Celebrate Govanhill’s creative community tomorrow at Glasgow Zine Library for the Practice Makes: Govanhill launch. This artist-led project showcases local initiatives through a unique publication-in-a-box, connecting and celebrating the area’s vibrant cultural scene.

Featuring a unicorn, Mothers Against Genocide, Latina dancers and trans rights activists, GIFC 25 started with a bang last Saturday with the carnival parade and festival in Govanhill Park. It has to be the most colourful day of the year, but there’s an important anti-racist message behind it all.

AI is no passing fad – it’s already embedded in everyday tech and growing fast. With concerns around ownership, safety and fairness, the challenge now is how we regulate it. David Doren speaks to people across generations to explore hopes, fears, and what comes next.

A mass pot banging protest for Gaza is happening tonight at 6pm across Glasgow and beyond, with residents gathering at Langside Hall and other sites to demand an end to starvation and siege in Palestine.

What does “digital inclusion” really mean? In this article, a digital support worker in Glasgow shares what it’s like helping people get online — from turning on devices to tackling the digital divide. Why digital exclusion is a growing crisis, and what we can do about it.

Running a local Facebook group in Govanhill means more than sharing events – it’s about challenging stigma. In this article, we speak to Marian McSeveney and Fatima Uygun, the people behind Govanhill Go! and I Love Govanhill, to find out what it’s really like to manage these online communities.

Sufi scholars and artists gathered to share wisdom, poetry and prayer at this year’s Sufi Festival. Sadia Sikander spoke to attendees and performers and we showcase a selection of galleries from our Greater Govanhill photography team.

From daily vlogs to street interviews and food reviews, Glasgow’s influencer scene is rapidly expanding – using social media to curate an online identity that connects people across Glasgow and beyond. We met some of the people behind the accounts.

The Govanhill International Festival & Carnival returns this August and we’ve got all the info about what’s happening this year, including with our Greater Govanhill storybooth event. Scroll down for the full programme.

In a world built around digital access, too many are still locked out. Digital Mushrooms is a grassroots, anarchistic mutual aid project in Govanhill helping folk get to grips with tech — no suits, no funding bids, just solidarity (and maybe biscuits).

From tabloid sensationalism to TikTok citizen journalism, how do narratives about a place get shaped, and who gets to shape them? Devon McCole explores digital reporting on one of Glasgow’s most misunderstood neighbourhoods.

Following the power outages this summer in Spain and Portugal, South Seeds hosted an Energy Information Event in June to share tips on what to do in the event of a power out. This article was written as part that event, hosted by South Seeds and The Well in the Multi-Cultural Resource Centre on Niddrie Road.

Trendul TikTok a început cu ceva special în Govanhill, unde Grupul Bărbaților Roma s-a reunit pentru a recrea o clătită gigantică rulată. Ceea ce a început ca un videoclip viral s-a transformat într-o zi de gătit, învățare și conectare cu cei care au celebrat cultura, comunitatea și creativitatea.

Govanhill has more public CCTV cameras than wards many times its size. But who’s being watched? As faulty systems persist and facial recognition expands, troubling links emerge to Israeli surveillance firms tied to the oppression of Palestinians.

Often misattributed to a colliery owner’s daughter, Allison Street’s name is tied to an anti-union baronet. In this piece, writer Stacey dives into Allison Street’s complex history, architecture and diverse communities shaping the Street.

Trend na TikToku odstartoval v Govanhillu něco zvláštního, kde se skupina Roma Men’s Group sešla, aby znovu vytvořila obří srolovanou palačinku. Co začalo jako virální video, se proměnilo v den vaření, učení a propojování, který oslavoval kulturu, komunitu a kreativitu.

A TikTok trend sparked something special in Govanhill, where the Roma Men’s Group came together to recreate a giant rolled pancake. What started as a viral video turned into a day of cooking, learning, and connection that celebrated culture, community, and creativity.

Writer Laura Vroomen sets off to discover shops that have been lost and those which are likely to survive – meeting shopkeepers, neighbours, and newcomers to uncover how a changing retail landscape reflects a community in flux.

In this edition of Your Govanhill, we get to know the face behind Kofi Kade – a Sri Lankan-inspired sandwich shop on Cathcart Road. We chat with founder Rukshan Weeraratne who shares the unexpected journey behind the business, his culinary roots, and his favourite Southside hangouts.

Roma community artist Marie Balogova, an ordinary woman with a genetic eye defect, held her first ever solo exhibition on Saturday 21 marking mark Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. Her exhibition titled ‘Her, who sees differently’ explores themes of identity, faith and inner world through abstract paintings. This is an insight into the event through photography and the words of the artist herself.