a circle with teeth
At Upper Lanrick farm there was a busy sawmill, but neither the farm ‘toun’ nor the sawmill have been active for at least a generation. Abandoned, their days are now … Continue reading a circle with teeth
Tag: Julian Barnes
Hubris and the medical profession
I regularly read the BMJ Rapid Responses and find them to provide opportunities to learn and often to challenge any existing understandings that I may have established. The following response … Continue reading Hubris and the medical profession
“Those three little words”
This perspective in the current BMJ seems important to me. The author, Matt Morgan begins: “If ‘I love you’ are the three most important words in life, then ‘I don’t … Continue reading “Those three little words”
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Image is of Colinton village pharmacy
Blantyre Carvings
The Blantyre carvings depict three Stations of the Cross on a cliff face overlooking the River Clyde, below the site of the former Blantyre Priory, and across the river from … Continue reading Blantyre Carvings
‘Small talk of the week’
At the beginning of a new century, Marble Hill by the Thames, was to find itself the “small talk of the week”: At the beginning of last week, Marble Hill … Continue reading ‘Small talk of the week’
It was the singing
One of my favourite poems is ‘Two Girls Singing’ by Iain Crichton Smith: I have wondered if Julian Barnes had read this poem before writing ‘Metroland’? Here the poet Tomas Tranströmer … Continue reading It was the singing
LIGHTways
A few days after I wrote this Hole Ousia post based on my reading of Metroland by Julian Barnes this leaflet arrived through our letter box: Metroland begins and ends … Continue reading LIGHTways