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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

Business is booming [‘Just honest-to-goodness NEON’]

The porter’s bell is ringing: The NEON yellow Preservation Society:

Categories: History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Medical writings, Narrative medicine, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Stigma, This is Not yesterdayTags: 'Highly validating', 1984, 1984 George Orwell, A Profile of Mad in the UK, A S Byatt, Across the country, across the country many who had backed the Neon Preservation Society were now raising concerns, aggressive use of nuance, Albert Camus, Andrew O' Hagan, Animal Farm, anti-NEON, Antidepressed, Antony Schofield, artificial light, artificial lighting, BJPsych, blindingly artificial light, branding, British psychiatry, Bugle Boy, business is booming, But words shall never hurt me, by truly listening to its patients, By yellow lights tormented, C.P. Snow, Candia McWilliam, certainty, children's rhyme, Chimamonda Nggozi Adichie, Claire Fox, Collapsing Time, core values, Core values of the Society, Cumberlege Review, Cumberlege Review: what is the position of RCPsych?, Deborah Levy, defensiveness, Dexter Britain, dogmatism, doubt, E M Forster, Edmund gosse, Edwin Morgan, Eley Williams, Evelyn Waugh, eye-numbing, fair and decent people, fictional, fluorescence, framing the narrative, Futurama signs, Gabriel García Márquez, gateway drug, George Orwell, George Saunders, Glow all the way, GlowNeon, Half of all Scots, harm, Hilary Mantel, Hole Ousia, How much is too much medicine, Howard Jacobson, Hydra, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Iatrogenic stigma, ignores unhelpful evidence, In a time of too much medicine, informed consent, institutional behaviouir, institutions, intelligent kindness, It is boom time for the College, It is hoped that this paper stimulates further discussion particularly within the psychiatric profession about our approach to tackling stigma, It's boom time for industry, Ivan Illich, J M Barrie, Janice Galloway, Jessie Burton, John Berger, John Lanchester, Julian Barnes, Just honest-to-goodness NEON, Kathleen Jamie, kindness, Labelling, Lifetime achievement award, Lifetime Achievement Awards, Mad in America, Mad in the UK, Mental health and social inclusion, Mental illness, misinformation, name calling, NBE, Neon and fluorescent signs, Neon Based Evidence, neon yellow, Neons are everywhere, NEONscience, NEONspeak, not real, Omphalos, Omphalos films, On the Other side of the fence, other side of the fence, our family of brands, our values which underlie everything we do, Outsider art, over half of Scots may have suffered mental illness by the age of 24, over-certain, over-certainty, over-medicalisation, Owen Jones, Peter J Gordon, Piranesi, Psychiatry, Psychiatry in Fabula, R L Stevenson, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, rebel antiquary, rebranding, rebranding psychiatry, regulations, Researching practising and debating mental health care, Richard Holloway, Roy Porter, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatry, Rupi Kaur, seemed to favour narratives from a narrow range of scientific advisors, shrink rethink, Shrink rethink: rebranding psychiatry, Social maverick, sticks and stones, Sticks and stones may break my bones, stigma, Stigma and psychiatry: Window Tax, stokes division, Susanna Clarke, Sylvia Plath, The Antiquary, The Council of Neon, The Hate had started, The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, The Narrative Controllers, The Neon yellow preservation society, the over-certain doctor insists, The porter sounded the bell, The Porter's Bell, the power of kindness, The Rebel Antiquary, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, the sun and her flowers, The window tax was abolished in 1851 we have no reason then to exclude the light., This is Boom time, this style of leadership, Thomas Mann, Tomasi di Lampedusa, Too much Medicine, Umberto Eco, Under the, Valdimir Nabokov, verbal bullying, Vol. 16 Iss: 4 pp. 181 - 187, Why all this nastiness, Window tax, [Preservers of Ham]

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

as a star fades

In Mossgrove garden I have made a bit of temporary art. It has the front page of a newspaper the day that David Bowie died. I pasted this on to … Continue reading as a star fades

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: a change in the weather, a rain-faded notice pinned upon a gate, a star fades, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, a view from Rachel's window, a [rain-caused] digression, Aberdeen Medical School, Amanda Palmer, Anna Calvi, Antiquary, as a star fades, Barnhill, BBC, Black Star, Black Star production, Bridge of Allan, change in the weather, Class of 1990, climbing rose, David Bowie, eyes, fading star, garden, George Saunders, Godwits, Hole Ousia, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Janet B Wood, Jherek Bischoff, Mossgrove, my watch has started stopping again, Omphatyp, Peter and Sian, Proms, rain, raining, rebel antiquary, Social maverick, solitary candle, Temple, temporary art, The Antiquary, The Godwits fly, The Rebel Antiquary, The world has tuned and turned and turned, then it's years later, Toll Bar, twenty-eight-thousand, Villa of all men, Walter Scott

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 17, 2022

a (rain-caused) digression

It has been raining since dawn. I like to photograph in the rain. Here are a few photographs from our garden: Black Star: Janet B. Wood climbing rose: The ANTIQUARY … Continue reading a (rain-caused) digression

Categories: Architecture, Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: a change in the weather, a rain-faded notice pinned upon a gate, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, a [rain-caused] digression, Antiquary, Black Star, Black Star production, Bridge of Allan, change in the weather, climbing rose, David Bowie, garden, George Saunders, Hole Ousia, Janet B Wood, Mossgrove, Peter and Sian, rain, raining, rebel antiquary, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 8, 2022

a dog named Spot

Our four-legged companions: how dear, how very dear. The fields of Bow: To play this film please click here or on the image above. Music credits: [1] Come wander with … Continue reading a dog named Spot

Categories: Philosophy, Poems, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 1789, A room with a view, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, abandoned, Antiquary, Argaty, Baudolino, Billy had liked Spot, Billy Pilgrim, Bonnie Beecher, Braes of Doune, but he died, Colin Gow, Come wander with me, companions, companionship, Distant Sky, Dunblane, Duncan Cameron, E M Forster, fallen overhead power lines, farm, FCWGA, field trials, Forth and Clyde Working Gundog Association, four-legged, George Saunders, gundog trials, Hole Ousia, It was a beautiful story, John Cameron, John Gordon, Kilbryde, Kurt Vonnegut, Live in Copenhagen, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Omphalos, rebel antiquary, ruin, ruins, Slaughterhouse-five, so it goes, Social maverick, Spot had liked him, Stewart Dewar Cameron, The Antiquary, The Bows, The fields of Bow, The imprint we leave in the intimate texture of space, The Rebel Antiquary, There used to be a dog named Spot, Umberto Eco, Vladimir Nabokov, Wester Bow

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