Category: Scotland
Hole Ousia is interested in Scotland today and Scotland past; Scotland’s countryside and Scotland’s architecture from noble families to the common ankle-high rickle-stane remains of most of us.
Ninian’s Gift
The world premiere of ‘Ninian’s Gift’, composed by Tom Cunningham with words by Alexander McCall Smith, took place online as part of the Wigtown Book Festival. ‘Bravo both. It is … Continue reading Ninian’s Gift
Dunblane Cathedral reopens
During the lockdown I regularly walked the Darn road, by the Allan Water, to Dunblane. What follows is based on exploring ‘the local’ as widely as I could! A garden … Continue reading Dunblane Cathedral reopens
Don’t let yourself go hungry now
Tollafraick, Glenkindie, Scotland – Tuesday 2nd January 2020. A Barn Owl tries to grab teddy bear.
Sunset ower the river Tweed
Monday 21st September 2020.
Afa big wardrobe
This was our wardrobe at Ednam House Hotel, Kelso.
María of My Heart
This is from t h e s c a n d a l o f t h e c e nt u r y by Gabriel García Márquez: Many years … Continue reading María of My Heart
Passing through walls hurts human beings, they get sick from it
Filmed at Thornton Fever Hospital (later a Children’s Home/School). Music credit: ‘The Campaign for Real Rock’ – by Edwyn Collins Borrowed words: Mary Midgley, Charles Dickens and Tomas Tranströmer,
From family he passed to science
This film is based on a holiday to Dordogne in the summer of 2016. Andrew was then exploring the world.
Perhaps I was history itself
This film is based on faded photographs displayed in the window of the now vacant Radio & Gramophone Co, 9 Canongate, Jedburgh Music credit: ‘Must I evolve’ by JARV IS
a short break in the Borders
A few photos from our short break in the Borders [we were staying at the the Ednam House Hotel, Kelso]