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.

ITV Leaders’ Debate: Review

 Steven Kellow    Politics, TV & Film  ,

The general election campaign is well and truly underway now after last night’s one-and-only TV debate between the country’s seven main parties vying for our votes in just over a month’s time.  While at times it was a bit of a stramash, with the leaders trying to get their voices heard over the others, in general it was a very interesting piece of political television and what will hopefully be a real spark to what promises to be a powder-keg few weeks. In some ways — Read more →

My Top 10 LCD Soundsystem songs

 Steven Kellow    Music

The years go on, I get older and older, but still some things never change – and these are generally the things I truly love.  I still go to watch Ross County win, draw or lose or lose; I still drink Coca-Cola by the gallon; and I still play LCD Soundsystem songs over and over again. It’s four years now since my favourite band played out their swansongs on the hallowed stage at Madison Square Garden, and even though their most recent album is now — Read more →

Songs of the Month: March 2015

 Steven Kellow    Music  

This has been a month where I’ve broken out the quieter and more lo-fi tunes as much as possible, and they have been great at getting through the busy workload that the end of term always brings! Lisa Mitchell – “Neopolitan Dreams” A lovely soft song that is amazing at quietening things down, it’s one that was used once or twice in adverts in the late 2000s that just seem to evoke a certain memory of less hectic times that helps all the more. Clean — Read more →

The effect of Gaelic education on speaker distribution in Scotland

 Steven Kellow    Gàidhlig  

Download PDF Gaelic has undergone the beginnings of a revival across Scotland in the most recent decades.  While speaker numbers are still falling, and the dangers to the future of the language are still real and threatening, there has been success in arresting the steep and sharp decline that could well have seen Gaelic disappear from Scotland altogether.  Aside from cultural efforts to restore the language through its’ always vibrant cultural scene, Government policy from both the UK and Scottish Governments have seen new innovations — Read more →

Is a new Cold War emerging?

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Download PDF The Cold War ended in the early 1990s and heralded what was hoped would be the rise of a new era of peace and prosperity under a “New World Order”.  The Soviet Union had collapsed and fragmented, leaving the United States as the world’s only superpower. While for a time it appeared that the dominance and hegemony of the United States, an era of Pax Americana, would go uncontested – now there can be said to be the beginnings of new challengers that — Read more →

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