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.

State of the Polls: January 2015

Steven Kellow January 7th, 2015 - 1:49 pm Politics General Election, Polls

Since the new year, we have begun to see the General Election campaigns really kick off in earnest – with both the Conservatives and Labour launching posters that outline their core arguments for the battle ahead. The Conservatives are playing upon their track record with the economy, with polls suggesting they are more trusted with the keys to the Treasury than their Labour counterparts, while Labour are going on the offensive about the NHS, pressing home their advantage in opinion polls surrounding the issue. These — Read more →

Putting borders on the internet

Steven Kellow January 6th, 2015 - 5:26 pm Technology, TV & Film

One of the things that makes the internet as enormously resourceful, entertaining and helpful as it is is the fact that it is a truly worldwide phenomenon that anybody, from anywhere can use and create. The internet can be seen as one of the fastest ways of delivering globalisation as it allows people to learn and experience other cultures from afar in a way that could never have been imagined before. It is this free exchange of information and entertainment that makes it what it — Read more →

Songs of the Month: December 2014

Steven Kellow January 5th, 2015 - 12:42 pm Music Songs of the Month

As hard as it is to believe, that’s us into another new year – 2015. The holidays have been great fun, but now life is slowly coming back to its normal state, and what better way to clear the boredom than with some great music! These are some of the tunes that I’ve been listening to throughout December. Seeing as they were added so late in the year, these tracks will have a chance at appearing on 2015’s songs of the year list seeing as — Read more →

2014: Scotland’s Year in the Sun

Steven Kellow December 31st, 2014 - 5:31 pm Miscellaneous

It’s easy to think back with a heady nostalgia over the year gone by when the days between Christmas and New Year draw in and you realise that soon it’ll be a new calendar you need rather than just a new page. Every year I try to look back on things and remember what the big moments were, just to get a sense of perspective on it. Normally it revolves around making something out to be a little more important or joyful that it was. — Read more →

My Top 40 Songs of 2014

Steven Kellow December 27th, 2014 - 12:53 pm Music Songs of the Year

I think out of almost anything, it’s the music from a year that really defines it and makes that one individual year stick out from those around it to me, and what a year this has been for music! There have been so many good songs, and albums even, that have played around me throughout what has been an important and memorable year. This list is largely dominated by my favourite artists of this year: Porter Robinson, Clean Bandit and the amazing CHVRCHES. For the — Read more →

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