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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
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music
Tagged art, bird-scaring rattle, Brodgar, drone, harmonium, life, Neolithic, Norn, Orfeo, Orkney, Skaill, Skara Brae, Tolkien, Vikings, work
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1979
I do not mean our political and civil liberties. They will endure. […] The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Personal experience, Politics
Tagged 1979, 20th Century Women, feminism, history, HyperNormalisation, Ian Curtis, Jimmy Carter, Joy Division, life, Neolithic, Scotland, Skara Brae, work
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Brilliant yellow tinged with melancholy
University: complete. The opening of a new chapter, as they say. Of course, there are conditionals. A possible return is not ruled out in the long term, but for now postgraduate study is not in the immediate pipeline. What is … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Personal experience
Tagged day drinking, diet, Edinburgh, employment, future, Game of Thrones, life, news, Student, University, work
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Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Flett
Ah, Sunday. A fine day for reflection and calm, quiet contemplation. In Germany a brief respite from consumerism (also perhaps an inconvenience). Additionally, and purely coincidentally, you understand, optimal for the garnering of likes as the weekend’s accomplishments tie together … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Personal experience
Tagged British Council, German, Germany, Hamburg, indie, journal, journalism, laundry, Leipzig, life, Literature, news, Sunday, University, work
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On Orwell
I don’t know if you know or don’t know but I’m currently living and, ostensibly, working in Germany as part of my Year Abroad from the University of Edinburgh. Hence weird gushing praise of Burns, hence the invocation of glorious … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Personal experience, Politics
Tagged Burns, Edinburgh, George Orwell, German, Germany, life, philosophy, Vikings, work, year abroad
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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
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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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