Last Sunday we were in Edinburgh to meet a cousin of my mother’s but having arrived early had some time to wander. Twenty five years earlier, one of my first … Continue reading “Just doing, speaking, writing . . . “
Almost nothing of the village of Binn remains. It lives on in memory alone. This film is for Ella Rae. Ella’s voice opens this film. Ella would have loved Ashley … Continue reading The forgotten village
At the beginning of the week I visited an estate near Newport in Fife that has just been sold. The faux-Tudor-Italianate House is dilapidated, and to my eyes, not attractive. … Continue reading The oval walled garden
On Monday I was driving nowhere in particular [it is often better than driving somewhere]. Hale Bopp was with me: stravaiging need not be lonely. We came across this gate … Continue reading Stravaiging need not be lonely
A film about Robert Scott, Robert Scott Moncrieff, Walter Scott, Henry Raeburn, Marcel Proust and a left-behind gateway that brings them all to auld Fossoway. This film is for my … Continue reading In search of lost time
Filmed at Thornton Fever Hospital (later a Children’s Home/School). We need to look aifter oor bairns. It is my view that the ever increasing medicalisation of life will not break … Continue reading Savages
St Fort, Newport, Fife. Demolished 1957. This film is for mothers and daughters who hold mankind together. All images from RCHAMS. Opening voice: Ian McEwan (Radio Scotland, April 2019) Song: … Continue reading Who would reclaim the mind from ill
Gilston House gatepiers, Fife
I have visited the ruins of Crawford Priory, Springfield, Fife, a number of times over the years. It had its roof removed in 1971. I have since been finding out … Continue reading Crawford Priory (sorrow does not have a century)
It was recorded in the late 19th century that an old yew tree situated in the garden belonging to Raith House marked the spot where the Abbots had their ‘pleasaunce … Continue reading The Abbotshall Yew
I recently shared a film that I made at what little remains of Craighall Castle, Fife. I had long wanted to visit the castle as it was featured in “Fife … Continue reading Auld friends and visitors
This film is about a Scottish castle that was demolished in 1956. Craighall castle, Fife, was an ancient seat of a a Scottish family that reached out. This film is … Continue reading Hope Endures