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Tag: Penelope Fitzgerald

By Hole Ousia Posted on March 2, 2019December 4, 2024

The Scottish Pharmacist

In an antique shop in Grantown in Spey I came across a 1978 edition of ‘The Scottish Pharmacist’. Some of the articles made me laugh out loud but also led … Continue reading The Scottish Pharmacist

Categories: History of medicine, Psychiatry, Two culturesTags: Chemist, Evelyn Waugh, Gabriel García Márquez, Mortar and pestle, overmedicalisation, Penelope Fitzgerald, pharmacy, Tomas Tranströmer
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 22, 2018December 5, 2024

Offshore

The following passages are from ‘Offshore’ by Penelope Fitzgerald:    

Categories: Two culturesTags: borrowed words, Penelope Fitzgerald, quotes
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 22, 2018December 5, 2024

‘This wreck was the Small Gains’

The words within this image are from ‘Offshore’ by Penelope Fitzgerald.

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Family history, This is Not yesterdayTags: Drumdruils, Mossgrove, Penelope Fitzgerald, Peter Scott-Gordon, wreck
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 22, 2018December 5, 2024

‘I don’t seem to feel my age’

I am looking forward to more little expeditions in 2018 with my friend Ian. This image was taken at the lost garden of Dunira, Perthshire. The words are from ‘Offshore’ … Continue reading ‘I don’t seem to feel my age’

Categories: Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Dunira, everyday madcap adventures, friendship, Hale Bopp, Ian Collins, Penelope Fitzgerald
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 9, 2017December 6, 2024

The blue flower

A dear friend of mine, John Flaxman, wrote this poem saying: “I dedicate to you and your extraordinary work” Peter blue and green, upon blue head open toward sky petal … Continue reading The blue flower

Categories: Two culturesTags: Dr Flaxman, friendship, Omphalos films, Penelope Fitzgerald, poems

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