GUM was the first student magazine ever to be published in Scotland, way back in 1889. Since that time the magazine has gone from strength to strength – expanding the brains of its readers with politics, science, comedy, art, fashion, music, travel, sport and satire. GUM is a part of and is partially funded by Glasgow University Students’ Representative Council, although it retains editorial independence. It is one of four student media organisations within the SRC, who provide both a service and opportunities to students at the University and to the local community. All opinions are those of the writers, and do not necessarily reflect those of the SRC or the GUM team.
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Words by: Gemma Sawyer (she/her) Reckoning with the past does not have to detract from a building’s fleeting external beauty, but it serves as a reminder that with beauty, not… Read More »I’m Scared The Walls Will Talk Because I Don’t Know What They’ll Say
Words: Deepanjana Biswas (she/her) Memories of love and the remains of mortality heap into the sensibilities of this soil, creating a composition which can never fully be translated. ‘When we… Read More »Do you remember? Machair and the Geological Composition of Memory
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