After a reasonably quiet summer in the political world, the Scottish Parliament re-convened this week and already there’s plenty to talk about. Last week Scottish Labour leader became the fifth to resign in the last six years, marking the end of another chapter in the party’s grim demise. The two front-runners are quite polar opposite approaches, with Anas Sarwar being a Labour veteran, representing a Westminster/Brownite faction of the party, and Richard Leonard, a newcomer to politics who leans to the left. It will be — Read more →
As sure as the seasons come and go, in November the next iteration of Call of Duty will be released, and even for seasoned fans of the series it’s hard to be that excited about that any more. This year might be a little different though, as Call of Duty: WWII has potential to breathe fresh life into a stale series – by going back to its roots. The beta of WWII’s multiplayer was available over the last two weekends, and for me at least — Read more →
July and August, so far, haven’t been particularly kind to me – and that’s meant my usual music discovery hasn’t been quite as thorough as it has been earlier in the year. Still though, there’s a couple of tunes that are definitely worth sharing as usual. Selena Gomez – “Bad Liar” Formerly a bit of a pop princess, it’s interesting that Selena Gomez’ new songs are a bit edgier and tend to be inherently a lot more listenable than most other pop tunes out there. — Read more →
I was delighted to attend Turing Fest in Edinburgh on Thursday with some colleagues, and it was a great event that brought some of the best and brightest in the digital world together. Throughout the day, there was a range of speakers giving 30-minute talks on their area of expertise, with two different “tracks” (stages) for marketing and tech-related content. It was fascinating to get some expert insight into the state of the web today, and how best to move forward in producing websites, content — Read more →
Continuing what’s been a fantastic year for music is another month worth of great tunes. At this point I’ve already added about as many songs to my iTunes library as I have throughout 2016, and there’s still albums to come from LCD Soundsystem, The Killers and potentially CHVRCHES too – so things can still get better! Here’s my pick of the bunch from this month: Lorde – “Perfect Places” Melodrama was a great album, with lots of tracks that are easily some of the best — Read more →
