The results are in, and for those of us who don’t believe in UKIP it’s as bad as we feared. Although the European elections are perhaps of the least consequence out of all the polls in the calendar, the results of this one frame the run-up to next year’s General Election and also have an impact on September’s independence referendum. It’s an interesting time indeed in British politics. The UK Independence Party won the European elections with 27% of the vote across the UK, with — Read more →
A Change.org petition to call on the Scottish Government to introduce Gaelic as a “core and compulsory subject” for 3 to 12 year-olds has attracted a lively debate online as to whether it is the correct course of action to promote Gaelic education. To take a look at why there is such a discussion, first of all it helps to know more about how Gaelic education sits at the moment. It is widely considered to be the focal point of Gaelic revival efforts, as it — Read more →
Tha athchuinge air Change.org a’faighneachd air Riaghaltas na h-Alba Gàidhlig a’dèanamh na cuspair riatanach do sgoilearean eadar aois 3 ‘s 12 air deasbad beothail a’dhèanamh air loidhne mu dheidhinn foghlam Gàidhlig san àm ri teachd. Airson an comhradh tuigsinn gu iomlan, tha e cuideachdail sùil a’gabhail air staid foghlam na Gàidhlig an-dràsda. Is e am priomh amas ann a bhith ag ath-beothalachadh na Gàidhlig ann am beachd a mhòr-chuid. ‘S e an dòigh as fhasa airson luchd-labhairt ùra a’tarraing a-steach don chànan agus tha diofar — Read more →
The steam train gently chugs through the stunning desert vistas of the American west. You sit gazing out the window, with the world bearing down on your shoulders. Two old ladies discuss how the world is a changed place at the start of the 20th century, whilst a minister reassures his daughter that God is there for her. The train then comes to a stop in an old, wooden burgh and you disembark – with your fate ahead of you. This is how Red Dead — Read more →
This is an English translation of the original post “Bho Fìrinn gu Ficsean“ Almost everyone I know is watching Game of Thrones at the moment, a TV program set around a civil war in a fictional land of Westeros that’s rather similar to medieval Britain. It’s very good, even if I find it a little slow-going at times, and one of the things that makes the programme so gripping is how deep the backstory is. Stories are told of kings from thousands of years before — Read more →
