‘Fight to keep a playpark’
10 August 1967, Glasgow Daily Record: Image from Trove archive: The Red Road Development:
Tag: Joan Eardley
There’s still a little bit left.
Joan Eardley, speaking from her Townhead studio, Glasgow [probably late 1950s]: “The community feeling is rapidly disappearing in Glasgow . . . I do feel there is still a little … Continue reading There’s still a little bit left.
The child’s eye view
This short film asks: can you remember what it was like to see the world from a child’s point of view? To play this short film please click here or … Continue reading The child’s eye view
a shy paper-boy meets
To play my fictional meeting with Joan Eardley please click here. Opening voice: Peter Scott-Gordon reading one of his poems. Music Credits: The Singing Street [1960s] and a cover of … Continue reading a shy paper-boy meets
Angus Menmuir Neil
Last month, sketches and paintings by Joan Eardley were in an auction sale in Edinburgh, such as this one: Lyon and Turnbull provided this provenance for the pastel sketch: ‘Given … Continue reading Angus Menmuir Neil
the proximity of my childhood
To watch ‘the proximity of my childhood’ please click here. Music credit: Peter Gabriel
An Eardley moment
5 June 2025:
Punk Rock Pensioners
Hamish Hawk meets Joan Eardley: To play this short film please click here. Music credit: ‘Burning Up’ by Hamish Hawk