May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
On the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ first UK Number 1 charting album, Sparkle In The Rain, being released. I felt it was probably time I should reveal some details on ‘The Project’ I have been alluding to over recent weeks. I have been quiet about it until now for fear I would put the…
Last year I decided to rekindle my former personal blog which used to be called ‘Antipodean – The Right Side Up’. That title seemed dated as I wanted the blog to be more about the now and my new life in Scotland and my university studies, so with the revamp I decided on giving it…
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That make me love living in Glasgow. This came my way through doing some research and short story reading for uni. I wanted to read about Glasgow and so after a search within the Granta archive of ‘Glasgow’, the first story that struck me was this one – from the author of Mayflies, Andrew O’Hagan….
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And so I wrote about it some more…. You can read about the significance of this photo in relation to “Special View” on my University & Unicorns blog HERE – there is a tenuous link to Simple Minds with it all…but this blog didn’t feel the right place to actually share it. I’m hoping it…
Today. Usually my mind would turn to what should or could be the topic of the next ‘Minds Music Monday’ post on a Sunday but not yesterday. Nor the previous Sunday, either. In fact, I’m not sure when the last time I eagerly contemplated a MMM post was? Most likely the Spaceface one. That’s rather…
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This photo has been the spark of something that I hope will serve me well. I can’t get away from this fact that Jim continues to be a spark of ideas, an impetus…a muse to me. The latest assignment for uni (yes! Uni talk…but for a change, it’s relevant to the theme of the blog)…
How? How did he know to write this post today? How did he know that these have been the things swimming around in my head the past few days? That I have been filled with copious amounts of self-doubt (yet again!) over how I am going to write a really good piece of prose for…
Ah, well…look who’s playing with my heart strings AGAIN! The cheek of him! It took just ONE like. One like. He disnae “like” me today though. Lol. Dare he like me loosely mentioning “cum” – dare we misconstrue things or have ANY kind of fun with the mildest of innuendo? Stop making me pine for…
I don’t feel as though I have been writing very much lately although I now seemingly am trying to have content running for TWO blogs and I write essays for uni. It just somehow feels not very much. I used to do other writing as well and that has stopped because it feels unwanted? Unappreciated?…
Firstly, can I just say that title implies that the working class have to strive to be world class. Like…it just compounds the percieved “working class” stigma to me. But, hey, that’s probably just me. I digress. I guess it could have had a worse title like, say, “Working Class Made Good” or something. I…
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