Jeevan Farthing
I am freelance opinion and culture writer with bylines in Clash, The Face, Dazed, and The Social Review.
I was Editor-in-Chief of The Glasgow Guardian newspaper during the academic year 23/24, having previously served as Culture Editor and Features Editor. I oversaw a team of over 40 people, subbed articles according to media law, and used Adobe InDesign to produce our monthly print editions.
Under my leadership, The Glasgow Guardian won Student Newsbrand of the Year at The Herald's Student Press Awards, and was Highly Commended for Best Publication in the UK at the Student Publication Association (SPA) National Awards.
Individually, I've won highly commended for four SPA awards: - Best Culture Writer, Best Interview, Best Investigation (2024); Best Lifestyle Piece (2022).
I am an incoming fourth-year Law and Politics (LLB) student at the University of Glasgow, and also worked as a John Smith Centre Parliamentary Intern for the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar MSP.
Iris Duane wants to be the first trans woman of colour in Parliament
Many 21-year-olds have political ambitions, but few are already on the ballot paper fighting a general election as a parliamentary candidate. But Iris Duane is standing for the Green Party in Glasgow North, and hoping to become the first trans woman of colour in Parliament. Having grown up in West Y
100 years of Jaconelli's
Go to 570 Maryhill Road and you’ll enter a time warp. “Since 1924”, a ribbon-laced sign says. It’s in front of a huge plastic ice cream cone, a 99, sitting in the window of Jaconelli’s, which last year turned 99 years old. Inside the art deco cafe are semi-circular leather booths, a jukebox, a fish tank, ja
Skin deep: Your ultimate eczema survival guide
You’re officially in your glow-up era, you’ve made your dating app profile, you trawl through your camera roll – oh wait, you weren’t wearing eyeshadow that night, or the time before, so why are your eyelids ruby red? If you’re an eczema sufferer, be assured that there are loads of you – 1 in 10 adults. Whether your skin condition is a minor inconvenience, or a genuinely invasive health con
Simon Murphy’s Govanhill: a bold photographic portrait
Framed on the wall of Street Level Photoworks is a photograph of a young girl, she is around 11 or 12 years old. School uniform on, cigarette in hand, head cocked to the side, she poses, defiantly, outside the entrance to one of the Southside’s tightly packed tenement flats. I want to know her name.
She’s just one of hundreds of Glaswegians—more specifically, inhabitants of the Govanhill area—w
Kylie Minogue's 15 Best Songs - The CLASH Verdict | Features
The Kylie compendium is vast. From her rise as a radio-friendly balladeer and hi-NRG aficionado, to the monochromatic pivot to adult contemporary on her 1994 self-titled album, to the nu disco meets Euro-pop stylings on international hit ‘Fever’ and electro-clash experiments on ‘Body Language’, Minogue is one of pop and dance music’s most reliable and inviting savants.
Having just released her six
5 student newspaper writers on being a first-year in 2023
Newcastle’s 20
Live from the Booker Prize ceremony: Paul Lynch wins 2023 award
Glasgow deserved better from COP26
University spends millions on rooms sitting empty
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request obtained by The Glasgow Guardian has revealed substantial decreases in the overall occupancy rates of student accommodation available to University of Glasgow (UofG) students compared with the previous academic year.
The occupancy rate of beds within student accommodation owned by the University of Glasgow stands, as of 12 October 2023, at 85.35%
Experimental dance and chronic pain: In conversation with Sarah Hopfinger
Sarah Hopfinger has lived with chronic back pain since she was 14. In the script for her immersive autobiographical performance, Pain and I, she admits feeling “embarrassed” by her pain, and wishing it would “disappear for good”. Because she “can’t always sit f
Instagram and me; Instagram is me
Sometimes I think about the Instagram version of myself, as if they were sentient, like me. As I watch them grow and develop, I feel like I’ve created and nurtured them, like a parent does with their child. What would they perceive of the things they do, the places they go, the people they interact with? Would they be satisfied with the existence t
The definite Real Housewives of Cheshire ranking
Dorothy was right: there’s no place like home. This adage from The Wizard of Oz surely extends to Real Housewives franchises, too, and while there will always be purists asserting the supremacy and authenticity of Bravo – the network which launched the show – I am convinced that ITVBe have done a fine job with their UK spin-off series (or, at least, this one). After 175 episodes of quintessentially British drama, th
Editorial: We support trans rights
In the past week, headlines have been dominated by successive government representatives making increasingly provocative and aggressive overtures about trans people. From Rishi Sunak declaring base level transphobia as “common sense” at Conservative party conference, to Steve Barclay announcing government policy designed to exclude trans women from female hospital wards, it has been a particu
Editorial: Higher education is in crisis, the University must act
Freshers’ week is once more upon us at the University of Glasgow, and with it comes for many of you a fresh start – perhaps you’re a fresher leaving your hometown to embark upon your university journey, or a returning student moving into the next phase of your academic career. Unfortunately, as we embrace the new beginnings that September offers, students and staff alike are unable to leave behind
Room 223, Cairncross House
Someone else is in my room. A few days ago they hauled bags past reception, up two flights of stairs, through a door, left turn, right turn, zig zag, zig zag again. No time to get a first impression when they finally arrive because there’s six more boxes of stuff waiting outside on the pavement and what if someone steals the one with their collection of houseplants which will probably die anyway because they w
Glasgow zine library gets bigger and better
It’s Friday afternoon, and I’m reading a zine called Old Ladies Swearing. Doreen, hunching slightly, says “Shithouse”. Gladys has a perm, and she says “Cunt”. While I flip its plain white, A5 pages, a woman wearing a Scottish autism jumper gets up and leaves the building. She’s been quietly working on a zine for the last few hours. “The last time I
Tinderbox Orchestra Review: Ordinary people doing extraordinary things
Two rows of numbered PCs, a dozen red office chairs and a photocopier are already incongruous additions to Edinburgh Central Library’s grandiose, wood-panelled reference room. A modest stage, a smattering of instruments laid out on the floor and a multitude of criss-crossing wires only add to what looks like, at first glance, a messy bricol
Ten Years since Sheryl Sandberg told women to Lean In
Glasgow Film Festival 2023: Rye Lane
15 minute cities deserve more than 15 minutes of fame
Theatre meets 90s House: Better Days by Ben Tagoe
Review: Big Joanie @ Mono
Big Joanie are a Black feminist punk band. Its three members - Stephanie Phillips on guitar, Chardine Taylor Stone on drums, and Estella Adeyeri on bass - charmed veggie bar-turned-gi