Cowane Street: where the only limitation is your imagination
21 -23 Cowane Street, Stirling: To play this short film please click here. Music credit: A piano theme – by Terry Davies For more on RAINBOW SLIDES please click here.
Category: Omphalos films
I have made over 1600 short films. These films tend to be short and cover a range of subjects. The idea generally behind my films is that they should have no immediate separation into ‘two cultures’: science and humanities.
A further intention is that only by really knowing the filmmaker and following his life and narrative will you get closer to understanding some of the films. In this I intend to make the point that science too must remember the complexity of human life.
Omphalos is another name for our tummy-button, where we were once joined to our mother.
Retold for little people
A short [incomplete] film on childhood: Music credits: She’s A Star – James [Piano Room, 2026] On Your own again – Scott Walker
Some secret shape of time [AUDACIOUS]
To play this short film, please click here or on the image below. Filmed at Stirling castle, 29 January 2026 as the Monte Carlo Rally cars arrived. The song is … Continue reading Some secret shape of time [AUDACIOUS]
Hame for music-making
The Herald, 28 January 2026: It has taken more than a decade of campaigning, planning and fundraising to secure the future of one of Edinburgh’s most prominent landmarks. But now … Continue reading Hame for music-making
‘Winged victory’ of Samothrace
Last night, I was in Glasgow with Sian. We were there for Roaming Roots: Icons Vol. 2. In Glasgow Concert Hall, as part of ‘Celtic Connection’, Guy Garvey and C. … Continue reading ‘Winged victory’ of Samothrace
Burns nicht
Hae a guid Burns nicht! Some of my short films on Rabbie Burns: Tam o’Shanter: Turn again, thou Fair Eliza: I dinner’d wi’ a Lord: To write in the dialect … Continue reading Burns nicht
Fitted for Radio
This was filmed on the last day of 2023 in the hills of Sheramoor [Sheriffmuir]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: … Continue reading Fitted for Radio