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Marissa MacWhirter

Marissa MacWhirter

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Newsletter Editor, The Glasgow Wrap

Glasgow

Biography

Marissa MacWhirter is a multimedia journalist covering lifestyle, culture, food and drink, and local news. She recently graduated from the University of Stirling with a master's degree in international journalism and has been with the Glasgow Times since May 2022.

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Lifestyle and local news food and drink culture entertainment

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Anything raunchy.

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Total articles 1869

  • Firework bans are welcome, but what happened to celebrating Bonfire Night?

    By Marissa MacWhirter| The Herald (Scotland) Verified A decade ago, when I first moved to Glasgow, I thought Bonfire Night was held to celebrate that Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the House of Lords. To honour someone’s efforts rather than their victory was pretty progressive for a constitutional monarchy, I thought. My mum, who was raised in the East End in the 1960s, told me it was her favourite holiday as a child. “We grew up in a concrete jungle and there wasn’t much around.

    By Marissa MacWhirter · The Herald (Scotland)

    Sep. 12, 2024

  • Firework bans are welcome, but what happened to celebrating Bonfire Night?

    By Marissa MacWhirter| The Glasgow Times Verified Parkhead Library (Image: Colin Mearns) 'Serious concerns' have been raised over the new owners of a Glasgow library after the company's directors were found to have links to a nursery that fed children raw meat. The former library was sold to Hector House Ltd last month by City Property on behalf of Glasgow City Council for £175,000, with the new owners pledging to convert the Grade B-listed building into a multi-purpose community and events space with a dedicated function hall.

    By Marissa MacWhirter · The Glasgow Times

    Apr. 09, 2025

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The Glasgow Wrap

High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

+44 20 8477 3714