This is an interesting one. I grew up in an area where there were very few Jewish people (the west of Scotland) – and likewise now live in area where there are very few Jewish people (the east of Scotland).

In […]

Rory Stewart but with a guitar

the assumption that most of the buyers of a Liam Gallagher album will be from the “younger age group” jars a bit as well. Unless said younger age group goes up to 45.

When I was very young my dad gave me Sting’s greatest hits. Mainly because it was the one CD he owned that he didn’t care about, and wouldn’t be particularly bothered if I broke it or scratched it or […]

As part of my PhD I started taking seminars for undergraduate students relatively recently – also at a Russell Group university, incidentally. At first I was taken aback by how little of the reading I asked them […]

Can’t speak for ownership but I’ve had a listen to 105 of these. And I liked about 90 or so of them. Dunno the rest.

A while ago I’d listen to all the albums in the P4K end of year top 50 when they put it out […]

I did my bachelor’s in law at Glasgow 2008 – 2012 and my PhD at Edinburgh 2016 – present. Happy to answer any questions you might have about either!

I bought a book from FNAC once because I couldn’t find it from any other source and even now, several years later, they insist on sending me emails on a daily basis, no matter how many times I try to cancel. It’s […]

I was really lucky to have the opportunity to sit next to him at lunch when I was 17 (the Scottish government organised a residential summer school to encourage kids to do useful subjects like science or […]

Janelle Monae – The ArchAndroid
Christine and the Queens – Chaleur Humaine
Christine and the Queens – Chris
MIA – Matangi
Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
Neil Young – Psychedelic Pill
Tinashe – […]

What was your first….
– Single: It Wasn’t Me by Shaggy
– Album: By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers
– CD: Now 47
– concert – Arcade Fire

That looks interesting, I’ll give it a try! On the subject of cricket documentaries I saw Death of a Gentleman on Netflix (I think) recently. Don’t know how representative it is of what really happened, but it […]

I was semi-interested in seeing how Scotland get on but that is no longer the case.

it depends whether you wear it round your neck or not

I actually think you’re okay – you don’t need to try so hard! The kids (i.e. my younger sister) don’t worry as much about how old their music is. They just listen to whatever Spotify puts in their discover weekly.

Lykke Li is good though. (I’m just replying to all references to me – is that egomania?)

Taylor Swift is dull (and I’m allowed to say that without being Mojo magazine because she is older than me) but I think I would like the new Lana Del Rey one. It’s on my list. I dunno if I’ll listen to it but […]

Ah my dad loves this album! It was the first thing he asked me to download when he found about Limewire (he’s a bad man, but to be fair to him I think he had it on vinyl somewhere).

I’ve been meaning to listen […]

It was a great year for shopping malls too.

WELL I bought loads with my paper round money, but I don’t really remember listening to too many of them. I’d mostly just rip them to the computer then put them in a box.