Steven Kellow

I'm a 4th year student at the University of Aberdeen studying Gaelic and Politics. I have a wide interest in the world around me and this blog is a collection of news and opinions on the topics that come to mind.

I'm a 4th year student at the University of Aberdeen studying Gaelic and Politics. I have a wide interest in the world around me and this blog is a collection of news and opinions on the topics that come to mind.

House of Cards – Season 4: Review

Frank is back, bolder than ever

 Steven Kellow    TV & Film  ,

Season 1-3 spoilers on page 1, Season 4 spoilers on page 2 Gripping.  Enthralling.  Intense.  All are words that have been staples of summarising House of Cards to people over the years and trying to properly convey, without spoilers, the feeling the show gives its audience.  While last season took a break, for the worse, from this tried and tested relationship with the viewer, season 4 picks up the pace yet again and delivers 13 episodes of television excellence that leaves you wanting more. For — Read more →

Adapting to devolution in Scotland

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Download PDF Devolution was a process that radically changed the landscape of Scottish politics and the way in which policies could be developed for the nation.  Such fundamental change of the Scottish political arena naturally required political parties to adapt themselves to compete in a new paradigm that had a different set of demands than Westminster politics. This essay shall examine the ways in which Scotland’s major political parties have adapted to the era of devolution, examining the different facets of party structure, policy and — Read more →

A Super Tuesday for Clinton and Trump

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Yesterday was Super Tuesday, where over a quarter of the primary races across America are decided and where the rigours of the national, cross-continent campaign fully begin for the candidates hoping to become the next President of the United States. For both front-runners, Hillary Clinton for the Democrats and Donald Trump for the Republicans, Super Tuesday cemented their positions on course to becoming their parties’ nominees for November’s General Election.  America will need to decide between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to become its’ next — Read more →

Songs of the Month(s): January & February 2016

 Steven Kellow    Music  

2016’s started quietly music wise.  Okay there’s been major announcements like my favourite band coming back and then announcing they’ll play at T in the Park, but new music’s been rather hard to come by so far this year.  That doesn’t mean there haven’t been good tunes around though, here’s a few of them: Parade of Lights – “Feeling Electric” Yet another FIFA soundtrack song that has wormed it’s way on to my iPod, “Feeling Electric” is a stylistic mash-up of Imagine Dragons and M83 — Read more →

Facebook Reactions reactions

 Steven Kellow    Technology

Changing the way in which we use social networks can often be a very tricky task for the developers behind them.  People aren’t massive fans of changes, especially to things that become staples within their day-to-day lives. It’s likely this is the reason why it took so long before Facebook rolled out its new Reactions, which today has added new dimensions to the classic Like button and potentially change the service in a massive way. On the surface it’s been an idea that’s been around — Read more →

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