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Tag: letters

By Hole Ousia Posted on November 1, 2023November 19, 2024

2 years late

As reported in the Dundee Evening Telegraph , 6th July 1939

Categories: This is Not yesterday, Time passesTags: letters
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 28, 2023November 20, 2024

We must heed the lessons of experience

My letter, as published in the British Journal of General Practice, May 2023 [please visit BJGP to read letters by six other contributors] :

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, History of medicine, PsychiatryTags: antidepressants, BJGP, British Journal of General Practice, Cumberlege Review, Defeat Depression Campaign, letters, patient safety, Royal College of Psychiatrists, vivendo discimus
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 10, 2021November 26, 2024

A letter to Dr Flaxman

Yesterday I sent this ‘letter’ to my friend Dr Flaxman:

Categories: Family historyTags: Burnygully, Dr Flaxman, friendship, letters, Peter Scott-Gordon
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 28, 2020November 28, 2024

‘Vintage note’

This delightful sketch of the globe was drawn by the Scottish architect James Salmon. The sketch was an integral part a letter dated 10 July 1899. It is understood that … Continue reading ‘Vintage note’

Categories: Architecture, ScotlandTags: architect, letters, letters, Scotland
By Hole Ousia Posted on February 22, 2018December 5, 2024

Washed up letter

I came across this wonderful story in the Scotland on Sunday about a letter written in 1899 sent from St Kilda in a “mail boat” – a wooden box or … Continue reading Washed up letter

Categories: Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: island, islands, letters, Omphalos films, St Kilda
Peter Scott-Gordon: gardener, artist, retired doctor: peter@holeousia.com
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