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By Hole Ousia Posted on January 20, 2021

bringing people together

This poem, featured in yesterday’s newspaper. On first reading, I cried.

Categories: Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 44 Scotland Street, a maker of beautiful books, Alexander McCall Smith, Antiquary, author, bringing people together, brings people together, Edinburgh, Hole Ousia, No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, poem, poet, poetry, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Scotsman, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, the two cultures, Two Cultures, Vivendo Discimus, writer

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 30, 2020

They were dressed in green

From the Book of Scottish Anecdote: Not so long ago I made this film which I dedicated to Alexander Mccall Smith: [Filmed at the Mains of Ulbster with Sian, on … Continue reading They were dressed in green

Categories: Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Alexander McCall Smith, anecdote, angel, angelology, angels, Antiquary, Battle of Flodden, Book of Scottish Anecdote, Caithness, Edinburgh, Flodden, gate of angels, Hole Ousia, inauspicious, Mains of Ulbster, Mausoleum, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Sinclair, Sinclairs and Flodden, Social maverick, The Antiquary, the gate of Angels, The Rebel Antiquary, They were dressed in green

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 30, 2020

Theatrical Excitement in Edinburgh

The above is from the Book of Scottish Anecdote. I made this film about Scotland’s first theatre: The Book of Scottish Anecdote gives this account of the Theatre in Shakespeare … Continue reading Theatrical Excitement in Edinburgh

Categories: Architecture, Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 198 High Street, A house that was built in the time of Charles I, Alexander McCall Smith, Alice Score, Allan Ramsay, anecdote, Antiquary, ARRANGED IN A FANCIFUL MANNER AND IN AN ANCIENT STYLE, artist, ballet, Barbara Bell, Beyond Macbeth, Bonaly, Bonaly Tower, Book of Scottish Anecdote, Canongate, Canongate boy, Charles I, Charlie Stuart, cholera, concert hall, cradle of the legitimate drama, Culloden, Dandie Dinmont, Demolished, Douglas, Dr Cullen, Dr W G Johnson, Drysalter, Edinburgh, Edinburgh and Leith Brewery, Edinburgh's first Theatre, engraver, Enlightenment, Festival, Gunmaker, Guy Mannering, Hamlet, Hardware shop, Harry Bertram, High Street, His last legs, Hole Ousia, Jacobite, James Souter, John Home, John Wilson, Judith Bailey Slagle, Last Legs, Luca Hlaing, Maut Ha, mean in architecture and disreputable in character, meet you at the statue, meet you at the statue in an hour, Melrose, North Bridge, Old Edinburgh, Old Edinburgh Club, Old Playhouse Close, Omphalos, Omphalos films, our Welcome, Peter Gordon, Play, Playbills, Playhouse Close, poet, post office, Prince of Denmark, Princes Street, Professor Cullen, purchased, Queen Victoria, rebel antiquary, Richard Cooper, Rob Roy, Robert Fergusson, Royal Mile, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, ruin, ruins, scenery in a small place, Scenery in this small space, Scotland, Scott Dramas, Scottish culture, Scottish Enlightenment, Scottish vocalist, Shakespeare collections in Scotland, Shakespeare Square, Social maverick, Songs of Scotland, SOUTER, statue, Taymouth castle, The Antiquary, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, THE FIRST SCENIC REALIZATIONS OF SCOTT’S WORK AND THE DESIRE FOR A NEW REALISM ON SCOTTISH STAGES, The Rebel Antiquary, The Rise and Fall of the New Edinburgh Theatre Royal, The Songs of Scotland, Theatre, Theatre Royal, Theatrical Excitement in Edinburgh, Thomas Cleghorn, Tobias Smollet, trumpery in its decoration and a most miserable audience, unco gude, Walter Scott, Waterloo Place, Waverley Novels, whaur's yer wully Shakespeare nn, William Shakespeare, Younger's Ale

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020

Gratitude

In yesterday’s Scotsman, Alexander Mccall Smith wrote about the importance of gratitude. He said that gratitude needs to be expressed. McCall Smith shared one of his poems: a poem of … Continue reading Gratitude

Categories: Medical Education, Medical humanities, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, Two culturesTags: 2020, a show of gratitude is so important, Alexander McCall Smith, Antiquary, Arts, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid19, Edinburgh, gratitude, gratitude needs to be expressed, Healing, Hoel Ousia, humanity, immunologist, music, NHS, pandemic, poem, poet, poetry, Science, Scientists, Scotland, Scotsman, social distancing, social isolation, Social maverick, symphony, The Antiquary, the two cultures, Two Cultures, Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution, vaccine, vorologist

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