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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

Project Trust: 50 years of charity work

The Scotsman, 12 August 2025, shared this sad news: Our son Andrew spent a year teaching in Guyana [2015-2016] as a volunteer for Project Trust. I made this film for … Continue reading Project Trust: 50 years of charity work

Categories: Family history, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Andrew, Andrew + Charlotte, island, islands, Omphalos films, Project Trust, Scotland
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 16, 2025

“eight miles of inconceivable road”

The Scotsman, 14 May 202 Craig Easton: For a previous hole ousia post on Barnhill please click here.

Categories: ScotlandTags: Barnhill, George Orwell, island, islands, Jura, scots
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 16, 2025

‘This ungetatable place’

In the summer of 2019, I read ‘Barnhill: a Novel’ by Norman Bissell: a partly fictional account of George Orwell’s last few years and his time on Jura. At Barnhill … Continue reading ‘This ungetatable place’

Categories: Scotland, Two culturesTags: 1984, George Orwell, island, islands
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 10, 2024November 14, 2024

Wanderer, relics of a

Davaar island.

Categories: Medical humanities, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Davaar, island, Rebel antiquary
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 7, 2024November 14, 2024

a family holiday on Islay

Thank you Charlotte and Andrew for a wonderful short holiday. Three short films: Part [i] Islay jottings: Part [ii]: The Treasures of Islay Part [iii] Favourite Songs:

Categories: Family history, Omphalos films, This is Not yesterdayTags: Andrew + Charlotte, island, Islay, Omphalos films, Rachel
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 7, 2024November 14, 2024

She is surrounded by poetry

For Cathie Ann Walker: She is surrounded by poetry: To play this short film please click here: Filmed at Keppolsmore, Islay, end of August 2024. Music credit: A cover of … Continue reading She is surrounded by poetry

Categories: Omphalos films, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: ELBOW, island, Islay, Omphalos films, ruins
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 2, 2024November 15, 2024

That is what I went to see.

Kepollsmore Farm, Islay, 28th August 2024. Credit: ‘About Time‘ by David Rooney

Categories: Architecture, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: island, Islay, ruins
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 31, 2024November 15, 2024

Port Charlotte

Late August 2024: a short family break on Islay:  

Categories: Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Andrew + Charlotte, island, Islay, Peter + Sian, Rachel

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