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Summer’s a washout – let’s get excited for autumn!

July 17, 2012 by

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To say the British summer has been disappointing would be an understatement. Weeks of constant rain has left us wondering what happened to that week of sunshine back in April, and whether or not we somehow imagined it all. But do not fret! For the most exciting time of the year is almost here! That’s […]

Glasgow Caledonian University cultural exchange trip to Lore-Lorentz-Schule and Bochum University

July 8, 2012 by

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Here is a link to the documentary reflecting on a Glasgow Caledonian trip to Germany by Sahil Jaidka and Peter McVitie.

Germany Trip Part 3: Report for the German Academic Exchange Service on our trip to football clubs in Germany

July 8, 2012 by

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By Peter McVitie: http://www.alwaysfitba.com After writing individual posts on our trips to Borussia Monchengladbach and Schalke 04, we were charged with writing a report on our trip to Germany for the German Academic Exchange Service. The aim of the trip was to compare and contrast some of the aspects of German football to that of Scottish football and the results […]

Football in Germany – Part 2

July 8, 2012 by

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By Peter McVitie – http://www.alwaysfitba.com After a trip to Borussia Monchengladbach, Sahil Jaidka, Robert Kielty, sports scientist and lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, and myself visited Schalke 04, here is the roundup of that fantastic visit: Just like ‘Gladbach, Schalke 04 have improved immensely over the past two years from a struggling mid-to lower-table Bundesliga side […]

Football in Germany – Part 1

July 8, 2012 by

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By Peter McVitie at http://www.alwaysfitba.com/ You may have noticed the Sport section on this blog has not been updated lately. That is because I have just returned from working in Germany on a research trip looking at German football and how it is governed. A journalist friend and I made several discoveries on the trip and […]

EIFF 2012 – Day of the Flowers

July 6, 2012 by

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Day of the Flowers from the off looks like a mildly morbid family based comedy. It soon broadens into something deeper. It follows Glaswegian sisters Rosa (Eva Birthistle) and Ailie (Charity Wakefield) as they kidnap the ashes of their recently deceased father with the intention of scattering them in Cuba. Where Eva takes what she […]

EIFF 2012 – One Mile Away

July 5, 2012 by

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A documentary directed by Penny Woolcock focusing on two gangs in Birmingham who’s dispute has been so long running neither side can remember where it begun or why it started. As a result these rivals are split by postcode. If you life in either area you are involved. End of story. One Mile away provides […]

EIFF 2012 – Brave

July 5, 2012 by

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These Disney Pixar collaborations are usually a safe bet when it comes to family entertainment and Brave is no exception. This time round we have a new princess and refreshingly her happy ever after doesn’t revolve around any prince charming. In fact Merida’s (Kelly Macdonald) main aim is to avoid marrying at all, going to […]

EIFF 2012 – Pusher

July 4, 2012 by

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“In London, a drug pusher’s life spins out of control over the course of one week.” Frank (Richard Coyle) is a small time drug dealer who after a run of bad luck owes drug boss Milo (Zlatko Buric) £55,000. Frank’s luck doesn’t change through this fast paced British remake of a Danish cult classic. Director […]

EIFF 2012 – God Bless America

July 3, 2012 by

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For a film which openly discusses the cruel edge of entertainment, a changing society and points out and tears down copious aspects of popular culture God Bless America is consistently on good form, managing to stay far enough away from feeling like a bitter and self serving lecture on the problems with the ‘civilised’ world […]

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