About

Like countless other individuals my age, I am desperately trying to make a mark in the world of journalism; an endeavour which has so far been futile. This blog serves as an outlet to post some of my writing, mainly arts based, in the vain hope that it may somehow help boost my chances of getting a job.

I am currently Editor-in-Chief for Edinburgh University’s newspaper The Student.

Before that I was Film Editor for The Student, where I wrote, commissioned and edited numerous reviews, features and articles, as well as organised and conducted various interviews (highlights include Howard Marks, Ken Loach, Martin G. Baker, Viggo Mortensen and Joanna Hoggs).

I have also contributed to the independent newspaper The Journal (distributed to all of the five higher education institutions at Edinburgh) as a theatre and comedy reviewer, and have done a lot with the student radio station Fresh Air. Playlists, interviews and reviews that I do for that will be posted here as well as the Fresh Air website.

For the past couple of years I have written for Three Weeks - the biggest review magazine for the Edinburgh Festival- published both online and in print, as a theatre, comedy, dance and music reviewer. I regularly contribute to the foreign film website Subtitled Online and have also written articles for Informed Edinburgh, The Tooth and Itchy.

If you don’t like something I have put up, or feel I am breaching copyright in some way, I will of course take it down. I can be emailed at aliquaile@hotmail.co.uk if you want to get in touch regarding queries, interviews, reviews etc.

I hope you enjoy