By Who’d have thought you could learn about orgasms on your lunch break?!
By No Cuba libre: Why the Castros won’t let the media go
US and Cuban relations may be on the mend, but the Caribbean island still has a long way to go towards press freedom… Retro cars. Smoking cigars. The cult of Che Guevara. These cliches continue to dominate international perceptions of Cuba. A decades-long trade embargo with the US and its associates
By Your day in cocktails
2015 is the year of the cocktail. From old-school favourites to some exciting new inventions (wine ice-cream anyone?) If you love cocktails and want to try them all, here is a schedule to help you through even the toughest workday.
By Meet comedian Stephen Bailey
Stephen Bailey had one hell of a 2014. Coming from seemingly nowhere, the stand-up comic made his sell-out solo debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and 2014’s Latitude Festival. It wasn’t his first dalliance with the camera – the 28 year old Mancunian had appeared on Channel 4’s Celebrity Big
By Why digital media should be the next step in your journalistic career
Take note, the digital media industry is too big to ignore. Taster from ‘XCity guide to digital journo jobs’.
By Verification in live reporting: witch-hunts and misinformation
At 3.00am on the morning after the Boston Marathon bombings in April 2013, Anonymous’ Twitter account @YourAnonNews tweeted the names of two bombing suspects, 20 minutes after a similar tweet from unknown Twitter user Greg Hughes. The first name, Mike Mulugeta, had been announced on a police scanner. But the second, Sunil Tripathi, was a missing Brown student whom Twitter and Reddit users had misidentified after comparing FBI-released images
By XCity award 2015 shortlist revealed: Tom Warren
A data journalist who last year unmasked the identities of priority shareholders in the Royal Mail privatisation has been shortlisted for this year’s XCity Award.
By MUSIC: 10 essential contemporary Classical artists
From Bjork to Radiohead, contemporary classical musicians find inspiration in some unlikely places. Classical music is continually proving its timeless potential, with contemporary breakout genres such as minimalism, as well as rock stars establishing themselves as serious classical musicians on the side of their bands. Though it is not viewed on the
By XCity Award 2015 shortlist revealed: Adam Barr and Ryan Ramgobin
Two online video journalists who captured uniquely honest footage of the fierce moods on the streets on the streets of Glasgow ahead of the 2014 Scottish Referendum, have been shortlisted for the XCity Award.
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Preview: XCity interviews Jo Whiley
On 11 March, XCity Magazine students travelled to the BBC’s Western House to interview Jo Whiley, just after she had recorded a session with the Swedish folk musician José González. Here is a look behind the scenes: Read the full interview with Whiley in XCity Magazine, out April 2015.
XCity award 2015 shortlist revealed: Nick Duxbury
One of the UK’s foremost writers on social housing has been nominated for this year’s XCity award. Nick Duxbury (Magazine, 2007) currently works as executive editor of Inside Housing magazine. He enjoyed remarkable success in 2014, having won Journalist of the Year, Feature Writer of the Year, and Sustainable Writer
