Ways of seeing
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: Ultra Aura Glow (feat. Hamish Hawk) by Voka Gentle Clips: various, some my own, some … Continue reading Ways of seeing
Category: Two cultures
In his famous 1959 lecture, C. P. Snow warned that science and arts were becoming ‘two cultures’.
PROMPTS
PROMPTS: AI is not conscious. AI cannot feel. The passing of time is abstract to AI. To play this short film please click here. Credits: Opening voice: Neil Hannon of … Continue reading PROMPTS
Space Eyes Peering At The World
Background photograph: graffiti, Craigforth Insurance Campus, Stirling. Overlay: random page from a 1980s Scottish newspaper
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
Science teaching must abandon its isolation
Aberdeen Evening Express, 10 January 1942.
‘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
Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
I recently read ‘The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh‘ as edited by Michael Davie. What is shared below is a small selection of entries, often partial, which do not present the … Continue reading Diaries of Evelyn Waugh