“Immoral Police”
Following my post of yesterday in which I shared concerns that have been expressed in relation to professional conduct on social media by some members of the Royal College of … Continue reading “Immoral Police”
Tag: Caledonian Antisyzygy
“Hats off, Young Sir”
Yesterday, Dr Paul Morrison, Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychopharmacology researcher, tweeted this: “Three cheers to Dr Samei Huda for standing up to aggressive, right-wing anti-psychiatrists, despite complaints, harassment and intimidation.” This … Continue reading “Hats off, Young Sir”
‘A dollop of Caledonian Antisyzygy’
This was how Alex Bell began his Opinion Piece in The Courier of the 5th December 2019. Caledonian Antisyzygy may be a term that is not much heard but I … Continue reading ‘A dollop of Caledonian Antisyzygy’
George Orwell . .
. . . decades before 1984
Respectful and Constructive debate
George Orwell:
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”:
‘Home truths’
Above is the first two paragraphs of Euan McColm’s perspective in Scotland on Sunday, 14th January 2019. And below is his third paragraph:
‘She was my last dog’
A few of passages that I have selected from “Waiting for the Last Bus” by Richard Holloway:
Sapere Aude
The author Adam Nicolson in “Sea Room”: The poet and doctor William Carlos Williams talked of an adventure: Mukul Kesavan in “Looking through glass” Captain Charles Ryder in Brideshead Revisited about … Continue reading Sapere Aude
The Body Lift
This is a more experimental film and is based on attending a Conference by Aberdeen Council on the 27th October 2016 in the old Anatomy Department of Marischal College. The … Continue reading The Body Lift
Gauch farm, Cabrach
This farm is called “Gauch” (phonetic pronunciation is ‘jaach’) For centuries this was the homestead of generations of “Peter Gordons”. God Forbid! A family though that is unrelated to me. I did … Continue reading Gauch farm, Cabrach