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It’s May. At the end of the month, we could be heading into phase one of lifting lockdown. Had it not been for Coronavirus, the tourist season would be ramping up in Orkney and I’d be fulltime Skara Brae. As … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Personal experience, Politics
Tagged Americas, Charles Mann, general knowledge, Greece, history, life, lockdown, Rome, Shakespeare
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Mindforming Misattributions
I realise there’s no shame in being poor…but it’s no great honour either. The above quotation is from the musical Fiddler on the Roof and is spoken by the bumbling patriarch, Tevye before he launches into his song ‘If I … Continue reading
Orfeo
Sixty mile an hour gusts subsided; it was time to reopen the village. First, however, I would be consigned to the till, and stock reshuffling – replenishing puffin fledglings from a partially barren wicker basket and depositing fresh ova in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bird-scaring rattle, Brodgar, drone, harmonium, life, Neolithic, Norn, Orfeo, Orkney, Skaill, Skara Brae, Tolkien, Vikings, work
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Luther, Lyrik, Lieder und Leipzig
Trees increasingly denuded, the mulch on the path starting to settle, I find myself stumbling into the final third of November. Since my impromptu excursion to Manchester at the end of October, Hamburg’s schools have gone back, but of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music, Personal experience
Tagged 1984, Abitur, BadBadNotGood, Berlin, Bremen, Canadian bands, Ein Sommer in London, electronica, European, folktronica, funk, George Orwell, Girl Ray, Hafenklang, Hamburg, hip-hop, identity, jazz, Leipzig, Mac Demarco, Martin Luther, Mojo, national, papacy, poetry, Poetry slam, protestantism, Public Service Broadcasting, Reformation, regional, Sylvan Esso, Theodor Fontane, UK-German Connection
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A Free Admission
Midday in Manchester; streetlamps lit. The overcast gloom was a mental association, acquired thanks to Morrissey and co, satisfyingly confirmed as I was transported through a city whose psychogeography was already etched deep into my mind and which was later … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music, Personal experience, Politics
Tagged art, Engels, gloom, Hamburg, journal, library, life, Manchester, Metrolink, milkshake, The Smiths, travel, Ukraine, vinyl
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The return of Twin Peaks: a classic revived
It is unusual for a writer to revisit his work after such an extended period of time away, and stranger still for him to successfully gather almost all of the original cast for the return. The only comparable example that … Continue reading
New Who Review
A puddle perplexes companion Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) in Doctor Who’s series debut, ‘The Pilot’. This strong opening episode should set the tone for executive producer, Stephen Moffat’s final year at the helm of the TARDIS. After a year away … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Review
Tagged dalek, Doctor Who, Matt Lucas, new series, Pearl Mackie, Peter Capaldi, Review, Stephen Mofatt, TARDIS, The Pilot, Time War
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A refreshing take on technology: Public Service Broadcasting’s upcoming concert
What do you think of when you hear the phrase ‘the modern world’? You might groan in despair at the current state of global affairs. Perhaps you’re perplexed by our times in which social interaction is framed by the shareable; … Continue reading
The rise of hyphenates and the demise of icons
As the concluding hours tick down on what to many has seemed a fairly dismal lap around the sun politically and in terms of “iconic” deaths I thought it was time to add my evaluation to the numerous top tens, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music, Politics
Tagged 2016, Berlin, Edinburgh, exams, flats, Frankenstein, Fringe, German, Glasgow, Honeyblood, journalism, life, Motion Poets, Orkney, St Magnus Festival, Twin Peaks, Warpaint, We Were Promised Jetpacks, work
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Meme Magic – Oh look he’s getting a bit political
The world has changed since when I met you last, Forces have gathered, grown and made their mark, Meme magic brewed an unsavoury broth, and left us Trump – God-Emperor of Earth. Oh, and also I became an editor at … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Politics
Tagged Alasdair Flett, alt-right, Edinburgh, election, Enlightenment, Literature, magic, memes, news, poetry, politics, post-truth, The Student, Trump
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