being and becoming in the world
In the Trove archive, I recently came across the wonderful photography of Alan Daiches [died 2006]. The above advertisement page is from The Scotsman, 11 October 1969. Here are some … Continue reading The Seeing Eye: Alan Daiches
East Green, Aberdeen, 2018. AI/Photoshop edit of this image on Trove.
With Big Ted I visited yet another ruin! We passed Glenburn on the way, the past and the future, at once together. I met Sian at Glenburn [Woodend hospital], in … Continue reading Glenburn
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: Ella Eyre – Rain in heaven ft. BBC Concert Orchestra (Radio 2 Piano Room) Film … Continue reading I’d never seen so much life in a giggle
COLOUR WAS NOT AFFORDABLE My father collected televisions – black & white, second-hand, rarely working. [chance INTERLUDE] An advert in an old P & J: RENT or BUY, From 42 … Continue reading Colour was not affordable.
As reported in The Herald, 27 January 2026. The Spey Viaduct: The present seemed vulnerable to the past: To play this short film please click here. Credits: Piano Theme by … Continue reading Collapsed Spey Viaduct
Aberdeen Evening Express, 10 January 1942.
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