IN
The above image is one of the photographs of Robert Reinhardt in the Trove archive. Like me, Robert visited churchyards and always had his camera with him. The photograph frames … Continue reading IN
Category: Time passes
Time passes. Listen. Time passes: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
A sad looking building
In the Trove archive I came across this sad looking building. This post shares some of its extraordinary timeline. As a building it has had many “lives” and I am … Continue reading A sad looking building
‘The true content of a photograph is invisible’
I find this a delightful image. It is a view of one-side of the Grassmarket. Exactly when the photograph was taken is unknown, but is estimated to be sometime between … Continue reading ‘The true content of a photograph is invisible’
PEC Iodized Inhalant
As advertised in the Edinburgh Evening News, 31 December 1947. PEC Iodized Inhalant was a mid-20th-century over-the-counter patent medicine advertised in British regional newspapers. It was marketed for a relatively … Continue reading PEC Iodized Inhalant
Palais de Danse
27 December 1920, Edinburgh Evening News:
now and then
This is my latest short film [televisual poem]: To play this short film please click here or on the above image. Song: Lisa Hannigan: singing a cover of Gotye’s ‘Somebody … Continue reading now and then
Jane Jack
Source: Trove archive Further credit: Ian McEwan
‘Rome was new and very old’
I came across this line in ‘Like a Cat Loves a Bird’ by James Bailey. When I read, I record marginalia of anything that makes me feel. These days my … Continue reading ‘Rome was new and very old’