being and becoming in the world
Time passes. Listen. Time passes: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
Gordon Stevenson in an article in the Herald, 12th May 2016, said of St Cuthberts Co-operative Society, Bread Street Edinburgh: “There had never been a bolder retail building in Edinburgh. … Continue reading ‘There had never been a bolder retail building in Edinburgh’
On a recent walk around the foot of Leith I came across Leith Dockers Club at No 17 Academy Street [this street was formerly known as Morton Street]. Behind a … Continue reading Sea Shanties from Seven Seas
Trove archive: Ross Fountain, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh: At the time of the Covid-19 Lockdown, I researched the history of the Ross fountain. I copy this, in full, below: Daniel … Continue reading Lost Art Conservation Workshop
I came across the above photograph in the Trove archive. It was taken by Dr Francis Maxwell Chrystal when he attended the laying of the ‘foundation and memorial stone’ by … Continue reading Usher Hall
The photograph [below] was taken in 1924 by Dr Francis Maxwell Chrystal. It is of a building called Duncan’s Land, Stockbridge, Edinburgh. In the window you can make out two … Continue reading ‘New Library of Grand Stories’
Bannockburn House garden, Wednesday, 7 October 2026. Photographs by Peter Scott-Gordon. Words by John Berger and Andrew O’Hagan
Photographs: Peter Scott-Gordon [Leith, Edinburgh, October 2026] Words: STONER by John Williams
I came across the above photograph in the Trove archive. It records the WALK INN, 300 Leith Walk, Edinburgh. I thought: what name could be better for a pub on … Continue reading WALK INN