Edinburgh vignettes
I came across these delightful vignettes by W Douglas MacLeod in The Sphere, 9 August 1952:
Tag: Calton Hill
Mr BARKER: Inventor and Proprietor of the PANORAMA
Henry Aston Barker (1774 –1856) was a Scottish landscape and panorama painter. Barker was born in Glasgow, the younger son of Robert Barker, the panoramic painter, whom he assisted as … Continue reading Mr BARKER: Inventor and Proprietor of the PANORAMA
“As it is, and as it is to Be”
This was a feature in The GRAPHIC, 1 December 1906:
‘Closer to resolution’
For many years I have been part of a widely shared determination to see Edinburgh’s Old Royal High School become a school of Music: I have made several films: ‘Traditionalism: … Continue reading ‘Closer to resolution’
That small place in the whole of time
Filmed at Transit House, Calton Hill, Edinburgh. That small place in the whole of time: To play this short film please click here or on the image above This film … Continue reading That small place in the whole of time
Catherine
Child on tippy-toes on a chair winding her grandfaither’s clock. Wee Catherine we are a’ in transit facing a warld in by’oot. It wis saiven-twenty when you finished winding the … Continue reading Catherine
The Politician’s clock
Weel done Edinburgh for returning the “politician’s clock” tae the window of Transit House on Calton Hill. In this post I share what I have found in the archives about … Continue reading The Politician’s clock
Calton Hill
For me, Calton Hill is about friendships and liberty and not battles. I once made this film: The friends of Liberty: To play this short film please click here or … Continue reading Calton Hill