being and becoming in the world
The words of: A S Byatt, Anne Tyler, Anthony Doerr, Candia McWilliam, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gabriel García Márquez, Janice Galloway, John Macmurray, Julian Barnes, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Raymond … Continue reading Some lessons
Yesterday I was in Glasgow for a meeting. Having arrived early I explored some of the streets around Central Station. Just off Gordon Street I spotted a dark, dead-end lane … Continue reading “The most honking lane in Glasgow”
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles by Alexander McCall Smith: The Shark’s Mouth: To play the film please click here or on the above image.
To play MOTOR [in the language of Angels] please click here. This film is for Ann, fellow artist and adventurer. Music credit: In Cold Blood by alt-J Filmed in Ross-shire … Continue reading MOTOR
The Antiquary: “is preoccupied on every level by the relation between past and present.” Mary Midgley: “These doctrines are often bizarrely over-confident and over-simple” George Orwell in Why I Write: … Continue reading Silent as light
An old post dated 3 August 2019: Yesterday we went to the “Cut and Paste | 400 Years of Collage” exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art (Modern … Continue reading Cut & Paste
I have recently taken a most difficult decision: I have decided to retire as a doctor from the beginning of next year (2020). I really will miss being a doctor … Continue reading ‘borrowed words’
NETWORK 3 [a film of voices]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Voices include: Andrew Gordon, an unknown commentator, Anne Baird, BBC announcer, … Continue reading NETWORK 3 [voices]