There’s a curious Scottish myth about selkies, shapeshifting creatures who can transform from seals to humans with the shedding of their skin. It’s a story I can recall my mum reading to me when I was a child. I was, and still am, a bookworm; the type of person who will go happily to bedContinue reading “A North Sea Love Lilt”
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Stuck in the House – Blair
Hello there and welcome back to our new feature, Stuck in the House, where we share personal insights and tales from our contributors about their time during lockdown and their reflections about the past year and concerns for the future. We want to create a safe space where young people can discuss life under lockdown andContinue reading “Stuck in the House – Blair”
Stuck in the House: Ewan
Hello there and welcome to a new feature, Stuck in the House, where we share personal insights and tales from our contributors about their time during lockdown and their reflections about the past year and concerns for the future. We want to create a safe space where young people can discuss life under lockdown and engageContinue reading “Stuck in the House: Ewan”
Stuck in the House: Charlie
Hello there and welcome to a new feature, Stuck in the House, where we share personal insights and tales from our contributors about their time during lockdown and their reflections about the past year and concerns for the future. We want to create a safe space where young people can discuss life under lockdown andContinue reading “Stuck in the House: Charlie”
Independence…eventually.
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Scottish independence is back in the news cycle again. It never really left, but every once in a while the issue flares up once more after another promising poll, Westminster cock-up and SNP landslide. Although it brings me no pleasure to write about, I feelContinue reading “Independence…eventually.”
Aberdeen: Post-COVID Homelessness
After months of isolation and varying lockdowns the recent news of a vaccine with almost 95% effective that could be rolled out relatively soon came as a welcome sign that things may just get better. Life has changed incalculably for billions of people all over the planet. The pandemic has undoubtably been the largest worldwideContinue reading “Aberdeen: Post-COVID Homelessness”
Lockdown 2.0: Aberdeen
I recently experienced a phenomenon that I cannot recall ever previously occurring in all of my life. This past week I heard Aberdeen, my lifelong love-hate affair, referred to during BBC Newsbeat on Radio 1. As menial as this may seem it did catch me off guard as usually to hear mention of Aberdeen onContinue reading “Lockdown 2.0: Aberdeen”
inertia 