m a u s o l e a
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To feel the wider life of Art
This was filmed at Barbreck, Argyll. It is about the friendship between James Archibald Campbell and Patrick Geddes. To feel the wider life of Art: To play this short film … Continue reading To feel the wider life of Art
Paestum followed
Returning from Ayrshire I listened to a radio interview of Ian McEwan. The following short film is carried by some of what he said. Whilst in Ayrshire (I was there … Continue reading Paestum followed
For ruin was certainly ahead
Photograph: Barbreck Mausoleum from the Folly Words: from ‘A Far Cry From Kensington’ by Muriel Spark
BEV
Hamilton Mausoleum: it was the derelict and vandalised Keeper’s cottage, among ancient overgrown yews, that inspired this film. ‘BEV‘ [whoever you are] [or perhaps a reference to the consumption of … Continue reading BEV
No longer at the end of a tree-lined avenue
Recently I visited Carstairs mausoleum. It was erected by Dr William Fullerton in 1784 and placed at the end of a vista from the house. At one time the route … Continue reading No longer at the end of a tree-lined avenue
A whole Gothic world had come to an end
Patrick Allan-Fraser of Hospitalfield, Arbroath, had this mortuary chapel and mausoleum built as a memorial to his wife Elizabeth following her death in 1873. I visited it with my wife … Continue reading A whole Gothic world had come to an end
“What a splendid death”
There he dies [Second Lieutenant Gawaine Baillie, of Polkemmet, West Lothian] Second Lieutenant Gawaine Ballie: 29th May 1893 – 7th September 1914: “When we look across the sea to Flanders … Continue reading “What a splendid death”