‘Here is the evidence that Scotland is alert and looking forward’
North Star and Farmers Chronicle, 30 August 1947:
Category: Progress hardly broke its stride
A line from a poem by Iain Banks
MAD BUYER
117 London Road Edinburgh [sketch from a Trove photograph taken in the early 1980s]
WAIT/CROSS
The rebel antiquary.
[FIBULA] progress hardly broke its stride
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: ‘G.O.D. And the Broken Ribs’ by Jack White. Clips: On-coming headlights reflected in the windscreen … Continue reading [FIBULA] progress hardly broke its stride
Ruthven bridge
This photograph from the Trove archive reveals that manipulation of images goes far back in time. Personally, I have been using Adobe Photoshop since its very early days. Today, we … Continue reading Ruthven bridge
Let us go now
Many years ago, when I was much younger, I made a series of short films on the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. Having explored the Cabrach on foot, I then explored the archives. … Continue reading Let us go now
To the memory of
Young to be dead: To play ‘Young to be dead ‘ please click here. Song: Don’t Worry, Karine Polwart
Yesterday, Bridge of Allan
Early yesterday morning, when all was quiet, I took a few photographs. The window of John Cullens Butcher [Ann Davidson], 64 Henderson Street: In addition to meat and pies and vegetables, … Continue reading Yesterday, Bridge of Allan