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Tag Archives: politics
A bestiary of Buendias
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is unlike any other book I’ve read. It took me some time to get into though. I wasn’t hooked by the first page by any means. There was time to tune … Continue reading
Posted in Review
Tagged family saga, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Literature, magical realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude, politics
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A Loving Economy: Alasdair Gray’s ‘Poor Things’
I postponed the boat Glasgowward to two-thirds through the month and made it up a tier from three to four without arrest, though I intelligently left a Kindle on the Megabus as evidence of my transit (recovered a week later … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Review
Tagged Alasdair Gray, D.H. Lawrence, economy, freedom, Glasgow, H.G. Wells, love, optimism, politics, Poor Things, postwar settlement, professionals, socialism, technology, Victorian, welfarism
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Charles
Charles was the first to move in at Hermit’s Croft student accommodation that fateful Saturday in September. His buzz cut look and austere apparel was not the combination of flowing locks and trim overcoats I would become used to over … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Personal experience, Tribute
Tagged Charles Wright, Europe, friendship, Hermit's Croft, introductions, life, lockdown, optimism, Orkney, politics, Tribute
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Remembering Alasdair Gray
Artistic blooms tend to be triggered by seismic technological or political change. Where the first Scottish literary “renaissance” arrived as the result of the brutal shock to romantic sentiments the First World War had dealt, a new flurry of writing … Continue reading
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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10 YouTube Channels worth Subscribing To
We all use YouTube, quite a lot of us on a daily basis, but I’ve found that as a conversation piece it usually falls flat. Often one of the parties is struggling to grasp just exactly what made a certain … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music, Politics
Tagged 2015, alternative, art, comedy, history, IKEA, indie, languages, music, news, philosophy, politics, Victorious Sponge, videos, YouTube
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