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I Found a Mouse on Day Two

Posted on 21/08/2016 by alasdairflett

It feels strange to sit here and type something that will not end up on The Student by some path or another. After a week of battering out review after review of production after production it feels nice to be … Continue reading →

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Greek Spirits Guzzled from a Tetra Pack Chalice

Posted on 25/07/2016 by alasdairflett

A Saturday night starts sprawled out on a new sofa suite in front of sci-fi pew-pew fest, Guardians of the Galaxy. I say new, I mean to us – Grandad’s moved house and floral print has given way to masculine … Continue reading →

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My July

Posted on 13/07/2016 by alasdairflett

Ferry Inn is where I work, Ferrying, don’t go to kirk, Colin’s staying in my flat, On Saturday, the party’s at…? In August I’ll be at the Fringe, Reviewing shows, so I can’t whinge, Or so that may indeed be … Continue reading →

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Morning, how are you? Fine. Yeah…fine.

Posted on 02/04/2016 by alasdairflett

To blog is to shout loudly in a room by oneself and expect to spark a conversation. It is this mode however, that I find is so easy to slip into during everyday discourse. Conversation should be like tennis, one … Continue reading →

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2015: Year in Review

Posted on 18/12/2015 by alasdairflett

What happened in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Fifteen? From a broad perspective, Scots had to come to terms with the fact that independence had been put on hold for at least a “generation.” Bumper stickers were … Continue reading →

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Lazy Lights, Lamps, Love and Leather Seats

Posted on 30/11/2015 by alasdairflett

I think I owe you a blog post. It’s almost the end of my first semester at university and I’d like to keep you in the loop. Life in Hermit’s Croft is falling into its routines. The installation of street … Continue reading →

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The Hermit Emerges

Posted on 26/09/2015 by alasdairflett

I write to you after a considerable absence at the keyboard for the past month. Since my last post I have moved to the Scottish capital Edinburgh where I am attending the University thereof in the study of English Literature … Continue reading →

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Flanagan Shenanigans, Siderfin Adrenaline, Stead Pinthead

Posted on 16/03/2015 by alasdairflett

I’m sitting in Matchmakers. The seats are covered in white, it’s bustling and people cluster around tables, rising occasionally to negotiate the tricky terrain up to the bar and back. My view is partially blocked by a wooden partition so … Continue reading →

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Something to Share

Posted on 13/01/2015 by alasdairflett

Hello? I’m speaking to you from the year 2015, can you still hear me? Back. Yes, 2015 for me should prove an altogether interesting annum, if not quite as monumental for the nation. In Scotland last year we celebrated Dependence … Continue reading →

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Be-antlered Bunnies Blues Band Bounces Back

Posted on 03/12/2014 by alasdairflett

Jackalope are a three-piece blues rock band consisting of Jonah Stead on vocals and guitar, Alasdair Gauld on keys and Alistair Harrison on drums. First emerging as a concept in a charity fundraising concert in the Academy, they went on … Continue reading →

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