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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 7, 2026May 8, 2026

Art in the garden

To play ‘Art in the Garden,’ please click here.

Categories: Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Art, Art in everyday life, artists, arts, Bridge of Allan, gardener, gardeners, gentle gardener, Have Fun, Little Sparta, Mossgrove, Omphalos films, Peter + Sian's garden, Peter Scott-Gordon, Rebel antiquary, The Rebel antiquary
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

The onslaught

The following biography of Gilbert Holiday is provided by Sarah Colgrave Art: The following timeline is far from complete. It has been compiled by Peter Scott-Gordon from material available in … Continue reading The onslaught

Categories: Folk worth talking about, sportTags: Art, artists, folk worth talking about, Guernsey, London, Photography, sport, WWI
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 15, 2025

Gilbert Holiday

Lately, when researching a forgotten but once champion  billiard player, I came across the art work of Gilbert Holiday [1879-1937]. Here are some of his works:

Categories: Folk worth talking about, sport, Time passesTags: Art, artists, Billiards, folk worth talking about, Gilbert Holiday, sport, war, WWI
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 14, 2025

E K P H R A S I S

Categories: Classification of mental illness, Medical humanities, Two culturesTags: Art, arts, ekphrasis, humanities, language
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 1, 2025

The Creative Cell

In a local antique shop I recently came across some papers and ephemera that belonged to Christopher Murray Grieve [Hugh MacDiarmid]. Amongst this was a letter that he had received … Continue reading The Creative Cell

Categories: Folk worth talking about, ScotlandTags: Art, artists, arts, Charles Fulford, Hugh MacDiarmid, social maverick, The Creative Cell
By Hole Ousia Posted on November 4, 2025

POETRY + TRUTH

Categories: Philosophy, Poems, Two culturesTags: Art, kindness, Liberty, Peter Scott-Gordon, Peter's poems, poems, poetry, two cultures
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

No remedy near at hand

An edit from an old newspaper report superimposed on a painting of Cornton farm, Bridge of Allan, by Peter Scott-Gordon.

Categories: Medical humanities, Two culturesTags: Art, Bridge of Allan, gentle gardener, humanities, overmedicalisation, paintings, Peter Scott-Gordon, prescribed harm, two cultures
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 20, 2025

Drawing No. 9

In Two Culture Street.

Categories: Medical humanities, Two culturesTags: Art, Peter Scott-Gordon, science, The Rebel antiquary, two cultures

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