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Tag: J M Barrie

By Hole Ousia Posted on April 9, 2025

Very old tonight

As a wee boy I was taken by my Granny to a theatre in Edinburgh to see a production of ‘Peter Pan’. Since then I have been fascinated with shadows. … Continue reading Very old tonight

Categories: Ageing, Family history, Omphalos filmsTags: creativity, J M Barrie, Omphalos films, Peter Pan, Peter Scott-Gordon, Rebel antiquary, shadows, tombstone, visual arts
By Hole Ousia Posted on November 30, 2024

Very old tonight

As a wee boy I was taken by my Granny to a theatre in Edinburgh to see a production of ‘Peter Pan’. Since then I have been fascinated with shadows. … Continue reading Very old tonight

Categories: Ageing, Family history, Omphalos filmsTags: creativity, J M Barrie, Omphalos films, Peter Pan, Peter Scott-Gordon, Rebel antiquary, shadows, tombstone, visual arts
By Hole Ousia Posted on July 5, 2024November 16, 2024

Second to the right and straight on till morning

Whytock and Reid furniture designs meet Peter Pan and Wendy.

Categories: Architecture, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: advertisement, J M Barrie, Peter Pan
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 29, 2021November 27, 2024

A friendship in letters

Letters, handwritten and sent by post: a way of communicating that has become more of the past than the present. The intimacy of a letter – as shared between friends. … Continue reading A friendship in letters

Categories: ScotlandTags: friendship, J M Barrie, letters, reading, Robert Louis Stevenson
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 20, 2021November 27, 2024

A friendship in letters

Presently, I am reading the letters written by, and exchanged between, Robert Louis Stevenson and J. M. Barrie. In life they never met. Gosh, I would have loved to have … Continue reading A friendship in letters

Categories: ScotlandTags: friendship, J M Barrie, letters, reading, Robert Louis Stevenson
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 23, 2020November 28, 2024

‘There’s this shadow beside him in the painting’

Apart from the closinq quote – which is from Peter Pan – the passages  below are all from MAYFLIES by Andrew O’Hagan:

Categories: Family history, Scotland, Two culturesTags: Andrew O'Hagan, J M Barrie, Mayflies, Peter Gordon, Peter Pan, shadows
By Hole Ousia Posted on July 9, 2020November 30, 2024

Very old tonight

As a wee boy I was taken by my Granny to a theatre in Edinburgh to see a production of ‘Peter Pan’. Since then I have been fascinated with shadows. … Continue reading Very old tonight

Categories: Ageing, Family history, Omphalos filmsTags: creativity, J M Barrie, Omphalos films, Peter Pan, Peter Scott-Gordon, Rebel antiquary, shadows, tombstone, visual arts
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 7, 2019December 2, 2024

Moat Brae Storytelling Centre

It was a real delight to return to Moat Brae House in Dumfries. It has been restored as a stortytelling centre. It is magical! Anybody with young family should go! … Continue reading Moat Brae Storytelling Centre

Categories: Architecture, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Dumfriesshire, Henry Gordon, J M Barrie, Omphalos films, Peter Pan, storytelling

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