Waking up in Venice
This short film is based on a stay in Venice in June 2018. We stayed in Casa san Boldo, the ancient Venetian townhouse of Signora Pasti. The house has its … Continue reading Waking up in Venice
Tag: 2018
“Absolutely spot on !!!!”
The 2019 International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has won Best Conference Development at the Association Awards UK. Naturally there was much sharing of the news of this … Continue reading “Absolutely spot on !!!!”
Girgenti: footnotes and forget-me-nots
Introducing Girgenti At Girgenti you can still hear two girls sing. Girgenti followed Paestum From Thimble Row to Discoveries:
Discoveries at Girgenti
This is my final film on Girgenti:
Protected: Puritanical or Platinum?
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Girgenti followed Paestum
It might have been the other way around: Paestum may have followed Girgenti. Nabokov once said that he “did not believe in time”. What follows is Girgenti [in the form … Continue reading Girgenti followed Paestum
Girgenti
Girgenti followed Paestum in a blue sky summer that was not little. Beneath this sky two girls sang. It was a beautiful summer.
Thesis 1389
Thesis 1389, and that of Dr Iain Smith give an account of Girgenti following the death of Captain John Cheape:
the Captain died
Captain John Cheape died in 1850. Unmarried and with no children, he left Girgenti to six Scottish hospitals. Girgenti was then sold and re-sold. Summer was giving way to autumn.
after the Napoleonic wars
After serving as a Captain in the Napoleonic wars Captain John Cheape “retired” to the Girgenti of his imagination:
it was a beautiful summer
This is a family film from summer 2018. I disagree with those who may argue that to be a professional, academic or scientist that it is better for us to … Continue reading it was a beautiful summer