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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

To become a ‘National Music Centre’

This is great news! What a wonderful act of philanthropy this is by Carol Grigor: For many years I have been part of a widely shared determination to see Edinburgh’s … Continue reading To become a ‘National Music Centre’

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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 18, 2021

PROGRESS hardly broke its stride

A short protest film. Made 18 August 2021.

Categories: Family history, History of medicine, Medical humanities, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 2021, Andrew Robert Gordon, Antiquary, Are you making progress?, Bridge of Allan, By living we learn, Climate change, Cosmic Love, Dr Patrick Geddes, Edinburgh, Florence and the Machine, fossil fuels, garden, gardener, Geddes lorry, geographer, global warming, Hole Ousia, Iain Banks, IHI, improvement science, Incorrigibly plural, It is by living we learn, Mossgrove, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Patrick Geddes, Perth, Peter Gordon, philosopher, planner, polymath, progress hardly broke its stride, Rachel Fiona Gordon, Realistic Medicine, Realize your dreams, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Sian Fiona Williams, Social maverick, synthesis of knowledge, The Antiquary, The Beaten Generation, The Rebel Antiquary, The The, the two cultures, Too much Medicine, Two Cultures, unstoppable progress, Vivendo Discimus

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

The Psychopharmacology Committee

Two years have passed since I last considered the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This committee has increased its membership from 10 to 14. Here is a … Continue reading The Psychopharmacology Committee

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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 29, 2021

Hails the hills

Isn’t this a most wonderful creative project! [As reported in the Scotsman 27 June 2021]

Categories: Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 7 hills, Ailie Robertson, Alexander McCall Smith, Antiquary, Arthur's Seat, Blackford Hill, Braid Hills, Calton Hill, Capperauld, Castle Rock Hill, Cities in Evolution, Corstorphine Hill, Craiglockhart Hill, David Horne, Dr Valerie Pearson, Edinburgh, Hails the hills, Helen Grime, Hole Ousia, June 2021, McCall Smith, McCall Smith hails Edinburgh hills, music and literary project, Neil Tomas Smith, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Patrick Geddes, Peter Gordon, Poems, poet, poetry, rebel antiquary, Scotland, Scotsman, seven hills, seven young composers, Simon Smith, Social maverick, St Mary's Music School, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, Tom David Wilson, Usher Hall, Vivendo Discimus

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