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.

Scottish Gaelic in the Celtic Context

 Steven Kellow    Gàidhlig  

Download PDF Scottish Gaelic is but one of a wide range of Celtic languages that have emerged over the previous two millennia that still exists today.  All Celtic languages have undergone a decline in their usage in recent centuries, as more dominant languages such as English and French have superseded them.  This essay shall discuss the origins of the different Celtic languages, how successful, or not, they are in the modern world, and how they have been revived over the last few centuries towards the — Read more →

Is the state entering a period of decline?

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Download PDF The state, as a political entity, has existed since the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, where European powers first agreed to respect each other’s sovereignty and that each state had the ultimate authority of their own given territory.  This entity is the building block of international relations, and the state is still the most important authority to consider when discussing the discipline.  In the last few centuries, and particularly in the last hundred years, globalisation has meant that the concept of supranationalism has — Read more →

The Wars of Reconstruction

 Steven Kellow    Football  

Today Scottish football’s reconstruction efforts have been curtailed by the SPL; as a vote to proceed with the proposed 12-12-18 league structure went against the proposal.  Ten teams voted for the proposal, and two against, namely Ross County and St. Mirren, and with the SPL’s farcical requirement of an 11-1 majority to push through any such measure, the new league setup is looking further away than it has in years. As much as reconstruction is required, which it desperately is, today has been a victory — Read more →

The PlayStation 4

 Steven Kellow    Technology, Video Games

Last night, weeks and months (and years, for some) of speculation about Sony’s next home console were finally ended.  Or were they? In what was styled the “PlayStation Meeting 2013”, Sony unveiled their PlayStation 4, the successor to their current console, amidst a flurry of new IPs and sequels.  The conference, which ran for over two hours, touched base on many important factors about the new console; with lead software architect Mark Cerny describing how the hardware of the console is built, and a slew — Read more →

My Top 40 Songs of 2012

 Steven Kellow    Music, Personal  

Every year I make a playlist of the top 40 songs that I added to my iTunes in the last year, just as a way to end the year with the soundtrack to it. Quick rules of it are that, no the song doesn’t have to be released in 2012, and it’s based partly on plays, star rating and when I added it to my library. Anyway, here is my Top 40 of 2012: 40.  Ellie Goulding – “Lights” (2010) 39.  Marina & the Diamonds — Read more →

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