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Golder Strikes Gold in Prague

Posted on 03/12/2014 by alasdairflett

Amy Golder, aged thirteen, won six gold medals at the 2014 Kickboxing World Championship. I asked her what it’s like to be the world’s top kickboxer. How did you discover you had a talent for kickboxing? Well when I was … Continue reading →

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Needy Children Nab Our Money

Posted on 03/12/2014 by alasdairflett

Mid-November came around again and with it a certain custard-coloured bear and the barrage of frivolous fancy-dressers who conga in his wake. The longstanding tradition of three days antics in the name of Pudsey was retained with the all the … Continue reading →

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Swathes of Switzerland

Posted on 20/07/2014 by alasdairflett

I’ve been helping artists make a giant seal. It’s a selkie, to be more accurate; a costume for three singers to project their hopes and fears. Playing croquet too, in the evening sun, putting on a lawn commissioned cut; although … Continue reading →

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Barbaric Snippet

Posted on 27/04/2014 by alasdairflett

I’ve had my hair cut. Sorry to spoil the big reveal but I thought I’d take the medium to proclaim this publically. Walk-in barbers; contemplative places don’t you think? Give you time to reflect, one might say- thou turnst mine … Continue reading →

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Hybrid Constellation E.P Review

Posted on 23/03/2014 by alasdairflett

Wow. I’ve just drawn breath after listening to Hybrid Constellation’s self-titled second E.P for yet another time. Five songs with more force than the entire Jedi council put together. It’s the kind of selection that makes it impossible not to … Continue reading →

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Dinner with Friends

Posted on 26/02/2014 by alasdairflett

The royal family; take whatever stance you please but aside from littering the world with bunting and cluttering the country with tasteless memorabilia they have done one good thing for me; motivated the beginning of this blog. Really, the trinkets … Continue reading →

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Weekend

Posted on 31/01/2014 by alasdairflett

And so I lie upon this bedroom’s carpet Littered with fluff, dust, O, snapchat from Harpiic Received at sev’n p.m, what does it say I wonder? Ever ‘tis I do proclaim Shall not I be inclined to soon reply. This … Continue reading →

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Curvilinear Ascent

Posted on 30/12/2013 by alasdairflett

Well, in the words of the Arctic Monkeys, “it’s two thousand and thirteen all across the galaxy” but not for much longer. What has the year given me, what have I taken form the year? The birth of this for … Continue reading →

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Orkney Live Aid Review

Posted on 01/12/2013 by alasdairflett

It was a howling and a miserable Saturday night, the climb-down from last week’s epic Dr Who 50th anniversary, everything tending towards the mean. A biblical union, awards for the Pier and now this on the eve of St Andrews; … Continue reading →

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Highs and Lows on Hoy and Shows

Posted on 01/10/2013 by alasdairflett

It’s become a habit of mine to start my blog posts with an apology so I’ll begin by saying that it is an artistic decision to keep my updates irregular so that you, my marvellous reader(s), will only cherish these … Continue reading →

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