Buzz Magazine 2010

 Words: Arusa Qureshi Buzz catches up with Glasgow band Sweaty Palms ahead of their new release.   It’s always refreshing to come across a band that refuses to pander to generic expectations. For Sweaty Palms, it’s not about doing what makes you popular, but more about mocking the expected and producing something unexpected as a ...

  Words: Rachel Aitken It’s here. It happened. After a term filled with a cajoling and badgering, Buzz digital editor Rachel finally got the team to take a wee trip over to the land of traffic cone headwear and buildings shaped like armadillos: Glasgow. The Buzz team followed her round the best bars of Glasgow, ...

Words: Rachel Sharp   The best bit about the elections is the leaders’ debate. Everyone’s all civil to begin with, but it doesn’t take long till they’re shouting over one another and the audience is applauding every statement like it’s a high note on the X Factor.   But there was a mixed response to Ruth ...

Words: Amina Antoniazzi “Incredibly frustrating but rewarding.” TechCuber Allan Lloyds tells us about the pleasures and sorrows of working in a start-up.   Behind the numerous short-term exhibitions, the various visual arts events and, last but definitely not least, the chaotic Fringe Festival, Summerhall ‘hides’ the unique story of TechCube — a four-storey, […]

  Words: Rachel Aitken Scotland has been blessed with glorious sunshine these past few weeks, and the Buzz team have been busy tanning up, and relaxing in the beautiful city of Edinburgh (as well as researching for our dissertations of course!) Edinburgh is an incredible city, even more so in the sun. To celebrate, the ...

Words: Alice Spasaro and Rachel Sharp Political historian Dr. Julian Goodare released his new book on the Early Modern witch-hunts last month. Buzz took a moment to catch up with Edinburgh University’s Reader in History to discuss his new book and all it might entail.     Aside from his works on Scottish agriculture and ...

Is that Gordon Ramsay, I hear?? Believe me, if it was things would make a hell of a lot more sense. It’s a Saturday evening, couples hoping to dine are being turned away – surely the sign of a popular place. The problem…? The place is half empty! Located at the top of Leith Walk […]

When Emilia Gilbert, 19, secured a place at university, she quickly realised it wasn’t what she wanted to pursue. Ditching books for brushes, she tells Olivia Otigbah about how she risked a secure career to make it in the highly competitive makeup industry. When did you first realise your passion for makeup? Emilia: Just from […]

Looking back at my declarations from last year I cannot imagine the extent of my drunkenness. Or, at least I hope I was drunk. Have you ever looked back at the resolutions you wrote down a couple of hours before midnight? I regret writing them in the first place. Embarrassingly enough though, you will still […]

No not Narcos. It’s easy to mix them up but as the Edinburgh-based band, Naros Fortuna assure me, they have no relation. The name Naros Fortuna actually has a far more innocent tale that lead singer and guitarist, Andrew tells: “My mum had a horse named Frankie for what seemed like forever,” he says. “The […]

There are few other countries in the world that are as proud and patriotic as Scotland. Come rain or shine, triumph or defeat, Scotland’s always the best place to be for most of us. When it comes to talented people who are successful and are making a go of it, the people of Scotland will […]

Majk Stokes talks about his album Too Much Caffeine and going around the world in 80 trees. Thinking about the environment can be enough to send one into an existential crisis, but Majk Stokes has a different take on it. Reciting daunting facts and figures might be one way to get people to take notice, […]