no mechanism required

On Monday, Peter and Sian went to Newport in Fife, to take two old clocks to a clock-mender. These old clocks have long-ticked together: no mechanism required.       … Continue reading no mechanism required

‘Get your new colour brochure now!’

I started as a medical student in Aberdeen in late summer of 1985, and for the next 3 years (until my father bought me an old car), I used STAGECOACH … Continue reading ‘Get your new colour brochure now!’

on a cross-bar

I have been reading ‘Piano & Flowers‘ by Alexander McCall Smith in the garden. This is an imaginative ‘sort-of’ review of this wonderful collection of romantic short stories: My love … Continue reading on a cross-bar

Lecture in progress

The ‘Lecture in Progress’ sign that features in this film was only illuminated whilst we, as medical students, waited outside the Anatomy Department of Marischal College, Aberdeen. Lecture in Progress: … Continue reading Lecture in progress