Backgrounds to made-up stories
Backgrounds to made-up stories: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. The photographs in this film were not taken by me. The photographs are … Continue reading Backgrounds to made-up stories
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In a Forsyth Flannel Suit
This short film shares the story of the end of Union Corner, Glasgow. It was once the celebrated Department Store of R. W. Forsyth: To play this short film please … Continue reading In a Forsyth Flannel Suit
all our times
This short film shares footage from a recent adventure in Perthshire and Argyll: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Credit: [Don’t Fear] The … Continue reading all our times
BEN CRUACHAN [Search for a Boy]
[16 January 1940] ‘Golden eagle comes to Oban’ before soaring off in the direction of Ben Cruachan. [12 February 1940] ‘Missing from Oban’ since February 10th ‘a rather shy boy … Continue reading BEN CRUACHAN [Search for a Boy]
BLUE
a child, I painted my bedroom BLUE scribed, in giant capitalised letters ‘PERFECT BLUE’. My first shaver, was BLUE. My first car, was BLUE. My first girlfriend, from the, ‘BLUE … Continue reading BLUE
Colour was not affordable.
COLOUR WAS NOT AFFORDABLE My father collected televisions – black & white, second-hand, rarely working. [chance INTERLUDE] An advert in an old P & J: RENT or BUY, From 42 … Continue reading Colour was not affordable.
BOLERO
There are many things to be said about e m o t i o n s – the first is that they fill the world with m e a n … Continue reading BOLERO
ALOYSIUS
ALOYSIUS ursine familiar clutched by an effete ‘transitional object’ from the ‘IDEAL TOY COMPANY’. Cut-glass and full of time, meet you at the statue in an hour.
Recognise the beauty
D A L C H I O R L I C H Today, I crossed the bridge that you set out on as December 1897 closed. Changes have taken place … Continue reading Recognise the beauty