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.

Premier League Run-in Predictions 2013-14

 Steven Kellow    Football

As clichéd as it sounds – this year’s English Premier League season has been quite unlike any other. The last few years have seen several occasions where there has been a three-way title challenge long into the season before closer two-way battles take over.  However, this year there are four genuine title contenders even at this stage of the season with only ten matches to go.  Even at the bottom, things are exciting: with 10th placed West Ham only 7 points above the relegation zone — Read more →

TwitchPlaysPokemon – Cutting Edge of Games & Society?

 Steven Kellow    Video Games

Gaming has changed inexorably since the dawn of high-speed internet.  Playing games online is now a standard feature, but watching games online is also something that is considered extremely normal in the modern age.  YouTube was the first platform for this market, as players captured footage themselves to upload themselves.  As internet speeds improved, live streaming gameplay has become available – and new consoles streamline the process to a point where anyone can do it at the touch of a button.  Live streaming has also — Read more →

Songs of the Month: February 2014

 Steven Kellow    Music  

To start off what will hopefully be a series I can stick to, I thought I’d share some of my favourite songs of last month.  I’ll post a few songs that add up to around 20 minutes of music that I’ve listened to a lot in the last month, in no particular order or arrangement.  Although February is the shortest month, and there is little in the way of new albums etc., there are still some great tunes that I’ve added to my iTunes library — Read more →

My T in the Park Hitlist

 Steven Kellow    Music  

Over the last few years I’ve become a big fan of music festivals.  Belladrum, a local and folksy festival, has become a staple of my summers and the Rockness I attended 2 years ago was easily one of the best weekends of a great year. With Rockness increasingly likely to be canned for this year, and Belladrum likely to bring in only mediocre acts, I decided to take a punt and go for the big one in 2014: T in the Park. It is easily — Read more →

Why Scottish Independence is only a Scottish Matter

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Browsing the BBC’s magazine offerings last weekend, as I often do; I came across a piece by writer and philosopher Roger Scruton discussing whether the English should have a say on whether Scotland should be independent.  It is an interesting piece, coming from an Englishman looking on the referendum with a nationalist frame of mind of his own – but it makes many failings that I’d like to address (to be considered alongside a rebuttal today from Murray Pittock).  I’m not committed to either side — Read more →

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