Have you got your copy yet? This issue includes:

An Exclusive Interview with Nicola Sturgeon - The Govanhill Mural - Plans for the Clyde Metro - History of Dixon Halls - A Peek Inside Govanhill Baths - Invisible Illness - Pakora Recipe - How Govanhill Stood up to Hate - Ash Tree Illness - and so much more.

You can pick up a copy from shops, cafes, hairdressers all around the area. You can also become a member or order from our online shop to be sent a copy to your home.

Some of the places we have already delivered copies to include:

Govanhill Library, ArtSpace41, Milk Cafe, Short Long Black, Bees Knees, Grain and Grind, Sweets, Ally Arms, Heraghtys, Merry-go-round, The Deep End, Locavore, Apercu, Ranjits, Cibo, Mai Chaii, Cooperage: Rudan, Vivi’s Deli, Stag and Thistle, Al Khair, 287 Bakery, Patricia’s Cafe, Fulton’s, Party Cakes, Bike For Good, Govanhill Food Pantry, Canary Girl Cafe, Cafe Niu, Nan Factory, Tramway, Pakistani Street Food, Anaya's, Bluebell Cafe, Veggie Delight, Humble Cafe, The Point, TheBungo, Zinfandel, World Foods, Gusto & RelishWee Beer Shop and so many more!

Know somewhere which should stock them? Let us know: hello@greatergovanhill.com

Letter from the team

This issue delves into past, present and future visions of Govanhill with the magazine, accordingly, being sliced into three sections to focus on these topics. My favourite article would have to be the very last one which sees members of the local community delivering their utopian visions for 2032 Govanhill. It is inspiring and hopeful to see the hopes and dreams of our community etched into our magazine as a little time capsule.
The issue has allowed us here at Greater Govanhill to reflect on the past, present and future of the magazine. Our first issue came out a year and a half ago and it both feels like a lifetime and a blink of an eye since we first went down Victoria Road introducing our community magazine to the neighbourhood.
Fast forward six issues, five awards and countless articles later and we find ourselves in the present-day of the magazine. We have expanded to include training workshops, radio shows and much more. Currently we are working with two groups typically under-represented in the media: young people, and those with experience of the asylum system. We are providing training so that they can tell the stories that matter to them. In this Issue, the Young Voices group interviewed Nicola Sturgeon whilst the latter group will be creating and presenting a show for Refugee Festival Scotland on June 22.
And now we look to the future of the magazine, one that we hope will be full of a range of diverse and unique perspectives on the stories that matter to them. We also hope that the media landscape in the future will reflect the aims of our magazine: independent, diverse, and accessible.

Jack Howse - Editorial and Communication Assistant

A special thanks goes to our advertisers:

Glasgow Social Enterprise Network, Slow Stitch Studio, Garolla Roller Shutter Doors, SEIN, Oop Movement, Just Enterprise, Southside Wellbeing Festival, Arkbound, Under One Roof and Studio 70

Want to advertise in our next issue? Email becki@greatergovanhill.com

Contributors

Editor-in-Chief: Rhiannon J Davies

Creative Director: Laura Hurst

Cover Image: Maria Marchidanu in her 200 year old Romanian blouse in front of the mural which is, in part, inspired by the garment. Photo by Eoin Carey.

Words by: Alex Wilde, Allan Hughes, Ania Marchwiak, Anne Flynn, Beatrice Onashile, Becki Menzies, Ben Cave, Ben Francis, Bruce Downie, Craig Hunter, David Horen, David Jamieson, Dylan Lombard, Giacinta Frisillo, Henry Bell, Jack Howse, Kenneth McElroy, Kiki Zheng, Laura Williams, Maisie Wilson, Maria Marchidanu, Marzanna Antoniak, Natalia, Pilar Aksu, Rahela Cirpaci, Rhiannon J Davies, Rose O’Doherty, Ruth Cape, Sammy, Sean Kerwin, Shanine Gallagher, Shgufta Anwar, Spyro, Usma Ashraf, Zainab Ashraf, and Zanib Ahmad.

Editing support from: Becki Menzies, Chris Jarrell, Jack Howse and Mikey Jarrell.

Featuring the photography of: Alexander Hoyles, Angela Catlin, Ania Marchwiak, Audrey Bizouerne, Bartosz Madejski, Becky Duncan (Open Aye), David Henderson, Dylan Lombard, Eoin Carey, Kenneth McElroy, Rhiannon J Davies, Simon Murphy, Susanna Hotham and Virignie Chabrol.

Illustrations by: Esmée Balcewicz, Fiona Gibson, Suzie Cichy, Laura Wade

Printed by: Gladstone Media Ltd

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