Tha a’ bheatha ciùil agam air a dhol sìos gu mòr on a thòisich mi an cùrsa seo - ’S e an rud as cruthachaile a rinn mi o chionn ghoirid clàradh gòrach de “Na Trì Rìghrean” a rinn mise is mo bràthair is mo phiuthar air coimpiutair nuair a bha sinn còmhla aig an taigh air saor-làithean. Fhuair mi an cothrom, ge-tà, ri dol gu aig a’ char as lugha aon chuirm gu ruige seo aig Celtic Connections (ged a b’ fheàrr leam trì seachdainean air fad a chur seachad a’ dol gu bùithtean-obrach agus cuirmean-ciùil, ’s e cosgais semeastar eile oilthigh a bhiodh ann an sin).

When I asked Bert Jansch last year why so many young people had become drawn to his music I had no idea what his answer was going to be.

My own answer to this question was quite simply that notable guitar legends such as Johnny Marr and Jimmy Page were always keen to site his playing as a formative influence on their own styles. The result was countless awkwardly thin obsessive teenage boys working their way back to his music and as a result realizing that it is possible to turn distortion down, unplug and still (with luck) impress a girl or two.

Tha Glaschu ag ionnsachadh dhomh leasanan eadar-dhealaichte fad na h-ùine.  Tha mi ag ionnsachadh bhon teagasg a tha mi a’ dèanamh air greis-obrach ann am bunsgoil an-dràsta, a’ feuchainn prògraman ann an litireachd sgrùdach agus eachdraidh ionadail a chur air dòigh sa chlas agam.  Tha mi ag ionnsachadh aig an taigh gu bheil dòigh beatha agus cleachdaidhean gu mi-fhòrtanach fada nas cudromaiche na tha beachdan poiliteagach nuair a thig e gu fuireach còmhla ri strainnsearan.

Leasan a dh’ionnsaich mi bhon togail-fianais an aghaidh nam faisisteach (SDL) ann an Glaschu Disathairne:

Edinburgh's local tabloid rag 'The Evening News' has never been renowned for a high standard in journalistic integrity, and their leading story of Tuesday 3rd November proved no exception to the rule.  Splashed across the front cover was a glibly self righteous attack on plans to introduce bilingual Gaelic signs to Scotland's capital city.  The paper, (known locally as the "Evening Snooze") argued that "the language is spoken by a mere 56,000 of the population" and is "one of the SNP's pet projects", and makes no attempt to disguise its combined ignorance and contempt for our native tongue - stating rhetorically "...who will benefit from this in Edinburgh? Certainly not the locals, and certainly not the bulk of visitors to the city."