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.

2013-14 English Football Season Review

Steven Kellow May 18th, 2014 - 8:40 pm Football

It’s hard to imagine a season in recent memory where there has been as much of a shake-up at the top of the English game as there has this season. The established order of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and, of late, Man City had been relatively well-established. With David Moyes filling the shoes of the indomitable Alex Ferguson at Man Utd and “The Special One”, Jose Mourinho, returning to the dugout at Stamford Bridge, this season was always going to be something different. I can’t — Read more →

Gaelic Emigration Poetry

Steven Kellow May 18th, 2014 - 1:16 pm Gàidhlig uni

Download PDF What view of emigration emerges in the poetry composed by the emigrant poets? The Highland Clearances were perhaps the most disruptive events in the history of the Gaelic world. They displaced thousands of people from their traditional homes in the crofts of the Highlands who were forced to seek new lands to call their home, whether on the shores of the Highlands, in the central belt of Scotland or even further afield in the “New World” of Canada, America or Australia. These events — Read more →

The Thin Blue Line of Internet Policing

Steven Kellow May 16th, 2014 - 4:22 pm Technology

We sometimes forget in this always connected, always online world that the internet is only just over twenty years old. It’s a relatively new technological and social construct and it’s one that has grown almost inconceivably quickly in that time. We’ve never seen any form of communication blow up in such a way before. Because of this, and the internet’s capacity to be incredibly malleable and allow you to do almost anything you want, it’s a force that has become very hard to police. We — Read more →

Your Guide to the 2014 European Elections

Steven Kellow May 15th, 2014 - 4:25 pm Politics

You may or may not know that there’s actually an election on next Thursday that’s rather important. You’re forgiven if you didn’t, as the European Parliament elections are often seen as the least significant of the major votes in the political calendar. Even though plenty of people brush it off, it’s still a vote that directly affects you for the next five years in ways you might not quite realise, so it’s well worth having a say in. So here’s everything you need to know — Read more →

2013-14 Ross County Season Review

Steven Kellow May 11th, 2014 - 12:37 pm Football

I’m delighted to say that Ross County’s season is over. Not because I haven’t enjoyed it, but because it means that we have avoided the grim spectre of the play-offs. Second season syndrome hit Ross County hard this year – with our sophomore campaign in Scotland’s top flight being far less euphoric than the one before. However, when our aim as a football club is just to stay there with the big boys, I think we can be happy and proud of what our small-town — Read more →

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