Category Archives: Life

Memento Mori

Posted on 04/05/2022 by alasdairflett

This past month my summer and winter existences have overlapped. April brings custodial duties. I called myself a custodian on the census, although apparently “monument steward” was available. I am a castellan, a Steward of Gondor awaiting the Return of … Continue reading →

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Finding what I seek

Posted on 08/02/2022 by alasdairflett

It’s been a good opening month to the year. The first milestone in the diary was my interview with Digby Brown for a traineeship with them next year in their Glasgow office. Omicron meant it had to be online, so … Continue reading →

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Better than the last one

Posted on 03/01/2022 by alasdairflett

I want this end-of-year sum-up to focus on the positive. Let’s start with this: 2021 was better than 2020. A very low bar indeed, but 2021 improved on its predecessor in most ways. It was a bleak start to the … Continue reading →

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My top albums 2021

Posted on 19/12/2021 by alasdairflett

2021 got off to a terrible start with Tier 4 restrictions imposed in Glasgow for the best part of four months. Things began to revive in April and by May I had finally met the people on my course for … Continue reading →

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Summer’s End

Posted on 19/09/2021 by alasdairflett

I’ve spent the summer in a cathedral, talking about cathedrals. But why is it a cathedral when there’s no bishop and it’s a place for him to sit? Yes, you’re right, it’s Presbyterian now. Church of Scotland since 1560, though … Continue reading →

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Almost two years, and three King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard albums later

Posted on 19/06/2021 by alasdairflett

I have passed year one of two of my condensed law degree at Strathclyde. That was Wednesday’s news, delivered to the mobile app and received during lunch break at Glasgow Cathedral, with breakdowns of each exam. One annum’s study hasn’t … Continue reading →

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One year

Posted on 06/04/2021 by alasdairflett

We have a date now. 25th September. It’s still very far away and it won’t be a funeral per se. I won’t be at the graveside service tomorrow. I’ve been though. In October, on the eve of England’s second lockdown. … Continue reading →

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Dead people die…AND YET!

Posted on 03/04/2021 by alasdairflett

I’m scrolling through the timeline on sunny afternoon. After an excursion to the library in the morning and a luxurious luncheon in the Botanics my mind was mulling matters of religion. We can circle around other topics, but it always … Continue reading →

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Law and Theology: a review of Tom Holland’s ‘Dominion’

Posted on 18/12/2020 by alasdairflett

Law is like theology. It’s about interpretation, but at more than just a textual level. Theology is greater than mere wrangling over obscure or difficult passages in the Bible – it concerns the nature of their source and determining God’s … Continue reading →

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From St Magnus to St Mungo

Posted on 06/11/2020 by alasdairflett

You may have read a few blogs ago about my endeavour to create a repository of all human history as the ultimate pub quiz database, entitled “General Knowledge” and consisting of dozens of roughly seven-minute videos starting with early man … Continue reading →

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