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.

Excel D’Hondt Proportional Representation Calculator

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Download Looking for a Sainte-Laguë calculator? Try here. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which allows you to share and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes as long as attribution is provided and that the same license applies to your work.   Proportional representation is a great thing, because it allows political parties to have a fairer share of seats in a parliament/assembly/council in relation to their share of the vote rather than the rather unfair share of seats usually — Read more →

Interstellar: Review

 Steven Kellow    TV & Film  

Some movies add up to more than the sum of their parts, with good all-round qualities that come together in such a way to make a film that’s not just good, but great.  Christopher Nolan’s latest film, the space epic Interstellar is one of them. Although the premise of the film’s action is from the realm of science-fiction, the story itself is an intensely human one.  Earth has become a more hostile place to live, with crops dying and food a scarce resource.  Former fighter — Read more →

Gaelic adds £148 million to the economy

 Steven Kellow    Gàidhlig

I was delighted last night when I came across a BBC article that professed the news that new research had found that Gaelic contributes as much as £148.5 million each year to the Scottish economy. The research was undertaken and published by Highlands and Islands Enterprise to estimate the value of Gaelic to the economy and society of Scotland on the whole.  It’s the first real effort to research the topic and it is a big step in terms of developing the language that an — Read more →

Gàidhlig a’cur £148 millean dhan eaconomaidh

 Steven Kellow    Gàidhlig

Bha mi air mo dhòigh an raoir nuair a thàinig mi air airtaigail aig a’BhBC a thug an naidheachd seachad gun robh rannsachadh air lorg gu bheil Gàidhlig a’cur a-steach suas ri £148.5 millean gach bliadhna gu eaconomaidh na h-Alba. Chaidh an rannsachadh fhoillseachadh le Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd ‘s nan Eilean an dè airson tomhais a’dhèanamh de luach aig a’Ghàidhlig do eaconomaidh ‘s coimhearsnachd na h-Alba san fharsaigneachd.  ‘S i a’chiad oidhirp mhòr riamh air sin a’dhèanamh agus ‘s e na ceum mòr a th’ann — Read more →

The Catalonia question

 Steven Kellow    Politics

On Sunday, Catalonia held its own self-determination referendum as part of the movement there for independence.  The similarities with the recent “Scottish referendum” may appear to be very clear, but the situation in Catalonia is far more controversial, confused and potentially impactful than it was in Scotland. The fact that theirs was not an independence referendum in its own right shows the first key difference.  Despite intentions to hold a binding vote on whether the region should break away from Spain it was blocked by — Read more →

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