‘SCOTUS’

John Gibson Scott, my uncle, was known to his fellow university students as ‘SCOTUS’. My uncle died on 7th May 2012. He was a man not without flaws [who is not?] but gosh, how I miss him:

Leave your body behind you:

To play this short film please click here or on the image above


My uncle worked in Africa but had several homes in Scotland. I used to help his mother [my Granny] look after them. Tower of Glenstrae in Argyllshire, was my favourite:

This is your country:

Peter’s memories of the Tower:

The little things that count:

To play these short films please click on the relevant image.


In 1989, as a Medical student, I did my elective in Africa. My uncle was based in Kampala, Uganda, and got me a placement in Mengo Hospital:

Mengo Hospital – I have never entirely left it:To play this short film please click here or on the image above

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