George Orwell . .
. . . decades before 1984
Tag: Caledonian Antisyzygy
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