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The RESISTANCE exhibition at Modern Two, Edinburgh. Do visit if you have a chance. The exhibition was conceived by artist and filmmaker, Steve McQueen. I have done my best to … Continue reading Modern Two: RESISTANCE photographs
On Sunday we visited Modern Two to see the RESISTANCE exhibition: How protest shaped Britain and photography shaped protest. What follows are a few photographs that I took at Modern … Continue reading R E S I S T A N C E
A film based on my peaceful protest outside the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 22nd March 2018: Bring me sunshine:To play this short film please click here or on the image … Continue reading Bring me sunshine
Two years to the day, from the release of the outcome of the public consultation on my petition, I returned to the Scottish Parliament to make a peaceful, one man … Continue reading Mind The Gap
On Thursday 22nd March 2018 I will be standing outside the Scottish Parliament with this banner. This will be a peaceful, one-man protest, two years to the day that my … Continue reading Two years of no sunshine
Crowd-funding is nothing new. The Martyrs’ monument was funded by public subscriptions to redress the events of 50 years previously when five Scots were transported for sedition. Their speaking up … Continue reading Raised by the people of Scotland
The International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists took place in Edinburgh, the city of my birth, between the 26 – 29 June 2017. This International Congress was called … Continue reading Psychiatry Without Borders
This week the International Congress for the Royal College of Psychiatrists is taking place in Edinburgh. It is titled “Psychiatry without Borders”. Given my concerns about the harms associated with over-medicalisation I … Continue reading Psychiatry without borders