Hame
So you think you know what it is to be Scottish? Well, read ‘Hame’ by Annalena MacAfee. It is a lovely book. This is my “Review”:
Tag: Andrew Robert Gordon
Stirling Marathon
Yesterday Andrew ran the Stirling half-marathon and ran his best time yet. We enjoyed cheering on all the runners. In-between starting and finishing times we wandered around auld Stirling stopping … Continue reading Stirling Marathon
The Rock
Clive Wright, the Makar of Stirling, wrote this sonnet: Rachel Fiona Gordon receiving her Dux Medal at Wallace High: Andrew Robert Gordon catching a rugby ball:
For Rabbie
25 January 2019. What follows are a few of my old posts and films on Rabbie Burns. Burn’s Nicht 2008. Recital by Andrew R. Gordon: The story begins with a … Continue reading For Rabbie
Sunny
I made this film for our son Andrew after he returned from a year of doing voluntary work in Guyana:
Comet sweeps by earth
Our son Andrew phoned today to say that he has been successful in a job interview. Hale Bopp comet was in the night sky when our son was born. The … Continue reading Comet sweeps by earth
‘The audacity of hope’
The teddy bear that often features in my films belongs to my son Andrew. The bear is called Hale Bopp, and is named after the comet that was trailing a … Continue reading ‘The audacity of hope’
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8th March 2018, happy birthday Andrew! Do you remember this: Here are some of the things that you said when you were a wee boy: “Daddy, when you are a … Continue reading 21
Sunshine boquet
“Sunny sung by Timothy Spall. Background newspapers and journals relate to the work of Dylan Thomas
