Scottish Flying Machine
Robert Black, 1875-1946, was a lad o’pairts. He should be known better and deserves to be properly remembered. Here I share a timeline of some of his extraordinary life: 5 … Continue reading Scottish Flying Machine
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Science teaching must abandon its isolation
Aberdeen Evening Express, 10 January 1942.
Science Lessons
To play Science Lessons please click here. Music credits: [1] The Hardest Thing – Gorillaz [feat. Tony Allen] [2] Orange Country – Gorillaz [feat. Bizarap , Kara Jackson and Anoushka … Continue reading Science Lessons
Fifty years
Yesterday we visited the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition in the Royal Scottish Academy. Wow. Here are a few photographs from yesterday:
The Hermit of Cullen
Introducing Charles Marionie: 5 August 1932, Press & Journal: 18 August 1932, Press & Journal: 27 September 1933, Press & Journal: 26 August 1933, Belfast Telegraph: 27 August 1933, Sunday … Continue reading The Hermit of Cullen
Aberdeen’s Array of towers
Front page of the Press & Journal, 30 September 1933: The above sketch was by William Stratford Percy (1872–1946) a stage comedian who also appeared in a number of short … Continue reading Aberdeen’s Array of towers
Avant Gardener
It was my wife Sian that came across this online event to celebrate what would have been the hundredth year of Ian Hamilton Finlay. As the event closed, I was … Continue reading Avant Gardener
BUMPUS BOOKSHOP
I would have loved to have browsed this bookshop and to have chatted with John G Wilson! 7th November 1958, Bumpus Bookstore [Getty Image] The Times, 3rd July 1981: John … Continue reading BUMPUS BOOKSHOP