GUMG & RPM present: Bad News on the Cost of Living Crisis

Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) and Red Pepper Media (RPM) present: Bad News on the Cost of Living Crisis with special guest, Laura Webster (Editor of The National)

Wednesday, 24th June, 6 – 7:30pm (Doors open 5:30pm)

Reading Room, Glasgow University Union (GUU), University Avenue

GUMG and RPM invite you to join them for the launch of a new book, Bad News on the Cost of Living Crisis and to discuss questions of media power, resistance, and the future of journalism in a rapidly evolving digital media landscape with special guest Laura Webster. 

This is the GUMG's latest book, exploring the role of mainstream media in shaping Britain’s cost of living crisis. Members of the GUMG also contributed a piece on BBC bias and attacks on journalistic impartiality to the Spring 2026 issue of Red Pepper, Striking Back. 

Both the book and magazine will be available for purchase at the event – to ensure you get a copy of the Red Pepper issue, you can purchase in advance for a discounted rate when registering for the event!

Join us from 5:30pm in the Reading Room, Glasgow University Union – the discussion will run between 6:00 and 7:30pm, with drinks and further conversation in the Reading Room bar afterwards. 

Tickets are free but spaces are limited, so register to ensure your spot!

Chair: 

• Darcy White is a co-editor of Red Pepper Media and Emeritus Fellow of Visual Culture (Sheffield Hallam University).

Panellists: 

• Laura Webster is the Editor of The National.

• Catherine Happer is a Professor of Media Sociology (University of Glasgow) and Director of The Glasgow University Media Group.

• Lluis De Nadal is a Lecturer in Media, Culture & Society (University of Glasgow) and a researcher at The Glasgow University Media Group.

• Paula Lacey is a co-editor of Red Pepper Media and a PhD candidate in Sociology (University of Cambridge)