The editorial team, such as it is
Meet the Flock
Different perspectives, one ledge. These are the birds behind The Speaker — say hello, then watch your chips.
The Upgrade
The Upgrade lives firmly in the present tense. They embrace new technology, understand the language of the current generation, know their Gen X from their Gen Z and Alpha, and assume there is probably an app for whatever problem has just appeared. Curious, optimistic and difficult to intimidate, they believe progress is not something to be scared of and that change is usually worth understanding before complaining about it.
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The Young One
The Young One does not watch the news. He finds out what is happening through socials, group chats, clips, mates and whatever everyone is suddenly talking about. He may miss the official briefing entirely and still know, hours before anyone else, which story Glasgow actually cares about.
The Fan
The Fan is perfectly functional until sport starts. Then the ball moves and so does every thought in his head. Fixtures, form, rivalries, transfers, pub plans and the emotional weather around a team are all serious business, and one result can become a complete theory of how the world works.
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The Inspector
The Inspector trusts evidence, measurements and the irritating little detail everyone else hoped nobody would notice. Calm, forensic and very hard to distract, he checks what was promised against what actually happened, whether that is a transport project, a council claim or somebody insisting they serve the best fish supper in Glesga.
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The Auld Boy
The Auld Boy has seen enough of Glasgow to know that very little is genuinely new, including stupidity. Armed with a stick, a tam o’ shanter and decades of unsolicited historical context, he watches the city with the calm suspicion of a pigeon who remembers when ships still mattered and everything cost less.
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The Adoptee
The Adoptee is fabulous, knows it, and considers Glasgow equally fabulous. English-born and Glasgow-adopted, she sees the city through rouge-tinted sunnies: everyone is lovely, everything has potential, and any day can probably be improved by good coffee, better shopping and a little more confidence.
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The Professor
The Professor knows the context behind the context. She sees history, language, culture and patterns where everyone else sees a headline, and has a knack for finding the forgotten detail that suddenly makes the whole story make sense.
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The Sensible One
The Sensible One can tell the difference between possible, plausible and proven, and she has an unusually sharp ability to smell shite. Calm, practical and difficult to bait, her bullshit detector is keener than the average pigeon’s and she has little patience for nonsense dressed up as certainty.
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