamson Night of mixture, from Disco right through to Techno.

Stereo: 23:00

part of the BBC 6 Music Fringe Festival, The Wedding Present will play an intimate stripped down set Broadcast: 19:00 tbc

SUN, 02 APR

O2 ABC 2: 18:00

Jonny Fritz Joshua Hedley, The Big Nowhere O2 ABC 2: 19:00 £12.00

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The Amy Winehouse Experience…A.K.A Lioness Tory Lanez: I Told You Tour O2 ABC 2: 19:00 £12.00

WITTERQUICK ALTERED SKY / AUTUMN RUIN / WITTERQUICK Broadcast: 18:00 £7.00

STRETCHED: HOWL (ALBUM LAUNCH) STRETCHED: HOWL (ALBUM LAUNCH) Bloc+: 21:00 FREE

ELEVANT + BURIED SLEEPER + PYRE OF THE EARTH ELEVANT + BURIED SLEEPER + PYRE OF THE EARTH Bloc+: 21:00 FREE

NHC Music Big Band Payday - Fallen Arches + Everywhere + Rose City Blues Feed the music not the corporations Hug and Pint: 19:30 £6.00

THU, 06 APR The Dead 60s The Dead 60s

THU, 30 MAR ALTERED SKY / AUTUMN RUIN /

Glasgow International Comedy Festival : The Wee Man’s Rap Battle Showdown 2017 Hug and Pint: 22:00 £6.00

BBC MUSIC INTRODUCING PRONTO MAMA, JR GREEN, ST.MARTIINS, RITUALS King Tuts: 19:00 Sold Out

WOJTEK THE BEAR EP LAUNCH Glasgow four piece wojtek the bear launch new song “the drunken sailor”.

Broadcast: 19:00 £6.00

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The Orielles The Orielles Hug and Pint: 19:30

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Charlie Straw + Bex Currie + Northern Central Hug and Pint: 19:30 £6.00 BLOC+JAM OPEN MIC Louis Abbott, Jamie Sturt host one of Glasgow’s most popular and consistently high quality open mic nights.

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE

TUE, 11 APR THE FLOCKING MURMURATION + BUTLER’S

EXPERIMENT + DIFFERENT TYPES BAND Flock Music: gritty, melodic indie folk-rock songs and bluesy grooves for all Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £5.00 BENNY MONTEUX + RICHY NEILL + CHARTERED TRIPS Pop infused punk-rock with infectious choruses from Edinburgh.

Bloc+: 21:00 FREE NYTCLUB NYTCLUB O2 ABC2: 19:00

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WED, 12 APR QUICHE / YOUNG MACHETES Riffy dreampoprock’n’roll Broadcast: 19:00

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GOLDEN ORIOLE + GUESTS Abstract and minimal music. Members of Staer + Tralten Eller Utpult. Funky concrète.

Nice n’ Sleazy: 19:30 £5 ADV / £7 OTD

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Returning after its first hugely successful edition, GLITCH Film Festival offers audiences a veritable feast of UK and Scottish premieres of wonderful and diverse films and performances at Glasgow’s CCA. 2017 brings a cacophony of treats, from directors Q&As, panel discussions, performance art and an exhibition in the Intermedia Gallery! Queering Bollywood, M Lamar, black queer vampires, taboo sex, carnival, radical gangs, fevered dreams, violence and self-defence, gay codes and even more. Yes, even more, you have no idea.

GLITCH GLITCH Film Festival offers audiences a variation of UK and Scottish premieres of wonderful and diverse films and performances at Glasgow’s CCA.

by Jonny Stone @jonny_stone_ j.stone@tsaglasgow.com

Following its colossal and joyous success during this year’s awards season, GLITCH kicks off with a screening of Barry Jenkins’ heart-breaking queer coming of age drama Moonlight (Fri 24 March, 7.15). Guiding us through three life eras, some constants in the life of Chiron are his close relationship with childhood friend Kevin, his mother and the passing cruelty and lingering friendship of strangers. In a world where its existence is effectively forbidden, his sexual desire for men is turned inwards and hidden. Moonlight explores complexities of contemporary black masculinity in the US through the prism of lovingly observed specificities and is not to be missed.

There are number of films that have been F-rated, letting us know they have been directed by women, written by women and/or present significant female characters onscreen, in their own right. Filipina director Ara Chawdhura presents Miss Bulalacao (Sun 26 March, 2.00), centred on a young drag queen, Dodong enters a barangay gay pageant looking lovely.

However, instead of applause, he is met with hostility from his father, who chases him into the jungle, where he sobs to a lone bright star. What follows is the strangest night in his entire life, and an even stranger nine months when he realises he is pregnant. Not to be missed.

Mohawk director Courtney Montour presents Sex, Spirit, Strength (Thu 30 March, 8.15), which follows Michael and Jack, two young Indigenous men, as they shed the stigma and shame associated with their sexual health and gender identity. Michael, a former addict who lived a high-risk lifestyle that left him with permanent scars, hopes his activism work will discourage other young people from going down the same path. Jack, a transgender gay man, is committed to bringing pride back to two-spirit identity through education and activism. Sex Spirit Strength takes a candid look at the challenges and triumphs of these two brave young men as they reconcile their

past, embrace their identities, and strive to make a positive difference in their communities. Courtney Montour will also be present for a post-screening discussion “I never show someone my weak side, because if you show someone your weak side they use it against you.”

Following its blistering showing at Glasgow film Festival 2017, F-rated Check It (Sun 26 March, 5.45) follows the only recorded black, gay and trans gang in the US as they rally against oppression. It is an intimate portrait of 5 childhood friends as they claw themselves out of gang life through an unlikely avenue – fashion. Fed up with bullying, rape and abuse, the Check It gang thrive through adversity in Washington, DC in this empowering documentary.

As well as an impressive film programme, GLITCH presents various workshops and events for LGBT+ filmmakers of colour; LGBTIQA+ People of Colour Film Festival International Network Meeting (Sun 26 March, 10.00) is an inaugural meeting of an international network of LGBTIQA+ People of Colour Film Festivals called

by GLITCH, Aks Film, Art & Dialogue Festival and Transition International Queer Minorities Film Festival. To book attendance please email glitch@ digitaldesperados.org (pre-booking required). BSL interpretation will be provided upon request but advance notification is required. An induction loop is available.

An exciting addition to the programme, Queer Bollywood (Sat 1 April, 1.30) presents Dr. Rajinder Dudrah, Professor of Cultural Studies & Creative Industries, as he takes you on an illustrated journey through the history of popular Hindi cinema from a queer perspective. Dudrah will discuss queer representations both explicit and implied, homoerotic storylines, camp queens, cross-gendered drag and the influence of Bollywood on the LGBT community and vice versa. He has written widely on the subject, including in his book Bollywood Travels: Culture, Diaspora and Border Crossings in Popular Hindi Cinema.

GLITCH is an international platform for exciting film and artists moving image made by or about LGBTIQA+/ queer people of colour; this pioneering programme jolts its audience into the experiences of those around us whose stories are vital and need to be shared.

With accessibility and diversity at the forefront as always, entry to all events is free and all films are screened with subtitles and live events have BSL.

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LGBTI NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD In the nicest news ever, plans for the UK’s first retirement dedicated to the care of elderly LGBT+ people have been announced. Manchester City Council contends that there are currently 7,000 people over 50 that identify as LGBT+ in the council and the number of over-65s is expected to rise in the next two decades. The LGBT+ Foundation in Manchester revealed in a study that older LGBT+

people were more likely than both their heterosexual peers and younger generations of LGBT+ people, to be single and to live alone. They were also less likely to have children and see their family regularly. Evidently, the elderly members of our community need support and Manchester City Council’s provision for their care is inspiring and hopefully indicative of nationwide homes.

In more exciting news for Ireland, as we go to print current Minister for social protection Leo Varadkar is currently a frontrunner in the race to take over from Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Varadkar made headlines by coming out as gay ahead of Ireland’s monumental equal marriage referendum, and if elected would be only the fourth openly gay head of government in recent history. His contributions to LGBT+ equality in

Ireland have included vital support in favour of equal marriage regarding undecided colleagues and as health minister negotiating more lenient laws for men who have sex with men donating blood. Ireland has made huge strides towards equality, but electing an openly gay official would have a long and meaningful impact on what is in some ways still a socially conservative country.

Despite its…unfortunate situation at the ceremony, Moonlight won the Oscar for Best Picture; this is a colossal achievement for a film focussed on the life of a black gay man through three stages of his life to achieve such widespread critical acclaim and recognition. Director Barry Jenkins in his acceptance speech stated “Very clearly even in my dreams this can’t

be true. But to hell with it because it is true. It’s true, it’s not fake.” The film also took home an award for Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, who in turn also became the first Muslim to win an acting award at the Oscars. A great night for breaking records and ticking off achievements for our community.

Members of the Church of England’s ruling body have voted against considering an equal marriage report. While the House of Bishops reaffirmed their “culture of welcome and support” for gay Christians and parishioners, it was asserted that marriage in a church should be intended solely for a man and a wife and that same-sex marriages should not be officiated within a church.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin

It is looking increasingly likely that the UK government will bring forward plans for compulsory sex and relationship education. The government has come under pressure for failing young people following a survey from the Sex Education Forum, which found a range of worrying statistics such as a third of young people claiming to have learned nothing about sexual consent in school. Lucy Emmerson, Coordinator of the Sex Education Forum, states

Welby himself supported the report and contends that “The current report is not the end of the story. We will – as bishops – think again and go on thinking. We will seek to do better.”

This thinking has cost the church more than £300,000 in the three years of discussion, with the decision rest not solely on bishops but rather vicars, rectors and priests. Evidently change has to be made from the ground up in order for equality to be achieved.

that “The ultimate consequence of this is that many children don’t know how to recognise abusive behaviour or how to seek help.” Queer youth are especially vulnerable, given there is no legal requirement to adequately inform LGBT+ students about sexual health and relationships. The details of the law are not yet clear, however, and any move to require relationships education to be LGBT+-inclusive is likely to be strongly opposed by religious groups.

Glasgow Film Festival 2017 Is Done For Another Year Glasgow Film Festival 2017 boasted a strand of bold and exciting LGBT+-themed films, from the heart-warming opening gala Handsome Devil to John Waters’ cult classic Multiple Maniacs. Making its Scottish premiere comes Dana Flor, Toby Oppenheimer’s rousing documentary Check It, following a group of black gay and trans youth from Washington DC who, tired of being attacked and discriminated against, started the Check It gang in the 9th grade. This snow-balled into a gang boasting at least 200 members, armed and dangerous beyond belief. Once victims, they’ve now turned the tables, beating people into comas and stabbing enemies with ice picks.

The Check It’s core members are instantly compelling and complex; most of them have been rejected by their families and have turned to violence, drugs or prostitution. They are joyful, fierce (in every possible sense) and loyal to their self-made family; the weapons and affinity for ultraviolence masks a real vulnerability. Many of them – especially the sensitive and industrious Tray – have been forced to compress.

The gang’s story unfolds a stone’s throw away from the White House, a parallel that does not go unnoticed. The girls most likely frequent the K Street area as prostitutes for the capitol’s finest and visiting businessmen or politicians. Flor and Oppenheimer smoothly avoid lavishing the cast with pathos or shame: instead the audience is presented with an uncomfortable reminder of how progress may have been made for some but not all of us. When there are so few opportunities for LGBT+ people of colour, how are they expected to survive?

Our protagonists – or perhaps more accurately anti-heroes – are not always painted in a wholesome light: they are bloodthirsty, fiercely loyal and not above putting rival gangs in their place. Footage of the gang fighting, in offence or defence, can be hard for the audience to absorb but makes their story all the more compelling. They have been conditioned

to attack: self-defence is their only survival technique and their biggest weakness. Any attempts on the part of outsiders like exconvict, now mentor Mo to support the gang is met with aggression, attitude or apathy.

The film is reminiscent of iconic documentary Paris is Burning; aside from both films presenting two minority groups channelling their adversity through a mode of expression, Check It balances with ease the unbridled joy and brutal tragedy in the iconic documentary about black and Hispanic drag queens in the New York ball scene. We really root for their success; Skittles’ promising boxing career can take him out the projects and channel his focus and aggression into something positive, while the fashion school works as an incredible opportunity for them to learn a craft and be creative.

One minor glitch comes in the form of editing; there is granted a lot of ground to cover, but Check It could use a little tightening. Duke’s boxing career vaguely offers interesting insight, but he steals too much focus away from the frustrating promise of Skittles’ endeavours. The film covers a long period of time for the gang, so maintaining as much focus on its many members feels a more appropriate priority.

We don’t always like them, but we fall in love with each and every member and with such fierce loyalty and commitment to one another, we find ourselves longing to be in their gang ourselves. Check It is an eye-opening, often challenging watch that perfectly balances the excitement and high of being in The Check It – them against the world, fearless agitators – and the brutal reality of life for LGBT+ people of colour in a country geared to discriminating against minorities. Shocking, bold and uplifting, Check It stands as one of queer cinema’s next iconic entries, reminding us all that we need to protect our own at all costs.

Check It is showing as part of CCA’s GLITCH festival (Sun 26 March, 5.45).

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STILL SHOWING IN CINEMAS HACKSAW RIDGE

PICK OF THE MONTH

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

The Mel Gibson directed WW2 drama Hacksaw Ridge is a fascinating true story about Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. Although there are too many cheesy lines to count, the graphic battle scenes had us gripped and the remarkable true story makes it well worth a watch.

FIFTY SHADES DARKER

Surprisingly, one of the main issues raised with this film – aside from the horrendous storyline, stiff acting and cringe-inducing lines – was the lack of sex. Any fan of the book series knows what to expect and the film just didn’t deliver, the saucy scenes were nothing noteworthy and as a whole the best way to describe the flick is simply boring.

THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE

You might have seen the article about the latest Beauty and The Beast trailer which screengrabbed moments from this and the original 1991 film’s trailer and pointed out the near identical moments. The article marveled at the similarities, accuracy and deemed aspects ‘perfect’.

However, having seen the original Beauty and The Beast countless times, you have to wonder why was this remake necessary? So we can enjoy the advances in special effects?

So we can sing the same songs we know and love from the original? Or so Disney can rake in millions by playing on our nostalgia? Take your pick.

Beauty and the Beast is the latest in an ever-growing line of live-action remakes, continuing on from Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent, Pete’s Dragon and Jungle Book, and will be followed in the next few years by near enough every Disney film you loved as a child including Mulan, The Lion King, Aladdin and Dumbo.

Aside from Maleficent, which told the story of Sleeping Beauty from the villain’s point of view, most of these new films have just been basic remakes, which obviously is in the name “live-action remake” but again poses the question of ‘why bother?’.

All this cynicism aside, let’s take a look at what to expect from the all new Beauty and the Beast – is it set to be another unimaginative carbon copy of the much-loved 1991 version?

In the original story, Belle (Emma Watson) is an intelligent young woman, who loves reading, doesn’t quite fit in with her local village and has repeatedly rejected marriage proposals from a vain popular hunter, Gaston (Luke Evans).

Her father Maurice (Kevin Kline), an inventor, is taken prisoner by a beast (Dan Stevens) in his castle but Belle selflessly offers

to swap places with her father and later befriends the castle’s staff. She also forms a relationship of sorts with the Beast who wants to get Belle to love him so he can break the curse placed upon him and become human again.

However, in the new $160 million musical (the most expensive musical ever made), the roles have switched.

Maurice is no longer an inventor, instead he makes music boxes and Belle herself is the inventor and made a type of washing machine, which doesn’t go down well with the local villagers who *spoiler alert* destroy it – they seem even meaner this time around.

Emma Watson explained the change in plot during an interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying: “I was like, ‘Well, there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn’t fit in, other than she liked books. Also what is she doing with her time?’

So, we created a backstory for her, which was that she had invented a kind of washing machine, so that, instead of doing laundry, she could sit and use that time to read instead.

So, yeah, we made Belle an inventor.”

Aside from this, we will see more of the Beast’s back story in the new film; we’ll meet Cadenza, a new character in the form of an enchanted grand piano voiced by Stanley Tucci who is described as a “neurotic maestro”; those rose petals do more harm than ever before; and we’ll finally witness the first “exclusively gay moment” from Disney, which has caused quite a stir since its announcement.

However, the last point may not be quite what some fans are hoping for. After the film’s director Bill Condon told Attitude magazine in an interview that LeFou (the goofy, sidekick to Gaston, played by Josh Gad) was a character who “on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston”, the moment was billed as historic for Disney. But early reviews have described the moment as fleeting and Condon has almost backtracked on his announcement, telling ScreenCrush that the comments had been “overblown”.

Music was such a huge element of the original so fans will be delighted to know you’re guaranteed to spend your journey home from the cinema humming along to ‘Be Our Guest’, along with new music from songwriter Alan Menken and a reworked version of ‘Beauty and The Beast’ from John Legend and Ariana Grande. There will be another new treat thrown in as Celine Dion, who sang the original title track, has recorded a new song for the remake titled ‘How does a Moment Last Forever’ which is woven in at various points.

Will these developments in the remake both appease fans who loved the original plot and delight those looking for this fairytale to receive an update? We’ll have to watch to find out when this tale as old as

by Courtney Hendry time heads to cinemas on 17 Online Editor March. @courtneysarahx

Book Corner THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR UNIVERSAL HARVESTER You’ll probably head to the cinema thinking, ‘Why am I paying to watch a movie about LEGO figures, when I could see superb acting talent in a film like Split?’, but I promise you’ll leave happy that you gave the serious stuff a miss for the night. LEGO Batman is weirdly moving and hilarious. Take your child, younger sibling, partner, parent – it really doesn’t matter, you’ll all enjoy the ridiculousness of it.

Who doesn’t love a dramatic dinner party? In this twisted tale, a terrible crime is committed at one such event, causing the “nerve-wracking unraveling of a family”. With a terrible crime at the heart of the story and enough twists to keep you up all night, this is the type of book to devour in one sitting.

If you like your books a little spooky, this is definitely the one for you. A video store attendant discovers some unsettling footage on the tapes his customers rent and return, leading him to the sinister Iowa fields and farmhouses on the outskirts of town.

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THE REFUGEES Offering an insightful glance into the aspirations of those who leave one country for another, The Refugees looks at immigration in many forms: from the young Vietnamese refugee who moves in with two gay men in San Francisco, the woman whose husband is suffering from dementia, and the girl in Ho Chi Minh City whose half-sister returns home from America.

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GET OUT Get Out’ is the bone-chilling story of Chris’ first meeting with his girlfriend’s parents, who didn’t know he’s black. And lots of black men have gone missing in their neighbourhood…

Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya, Sicario) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams, Girls), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy (Catherine Keener, Captain Phillips) and Dean (Bradley Whitford, The Cabin in the Woods).

At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.

Equal parts gripping thriller and provocative commentary, Get Out is written and directed by Peele (Key and Peele) and produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum.

Get Out is in UK cinemas on 17th March.

KONG: SKULL ISLAND

The great ape roars back onto the screen in this spectacular reboot of the classic monster movie.

In the 1970s a group of scientists, soldiers and government agents make the epic journey to a remote, uncharted Pacific island. But its natural beauty is soon revealed to harbour terrifying secrets in the form of enormous ape King Kong, revered by the locals as a god. But there are even deadlier threats to be faced if the team want to make it off the island alive, namely the man-eating, subterranean skull-crawlers.

The latest instalment in Warner Bros’ ongoing shared monster universe that began with 2014’s Godzilla, this all-action creature feature presents us with the largest incarnation of the rampagingly iconic Kong yet. He’s poised to fight the big lizard in the planned 2020 movie Godzilla vs. Kong. Fighting for their lives are an all-star cast led by Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly.

Kong: Skull Island is in UK cinemas 10th March.

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MONTH POWER RANGERS

Let’s go Power Rangers!

A modern reinvention of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. When five teenagers who don’t fit in at home or at school discover mysterious, otherworldly crystals, they’re imbued with incredible abilities and become the mighty morphin’ ‘Power Rangers’.

At first excited by their newfound strength and speed, they quickly learn that they’ve gained these powers for a reason, as the vicious, villainous Rita Repulsa returns to threaten the world.

The beloved franchise gets a 21st Century update with the latest instalment in the saga of the ‘Power Rangers’, with Elizabeth Banks as Rita and Bryan Cranston as their mentor Zordon. It’s morphin’ time!

Power Rangers is in Uk cinemas 24th March.

MAN DOWN

When U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer (Shia LaBeouf) returns from Afghanistan, he finds the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas.

Accompanied by his best friend, a hard-nosed Marine whose natural instinct is to shoot first and ask questions later, Gabriel searches desperately for his estranged son and his wife, leading to a suspect who has vital information about their location.

Although in real life, United States troops haven’t fought on native soil since World War II, in the confused alternate reality of Dito Montiel’s Man Down, there’s an urgent battle raging at home today. For countless American veterans – and one scuzzy-faced ex-Marine played by Shia LaBeouf in particular – the armed conflicts they face abroad are nothing compared to what awaits them upon their return.

A fragmented melodramatic portrait of a Marine suffering PTSD, highlighting the reality of the aftermath of war.

Man Down is in UK cinemas 27th March.

CHIPS Jon Baker (Shepard) and Frank “Ponch” Poncherello (Pena) have just joined the California Highway Patrol (CHP) in Los Angeles but for very different reasons.

Baker is a beaten up pro motorbiker trying to put his life and marriage back together.

Poncherello is a cocky undercover Federal agent investigating a multi-million dollar heist that may be an inside job – inside the CHP. The inexperienced rookie and hardened pro are teamed together, but clash more than click, so kickstarting a partnership is easier said than done. But with Baker’s bike skills combined with Ponch’s street savvy it might just work…if they don’t drive each other crazy along the way.

CHIPS is in UK cinemas 24th March.

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LOGAN HUGH JACKMAN ON THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND FIERCE AMBITIONS OF HIS FINAL PERFORMANCE AS WOLVERINE

In the highly anticipated film, LOGAN, from 20th Century Fox, Hugh Jackman reprises his iconic role as James ‘Logan’ Howlett, best known to movie fans worldwide as Wolverine. Directed by acclaimed and award-winning director James Mangold, this latest instalment in the phenomenally popular X-Men series sees an ageing and embittered Wolverine – whose healing abilities are beginning to weaken – and Charles Xavier, protect a young girl named Laura who is very similar to Logan, and is being hunted by sinister forces. Hugh Jackman recently sat down for the following interview:

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Q: WHEN YOU BEGAN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT WITH JAMES MANGOLD [LOGAN’S DIRECTOR AND CO-WRITER] WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING YOU DISCUSSED? A: Well, the first discussion was just, “Will you do another one?” And he immediately said “Yes”, which I was thrilled about.

Because of all Jim’s talents – and he might be one of the most successful directors in Hollywood, he’s tackled so many different genres so brilliantly – he’s really an amazing writer and developer of scripts.

When we worked on the last Wolverine and on Kate and Leopold, the first movie I did with him, they were scripts that had been written that he directed. So I was really excited about the possibility of what would come if Jim had a clean slate, a blank canvas and that’s what we had. So that was the first conversation: Are you in?

Will you do it? And, will you write it? And, as I say, he immediately said yes. I guess I’d left enough time from the last one!

[Laughs]

Q: DID YOU ALREADY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO WITH THIS FILM? A: I had a pretty clear vision. Actually, I had a very clear vision of what I wanted this film to be. I was with a friend and we were having a couple of drinks and he was like, “If you could do whatever you wanted with the character, what would it be?” And I just started talking and talking… the next morning I was with Michele [Schweitzer], my partner in crime, and I began telling her and she suggested writing it down so I immediately recorded it, she still has it. One day I’ll let someone have it! Anyway – and this feels a little bit like I’m missing 29 chapters in the middle – but what I said in that recording and what we shot in New Mexico is pretty damn close.

Q: SO YOU AND JIM WERE ON THE SAME PAGE PRETTY QUICKLY? A: I didn’t want to impose on Jim from the start too much because he’s a writer, director, an artist and I wanted to see where he was coming from. But we were definitely in the same ballpark. There were some differences, naturally, but we both wanted a movie that was a standalone film, that wasn’t necessarily intermingled with the history or the timeline of previous X-Men films. We wanted something that felt very different, very fresh and ultimately something very human because it seems to me that the strength of X-Men and the strength of Wolverine is more the humanity than his superpower. For me, exploring this character for the last time, it was important to get to the heart of who that human was. You know, more than what his claws can do.

Q: IS IT AN ORIGINAL STORY? A: One of the first things I said to Jim was I had a vision of something closer to Unforgiven. Not necessarily the story but what Unforgiven did back in the day.

There’s so much fan following and history

to a western with Clint Eastwood in the lead but he kind of subverted that a little bit. It’s still a western. It’s still Clint. He still kicked ass at the end but it’s definitely turned it on its head so that was the starting point.

Q: SO THE OLD MAN LOGAN COMIC BOOK SERIES WASN’T THE STARTING POINT? A: Old Man Logan, having spoken to the writers, is absolutely inspired

by Unforgiven so I’d like to see the connection more in that way. Obviously, I’ve read Old Man Logan but there’s more differences than similarities and that wasn’t what we were using as a template.

I made a reference to Old Man Logan at Comic Con. I was half teasing but I was more talking about the fact that I’m getting old so it’s maybe time to move on.

But people took it as verbatim that we were therefore doing the story of Old Man Logan. There are elements of that but the truth is I haven’t read the whole Old Man Logan comic in probably four years so I certainly wasn’t going back and saying, ‘Oh, what did they do here? We gotta do it this way…’ It really existed in a different plane.

Q: IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT THE FILM HAS AN R RATING? A: I have to say everyone from Jim, me, the studio, we were all in agreement that “We should make this R rated”. Even at the time when these discussions where happening I said, “This will not be a movie driven by a rating”. This will not be a movie where we go ‘Oh, it’s cool.

It’s R rated. It’s not R rated because of the violence, even though there is some R-rated violence in it. That’s not what defines it as an R rated film. That R rating is more about the subject matter, the way the characters are treated as well as the way violence is depicted. I think this is far more realistic than anything we’ve done before in the X-Men franchise and maybe many other comic book movies, far more human. It seems to me that Wolverine may be one of the darkest, most complex characters in the comic book universe and every time for the last 17 years I’ve seen PG13, a little part of me has winced going, ‘Wolverine would never be in a PG13 movie’. All Jim and I were apprehensive about was just basically taking off the seatbelt, taking off any kind of restriction and just diving into this character.

Q: WHERE DO WE FIND WOLVERINE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS STORY? A: He’s very lost. He’s despondent. He’s older. There’s quite a few more grey hairs and he’s not well. He’s physically sick and I would say spiritually, emotionally, he’s not in a great place. He finds out that there is a very high level of mercury in his body.

Apparently from eating tins of tuna but I thought well, what happens when a guy walks around for 130 years filled with metal? Even though he has an immune system and can heal, at some point everyone on this planet starts to slow down. The body’s ability to fight gets less

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and less. And it’s the same for Wolverine.

He’s sick. We don’t know how sick but he’s also very isolated. He feels alone and despondent. He really doesn’t have much to live for.

Q: WHAT IS HIS LIVING SITUATION? A: The way it’s set up, just before our movie opens – maybe six months or a year before – there was some event involving Charles Xavier, played brilliantly by Patrick Stewart because he’s older too and one thing we explore with his character is what happens when the most powerful brain on the planet falls victim to dementia of some kind. We don’t get into specifics. Is it Alzheimer’s? Is it dementia? But we know that he’s now dangerous because when his brain doesn’t work things happen. He has these seizures and people around him fall into comas. Cars crash, things happen, so some event like that has happened and because he’s pretty much like a father figure to Wolverine in the movies, Wolverine takes him in.

Q: SO THEY’RE FUGITIVES? Yes. Wolverine hides Xavier down in Mexico, just off the border in this place where they’ve been hiding out for pretty much a year with Caliban who is played

by Steven Merchant who is, again brilliant and hilariously funny. Caliban is there to help. He’s a tracker. He has the ability to find people and help spot when people are coming, so it’s the three of us. We are hiding out in this disused smelting plant by some offshore company on the border of the U.S. and Mexico and have been living there for quite a long time alone, potentially just living out the rest of our days, whoever sort of goes first, you know.

Q: CAN YOU EXPLAIN A BIT MORE ABOUT CHARLES XAVIER’S MENTAL STATE? Charles is not in a good place. His mind is going. He doesn’t remember things.

He doesn’t understand why he’s there at times. At times he’s very cognizant and at other times he’s very confused. What I loved about what Jim wrote is that you see and truly feel the frustration of caring for someone like that. Particularly when you’re fugitives and you’re hiding out and that person has no understanding of the situation. Their relationship goes through a transformation as the way they relate to one another changes, where they stand off against one another – they have arguments and it’s very sort of real life in a way.

Q: AND THEN LAURA (PLAYED BY DAFNE KEEN) ENTERS THE PICTURE. A: Yes, the three of them, Caliban, Logan, and Charles have been hiding out for, and all of a sudden their world is invaded upon because of this young, nine, ten year old girl, Laura. She’s been taken by this nurse, Gabriella, from a facility and they are looking for Logan for a very specific purpose. They want to find him. Of course Logan doesn’t want to be found and does his best to kind of tell them to get lost.

But along with the nurse, Laura also brings

almost an entire army of people chasing her down.

Q: BECAUSE SHE’S A MUTANT? Yes, she’s a mutant as well. I should explain a little bit about the world that we set up. There have been no mutants born that have been recorded in the last 25 years. All people know about that is that it was a genetic act of God for them to appear, and apparently the same act of God that they don’t appear any more.

They came and they went. Laura escaped from the facility. She and several other kids that have been created got free because this nurse Gabriella took pity on them.

She saw what was going on in there was actually inhumane and unjust and she helped them escape and now they believe their only chance of survival is to find the old man Logan to bring them to safety.

Q: WHY DOES HE AGREE TO HELP? A: He doesn’t want to help them at all! He doesn’t want anything to do with them.

He’s long passed the stage in his life where he reacts to people’s pleas and cries for help. He has come to the conclusion that generally when he helps things end up worse off. That the people he loves end up getting hurt. That if he gets too close or tries too hard it ends in pain and loss and destruction. So the wall around Logan is very, very thick, very hard for anyone to penetrate and, really, the only reason he goes on this journey to begin with is because he and Charles have been found – and he doesn’t want the authorities to get Charles. But Charles really cares for this kid. He sees a future. He sees hope.

He sees himself. He understands that he’s not going to be around much longer and he really wants to nurture this young kid and he really wants Logan to step up and nurture her and look after her and protect her. But Logan, I can tell you, does everything he can to resist that.

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WHAT IS ONE OF LOGAN’S ABILITIES? A) ABILITY TO FLY B) ABILITY TO HEAL C) ABILITY TO TIME TRAVEL

Q: WHO IS IT THAT’S CHASING LOGAN AND CHARLES AND LAURA? A: The oldest enemy for Logan is Colonel Styker and the Alkali compound he ran.

Alkali was where Logan was originally experimented on, where they put the metal in him, they put the claws on him, they turned him into a weapon in order to go out and kill people for various black ops sort of missions. He ran away from that but now he sees they’re involved and the shackles are off for him. He’s absolutely fuming that they are back in his life and they have tracked him and Charles down. He’s desperate not to get involved but Alkali is now a very legitimate company.

Q: SO THEY’RE NOT A SHADOWY ORGANIZATION? A: Well, through experimentation on mutants, they’re now in the world of genetics and seen as a very respectable company getting rid of disease, allowing perspective parents to adjust the genes of their child. So Alkali is now a very public business. They do however have some

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shady dealings that happen underneath, in the area of weapons. And mutants are still weapons. They are extraordinarily powerful, can go into places, do things that no one else can. Therefore they’re an asset.

Q: THIS IS WHERE RICHARD E GRANT AND BOYD HOLBROOK COME IN? A: Yeah, the Alkali program is run by Dr. Rice who’s played by Richard E Grant, who I love. He’s great in this. And Dr Rice happens to be the son of Zander Rice who in comic book lore is someone that Logan killed back in the day. So there is a little bit of history between them but at this point Rice and his… underling, I guess, Donald Pierce who’s played

by Boyd Holbrook, the two of them are in charge of making sure they get these assets back, these kids back. They don’t particularly want Logan, they’ve buried the hatchet with him as far as they’re concerned. He’s an old guy now. He’s out to pasture. They don’t see any threat in him. They don’t really care anymore about engaging with him but when Logan gets in the way of one of their assets that becomes a big problem. By the way.

Boyd is phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal and I think he steals every scene he’s in.

Q: HOW WAS IT WORKING WITH PATRICK STEWART AGAIN? A: He’s been a great friend from the beginning, an inspiration. When Jim suggested actually having Patrick in this part at that stage of his life I just thought it was so perfect

I think, a little like me, after 17 years he looked at the script and saw an opportunity to dive in to the deepest part of these characters. I’m not belittling any of the other films but when you’re serving many, many characters in a movie you don’t have that option.

Q: SO HE WAS REALLY COMMITTED? A: I’ll tell you something, and I hope he doesn’t mind me revealing this. But he told me that he was 172 pounds when he was 14 years old and at 75 years old he was still 172 pounds. He said he was a big kid and then just stayed the same, never moved… except for this movie. He lost 21 pounds. He wanted to look ill. His wife actually was really disturbed by it. I’m only telling you that to illustrate how committed he was to this film.

Because this is probably a more adult, more dramatic film in that way.

Q: IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE FILMING WITH HIM. A: I’ll never forget we were filming in the back of a car. It was probably 110 degrees in Mississippi and we finished this great scene where we’re having this argument.

It’s a really classic bickering family kind of argument and Dafne who, you know, is 11 and probably her first movie, she was on the scene and watching and we called cut and Patrick goes, “Oh…” and Dafne asks, “What’s the matter, are you hot? He goes, “No I’m just sad. I’ll never get to do that scene again. The hardest thing about film

is when you get a great scene like that and you only get to do it for one day in your life and then it’s gone.” And he looked at her and said, “Make sure you do theatre because when you get a great scene at least you get to do it for six nights every night and then you’re ready for it to go.” And in that moment I saw this man’s joy in what he’s doing. He reveled in this character and it shows. It’s a heartbreaking, beautiful layered, textured complex performance. At times unbelievably lucid and clear. You see the relationship with he and Logan as very sort of father/son in all its colours. Pride, disappointment, anger, frustration. It all plays out and what he does with so little is just really heartbreaking. I’ve been saying it from the first day he appeared on set. I really feel he has a shot at getting some real attention for this part.

the audition as the scene where she punches me in the arm and I went home and I had bruises all over my arm. No offense to those guys I’ve fought but I’ve never gone home with bruises until that day. I was very excited by the audition. Jim was very excited.

Everyone was very excited but, you never know till you turn up. You just don’t. It’s an impossibly tall order for any actor. But she is incredibly natural in front of the camera.

She loved it. She hated being told it was time to go home! She always begged to stay.

Never did I see her tired or grumpy or badly behaved. She was always, always loving it and some scenes in the end just absolutely broke my heart. She is a phenomenal actress.

It was a real honour to share the film with her.

Q: HOW DID YOU FIND DAFNE?

A: I just want them to be feeling something.

Hopefully it’s a movie that touches people.

Yeah, it’s exciting but as they’re walking out I’m hoping that they’ve gone through the ringer! I want them to emotionally be rung out like we all were! I want them to feel everything. I want them to be outraged. I want them to laugh. I want them to yell. I want them by the end to feel like they’ve got to know fully and understand this human, this man called Logan.

A: The casting process was extensive. There were so many kids put forward who did auditions but I only auditioned with the final four, and Dafne was one. I had seen her test.

She’s the most levelheaded, amazing kid.

I saw her tape and I was just blown away because this is a very difficult part to cast.

She has to portray elements of Wolverine’s personality and physicality and that’s not easy to pull off. In real life, she’s very bubbly and vivacious and energetic but she’s playing this constantly pissed off sort of rage-filled mutant who will take your head off if you look at her sideways. And she came in for

Q: WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE AS A LASTING IMPRESSION OF LOGAN?

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CRANK UP THE VIOLENCE The Rise of R-Rated films in the Marvel Universe – A new age for films or are we merely witnessing a fad?

It’s seemingly impossible to look at any source of entertainment news without seeing something about Deadpool, a film that, carrying a $58 million budget and a handful of genital jokes, has become the ultimate underdog story.

Grossing over $500 million in its first few weeks, eventually ending up as one of the highest grossing movies of 2016, the film received praise from many and started a discussion about the superhero genre having new life breathed into it. Suddenly fans were becoming less focused on their interwoven universes and concentrating more on all these other characters who could be given the same appropriate adult treatment usually expected from a Tarantino film. Just like any kind of success however, Hollywood have taken notice of Deadpool’s success and glazed other films with the same “no children allowed” brush. Now, on top of an R-rated cut of Batman Vs Superman for its home release, we’ve got ourselves a dark and violent Wolverine film to say goodbye to Hugh Jackman’s sharp handed mutant. The question on everyone’s lips, however, is will this be a new age for films or are we merely witnessing a fad?

The answer sadly isn’t simple. Hollywood has long been keen on jumping on trends at any given chance: just look back at the 70’s that were filled to the brim with Star Wars knock

Back To The Future?

An X-Men Timeline There are lots of Superhero films, that goes without saying. While it’s relatively simple to keep up to date with the likes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC counterpart, things start to go a bit haywire when you discuss the X-Men films. Following the tales of super-powered mutants, the franchise loves to play about with its continuity. For anyone who is tempted by the grittyness of Logan, you may need a bit of revision. Thankfully, we’ve got you sorted with a low-down on what you need to know, and most importantly, when.

DISCLAIMER: Since the film that muddles up the timeline, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, takes place in the mid 70’s, all events before 1973 happen regardless. This means that First Class, in both timelines, happens regardless and won’t be noted in either. Oh, and SPOILER ALERT, obviously.

offs after the success of George Lucas’s sci-fi epic or, even more recently, the rise in dark, gritty and serious takes of beloved characters after the success of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. Deadpool was very much a drop in the same ocean but thankfully didn’t take itself too seriously which leads onto the point that will see whether or not R-Rated movies will continue in prominence.

What Hollywood need to realise is that the reason for Deadpool’s success is the team and content behind it: you had the original creators backing it, the actor who had pushed for the film to be made (so much so that he is 70% sure that he leaked the test footage online) as well as writers who knew the character and were driven to make the film they wanted without interaction from heads at FOX. Whilst people went crazy for Deadpool getting that age rating, they didn’t flock out to see it because of that.

They went to see it because the trailers made them laugh, the promotional material was exactly what it should have been and it wore its fourth wall breaking humour on its sleeve. In addition, the source material is unapologetically gory and crass which makes the mere existence of a film like Deadpool so justified. An age rating merely gives creators greater flexibility but if they are merely doing things just because studios say they can then we may end up with quantity rather than quality.

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TIMELINE 2 – ALTERNATE

1973 – X-Men Days Of Future Past: Mystique, played by Jennifer Lawrence, assassinates Peter Dinklage’s Trask who plans on creating sentinels which eventually put humans and mutants on the brink of extinction. However, Mystique is captured and has her DNA used to further enhance the sentinels, allowing them to adapt to any mutant power.

1973 – As we return to DOFP, it’s important to remember that this timeline is simply just an alteration to our original timeline: neither co-exist with one another. Confusion out of the way, the team stop Mystique from assassinating Trask. Unfortunately, in a fit of rage that sees Magneto lift a stadium over the white house, Logan is flung into metal girders, piercing through his body. A young Stryker finds him, skipping the events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Logan is already incarcerated.

1981 – The events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine happen, resulting in Wolverine getting his adamantium skeleton and claws from William Stryker. Wolverine loses his memory after a battle with Deadpool, this is never brought up again though so a rare inconsistency.

2013 – This incident directly leads to The Wolverine where Logan becomes a bearded, recluse, haunted by the memory of killing someone he had affection for. This movie ends with Professor X and Magneto approaching Logan to warn him about the impending sentinels.

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It looks though, as of now anyway, the movie industry is resisting the urge to drown everything with an R-rating: films like Trainspotting 2, whose predecessor was also an R-rated flick, isn’t merely jumping on the bandwagon with its source material focusing on sex, violence and, who could forget, heroin. There’s also the tense and socially aware thriller Get Out that seems to justify being so restricted though time will only tell if the film itself is any good. What’s clear to see though is that an R-rating is solely there to benefit the film and therefore the viewer, not just so we can witness another moneygrabbing gimmick like 3D.

TIMELINE 1 – ORIGINAL

2000-2006 – The events of X-Men 1, 2 & 3: The Last Stand all occur. In The Last Stand, Wolverine is forced to put down Jean Grey as she goes on a rampage.

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There’s a very important point about this ‘rise’ of r-rated films and that is that branding a film with that age rating doesn’t mean that it’ll be successful: in some cases it can do the complete opposite. Take for instance Watchmen, a great film in my eyes but one that I can’t deny under-performed when it hit the big screens. If the R-rating could not save the adaptation of one of the most critically acclaimed novels of all time, one that stands among other greats like 1984, then it seems pretty clear that branding a film as such will in turn not result in $$$.

2023 – That brings us to the post-apocalyptic future sequence from DOFP. There are very few mutants left due to the sentinels so, in an attempt to help the mutants survive, Wolverine agrees to be sent back to 1973.

There he will work with a younger Professor X and Magneto to stop Mystique from assassinating Trask.

1983 – The events of X-Men Apocalypse are instigated. Wolverine is freed from the Weapon X facility where he was held prisoner. Later on in the film, a man in a suit collects the blood of Logan, a fact that is vital when wanting to understand the events of Logan.

2016 – We skip directly to Deadpool as its unclear whether the events of X-Men 1, 2 or The Wolverine happen. What is known is that TLS does not occur as Jean Grey is not dead at the end of..

2023 – DOFP where Wolverine meets her, Cyclops and Beast. The timeline resumes as normal with Wolverine acting as a History teacher. This finally ends us in...

2029 – Logan! The aforementioned blood taken in 1983 has been used to create X-23, a female clone of Wolverine. Their paths cross as dark forces pursue Logan in order to capture X-23, known as Laura in the film.

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The biggest Buddhist Temple that you will find in the West is called Kagyu Samye Ling, and luckily for us it’s located at Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway. Looking like it’s been transported from somewhere in the Far East, the temple was founded by two refugee Tibetan monks in 1967. Sat right on the banks of the river Esk, it’s a wonderfully tranquil place to escape to. To get to the Temple from Glasgow, take the Transpennine Express train towards Manchester Airport and alight at Lockerbie, from Edinburgh take the Transpennine Express also, once you get to Lockerbie, grab the 112 bus to Eskadalemuir.

So picturesque it almost seems like it should have been in Harry Potter, Eilean Donan castle sits at the point where 3 large lochs meet – Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh.

Since the castle’s restoration in the early 20th century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland so that people can explore the castle with a tourguide and learn all about the history. To visit from Glasgow, you should take the 916 bus from Buchanan bus station towards Uig and get off at Dornie. To get there from Edinburgh, just take the train to Inverness and then the 917 bus towards Portree, alighting at Bridge Road End. The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a 30 acre sculpture garden which has been inspired by cosmology.

Although the garden is private most of the time, it opens to the public for one day a year, located at Portrack House, near Dumfries. This year it’s open on April 30th, so get ready to explore! To get to the garden from Glasgow, take the X74 bus from Buchanan bus station to Dumfries, and then catch the 246 Thornhill bus to Portrack. To explore the garden from Edinburgh, get the 101 bus to Dumfries and then the 246 to Portrack.

Set into the natural rock behind a small gate in the town of Pittenweem in Perth, hides St. Fillian’s Cave. According to legend, a 7th century Irish missionary named St. Fillan hid out in this small cave as he tried to convert the locals to Christianity. However, the cave was so dark that he realised he couldn’t read his scriptures so when he asked God for help, God gave him a glowing arm. Now Fillan could happily read and write with his right arm, while lighting the pages with his glowing left. Whether any of this is true isn’t clear, but for centuries after the cave was used as a smuggler’s den, a monastery, and as a prison during the witch

hunts of the 17th-18th centuries. To visit the cave, you need to pick up the key for the gate at the nearby Chocolate Café. To travel to see the cave from Glasgow, get on the X27 to Kirkcaldy, then the X60 to Milton Road. From Edinburgh, all you have to do is get on the X60 and get off at Milton Road.

If you love the eery and the not so cheery, Boleskine House is perfect for you. Overlooking Loch Ness, where you can look for the Loch Ness monster, Boleskine Cemetery sits at the foot of the hill, which has long been the site of misdeeds and occult happenings. According to legend, the house was built upon the ruins of a 10th century church which burnt to the ground during a service, killing everyone inside. To get here from Glasgow, grab the G10 bus from Buchanan bus station to Inverness, or if you’re coming from Edinburgh get the M90, and then travel on the 16 till you arrive at Boleskine house.

SCOTLAND’S WEIRD AND WONDERFUL DESTINATIONS...

AND HOW TO GET THERE Travelling around Scotland doesn’t mean you only have to see Edinburgh castle, or search for the Loch Ness monster, it can mean seeing some of Scotland’s quieter and less well known amazing destinations, and we’ll even tell you how to get there…

Hidden in the woods of Scotland’s Black Isle is a large group of trees covered in rags. Known as Clootie Well, it follows a Pagan ritual where rags are left to rot, and as it does it’s hoped that some pain or sadness will fade with it. It’s bad luck to remove any of the offerings so make sure you leave them hanging from the trees! Forestry Commission Scotland encourages people to continue to bring rags to the Munlochy Clootie Well, although they do prefer that the rags be biodegradable — the better with which to please nature’s spirits! To visit Clootie Well from Glasgow, get the train to Perth, swap trains there to Inverness, and then jump on the 26D bus and alight at the post office. To go from Edinburgh, get the M90 bus to Inverness, and then grab the same 26D bus and alight at the Post Office.

With turrets, spires and formal gardens, Dubrobin Castle is one of the UK’s oldest inhabited castles, where the Earls and Dukes of Sutherland live. French chateau in style, you can find the castle near the town of Golspie in the North of Scotland. As well as touring the huge castle, you can also watch falconry demonstrations which show off golden eagles and peregrine falcons.

To get here from Glasgow, take the G10 bus to Inverness, or from Edinburgh the train, and then the X99 to Dunrobin Station.

Take care when travelling, but don’t be scared to veer off the normal path and see the quieter bits of Scotland, we promise you they’ll be just as impressive.

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Ditching the 9-5 What kind of life do you want to live? That’s a question we all too often ask ourselves when we think of our future. Many of us want the mortgage, the family, the security, and the kind of future that makes us feel all fuzzy and warm inside. But then there’s the rest of us – those of us who crave the adventure, the unknown, the danger, and the freedom to do whatever the hell we want.

In 2012, Nicole and Michael made the decision to enter into that unknown and travel the world indefinitely. By selling all their earthly possessions, cashing in what savings they had and setting off with one bag each, and their adventure to freedom just beginning.

They started an online business, meaning they could work anywhere in the world from their laptop, which eventually led to multiple online businesses, allowing them the freedom to travel the world and earn money whilst doing it. Living the dream through their freedom lifestyle is what inspired them to create Freedom Junkies, a community of like-minded individuals who are passionate about living their dreams and becoming digital entrepreneurs.

By offering guidance and support from others who have “been there and done that”, Freedom Junkies has a Facebook group where daily tips and support are posted for those who want the freedom lifestyle and to grow a profitable online business they can successfully run from anywhere in the world. We decided to get in touch with Nicole for a chat about her freedom lifestyle, and what being a Freedom Junkie actually entails:

become a freedom junkie and work anywhere in the world from your laptop

“A Freedom Junkie is someone who has a desire to live life on their terms. To have the freedom to choose what their ideal life looks like and then create it. Freedom means something different to each of us but the one thing that remains the same is that we all want to live a more fulfilling and abundant life. A true Freedom Junkie won’t let anything get in the way on their journey to that fulfilling and abundant life.”

“I was living a pretty average life in Australia – I had a loving husband, a beautiful house, a great career. On the outside it may have looked like the perfect life to many. But my career saw me working 70+ hours a week, and when I wasn’t working I was too tired to do anything else.”

“Then one day I realized I didn’t actually like the life I was living. I was exhausted, I wasn’t travelling as much as I wanted to, and I was stuck within the same 4 walls day in and day out. So I made the decision to change how I was living my life. Travelling was always my passion so I made it my life and Michael and I took off on a one way ticket to travel the globe full time. Five years later we are still traveling full time and living the fulfilling and abundant life I was once day-dreaming about.”

When discussing their online business Nicole told us about her lack of online knowledge and how she applied her entrepreneurial spark to becoming a success in the field.

“I won’t lie, it wasn’t easy! While I have been an entrepreneur for 17 years, I had no idea how to run a business online. I didn’t have the skills or knowledge for the digital world so

I had to learn everything from scratch. I took courses, went to seminars, read hundreds of books, joined entrepreneur communities – I did whatever I could to soak up as much information as I could find. And I’m so glad I did! My online business has changed everything! I can work from anywhere in the world from my laptop. I’ve worked in cafes in Paris, beachside in the Bahamas, I’ve even worked from the jungles of Costa Rica!”

“I worked hard to grow my online business and it paid off because my business was bringing in a 5 figure a month income in just under 6 months. And now since I started in the digital world 5 years ago, two of my online businesses have hit the 6 figure a year mark.

I don’t say that to brag, I say that because I want others to know what is possible, even if they don’t currently have the skills! It’s amazing what you can achieve when you want something bad enough.”

When asked about their lives now compared to their 9-5 working life, Nicole discussed how unrecogniseable it has become.

“Michael was always so stressed from work (as a Engineer Project Manager) as was I. All we did was work, but we were working in jobs that we didn’t love. We had limited vacation time every year, and for two people who loved to travel that just didn’t work for us at all. But now neither of us ever feels stressed out, we travel constantly, and we love what we do, in both life and work. We are very different people to what we used to be. Being able to let go of all the stress and anxiety that came with our 9 to 5s, and living a truly fulfilling life, has completely changed who we are.”

“We are still ‘full time travellers’. However by the end of 2017 we will have a home base and travel frequently (instead of carrying all of our possessions with us everywhere we go!).

We are not sure yet where that home base will be so it’s very exciting to see how it all folds out!”

“I work part time hours on my business and that’s all I ever want to work. If I’m launching a new product then I will put in more hours for a few weeks, but part of my ideal freedom lifestyle is to work only part time hours so I can spend more time on LIVING and not just working. I absolutely love my work, more than I ever thought possible, but it’s important to remember, we are not just on this earth to work. We need to make sure we are fulfilled in all areas of life, which is part of what a freedom lifestyle means to me.”

On a final note with Nicole, we asked her what her advice she would give for those looking to take the first step to becoming a Freedom Junkie.

“Just do it! Yes it will be scary. Yes you might fail. But it also might just be the best thing to ever happen in your life. Fear is going to be there, it’s a natural human state we all experience. But will you let fear stop you from doing something magical? To me there is nothing more to fear than living a

mediocre life when you could be living an extraordinary life. So no more wasting time, no more procrastinating, no more excuses.

All it takes is for you to make the choice and then take action to create the freedom lifestyle you deserve. Everything else will fall into place because you will be living your true calling.”

Many are now following suit of Nicole and Michael’s lifestyle, and ditching the 9-5 to follow their dreams of becoming their own boss and travelling the world while they do it. But with one of the main reasons why employees tend to remain at their jobs being “inertia” (the tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged), it can be quite difficult to break the mould, so let’s have a look at some reasons why we think you should go for.

You can live anywhere you want. Ok, so technically you can live anywhere you want and still have a 9-5, but can you really? No matter where you live in the world, you will likely be living there because you work there. Imagine living anywhere in the world and taking your job along with you. Your work adapts to your life, you don’t adapt to your work life.

A 9-5 won’t make you rich. You will always have to trade time for money, so although you may be earning a decent amount of money for your time, your time is always going to limited, so the amount of money you make will be limited. You have to physically be somewhere for at least 8 hours of the day to earn your wages each month. Or alternatively, you can create a system that will earn you money when you’re not there or even spending time on it. Which ultimately give you more time to enjoy your life.

Start telecommuting. Nowadays, most jobs don’t require you to be in the office, all you need is an internet connection and somewhere comfortable. Think about your job – do you really need to be in the office to do it? Some jobs obviously require you to be, but if the bulk of your work is computer based, then consider going mobile. If you can argue your point logically and can still complete your job from outwith the office, then many employers will be happy to allow this by either issuing a small pay cut or foregoing a raise.

There is always going to be something else you’d rather be doing. You may love your job and love working with your colleagues, but most of us would love to be doing something else. Which may include spending our time travelling and seeing the world.

So ask yourself this. With all the freedom and possibilities available to us, why do we continue to work as our parents did? Why is the only adventure and travel we seem to have is our 9-5 commute? We’re not saying it’s going to be easy and that you should instantly embrace your inner Mariah Carrey and storm out of the office proper diva style, but it is time to break the mould and live the life you want to live. It will take planning, time and commitment, so let’s get started.

by Katie Jones Editor katie@ thestudentadvertiser.co.uk

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MANAGE YOUR MONEY with these helpful tips Young Glaswegians are more likely to borrow money from their parents than children from any other Scottish region, according to a recent Bank of Scotland report.

The survey also found that 18-24 year olds borrow £4,000 on average from the “bank of mum and dad” and it revealed that half of those surveyed felt guilty about borrowing from family but despite their guilt only 34% expect to have to pay the money back.

As a generation, we ‘millennials’ are often given a bad rap and deemed ‘irresponsible’, ‘lazy’ and bad at

managing our money – which our parents more often than not would agree with.

So if, like most of us, you often find yourself having to borrow to make ends meet, don’t have a clue what your credit score is (or are wondering ‘what is a credit score?’) and are constantly dipping into your measly savings account, don’t you think it’s time to take action?

We’ve rounded up some of the best money-management tips for Gen Y and hope to help ease the burden on your (and your parent’s) finances.

BUDGETING Whether you’re a recent graduate who has just got their first ‘proper’ job or still relying on student loans and a part-time gig to keep you going, it’s easy to assume you’re not exactly rolling in cash, so when it comes to budgeting you’ve got to be smart.

Thankfully, being part of ‘Gen Y’ also means we’re the most tech-savvy and can utilise the many budgeting apps out there to help us regain some financial control.

Spend a month using the OnTrees app, which links to your financial accounts and keeps track of your spending. It’ll show how much your spending on socialising, travelling, shopping and a host of other typical expenses.

After this first month, take a look at which categories are the highest: does all you money go to restaurants and bars? Are you whittling away funds on unnecessary clothes? Use the data to sort out a budget for yourself, which you can also set in the app.

If you want to go old-school and forget the apps, you could try the envelope method of budgeting (although there are apps for this, such as GoodBudget and YNAB).

Each month, after you’ve been paid or received your student loan, take out your money (leaving enough in your account obviously to cover any direct debits), divvy it up into different envelopes and write a category on each, such as ‘travel’, ‘food’, ‘shopping’ – you get the idea. You should, after using the OnTrees app, have a good idea of how much you need to put in each envelope and remember if you found yourself overspending on something like clothes or socialising to put lower amounts in these envelopes because they aren’t necessities.

The point of this system is that you don’t take any money out of an envelope unless it’s for that specific purpose, so you can’t dip into your travel budget because you’ve decided a takeaway is needed – you must be strict with yourself. If you have any money left in any of the envelopes at the end of the month, then congrats you’ve successfully budgeted and you can afford a treat or if you want to be really good, pop this into your savings account.

CREDIT SCORE Chances are your first experience with credit scores was when you attempted to get a phone contract in your own name and found this annoying score meant you’d have to keep your phone in your mum’s name – just me? Okay, well anyway a credit score is very important, it affects your ability to get things like mobile phone contracts, credit cards and even mortgages.

It’s used by lenders to determine what kind of borrower you are and how you cope when it comes to managing repayments. When you apply for anything like store cards (be careful with these – they often have extortionate rates) or car finance deals for example, the organisation will input your data into an algorithm which will look at your credit score and try to gauge if you’ll be a ‘good’ customer and able to make the payments, it’ll also check for any past missed repayments and what current debt you have.

The three credit reference agencies, Equifax, Experian and Callcredit have files containing data on each of us and you have a statutory right to check your files either at no cost of for no more than £2. Try Callcredit’s free service at noodle.co.uk, it gives you a monthly update of your score, compares it to the UK average and will let you see any errors which you can dispute.

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Although you might be thinking ‘Great, I can’t have bad credit because I’ve stayed away from store and credit cards’, having a credit card can actually help you build your credit history – if you have nothing in your credit history, lenders can’t tell if you’ll be able to handle repayments. Spend around £50 each month on your credit card and always repay it in full each month, this shows you can manage repayments. If you don’t already have a credit card, make an appointment with your bank to discuss options, they may have a student option with a low credit limit so you won’t be able to go nuts with it.

Another way you can help keep your credit score healthy is by making sure you are on the electoral register at gov.uk. Lenders will use the electoral role to confirm who you are and where you live and you can still opt out of the open register, which is the version that can be sold for commercial use.

SMART SAVINGS After you’ve set yourself a budget for your regular expenses and find yourself in a good routine for managing your money, it’s time to get tougher and set yourself a savings target.

Even if you can’t see yourself being in a position to even think about buying a home for years, it still makes sense to open a Help to Buy ISA. The interest rates vary depending on the bank but are usually higher than normal cash ISAs – so it makes sense to use the Help to Buy ISA as a general savings account.

You can save up to £1,200 in the first month and then a maximum of £200 after that. If you’re using it to save for a house then the government will add a further 25% to your total (up to £3,000), although you’ll need to save a minimum of £1,600 to receive the bonus.

However, if you find yourself needing to access the money for some other expense, you can withdraw what you’ve saved, rules on this vary depending on your provider. You won’t receive the bonus on the amount withdrawn but you can continue to save with the Help To Buy ISA after any withdrawals.

If you find it difficult to transfer a decent chunk of money into a savings account each month, other options are available. Some banks offer ‘Save The Change’ facilities, which rounds up any day-to-day spending on your debit card and transfers it over to your nominated savings account (so if you spend £5.70, 30p will be transferred to your savings).

Saving 30p here and there might not seem like much but over the month it really adds up.

LOANS We’re sure you’ve heard this before but seriously, please don’t fall into the trap of payday loans. It might seem a great deal and you might feel like you’re clued up and sure of what you’re paying back but they are generally a nightmare and can really affect your credit score.

If you’re in a pinch and need access to money, make an appointment with your college / university student services, they are sometimes able to help out with financial aid in certain circumstances.

Or you could join the thousands of others who are already loyal customers at the Bank of Mum and Dad – the interest rates are generally very low and you might even be able to pay back with hoovering, dish washing and dog walking.

by Courtney Hendry Online Editor

@courtneysarahx

c.hendry@tsaglasgow.com

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Salary: £20-£24 per hour Agent: Hudson Construction & Property Skills: Construction/Trades/Property Location: Glasgow Site Engineer in Glasgow Our client is a national contractor, seeking an experienced site engineer for a 2-3 month contract on a new build RC structure in Glasgow. The role will require someone capable of an early to mid-April start. Must have: CSCS. Desirable: Large Structural experience. Experience with trimble s6. Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV. Hudson is a leading provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management solutions worldwide.

PRIMARY SCHOOL SECRETARY Salary: Competitive Agent: Hutchesons’ Grammar School Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow We are seeking to appoint a friendly, enthusiastic and skilled School Secretary to support the Head Teacher and her senior team. The successful candidate will be well organised and meet deadlines in a calm and collected manner, even under the pressure of conflicting priorities.

With excellent written and verbal communication the appointed candidate will be able to work effectively and professionally with all stakeholders, dealing with issues in a sensitive and confidential manner. The post is offered on a full time, term- time only basis. However, there will be a requirement to work an additional 5 days during the summer holidays and on 4 in-service days.

CUSTOMER SERVICES - GERMAN SPEAKING Salary: £17000 per annum + plus shift bonus Agent: Total Recruitment Skills: Customer Services Location: Glasgow Based within their modern, state of the art, well equipped Glasgow offices (with parking, coffee shop, internet cafe and lunch venues on site), you would join a fun, friendly and very outgoing team environment.

Handling all manner of customer inquiries, over the phone and via email, you will have first class communication skills, both verbal and written (GERMAN AND ENGLISH). This is NOT a call centre environment, but much more of an open plan, friendly, large office environment. SHIFTS 3PM - MIDNIGHT, Wednesday to Sunday, £17,000 PLUS 10% shift allowance. INITIALLY 12-15 weeks TEMPORARY BUT WILL LEAD TO A PERMANENT CONTRACT FOR THE RIGHT PERSON. APPLY WITHOUT DELAY - RECRUITING RIGHT NOW!!!!

PDI VEHICLE TECHNICIAN Salary: £8 per hour Agent: Brightwork Skills: Automotive Location: Glasgow We are currently looking to recruit a PDI Technician to join a national dealership based in Glasgow on a temporary contract initially, but with a chance to go permanent. Ideal candidate would be part qualified and have at least NVQ 1 (preferably NVQ Level 2) in vehicle maintenance. Full UK driving licence is also essential.

The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out pre-delivery inspections on new vehicles and used vehicles checks. Working hours are 8am-4:30pm Mon-Fri but some weekend work may be required. ‘Brightwork Ltd offers the services of an employment agency for permanent work and an employment business for temporary work’ We may only contact selected applicants due to volume of response.

TELEPHONE ACCOUNT MANAGER

CHEF DE PARTIE

Salary: £21,500 Agent: Anderson Knight Skills: Financial Services/Investment Location: Glasgow Anderson Knight is looking for a Telephone Account Manager to work permanently in Glasgow. This will be working with a well established financial services company. Main responsibilities: - Account management - Hitting realistic sales targets - Conducting outgoing sales calls - Maintaining and strengthen relationships Developing a team of advisors The ideal candidate must be a polished individual with a professional approach and a background in financial services. Please apply for further details.

Salary: £Competative Agent: Halo Hotels (Crowwood) Skills: Hospitality/Catering/Tourism Location: Glasgow An opportunity has arisen to join the team as a chef de partie at one of our hotels, with a busy guest restaurant and banqueting for 140, we are looking for someone who has at least 3 years experience in the kitchen and holds the relative food safety, and training documentation appropriate to the position. The position is available immediately with a competitive salary offered commensurate with experience, the position is permanent and full time. In the first instance send your cv, and you will be contacted in order to arrange an interview

SERVICE ENGINEER

BOOKKEEPER ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT

Salary: £Negotiable Agent: PTM Security Solutions Ltd Skills: Engineering/Technical Location: Glasgow Field Service Engineer required to carry out Service, Repair and Installation of Door Entry Systems and carry out routine PMV inspections to Fire Alarms and Smoke Extraction Systems. You must have relevant experience and qualifications and hold a Full Driving Licence. Any and all endorsements must be disclosed. The post is Full Time and carried a probationary period of 6 months. You must rotate 1 week "On Call" with the other engineers (following probationary period). A Company vehicle is provided and company branded clothing is also provided.

Salary: £DEO Agent: Stafffinders Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Stafffinders are currently recruiting for a permanent full time experienced Bookkeeperfor our Glasgow client.

Must have experience in the following: Maintaining Sales and Purchase Ledger. Bank Reconciliation.

Preparation of VAT and PAYE Returns. Processing of timesheets, credit control,supplier payments.

Preparation and submission of invoices. Sage line 50.

Sage Payroll. Sage Job Coasting. All Microsoft packages.

To apply please email CV to Karen.auchincloss@ stafffindes.co.uk

JUNIOR LAND SURVEYOR Salary: £13-16/h Agent: Hudson Construction & Property Skills: Construction/Trades/Property Location: Glasgow My Client is an English contractor that is expanding to the Central Belt of Scotland and building its team. There is lots of work lined up and already underway with the leadership of a good core team that we have built up in recent months. We are now seeking a Junior Land Surveyor to join the team and assist in levelling, target shooting etc. on multiple contracts including rail road, and water projects. Any experience is helpful, but there is significant opportunity for training and development.

This will be on a contract basis to start Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV. Hudson is a leading provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management solutions worldwide.

JUNIOR LAND SURVEYOR Salary: £13-16/h Agent: Hudson Construction & Property Skills: Construction/Trades/Property Location: Glasgow My Client is an English contractor that is expanding to the Central Belt of Scotland and building its team. There is lots of work lined up and already underway with the leadership of a good core team that we have built up in recent months. We are now seeking a Junior Land Surveyor to join the team and assist in levelling, target shooting etc. on multiple contracts including rail road,

and water projects. Any experience is helpful, but there is significant opportunity for training and development.

This will be on a contract basis to start Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV. Hudson is a leading provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management solutions worldwide.

CREDIT CONTROL CLERK (TEMP TO PERM) Salary: £17,500 - £19,000 Agent: Anderson Knight Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Anderson Knight are currently seeking a temporary Credit Control Clerk to work for a well known client based in Glasgow on a ongoing temporary contract with the chance to go permanent. Main Duties: Cash Collection by telephone, letter and email. Opening new accounts . Maintaining accounts and putting accounts on stop. Cash Allocation. Review ledger . Produce monthly KPI’s. Adhoc finance reports when required . Deal with all customer enquires . Adhoc duties as required . In return my client is offering a competitive salary with fantastic working hours, with great development opportunities. Interested please apply now to patricia@ andersonknight.co.uk or call me on 0141 348 7754 for more information.

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT Salary: £DOE Agent: Independent Accountants in Scotland Limited Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow IAIS have an excellent opportunity for an Accounts Assistant to join them on a permanent basis. Our team provide high quality advice and assistance in every aspect of our clients’ financial and accounting requirements. You will be required to assist in the preparation of Accounts, Tax Computations, Management Accounts and VAT returns with the addition of other ad-hoc duties within the office as and when required. Ideally having worked in a practice setting you will be comfortable in preparing accounts with minimal supervision although working in a team and be comfortable using Sage to Trial Balance and a working knowledge of Iris would also be beneficial. As you will be the first point of contact for many clients an excellent telephone manner along with strong communication skills are required.

RECEPTIONIST / ADMINISTRATOR Salary: Agent:

£ Commensurate with experience The Centre of Therapy and Counselling Studies Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow An opportunity has arisen within our expanding organisation for someone to take charge of the reception area while sharing some of the duties carried out by our administration team. This is a full-time post working from Monday to Friday within a busy academic and clinical environment. Duties will include: Managing a busy reception desk as first point of contact with visitors, students, clients, therapists and trainers.

Answering incoming telephone calls. Carrying out specific administration tasks and operating systems.

Essential Qualities: Warm and friendly manner Mature and professional attitude Good communication skills Good organisational skills Ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team Reliability and punctuality

PART TIME CASHIER Salary: £8.00 - £9 per hour Agent: Allstaff Skills: Retail Location: Glasgow AllStaff Paisley require a Permanent experienced Part Time Cashier for our client based in Hillington. The location of the client can offer parking facilities & good public transport links. Hours required to be worked WILL be Thursday 1-7pm include a Saturday between 7am to 12noon. Candidates will be required to cover F/T hours during periods of annual leave. Duties will include: Inputting data from tills onto system and balancing cash. Checking invoices and matching. Answering customer calls and queries. Uplifting cash from tills and checking cash into the safe. Inputting details onto the system. Filing, faxing, photocopying. Updating excel spreadsheets. General office duties. Allstaff is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

PRODUCTION OPERATIVES Salary: £7.65ph Agent: Topstaff Skills: Production/Manufacturing Location: Glasgow Position: Experienced production operatives urgently required for part time assignments in the Glasgow/ Hillington area. This position will be ongoing temporary assignments with the possibility of going permanent for the right candidates. Requirements: Applicants must have a good work ethic, should be dexterous and have good attention to detail. This position involved small parts on a production line so nimble fingers and experience are essential. Working hours: Hours of work will be 22 hours per week Monday to Wednesday

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16.30 until 21.25 and Thursday 16.30 - 22.25 For immediate interview please call Topstaff Employment on 0141 427 7070 or email your CV to warehouse@ topstaffemployment.com.

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR Salary: £23,000 + Benefits Agent: Lusona Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Lusona’s Client a well known business based in the city centre of Glasgow seek to recruit a payroll administrator on a permanent capacity This is an excellent position for a candidate looking develop there career within payroll Main Duties for this role are: Process monthly payroll .

Process all PAYE and NI contributions. Processing various expenses. Update all RTI information. Deal with any auto enrolement queries. Liaise with various department regarding payroll queries. Process all year end payroll.

Ensure all current payroll legislation is adhered to .

To apply for this role you will have at least 2 years previous payroll experience based within a fast paced environment, have excellent interpersonal skills and have the ability to work own your own initiative

ACCOUNTS MANAGER Salary: Negotiable/Competitive Agent: JGB Steelcraft (UK) Ltd Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow We are a busy steel manufacturing business based in Hillington Glasgow seeking an experienced Accounts Manager/book-keeper for an immediate start on a permanent basis. Responsibilities: Full responsibility for the finance including:- Sales Ledger & Purchase Ledger Preparing Supplier payment runs Bank reconciliations Credit Card reconciliations Payroll - Weekly and Monthly Staff expenses/petty cash VAT Returns Experience:Sage Job Costing Sage Project costing Sage Line 50 You must have excellent customer service, accounts and administration skills. You should have working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and SAGE experience essential. Must possess the ability to prioritise and accomplish multiple tasks. To apply please forward your CV giving your salary expectations and availability Call 0141 892 2000

ALARM ENGINEER Salary: £25000 + overtime and call allowance Agent: APS Protection Systems Skills: Engineering/Technical Location: Glasgow APS Protection Systems Ltd require time served Installation/Service Engineers. This is a permanent position and the role consists of carrying out service, installation, testing and commissioning of electronic

fire and security systems. Applicants should have a high level of experience and knowledge of electronic fire and security systems. The successful candidate should be highly motivated with the ability to work responsibly on their own or as part of a team, have excellent skills in communication and problem solving and have an enthusiastic and helpful manner. 40 hours per week,.

28 days holiday including 8 statutory days. Basic salary 25k per annum depending on experience, overtime and call allowance will be paid in addition. Company vehicle. Mobile Phone. APS Protection Systems Ltd is an independent company based in Larkhall, Scotland, hold NSI accreditation and provides security services to both domestic and commercial clients.

TEMPORARY ACCOUNTANT Salary: £34,000 - £38,000 Agent: Anderson Knight Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Anderson Knight is currently working with a prestigious client of ours who seek a Qualified Accountant to work on a temporary to permanent contract based in Glasgow City Centre. Main Duties: Producing Monthly Management Accounts including the P&L and Balance sheets Carrying out all Balance Sheet reconciliations Responsible for all PAYE Preparation of monthly VAT Returns Adhoc duties as required To be considered for this role we are looking to speak to candidates with immediate availability. Interested please apply now to patricia@andersonknight.co.uk stating your notice period and salary expectations. Or call me on 0141 348 7754 for further information.

PRODUCTION OPERATIVE Salary: £7.20 to £7.90ph Agent: Uin Foods limited Skills: Production/Manufacturing Location: Glasgow Food Production Operatives Location: Cambuslang, Glasgow We are recruiting for Food Production Operatives for different departments. These roles initially are on fixed term contracts potentially leading to permanent employment; depending on performance and Company requirements. We are looking for candidates with recent experience of working within manufacturing workplace. Successful candidates will be expected to follow food hygiene procedures and be able to work accurately under pressure in a fast paced environment. Available shifts: Bakery 8am to 4:30pm Monday-Friday Bakery 8am to 4:30pm Saturday-Sunday Production 7:15am to 7:00pm (Monday Tuesday Saturday Sunday one week; Wednesday Thursday Friday second week) Hygiene 7:00pm to 6:45am (Monday Tuesday Saturday Sunday one week; Wednesday Thursday Friday second week) Rates of pay Dayshift £7.20ph Nightshift £7.90ph

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR Salary: £22,000 + Benefits Agent: Lusona Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Lusona’s client a Global firm of Chartered accountants based in the city centre of Glasgow seek to recruit a payroll administrator on a permanent basis to work within there busy payroll department Main duties for this role are: Process weekly, monthly and 4 weekly payroll for a portfolio of clients. Process all PAYE and NI contributions. Processing various expenses. Implement auto enrolment . Liaise with various clients regarding payroll queries. Process all year end payroll. Ensure all current payroll legislation is adhered to . To apply for this post you will have 2 years previous payroll experience preferably within a CA or Payroll Bureau environment, be an excellent communicator with the ability to work on your own initiative To apply for this post please send your updated cv to david@lusona. co.uk or give me a call in confidence on 01698 534335 to discuss the role further

TRAINEE ADMINISTRATOR Salary:

£16,380 to £17,000 depending on qualifications and experience Agent: The Presbytery of Glasgow Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow The Presbytery of Glasgow has a vacancy for a fulltime Trainee Administrator to work within a small team providing administrative/secretarial support to our two Presbytery Clerks and other staff members/ committee conveners. Based in Glasgow city centre, the successful applicant will have some administrative experience and/or appropriate qualifications, including a working knowledge of MS Office, and will be able to demonstrate a willingness to learn. Hours of work Monday - Thursday 8.30am to 4.30pm Friday 8.30am to 4pm Further details A full job description is available by email from the Office Manager, Ms Karen Lafferty (klafferty@presbyteryofglasgow.org.uk). Applications, by cv and covering letter, may be sent to this email address or made via S1 jobs. (If applying directly, please use the job title as the subject of your email.) n.b. Some flexibility in start date may be possible for applicants completing training courses within the next few months.

SENIOR PAYROLL CLERK

payroll department Main duties for this role are: Process weekly and monthly payroll for a portfolio of clients. Oversee small team of payroll administrators.

Process all PAYE and NI contributions. Processing various expenses. Liaise with various clients regarding payroll queries. Process all year end payroll. Dealing with Auto- enrolement. Ensure all current payroll legislation is adhered to . To apply for this post you will have 2 years previous payroll experience preferably within a fast moving payroll environment, be an excellent communicator with the ability to work on your own initiative To apply for this post please send your updated cv to david@lusona.co.uk or give me a call in confidence on 01698 534335 to discuss the role further

PHP SQL DEVELOPER Salary:

Up to £40,000 DOE

Agent: RHA Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow RHA is a specialist audio company based in Glasgow.

We develop, manufacture and market innovative audio products with sales channels in over twenty countries. We are seeking a full time Developer to develop and support our internal ERP system.

Development includes all aspects of the lifecycle, including design, development, deployment, training and maintenance. The ideal candidate is creative, and passionate about developing quality software, using good programming practices. Candidates should also have a strong willingness and aptitude to learn the latest web development technologies. Required Skills & Experience Strong knowledge of system architecture, data structures, design and integration. Object-oriented PHP, JavaScript, CSS3, and HTML. SQL, database design &

Salary: £24,000 - £25,000 Agent: Lusona Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Lusona’s client a well established CA firm based in the City centre of Glasgow seek to recruit a Senior payroll clerk on a permanent basis to work within there busy

normalization. Problem solving attention to detail Self-

PART-TIME RECEPTIONIST

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE TEAM MEMBER PART TIME

sufficient, can take user requirements, debug code and solve problems with minimal guidance This is a great career opportunity within a truly innovative company

PART TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR Salary: Competitive Salary Agent: ACE Refrigeration Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow Automatic Cooling Engineers Ltd require an experienced Technical Support Administrator. The successful candidate will have experience of administering NHS/ Government contracts and dealing with NHS compliance paperwork. Part time. 5 days per week (20hrs per wek). Competitive Salary. Applications with Full CV to ahunter@acerefrigeration.co.uk

BOOK KEEPER Agent: Eden Scott Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Eden Scott’s client based in Glasgow is looking for a Book Keeper to join their business on a part time basis.

As a Book Keeper, your duties will include: Payroll.

Preparing Accounts. Processing Invoices. General Admin.

Implementation of the Zero system. The successful candidate will be an experienced Book Keeper with good people skills. Previous experience of the Zero system will be highly advantageous. This is a part time position working approximately 25 hours per week over 5 days. In return you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and be part of an exciting company.

PART-TIME ADMINISTRATOR Salary: Agent:

£Commensurate with experience The Centre of Therapy and Counselling Studies Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow An opportunity has arisen within our expanding organisation for two people on a part-time basis to join our administration team carrying out duties in varied aspects of our operations. These are part-time posts working from Monday to Friday with actual hours to be agreed. Duties will include: Carrying out various administration tasks, procedures and operating systems within a busy academic and clinical environment.

Essential Qualities: Warm and friendly manner Mature

and professional attitude Good communication skills Good organisational skill Ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team Reliability and punctuality

PART TIME CASHIER Salary: £8.00 - £9 per hour Agent: Allstaff Skills: Retail Location: Glasgow AllStaff Paisley require a Permanent experienced Part Time Cashier for our client based in Hillington. The location of the client can offer parking facilities & good public transport links. Hours required to be worked WILL be Thursday 1-7pm include a Saturday between 7am to 12noon. Candidates will be required to cover F/T hours during periods of annual leave. Duties will include: Inputting data from tills onto system and balancing cash. Checking invoices and matching. Answering customer calls and queries. Uplifting cash from tills and checking cash into the safe. Inputting details onto the system. Filing, faxing, photocopying. Updating excel spreadsheets. General office duties. Allstaff is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

PRODUCTION OPERATIVES Salary: £7.65ph Agent: Topstaff Skills: Production/Manufacturing Location: Glasgow Position: Experienced production operatives urgently required for part time assignments in the Glasgow/ Hillington area. This position will be ongoing temporary assignments with the possibility of going permanent for the right candidates. Requirements: Applicants must have a good work ethic, should be dexterous and have good attention to detail. This position involved small parts on a production line so nimble fingers and experience are essential. Working hours: Hours of work will be 22 hours per week Monday to Wednesday 16.30 until 21.25 and Thursday 16.30 - 22.25 For immediate interview please call Topstaff Employment on 0141 427 7070 or email your CV to warehouse@ topstaffemployment.com.

Salary: £18,000 pro rata Agent: PRG Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow PRG Business Support are recruiting for our client exclusively for a front of house professional to join them on a part time basis working Thursdays and Fridays in the centre of Glasgow. Based front of house for our established client we are looking to speak with individuals who have a proven track record within reception coupled with good administrative skills. Duties: Meeting and greeting clients and external partners. Answering telephone and relaying messages. Basic admin duties and housekeeping.

Dealing with incoming and outgoing mail. Please send your CV to Emma Cameron to be considered for this vacancy coupled with your current salary, availability and holidays pre-booked in the next 6 months. To be considered for this role please send your CV to supportroles@prgrecruitment.com confirming your notice period.

PART TIME UNDERWRITER Salary: £25000 per annum Agent: Hudson Contact Centre Skills: Financial Services/Investment Location: Glasgow Hudson have partnered with growing financial services business to appoint a part time Underwriting assistant.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative business who are invested in developing and training team members. Hours 10am-2pm Monday to Friday (overtime available) Underwriting experience would beneficial however not essential: Strong experience working within a financial services environment.

Working in a detail orientated environment. Experience looking at credit files. Ability to manage a busy workload. A team player with a flexible attitude.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Strong Excell skills. Proactive approach. To find out more about this role then please get in touch on 0141 227 9134 or Kirsty.burke@hudson.com Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV. Hudson is a leading provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management solutions worldwide.

Salary: £18,000 – 21,000 Agent: Hudson Accounting & Finance Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Hudson Accountancy and Finance client are looking to add an Accounts Payable Team Member to the current team on a part time basis. This is a outstanding opportunity to join a prestigious organisation based on the outskirts of Glasgow. Key duties of the role include; Maintain the integrity of the financial ledger. Receive and check purchase invoice from suppliers and internal departments. Complete journals and adjustments as required. Process data accurately in accordance with deadlines. Reconcile transactions for specific suppliers.

Creation of excel spreadsheets collating charges on a monthly basis. Provide a fast efficient service to internal and external customers. Experience required; Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures. Strong Accounts Payable knowledge. Supplier statement reconciliation experience. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work to tight month end deadlines. If you are interested in this vacancy please contact Greg McDermott or Pamela McCulloch in our Glasgow office on 0141 240 2444 or greg.mcdermott@jobs.hudson.com Please note you will receive an automated response advising you that we have received your CV.

BDC SALES ADVISOR Salary: £Highly Competitive + Bonus!!

Agent: Peter Vardy Ltd Skills: Call/Contact Centres Location: Glasgow BDC SALES ADVISOR - PART TIME - WEEKEND & WEEK NIGHT HOURS Peter Vardy is the fastest growing motor retailer in its sector and has ambitious plans for the future. Our vision is to create the world’s best motor retail operation as measured by our colleagues, customers and investors. The company has won Sunday Times Awards for being a Top 100 Company to work for and has a real commitment to gaining success through colleague satisfaction. Due to the continued growth and success of the contact centre, we have an amazing opportunity for a sales driven person with a desire to succeed. This role will see you utilising your passion for customer service, while offering your expert knowledge

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to provide solutions. As a BDC Sales Advisor, you will be required to deal with customers on a one on one basis delivering a first class service every time. Person Specification: Skills/Attributes Required Confident and positive ‘can do’ attitude. Excellent communication and influencing skills. Good learner with willingness to develop further. Strong team player. Well organised and good time management. Flexible. Ability to thrive under pressure. Competent with PC and internet. Apply today to get your career started at PV!

SALES ASSISTANT / RETAIL ADVISOR Salary: £250 - £400 Weekly Agent: The Interactive Team Skills: Sales Location: Glasgow Sales Assistant / Retail Advisor Are you looking for a career within sales and working with customers face to face? Are you looking for something different from the usual 9-5? Are you interested in a sales assistant role that offers real career progression and does what it says on the tin? At A4 interactive, we know inspiring leaders comes from every sort of back round. What matters most is your ability to connect, provide innovative solutions, and create an environment where all can succeed! Looking for a sales position that combines you brilliant people skills with your enthusiasm with customer service? We are uniquely focused on delivering amazing customer service experiences and were looking for incredible individuals to work within our interactive team and strive for greatness!!! Customer service and sales requirements are: Ability to strike up conversation?. Fun, bubbly, positive personality. hunger to learn and develop. What we can offer is: Full training professional development programme. fun and inspiring work environment. weekly pay. Travel opportunities.

Experience in leadership. Full time/ part time positions.

Immediate start. If this sounds like you please apply now and start tomorrow!!!

SUPPORT OFFICER Salary: £12.15 per hour Agent: Pertemps Scotland Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow Our client, who is based in the Public Sector, has a requirement for a Support Officer. This is a temporary part-time role (either 5 half days or 3 full days per week), and is in Glasgow City Centre. This role attracts a pay rate of £12.15. This role requires a current Disclosure Scotland issued within the last 12 months. MAIN DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES o Analysing complex letters and emails, identifying key issues o Using In-house systems to draft responses, including Ministerial responses and diary cases. o Responding to correspondence, addressing key concerns and ensuring that letters are drafted using appropriate language and tone o Engaging with internal colleagues across several policy areas to obtain contributions for responses o Managing correspondence workload effectively, and meeting corporate deadlines.

o Providing briefing and correspondence contributions on migration related issues o Supporting the team with some event and meeting management, and ad hoc duties Key Skills o Calm and logical - able to handle reading and dealing with difficult messages from members of the public o Excellent communication skills verbal and written o Experience of using Microsoft Outlook and Excel o Ability to make decisions based on known documented processes If you have the necessary experience and skill set for this role, please submit your CV to contract.glasgow@pertemps.co.uk

QUANTITY SURVEYOR - FIT-OUT CONTRACTOR Salary: up to £45,000 + car allowance + pension Agent: Peace Recruitment Skills: Construction/Trades/Property Location: Glasgow Position: Quantity Surveyor (fit-out) Location: East Kilbride Salary: up to £45,000 Peace Recruitment is looking to source a Quantity Surveyor for a busy contractor, based in Glasgow. The role is to work with an excellent organisation, established for over 20 years, who specialise in fit-out, refurbishment and construction, both in the public and private sector.

With an estimated turnover for this year of just under £20million, this increase in projects means the firm are looking to add to their commercial team. Based out of their offices in East Kilbride, the successful quantity surveyor will be out on site 2 -3 days/week. Projects are predominately across the central belt of Scotland.

The ideal candidate will be a qualified quantity surveyor, with a minimum of 2 years’ experience or alternatively working whilst on a part-time QS course.

Fit-out experience with a similar contractor would be beneficial but they will also consider candidates from alternative construction backgrounds. You will be joining a commercial team of 5, and in a friendly, open plan environment. Our clients pride themselves in their collaborative culture and the MD’s door is always open.

Along with a basic salary (depending on experience), there will be a car allowance provided and pension. To apply for the role, click on the link, or for a confidential discussion on the role contact Nicola Monro directly on 0131 510 0304.

INCOME OFFICER (PART TIME) Salary: £30,714 - £33,726 pro rata per annum Agent: West of Scotland Housing Association Skills: Social Services/Housing/Childcare Location: Glasgow Income Officer (part time) Working Wednesdays Base - Glasgow East Office £30,714 - £33,726 pro rata per annum Defined Benefits Pension Scheme West of Scotland Housing Association is a dynamic social housing provider with a unique history and vision for the future. We are passionate about delivering exceptional services to our tenants. We also want to help make a positive contribution to the lives of those people living in the communities. Are you an experienced housing professional who is willing to take responsibility and

make decisions? Can you convince us that you are a creative problem solver who is committed to improving service delivery and meeting demanding deadlines? Do you have a proven track record of forming effective working relationships with others because of your excellent communication and interpersonal skills?

Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is confident and assertive; a team player who will adopt a flexible and methodical approach to organising and prioritising a busy workload. You should have good knowledge of current housing policy and practice related to social housing income maximisation. If you are interested in an exciting opportunity to work in a progressive environment which strives for continuous improvement, please visit the recruitment page of our website www.westscot.co.uk to download an application pack, email vacancies@westscot.co.uk or telephone 0141 550 5650 to request a pack. Completed applications must be returned by 12noon on Wednesday 4th May 2016.

DEBT ADVISOR Salary: FTE circa £19,000 - £20,000 Agent: Campbell Dallas Skills: Accountancy Location: Glasgow Don’t Fret About Debt is part of Campbell Dallas LLP, and offers Debt Solutions to our clients. We are now recruiting for a part time Debt Advisor to join our team. Hours of work will be Tuesday to Friday, either morning or afternoon to include early evening – 20 hours per week over 4 days. Campbell Dallas LLP is one of the most dynamic and progressive firms of chartered accountants in Scotland with offices across 4 locations and international links. The firm scooped Accountancy Firm of the Year and Training Team of the Year at the Scottish Accountancy and Finance Awards 2015. By joining us you will help to contribute to our success, whilst being supported and encouraged to maximise your own potential. Working in a fast paced environment your role will primarily be to firstly identify and thereafter to provide advice on consumer debt solutions available to individuals who have been referred to the Personal Insolvency Department for assistance. You will communicate to management and external sources on case progression whilst ensuring all deadlines are met. It therefore goes to say that we are looking for strong communicators who have a confident and polite telephone manner and who can engage at all levels. You should have previous debt advice experience, or have worked within personal insolvency. We are looking for IT literate candidates. You will work as part of a team, however should be able to work well with minimal supervision. We are looking for a focussed individual who has a high level of attention to detail and can effectively plan and organise their workload. If this role is of interest then we would love to hear from you, please send your CV and covering letter.

SVQ ASSESSORS Salary: £18125 PA - £19032 PA plus milage Agent: MI Technologies Skills: Education Location: Glasgow A fantastic opportunity - Do you enjoy meeting new people and helping them gain qualifications ? Then this is the job for you ,New Vacancies have arisen within MI Technologies Ltd Care (Dundee and Surrounding Areas) and Hospitality departments to work within our thriving organisation . MI Technologies Ltd an long established Training Provider based in Glasgow delivering Skills Development Scotland and Employer funded training across Scotland ,Glasgow ,Dundee ,Tayside ,Grampian and Highlands to join our friendly specialist teams in the following occupational areas Hospitality to deliver SVQ,s L2 ,L3 and L4 , Social Services Healthcare , SVQ,s Level 2,3 and 4 and Leadership and Management for the Care Industry .Working within a dynamic fast paced and friendly environment these posts would suit an energetic confidant person who can meet and maintain a timely report of achievements and progress reports on candidates ,actively develop his/herself through staff development and training to review their own performance in order to maintain CPD .Although the position is based in Glasgow the person must be willing to travel through out Scotland .Access to car is essential . L&D9I award or equivalent would be preferred but not essential, if you have the relevant occupational qualifications and experience, right attitude,we will offer full training at no cost to yourself to attain the above assessor award . In return we will offer a full time 35 hours working week or flexible working arrangement full time or part time, competitive salary, mileage and out of pocket expenses and 30 days annual leave .,If this sounds the right place and position for you ,please send your CV to Kathleen Mullen Operations Manager Click on Apply NO AGENCIES PLEASE

CATERING ASSISTANT Salary: £5.56 - £7.33 Agent: Sense Scotland Skills: Hospitality/Catering/Tourism Location: Glasgow Catering Assistant Location: TouchBase, Glasgow Salary Scale: £6.56 - £7.33 (10-13) Part Time: 25 hours per week We have a job opportunity in our Touchbase Café for a Catering Assistant who will be responsible for food preparation and presentation to the highest standards whilst adhering to all Health & Safety, Food Hygiene and Environmental Health requirements. The post holder will also work together with others in the catering team to provide a welcoming customer service environment which takes account of each customer’s needs. This will include the provision of information in accessible formats. DUTIES To comply with all Health & Safety, Food Hygiene and Environmental Health regulations – training will be provided on this if required. Adhering to all café processes and procedures in line with the highest standards of food hygiene and health and safety. Café physical environment Cleaning

GRADUATE APPLICATION DEVELOPER GRADUATE ROLE Salary: Competitive Agent: Contact Advantage Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow As a Application Developer you will work as part of our development team to design, develop, and test products to ensure they meet set standards. You will be responsible for delivering projects on time and to set specifications. In addition you will provide assistance to our dedicated support team and interact with 3rd parties as needed. If you are looking for an opportunity develop your skills and grow within a technology company, apply today. EXPERIENCE: Degree in the area of Computer Science; or, equivalent work experience.

High attention to detail on projects completed. Selfmotivated with initiative to accomplish tasks. Familiarity with .NET Development (C#, VB.NET, ASP) and MS SQL Server. Mobile application development experience a plus .

TRAINEE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT Salary:

£16000 - £18000 per annum + DOE + Benefits, Bonus etc Agent: Eden Scott Skills: Marketing/PR Location: Glasgow Trainee Recruitment Consultant - Sales Division Glasgow £16k - £18k DOE Plus Benefits Want to take your career to the next level? Frustrated or feeling stuck in your current role? Following a transformational and record breaking year, Eden Scott has an opportunity for a trainee to join our growing sales division in Glasgow. As Scotland’s leading independent recruitment consultancy, we want to further our success by continuing to hire the highest calibre of consultants. Ideally you will be a recent graduate in a marketing or similar discipline with some level of sales experience. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to start their recruitment career in a supportive and dynamic environment. If you would like to find out more or have a confidential chat then please contact Simon Stratford on 0141 410 1014 / 07780 443239 or email on simon. stratford@edenscott.com

MANAGER Salary: £24,416 - £26,190 Agent: Indigo Childcare Group Skills: Education Location: Glasgow The Indigo Childcare Group are recruiting a Manager for our Garrowhill Early Learning Centre to cover maternity leave. Reporting to and directly supporting the Director of Services, you will be an exceptionally wellorganised person, with a pro-active approach, skilled in collaborative working, recognising the importance and commitment required in this mid-management role. You must be an excellent communicator at all levels, demonstrate diplomacy and tact, with the ability to establish clarity. Candidates must hold or be working towards a BA in Childhood Practice / Postgraduate Diploma in Childhood Practice / SQA Professional Development Award Childhood Practice (360 credits at SCQF Level 9). If not working towards this minimum qualification, applicants must have an SVQ 4 or equivalent and be willing to undertake the BA. Candidates should also have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a senior role. CV’s are not accepted please click on the ’Apply’ button to show your interest.

Minimum qualifications apply.

HR BUSINESS PARTNER Salary: Excellent plus Benefits Agent: Lusona Skills: HR/Training/Recruitment Location: Glasgow An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR Business Partner to join a large professional services firm in Glasgow City Centre. Working within an experienced team of HR Consultants, this role will offer a mix of operational, strategic and project work.

Providing a full generalist service including employee relations, performance and absence management, recruitment and selection this role will involve supporting several practice areas including graduate recruitment. Candidates must have the following experience in order to be considered: Significant HR experience of operating at senior level, within a professional services environment is highly desired. CIPD qualified or equivalent. Possess excellent communication skills. Ability to manage business areas with minimal supervision. Strong stakeholder management, change

management and influencing skills. Please note: This role is based in Glasgow but will require travel to the firm’s UK based offices and on occasion overnight stays.

IT BUSINESS SUPPORT Salary: £18,000 - £20,000 Agent: Nine Twenty Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Nine Twenty Technology are working with their client recruiting for an IT Compliance Executive and project support opportunity. Working for a growing business in their state of art offices on the outskirts of Glasgow towards Paisley. This role would suit a bright, switched on graduate or someone with similar experience who are looking to take on an exciting new opportunity within the IT sector. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new role and take ownership of duties which include: Ownership of compliance certification associated with technical designs to clients. Management of quality system. Company vehicle management, overseeing fleet administration. Project Coordination.

Other general support duties. Candidates would need the following attributes: Strong attention to detail.

Take ownership for projects. Strong communication skills. Team Player. In return you will be rewarded with fantastic professional office environment, friendly team atmosphere, competitive salary and benefits. For more information and to apply please submit your CV or call Joanne Steggell on 07881 300 527.

ASSISTANT BUYER Salary: Competitive plus benefits Agent: Arnold Clark Skills: Procurement Location: Glasgow This role would be ideally suited to a new graduate looking to make a career move into Procurement.

Your main duties will include the management of multifunctional teams concentrating on cost, negotiation, sourcing and product change within a complex supplier package. You will also be responsible for the development of partnership relationships with supplier along with being able to identify and project manage individual cost reduction projects. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills, good commercial awareness and IT literate. You will be educated to degree level and have CIPS qualification/membership (or working towards

this). Candidates must have held a full UK Drivers Licence for a minimum of 1 year. We are currently recruiting at our Autoparts, Glasgow . With a turnover in excess of £3 billion, over 160 branches nationwide and an ever expanding portfolio, Arnold Clark is proud to be Europe’s largest independent motor dealer. The successful candidate will benefit from excellent working conditions, extensive training, life assurance and private health care, making our package one of the best in the industry. EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE ARNOLD CLARK GROUP IS OFFERED SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY REFERENCE AND DISCLOSURE CHECK. Only successful candidates will be contacted for interview. Please email your CV via the apply link.

ASSISTANT MANAGER Salary: £12.00 - £13.00 per hour Agent: HAYS Skills: Admin/Secretarial/PA Location: Glasgow Assistant Manager RHI Scheme 22k pro rata Glasgow city Centre My client, based in Glasgow city centre, is currently looking to expand their existing team by adding an additional 4 Assistant Managers on a temporary basis. You will be a recent graduate who has preferably gained their degree in Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geography or Physics. You must be able to demonstrate experience of working in a team, have excellent both written and verbal communication skills and strong numerical and analytical skills. IT literacy and experience with using Microsoft Office is essential. As Assistant Manager your key duties and responsibilities will be: Check and verify the accuracy of supplied information. Register calculation on IT system. Ensure applications re dealt with in an efficient manner. Assess eligibility of applications. Dealing with queries from current and new applicants. Raise IT issues.

Providing support in and ad-hoc basis to other teams.

Due to the nature of this vacancy you must be available for interview at short notice. Successful candidate will start after a disclosure has been returned. An excellent opportunity, not to be missed, applications are being considered immediately. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

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MARCH 2017, ISSUE 30 C# SOFTWARE DEVELOPER MULTIPLE ROLES Salary:

£25000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent banking benefits Agent: Eden Scott Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Eden Scott’s client is a fast growing and highly innovate Agritech start-up using the latest cloud and IoT technology to drive innovation on the farm. As a result of sustained business growth they are creating an Research & Development centre in Glasgow and are looking to hire a team of developers that are up to the challenge of creating the next generation of farming software. They are seeking Software Developers from graduate level through to experienced ( 4 years + experience) to work in a fast packed, agile development environment. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills and a great problem solver that can work issues on their own initiative. The candidate will be working on the their platform developed using the latest Microsoft technology and should be willing to take a lead in architectural decisions Skills required: C# MVC Framework 4.0.4,5. Fluent NHibernate. Jquery/ Javascript, Bootstrap, Knockout. Knowledge of Knockout and CQRS design patterns. SQL Server 2008 +. Experience with API’s, WCF and/or RESTful web services. UX/UI experience desirable. Microsoft Azure. Agile/Scrum. The company: A Microsoft’s Accelerator Company Winner of the most innovate start-up in agriculture Benefits: 25 day’s holiday. Training on the latest Microsoft technology. Access to labs, and experiment with the latest farm gadgets. Social events. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the growth of a tech start up. For more information get in touch: niall.bree@ edenscott.com or 0141 410 1008

PARA-PLANNER & GRADUATES Salary: £35,000 + bonuses to £45,000 Agent: IFA Consultancy Centre Ltd Skills: Financial Services/Investment Location: Glasgow An excellent opportunity has now arisen with the I.F.A Consultancy Centre Ltd for a Dip PFS level 4 qualified Para-planner to join a prestigious organisation based in the Southside of Glasgow. We offer excellent long term career prospects in a very busy I.F.A. office working with experienced and technical Consultants.

In addition, we are also looking for Graduates who are studying for the same level of qualifications and want on the job experience to develop their careers in the financial services industry as Para-planners. Salary negotiable subject to criteria. Role offered : Working alongside highly qualified successful Consultants, you will be required to provide client research & analysis supporting the Consultants in their role with both new and existing clients and proactively managing their tasks to support the provision of regulated advice through annual reviews. We would ideally prefer an experienced individual who has knowledge working with “Inteleflow” the Intelligent back office systems but not exclusively. Salary £35,000 + bonuses to £45,000 + exam support + career progression There is a genuine career opportunity to become a Chartered Financial Planner with this organisation if this is your long term goal, there are excellent career choices available as a technical Para-planner in relation to Investments, final salary and pension drawdown research. The salary and benefits package is negotiable for the right graduate candidate so please contact me by email, in confidence, to discuss the details. Please apply by e mail, enclosing CV via the apply now button.

GRADUATE/JUNIOR DEVELOPER (.NET) Salary: £22000 - £30000 per annum Agent: Cathcart Associates Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow .NET Developer - great career progression on offer - gain valuable certifications and work in a friendly environment Technology consultancy in Glasgow City Centre seeking a .NET Developer to join them in their base in Glasgow City Centre. The company were established in the early 2000s and have since gained an excellent reputation for providing bespoke solutions to their customers - their software helps their customers to automate workflows and improve efficiency and save time and money. They are a value-led organisation who are committed to providing a high level of service to their customers - and this has played a key role in their success with a huge amount of their business driven by repeat custom from happy clients! My client offer a relaxed and friendly working environment and are committed to helping you grow your technical and non-technical skills - this is truly a role you will enjoy and there are real development opportunities for driven Developers. They have a strong history of hiring Developers in the early stages of their careers and can offer strong training and mentorship. The company are based in Glasgow City Centre but have a global client base and you will have opportunities to travel Internationally for work. Your skills: *Experience with C# .NET. *Good SQL Server skills and ideally, T-SQL. *Web technology skills; HTML, CSS, JavaScript. * Agile/Scrum knowledge and experience. * Good problem solving and communication skills. If you’re interested in this role and keen to find out more, please apply online and/or call Rhona Kennedy on 0131 510 1500.

JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS Salary:

£18000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Agent: Harvey Nash Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow

Harvey Nash’s client, an exciting technology consultancy start up, based in a premium office location in Central Glasgow has an opportunity for Junior Developers to join their expanding team. This is an excellent opportunity for passionate and ambitious developers to work with hot, new technologies and liaise directly with a diverse range of clients. Whether you are a fresh graduate or perhaps want a fresh challenge this could be the role for you! About the Role: You will be working in an exciting, fast paced and varied environment where your input and ideas will be welcomed from day one. It is a tight knit team and you will be expected to deliver high quality software both individually and as part of a team. You will be creating smart process applications using the latest Microsoft development tools (.Net, C#, SQL) and working in a client facing environment so excellent communication/interpersonal skills are essential. You will have the opportunity for international travel and the chance to dramatically enhance your professional development. About You: Ideally you will come from a Computer Science or Software Engineering background or possess the relevant professional experience. Strong problem solving skills and a positive attitude are required. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate knowledge of: Visual Studio, C#/.Net T-SQL abs QL Server Familiarity of Agile methodologies Web development skills, including JavaScript/JQuery, HTML and CSS would be desirable.

Knowledge of the Kofax TotalAgility suite would be a plus but by no means essential as excellent training will be provided. In Return: In return for your hard work you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a generous benefits package. To apply for this role please submit an up to date CV as soon as possible.

GRADUATE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT.

Civil Design Engineer Waste Water Infrastructure Glasgow Your new company Currently the fastest growing consultancy in the UK operating across a number of sectors including construction, infrastructure, power and utilities. Your new role An urgent vacancy exists for a Senior Civil Design Engineer to support the Waste Water Infrastructure Design team for an initial period of 3-6 months. Drawing on your previous experience, you will deliver detailed design services on time and within budget undertaking any work of a technical nature which falls under ability and competence, You will carry out site visits and surveys, prepare and check feasibility studies, inspection assessments and technical reports. You will also prepare design calculations, drawing and associated documentation. What you’ll need to succeed The ideal candidate will be Degree qualified and preferable be a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer. A minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience is essential as is the ability to work in a team environment to meet project deadlines. A high degree of computer literacy in MS Office is required. Previous experience in Waste Water Infrastructure design is preferable. What you’ll get in return What you need to do now If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn’t quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

BRAND EXECUTIVE

Salary: £18,000 plus uncapped bonus Agent: Titan Global Resourcing Skills: HR/Training/Recruitment Location: Glasgow As part of our continued growth plan, we are currently looking to hire a Graduate Recruitment Consultant to join our team at our offices in Glasgow city centre This opportunity is perfect for recent graduates who are looking to pursue a career in recruitment and who feel passionately about working in a progressive company with development opportunities. If successful in your application, you will benefit from our comprehensive initial training programme, which is split between training room work and real time on the job training and support. This is followed by full ongoing training and support on all aspects of being a successful Recruitment Consultant. With our full support, and following our specific operating procedures and systems, you will be given a fantastic platform to develop successful business relationships with clients in one of our various industry sectors. Graduate applicants do not require any experience of working in any form of recruitment, what we do look for is the following personal attributes that we believe are required to become a successful Recruitment Consultant.

Excellent listening skills and effective communications skills. Determined and hungry to succeed. Able to work to targets. Organised and able to work at pace simultaneously on a variety of different tasks . Proficient in IT skills, using Microsoft packages . Able to follow specific direction and working procedures . Positive, professional attitude and a personal pride in delivering good quality work. If you have these attributes, and you are keen to pursue a career in recruitment, you can apply for this graduate position by sending your CV to Jim Gallagher or calling 0141 378 0180 for further details

Salary: Competitive Agent: Whyte & MacKay Skills: Marketing/PR Location: Glasgow BRAND EXECUTIVE LOCATION: GLASGOW (CITY CENTRE) SALARY: COMPETITIVE Whyte and Mackay Ltd, is a global spirits company with an outstanding portfolio of brands, including The Dalmore and Jura single malt whiskies, Whyte and Mackay blended Scotch whisky, Vladivar Vodka and Glayva liqueur. We are also proud to be the UK distributor for Flor de Caña rum, Ungava gin, Camus Cognac, Cockspur Rum and Rumchata and are a principal supplier within the UK Private Label whisky sector. Based in Glasgow we have this exciting opportunity for a Brand Executive to work on the The Dalmore brand. Reporting to the Brand Manager and part of a small and effective team, you will work closely with our UK & International sales team and distributors to ensure a coordinated approach, the role will involve working on projects to drive brand growth and build distribution and visibility in flagship markets.

This will include contributing to and shaping channel and regional marketing plans/strategies as well as day to day implementation of current brand and market plans/strategies and project managing campaigns and sales initiatives across the full range of channels and territories. Of graduate calibre, with preferably a marketing/business qualification, you will have at least 6 months demonstrable experience in a marketing/brand/ PR role within an fmcg or luxury brand environment.

You will have the ability to focus and drive multiple projects through to completion and demonstrate a flair for developing creative marketing ideas across digital and mainstream media. As a member of the sales and marketing team you will be able to communicate effectively and not only sell your ideas to internal senior members of the team but deliver them at pace into the marketplace. Please apply by sending a full CV and details of your current salary.

JUNIOR-MID LEVEL SOFTWARE ENGINEER (SCIENTIFIC R&D)

.NET DEVELOPERS | ALL LEVELS | FLEXIBLE WORKING

Salary: £22000 - £35000 per annum + bonus Agent: Cathcart Associates Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Junior to Mid-level Software Engineer required for a Scientific Research and Development company in Central Glasgow. My client are a global organisation who manufacture equipment for scientific research and development. They have over 5,000 staff across several continents. Their Glasgow base is a small, close-knit team with varied technical skills, who work collaboratively on technically challenging projects. You will benefit from joining a large, stable organisation, but will work in a small team. High calibre Graduates and junior-mid level Software Engineers are required to join this small, friendly team. You will hold a degree in a relevant discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Software Engineering, Computer Science etc), and ideally, will have had some experience developing software in a commercial environment (whether this is a permanent job, or internship/placement through University). You’ll work with varied technologies - mainly C# and related .NET technologies, but also embedded software systems and C/C++. You will have: *A Degree in a relevant discipline (Mathematics, Physics, Software Engineering, Computer Science etc). *Ideally, some exposure to C# or an interest in learning .NET. *Exposure to any other programming languages a bonus; C, C++, Java. Bonus skills: *A background in a scientific discipline; Maths, Physics, Engineering etc. You will benefit from: *Contributory pension, BUPA healthcare and Life Assurance. *Annual bonus scheme. *On-site gym. *Convenient location good public transport links and parking available. This is a really great opportunity to really progress their career.

If you are interested, please apply and/or call Rhona on 0131 510 1500 to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

Salary:

SENIOR CIVIL DESIGN ENGINEER

SENIOR MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER

Salary: £28.00 - £32.00 per hour Agent: HAYS Skills: Engineering/Technical Location: Glasgow

£30000 - £50000 per annum + great benefits Agent: Net Talent Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Role: Software Developer/ Senior Software Developer Location: Glasgow Salary: 30,000 - 50,000 + great benefits, flexible working and super office environment Who we are looking for: We are looking for solid .net developers of all levels - from graduate to senior. You’ll come from a good educational background and have a solid understanding of the latest Microsoft tech stack.

Key Skills/ Experience: Experience working for a software company with web-based applications using Microsoft technologies (or a solid degree in Computer Science - or similar). An extensive technical knowledge and strong background. Knowledge of C# or VB.net, ASP.NET and web technologies such as Web API, WCF, JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax. OO knowledge and practical experience of design patterns etc. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team and independently. Knowledge of Oracle, SQL Server or MySQL. Nice to have: Agile software methodology experience. A passion for technology. Xamarin. .net 4.0/4.5 techniques a plus. The Company: One of North America’s most successful software houses, whos product is making an ethical contribution to technology. Why people work there: They are a fully agile, software centric company. The developers go to work in a relaxed atmosphere that is free from politics and overriding hierarchy. They have the chance to work in very interesting and cutting edge .NET projects. They also have access to full training and the chance to work with mobile development. If this sounds like it could be of interest and you’d like to know more, please apply ASAP or contact Darren on 0131 270 6631 for more details

Salary: £42k - £50k per annum Agent: Contract Scotland Skills: Engineering/Technical

Location: Glasgow Do you want to be a part of a growing multi-national organisation who currently have a very strong foothold in the Scottish Building Services Design industry which has a strong track record in promoting its staff and talent for strong personal and business performance? A market leading, national M&E Building Services Design Consultancy who specialise in M&E Building Services is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to further develop and lead their mechanical design function with an already well established team based from their Glasgow office. This role will involve undertaking the design of various Mechanical aspects of Building Services, including Heating, Ventilation/Ducting and Air Conditioning systems. This will involve using HEVACOMP and IES software where you shall have the opportunity to work on the largest Building Services design projects in Scotland The role could suite either an intermediate level mechanical design engineer who is looking to make the next step in their career, or for an already established senior mechanical design engineer who is looking to further their career with a market leading organisation.

Perhaps you are already working for a M&E Building Services Consultancy and have aspiration of becoming a Chartered member of CIBSE. Within this role you will have the opportunity to develop and train junior and graduate members of an established team and be responsible for the development of their skills and careers. This specialist M&E consultancy are happy to offer training where required although experience in Building Services design is essential. An annual salary of up to £50k per annum is available for the successful candidate, with a car allowance, pension contribution package and private healthcare available for this position. Contract Scotland is committed to equal opportunities and diversity for its employees, temporary workers and work seekers.

Individuals are only assessed on their individual merits and suitability to a position irrespective of race, gender, disability, age, faith or sexual orientation.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Salary: £25-50,000 Agent: Farmflo Skills: IT/Telecommunications Location: Glasgow Software Developer: Graduate - Senior Level Eden Scott is delighted to be recruiting on an exclusive basis for Farmflo who are a fast growing and highly innovate Agritech start-up that is using the latest cloud and IoT technology to drive innovation on the farm. As a result of sustained business growth they are creating a Research & Development centre in Glasgow and are looking to hire a team of developers that are up to the challenge of creating the next generation of farming software. Farmflo are seeking Software Developers from graduate level through to experienced ( 4 years + experience) to work in a fast packed, agile development environment. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills and a great problem solver that can work issues on their own initiative. The candidate will be working on the Farmflo platform developed using the latest Microsoft technology and should be willing to take a lead in architectural decisions Skills required: C# MVC Framework 4.0.4,5.

Fluent NHibernate. Jquery/Javascript, Bootstrap, Knockout.

Knowledge of Knockout and CQRS design patterns. SQL Server 2008 +. Experience with API’s, WCF and/or RESTful web services. UX/UI experience desirable. Microsoft Azure. Agile/Scrum. Other info about Farmflo: Awards A Microsoft’s Accelerator Company Winner of the most innovate start-up in agriculture Benefits: 25 day’s holiday . Training on the latest Microsoft technology . Access to Farmflo labs, and experiment with the latest farm gadgets . A chance to spend time on Farmflo home farm . Social events . This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the growth of a tech start up. For more information get in touch: niall.bree@edenscott.com or 0141 410 1008 Please note all third party enquires and direct applicants will forwarded to Eden Scott for response.

CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISOR FOR SUNGLASS WEBSITE 20K PA Salary: £20000 Agent: Pretavoir Skills: Retail Location: Glasgow Customer Service Advisor required by Sunglasses Website Pretavoir. £20000 pa Full Time Pretavoir is one of the UK’s leading online eyewear retailers. New Team Member required. As part of Glasgow based i2i Optometrists, Pretavoir is now in its sixth year still enjoys significant growth. Therefore, we are now looking for a new team member. The role will be in our customer service department working alongside five existing customer service advisors. You will be a friendly, enthusiastic and diligent individual. You will relish the challenge of adapting to a new environment and integrating into a friendly and close team.

You will have excellent telephone manner, fast typing speed and the ability to acquire new skills. The fast paced and high energy style of an online business will ensure your days are varied and rewarding. The continued growth will give you the opportunity to develop and become involved in areas such as Social Media, Google Analytics, Fashion buying, Stock management and more. Pretavoir holds accounts with the world’s finest eyewear manufacturers including Chanel, DITA, Cartier, Tag Heuer, Ray Ban, Dior and many more. If you enjoy the latest trends in fashion then you will love the opportunity to be the first to market with new collections.

Sales outside of the UK account for a large proportion of sales, including USA, Australia, China and far flung locations such as Ecuador, Brazil, South Korea and more. Salary is 20k pa with opportunity for career development. This position may suit those with customer service experience or a graduate with potential to excel in looking after our customers. Office is located at 153 Howard St, G1 4HF just 2 minutes from St Enoch’s Square.

TO APPLY FOR ANY OF THESE VACANCIES, PLEASE VISIT WWW.S1JOBS.COM/RECRUITERPROFILES/TSA

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W O H S A G O THE OM Y

10 pairs of weekend tickets up for grabs

THREE THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOUR FIRST YOGA CLASS Whether you’re new to yoga or a committed devotee, when the OM Yoga Show returns to Glasgow this March it’ll offer something for everyone With aerial yoga, tribal yoga ecstatic dance, inversions and learn to fly classes, the second annual OM Yoga show will definitely have something to suit those looking to step outside of their yoga comfort zone, along with open classes for all abilities – including those looking to try yoga for the first time.

If you fall into the latter category and have always been curious about yoga, head to the SECC from 25-22 March. The OM Yoga Show will feature classes, exhibitors and workshops and experienced professionals will be on hand to answer all of your yoga-related questions.

If you’re feeling brave enough to try your first class, here’s a couple of first-timer tips:

BARE FEET Top tip: fix that chipped polish on your toes and prepare your feet before your first class, it’s distracting to constantly be staring at your toes and you’ll notice, if you hadn’t already, how strange your toes are (or this might just be me being paranoid).

When you arrive, you’ll usually be asked to remove your shoes and socks because bare feet are able to find better and more stable contact with the floor and socks can be pretty slippery. However, it’s not a hard rule, some people may have an injury or ailment that prevents going barefoot.

Also, if you freak out at the sight of bare feet, yoga might not be quite as relaxing for you as it is for those around you – you do get used to it though.

ALL THE GEAR AND NO IDEA There is absolutely no need to head out and stock up on fancy new yoga pants and an expensive mat for your first class – you don’t even know if you’ll enjoy it.

All you need for your first yoga class is a comfortable pair of shorts or gym leggings and ideally a sleeveless top that is fairly fitted, you don’t want to be wearing very baggy clothes because some positions require a lot of bending over and it doesn’t help to constantly have your top falling down.

Most classes will also provide mats for free or for a small charge. So aside from your comfy clothes and yourself, all you need to bring is a water bottle (if you think it’ll be necessary) and a small towel if you tend to get particularly sweaty during exercise.

FLEXIBILITY Despite your ability to throw yourself into a form of splits on a night out, you’re probably not as flexible as you imagine yourself to be.

During your first class you’ll likely look around at the older gentlemen in the room who can contort themselves into all sorts of shapes and feel a bit annoyed with your lack of flexibility and find yourself thinking ‘you want me to put my ankle where?’. You will also likely end up in a heap at least once during the class, probably more.

This is normal, those bendy folk in the class have likely been practicing yoga for quite some time, you’ll get there if you keep at it.

Also, remember that while it might not feel like a strenuous workout at the time, you’re working muscles you didn’t even know existed and will usually feel sore the next day. Again, this is normal. Keep going and you’ll find yourself getting stronger and able to handle more complex positions.

Head to www.omyogashow.com/glasgow for more info on the event and tickets which range from

by Courtney Hendry £5 – £12.50.

Online Editor @courtneysarahx

c.hendry@tsaglasgow.com

The OM Yoga Show are giving away ten pairs of two-day passes, worth £30 a pair, to 10 lucky TSA readers for this year’s show in Glasgow.

Following an amazing first year in 2016, the show returns to the SECC on 25th & 26th March 2017.

Two days of open classes, workshops, advice, performances, and shopping await you, as they deliver the ultimate weekend of yoga.

There’s something for everyone at the OM Yoga Show Glasgow, whether you’ve been practicing for years, or you are taking your first steps on your yoga journey.

Teachers from all over the world will lead classes and workshops that will help you perfect your poses, and there’s even the chance to try Aerial Yoga in their dedicated class.

A showcase of exhibitors are on hand to offer everything you could need for your yoga classes and beyond; mats, equipment, clothing, even retreats and teacher training courses are available at the OM Yoga Show!

Many classes at the event are free to attend, and you can gain FREE ENTRY to the show by taking part in our ticket giveaway.

For your chance to win tickets, head to www.thestudentadvertiser.co.uk/competitions and answer the following question WHERE IS THIS YEAR’S OM YOGA SHOW TAKING PLACE? a) THE HYDRO b) THE SECC c) MURRAYFIELD Competition closes on 22nd March and winners will be announced on 23rd March

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