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Tag: Andrew O’Hagan

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 16, 2025

‘in the New Criterion’

Criterion: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Filmed, April 2025, at the CRITERION VAULTS, Gallowgate, Rothesay, Bute. Song: Piledriver Waltz by Alex Turner … Continue reading ‘in the New Criterion’

Categories: Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Andrew O'Hagan, Argyll, Omphalos films, The Rebel antiquary
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 12, 2024November 14, 2024

about friendship

Round Church, Bowmore, Islay, Thursday 29 August 2024: My question to Andrew O’Hagan: To play this short film please click here or on the image above.

Categories: Medical humanities, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Andrew O'Hagan, friendship, Islay, Omphalos films
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 2, 2024November 15, 2024

a friend to friendship itself

Last week on a short island break we were fortunate to able to get last minute tickets for the Islay Book Festival. Andrew O’Hagan, author of Mayflies was being interviewed … Continue reading a friend to friendship itself

Categories: Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, Two culturesTags: Andrew O'Hagan, friendship, Islay, Marginalia, Mayflies
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 23, 2020November 28, 2024

To call a spade a spade

In primary school I was considered to be a backward scholar who exhibited ‘no pace’ to learning. In particular I struggled with language and routinely talked about myself in the … Continue reading To call a spade a spade

Categories: Family history, Two culturesTags: Andrew O'Hagan, backwards, Bonaly, Firrhill High School, language, Peter Gordon, reading, Sian
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 23, 2020November 28, 2024

‘There’s this shadow beside him in the painting’

Apart from the closinq quote – which is from Peter Pan – the passages  below are all from MAYFLIES by Andrew O’Hagan:

Categories: Family history, Scotland, Two culturesTags: Andrew O'Hagan, J M Barrie, Mayflies, Peter Gordon, Peter Pan, shadows
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 21, 2020November 28, 2024

EPHEMERON [Fig. I]

Do you share what matters to you most with your closest friend? If your best friend was represented as Figure I., and in a Text book, what words would you … Continue reading EPHEMERON [Fig. I]

Categories: Medical humanities, Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: Andrew O'Hagan, ephemera, friendship, Mayflies, Omphalos films
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