being and becoming in the world
Last week on a short island break we were fortunate to able to get last minute tickets for the Islay Book Festival. Andrew O’Hagan, author of Mayflies was being interviewed … Continue reading a friend to friendship itself
alone: Audio: This film opens with an extract of ‘Prayer for Today’, Radio 4, Sunday 31 July 2023. Music: Fairlies – Grian Chatten Dedication: vivendo discimus Locations: Mossgrove garden a … Continue reading vivendo discimus
alone: Audio: This film opens with an extract of ‘Prayer for Today’, Radio 4, Sunday 31 July 2023. Music: Fairlies – Grian Chatten Dedication: vivendo discimus Locations: Mossgrove garden a … Continue reading The real us
The other record shop: To play this film please click here. Overall credit: Mayflies – by Andrew O’ Hagan Clip credit: MAYFLIES [episode 2] – BBC Scotland Music credit: Queen … Continue reading The other record shop
This poem is for Mrs Beaton who was my S2 English teacher, Firrhill High School, Edinburgh: BEATON. As a young child I learned to write backwards and could sleep standing … Continue reading BEATON
Apart from the closinq quote – which is from Peter Pan – the passages below are all from MAYFLIES by Andrew O’Hagan:
Do you share what matters to you most with your closest friend? If your best friend was represented as Figure I., and in a Text book, what words would you … Continue reading EPHEMERON [Fig. I]