being and becoming in the world
This was filmed at Barbreck, Argyll. It is about the friendship between James Archibald Campbell and Patrick Geddes. To feel the wider life of Art: To play this short film … Continue reading To feel the wider life of Art
One of my first memories is of Inishail, an island of Loch Awe. To a deafening rifle salute the Duke of Argyll was sent out on a boat to be … Continue reading Inishail
This fascinating building has a fascinating story. It was built for a purpose that was never to be realised. The Kist, Vol 27, reveals what little is known:
A family photograph taken at the Tower of Glenstrae where I spent my summers. Here I share my memories of spending childhood summers in Argyll. My uncle, John Gibson Scott, … Continue reading immediately, silently, breathlessly
The Kist: To play this short film please click here or on the image above This film is for Mrs Palmer. Mrs Palmer, a large woman from England, had fled … Continue reading The Kist
Helen’s Well marks the centre of the extensive lands of Campbell: In 1973 James Allingham asked if anybody knew any of the history of Helen’s Well: This is a … Continue reading Helen’s Well
It is most unlikely that you will have come across ‘Watchman’: yet he has been around since 1714. Watchman was erected over a newly found spring by Archibald Campbell of Barbreck. … Continue reading M Y . N A M E . I S . W A T C H M A N
The auld hoose of Turnalt in Argyll is now semi-ruinous. However it still carries grace in its symmetry and proportions. It had ‘Adam style’ before there was Adam. Turnalt hoose … Continue reading According to Orders