Links

University Links

Department of Linguistics and English Language

English Language Research Group

Language in Context Research Group

Historical Phonology Reading Group

Committee for Language Awareness in Scottish Schools

Other links

Colin Barras: geologist and science writer

Gavin Barras: jazz bassist

Cheeky Beak: greetings cards company

Music

Here are some old songs and mash-ups I did (some quite a long time ago) Mixed bag of old stuff

Here's a rap I produced about Particle Physics (Katie McAlpine wrote and performed the lyrics, I did the production). It's been mentioned by the New York Times and The Guardian.


Here's a remix of a miserable old Radiohead song. I tried to make it a bit more "hands in the air" with questionable results (I've managed to make Thom Yorke sound like the guy from Erasure), but it finished 53rd out of 2252 entries so some people must have quite liked it. (You can't vote any more but you can listen to it if you want).