Megan Welsh and Nadine Walsh: The Story Behind Us Two
What does 15+ years of friendship actually look like?
It's easy to glimpse moments of friendship through social media, a holiday photo, a birthday post, a quick appearance in someone's latest vlog. But those snapshots rarely tell the full story. The awkward teenage years. The difficult conversations. The heartbreaks, the inside jokes and the decision, over and over again, to keep choosing each other. Every great friendship has an origin story.
For Megan Welsh and Nadine Walsh, it begins somewhere between a mutual friend, a school playground and an apple pie bought from the Co-op after class. Fifteen years later, the details have become blurrier, but the friendship hasn't. While audiences may have discovered Megan through social media, their podcast or The Agency: Unfiltered, what people have truly connected with is something that existed long before any camera was switched on.
Reclaiming the Monster: How Black Magpie Productions is Redefining Scottish Horror
There is something fitting about speaking to Holly Lawrenson Evans and Chantel Hiden-Livingstone while discussing Scotland's landscapes. Every hill, loch and stretch of woodland seems to hold a story, and for the founders of Black Magpie Productions, those stories have become the foundation of a new kind of horror. Their work isn't interested in cheap scares or shock value. Instead, they use Scottish folklore to explore violence against women, misogyny and female survival, proving that horror can be as emotionally resonant as it is unsettling.
Founded by director Holly Lawrenson Evans and writer Chantel Hiden-Livingstone, Black Magpie Productions grew from Holly's desire to challenge how women have historically been portrayed within horror. After completing a Master's in Experimental Filmmaking at the University of Glasgow, she became fascinated by feminist body horror, Barbara Creed's The Monstrous-Feminine and Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection. Rather than accepting the familiar horror archetypes of women as helpless victims or terrifying monsters, Holly wanted to dismantle them.
"I was just fed up with seeing horror films where women were either the victims or the monsters," she explains. "There was never any space for women to simply exist as complicated people."
Thrifted, Timeless and Unapologetically Hers: Meet Beth Farren
In a social media landscape often dominated by polished aesthetics and perfectly curated feeds, Beth Farren's content feels refreshingly honest. Whether she's sharing her latest charity shop find, documenting a coffee run or styling an outfit inspired by Sex and the City, Beth has built an audience not by chasing trends but by simply being herself.
The Paisley-born creator, who spends much of her time exploring Glasgow's vintage scene, has quietly become one of Scotland's rising fashion voices. Her content blends second-hand fashion, indie music, city life and an effortless sense of personal style that feels authentic rather than aspirational.
"I would really just say it's a mix of everything," Beth explains. "I do a lot about coffee and charity shopping, and I think that's what makes my style different from other Glasgow creators."
That individuality has become the foundation of her growing online presence. While many creators carefully build a niche around viral trends, Beth has never felt the need to reshape herself for the algorithm. Instead, trends only make it onto her page if they naturally fit the content she already enjoys creating.
The Romance Economy: Pink Pill Culture & Dating Strategy
A few months ago, I realised I had become, at least in part, what the internet now calls "pink-pilled".
Not because I wanted to marry a millionaire or because I believed women should manipulate men into paying for their lifestyles, but because, after years of hearing women apologise for wanting more, something about the rhetoric felt refreshing. My TikTok feed became increasingly populated with videos about "high-value men", "provider mindsets" and Shera Seven's now infamous phrase, "sprinkle sprinkle". I found myself agreeing with more of it than I expected. After all, what was so controversial about believing women deserved better?
Jajex Apparel: Where African Heritage Meets Scottish Weather
Fashion has long been shaped by movement; by the places we leave behind, the cultures we carry with us, and the environments we learn to navigate. For Nigerian-born designer Dorothy Opia Enwemuche, that journey began with something unexpectedly practical: the Scottish climate.
After moving to Edinburgh, Dorothy found herself adjusting to a landscape and lifestyle unlike the one she had known. The colder weather brought a new challenge, but it also sparked a creative question: how could clothing designed for Scotland still reflect the colour, energy, and heritage of home?
What I Learned About Living From Cookie Mueller
Last week, while sitting beside a pool in Lefkada, Greece, on a girls’ holiday, I started reading Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black by Cookie Mueller. I picked it up at a time when I felt unusually uncertain about where my life was heading. After one of the most turbulent years I have experienced, I found myself questioning everything: my family, my relationships, my ambitions, and the person I was trying so hard to be.
I realised something uncomfortable about myself while reading this book: how much of my life has been shaped by wanting to be seen. I want to be perceived as successful, as the overachiever, as pretty, as interesting, as someone people talk about and admire. And while those qualities are genuinely part of me, I hope. I started to wonder how much energy I had spent performing a version of myself rather than simply living.
Cookie Mueller’s writing arrived at exactly the right moment.
Battle For Glasgow 2026: How Students Built One Of Scotland’s Largest Esports Events
When it comes to esports, and gaming in general, there is often a narrative that struggles to break through the stereotypes associated with competitive online gaming. Some have a view that esports remains confined to dark rooms, players disconnected from social groups, and niche online spaces. But student-led events like ‘Battle for Glasgow’ are working hard to challenge that perception. What began as separate university societies and rival student teams across Glasgow is quickly becoming something much larger: a live production built on community, creativity, and collaboration. Once you begin to look past the competition, you see an incredible collective effort of a student-led volunteer group, from players performing under pressure, production teams working behind the scenes to make the event as best as possible, commentators driving in-game narratives, and student communities gathering around a shared experience. Battle for Glasgow highlights what students are capable of building when they are given a stage to showcase their passion and ambition.
The Art of Dressing a Museum: Flora McFarlane’s Return to the Garden at the Burrell Collection
There are fashion shows, and then there are moments where fashion, place, and people seem to dissolve into one another entirely. What unfolded at the The Burrell Collection felt less like a traditional runway presentation and more like the beginning of a cultural conversation, one rooted deeply in Glasgow, in craftsmanship, and in the enduring spirit of Glasgow School of Art.
The room itself was alive long before the first model emerged. The audience was packed with GSA alumni, photographers, makers, collaborators, and friends, a creative ecosystem gathering around one of its own. It was the first runway show the Burrell has ever hosted, and there could not have been a more fitting debut. Beneath the museum’s soaring glass ceilings, with natural light flooding the space, the entire experience felt immersive and cinematic, as though the garments belonged not simply on bodies, but within the architecture itself.
At the centre of it all was Flora, whose collection carried the confidence of a designer already building a world far beyond graduation. Only two years out of university, she has continued to evolve the ideas first explored in her fourth-year collection at GSA, an achievement that feels increasingly rare in a fashion landscape obsessed with immediacy over development. That continuity gave the show emotional weight. This was not a disconnected new chapter, but a refinement of a language she has already begun to master.
Fashion is Art, and Art Belongs to the People (Met 2026)
The first Monday in May is a date fashion lovers around the world know well. This is the beauty and importance of fashion: like art, music, cinema, and poetry, fashion allows people to escape reality and become someone new.
The theme of the 2026 Met Gala, Fashion Is Art, was exciting for many reasons, most importantly because fashion has long been looked down upon within the art world. The Met Gala itself is a fundraiser for the Costume Institute at the museum, which originally struggled for recognition because fashion was not considered “real art” in the same way as painting or sculpture. This year’s theme finally acknowledged, on a large scale, that fashion is art, and its recognition as such feels incredibly significant.
The theme also offered huge creative potential. People wanted extravagance, garments that would never appear on a typical red carpet. Instead, what we received were underwhelming gowns and casual blue jeans. As expected, many of the men arrived in predictable black tuxedos, with only a few standing out: Luke Evans in Palomo Spain, Jordan Roth in Robert Wun, and Sam Smith in Christian Cowan.
Cyberfeminism Now: Hopecore, Cyborgs, and the Platformed Self
There is something distinctly cyberfeminist about hopecore; the strange, dissonant meme format pairing low-resolution animals with WordArt affirmations and early, internet aesthetics. Its visual language recalls the surreal gloss of 1990s desktop environments, evoking a moment when the internet still felt unstable, open, and full of possibility. Yet hopecore is not utopian. It emerges from what Polyester mag describes as a “fragmented soup of life,” in which online culture mirrors a broader social drift toward disarray, and where existentialism and nihilism increasingly underpin everyday experience (Quin, 2026.).
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In Praise of the Unlikely Heroine: The Other Bennett sister review
There’s something quietly radical about The Other Bennet Sister. In a TV landscape obsessed with spectacle, this is proper, old-school Sunday night viewing – the kind we don’t really get anymore. Ten episodes, each a neat half-hour, it’s a format that feels almost nostalgic, but also perfectly judged: enough time to luxuriate in character, without ever dragging. It’s also the sort of programme you could happily watch with your mum, your aunties, or your friends. It’s comforting and chatty, but with enough bite to spark conversation afterwards.
Arrested Development: Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere and the Boyish Men of the internet
Louis Theroux dives into the lost boys' colony of men’s influencers exposing what instant gratification and a rage economy has left for our young people.
Written by Cameron Cade; edited by Charlotte Lewis
I am always impressed by Louis Theroux as a documentarian. His unjudgemental approach to some truly reprehensible people, leaving them unguarded is fundamental to basically every documentary he does. That skill has never seemed more important than when he deals with the lost boys colony of The Manosphere.
Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere is the iconic English documentarians newest documentary as he falls down the rabbit hole of the “Manosphere”, a collection of right wing influencers who target young men’s insecurities surrounding fitness, dating and finances.
Stitching Sustainability into Community: House of MO Repair Café in Dundee
In an era where fashion is often driven by speed and constant consumption, a quieter, more thoughtful movement is emerging in Dundee; one that centres on care, craftsmanship, and longevity. At the heart of this shift is House of MO, an independent fashion studio led by designer Omolola Olasoju. Through a combination of design practice and community engagement, the studio is fostering a renewed appreciation for clothing as something to be maintained rather than discarded.
Female Founded Glasgow Fashion Brand Kiwi & Co Donates 10% of Profit to Woman's Aid
Glasgow founded independent fashion brand Kiwi & Co has had a beautiful connection with its female customers since it’s humble beginnings in female founder Melissa Lanigan’s living room in 2020, established with the goal to bring colour and joy to people’s lives during the uncertainty of the covid pandemic.
Since then, the brand has completely exploded, now supplying their cool girl styles on retail giant ASOS as well as having huge influencers hooked on the brand – notably Shakira Khan (the people’s princess of Love Island season 12), who can frequently be seen sporting Kiwi’s iconic knits on socials, as well as being featured on hit BBC show Traitors.
The brand not only helps everyday women find their confidence through its bold, beautiful colours and styles, but it’s now vowing to give back 10% of all knitwear profits until Mother’s Day on Sunday the 15th of March to the incredibly important charity Women’s Aid. Women’s Aid is built on the vitally important ethos of protecting women in dangerous domestic situations.
Why is Gen Z Is Bringing Print Back?
With some consumers turning away from their phones and following a “digital detox,” print media seems to be not only benefitting from the change but elevating its presence from informative media to a luxury product. In an era where our consumption of news and art is controlled by algorithms, it feels like readers are slowly turning back to print.
In what Rolling Stone called a “cultural recalibration,” the revival of print media is, according to online sources, consumers responding to an overstimulating digital world. Social media is still an active creative outlet, but it largely depends on what ‘side’ of the algorithm you find yourself on. The constant shift of topics and issues shared online can become an overwhelming aspect of having any kind of online presence whatsoever.
Too Close for Comfort: Heated Rivalry and Parasocial Culture
“Parasocial” was named Cambridge University Press & Assessment’s Word of the Year in 2025. It’s a term whose relevance seeps through the cracks of the internet. According to Cambridge, it means “involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know.” If you have your finger on the pulse of social media, this definition likely feels familiar. Within fandom spaces especially, parasocial relationships are increasingly prevalent. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with feeling connected to a piece of media, its characters, or even the actors who portray them — but sometimes an invisible line is crossed. With the rise of the hit TV show Heated Rivalry, those blurred lines have become more visible. Can we consume media and love it without becoming too involved? Of course. But when does admiration become too much?
Glasgow Charity Fashion Show “Synergy” review
February 21st 2026 marks the day of the highly anticipated Glasgow Charity Fashion Show. After months of hard work from a dedicated team of committee members, awareness campaigns led by student volunteers, and fundraising events, Glasgow's largest student-led fashion event finally took centre stage at the iconic Old Fruit Market venue in Glasgow. The event captured the dedication, creativity, and compassion of Glasgow's creative scene, becoming more than just a fashion show but a night of community.
Same Fabric, New Expression: The Modernisation of Tartan
Tradition and reinvention are, for me, two words that truly underpin the identity of modernised tartan. With roots in Scottish history and clan symbolism, the patterned plaid represents a visual language of belonging and legacy. In recent decades, tartan has been reimagined by designers like Vivienne Westwood, heritage brands such as Burberry, and pop culture icons—from bands like Sex Pistols to Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling. Together, they reshaped tartan from a ceremonial textile into a modern wardrobe staple. Few patterns hold such an ever-changing yet enduring legacy.
From the clan-scattered Scottish Highlands to the prestigious postcodes of London, the journey of tartan demonstrates its cultural power—showing that what a fabric stands for can be completely reinvented depending on who gets to tell its story.
That theme of reinvention is alive today in the work of Kelikume Fashion, where recent tartan pieces treat the pattern less like a rulebook and more like a form of creative self-expression. The brand’s founder, Keli, describes what modernising tartan means to her:
A Storm Without the Weather: Wuthering Heights (2026) Review
Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights is, at its core, a very basic retelling of a novel that is anything but. Stripped of its narrative complexity, its generational cruelty, and its social and racial unease, the film flattens Brontë’s vicious, unsettling masterpiece into something that feels closer to fan fiction than faithful reinterpretation.
The most immediate loss is structural. Brontë’s novel is defined by its framing devices; by mediation, distance, and unreliable narration. Removing Nelly Dean as narrator is not a neutral choice; it fundamentally alters the moral texture of the story. Without Nelly’s judgement, complicity, and exhaustion, the film loses its sense of consequence. What remains is a direct, romanticised telling that smooths over the novel’s cruelty rather than interrogating it.
Margot Robbie is, as ever, a phenomenal actress, but chemistry is not something that can be willed into existence. Her Catherine and Jacob Elordi’s Heathcliff never quite ignite. I still cried, so clearly something emotional landed, but it felt more like grief for the source material than belief in their relationship. Elordi can do an accent, technically, but the performance has the faint air of a director hearing it once and saying, “Yeah, that’ll do.” He is undeniably gorgeous, but he never convinces as Heathcliff. Frankly, he’d make an excellent Darcy.