The Tartan Heart Festival, more commonly known as Belladrum after its home estate, is now the Highlands’ premier music festival after this year’s collapse of RockNess. I’m delighted that an event held so close to home, and one that has come from such humble beginnings, holds such an honour. It’s highly regarded as a festival, with everyone coming away from it with only positives every year. It’s normally one of my favourite weekends of the year, too. However, with the weight of expectation this year’s — Read more →
This is an English translation of the original post “Feumaidh Naidheachdas Atharrachadh” The profession I hope to go into when I leave university is that of journalism. It’s a job that I’d enjoy a lot, and more than that: I think I’d be good at it. But it’s an industry that’s rather old-fashioned in a world that seems as though it’s changing faster than ever before. Even though I’m confident enough that journalism is going to be an industry that stands the test of time, — Read more →
‘S e an cosnadh a tha mi an dòchas a-dol an sàs ann nuair a tha mi air an oilthigh fhagail a bhith nam luchd-naidheachd. ‘S e obair a chòrdadh rium gu mòr ‘s a barrachd air a sin tha mi a’smaoineachadh gum bidh mi math air. Ach ‘s e gnìomhachas caran seann-fhasanta a th’ann ann an saoghal a tha coltach gu bheil e tionndadh aig astar nas luaithe ‘s nas luaithe. Ged a tha mi dearbhte gu leòr gum bidh naidheachdas gnìomh maireannach, feumaidh — Read more →
The biggest derby in Scottish football next season is not going to be between the Old Firm, Celtic and Rangers are still a league apart. It’s probably not going to be the Edinburgh derby either, with Hearts’ relegation to the Championship and the unlikely prospect of Hibs joining them. Unless Dundee are promoted to the Premiership, or Ross County fall foul of the relegation play-off, it will be the Highland Derby between County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. This rivalry has come a long way from — Read more →
It’s three years ago today that my favourite band took to the stage for the last time in the grand setting of Madison Square Garden, NYC. LCD Soundsystem’s demise was a bit of a surprise to many, after releasing three fantastic albums to critical and commercial success – but they left fans with one of the most epic finales a band has ever had with that concert. Although I wasn’t there, the MSG concert helped cement the band’s status as my favourite. I first heard — Read more →
