being and becoming in the world
My 1959 Series II Land Rover has been dismantled ahead of essential work: the replacement of the chassis and new brakes. I am grateful to Strathearn Engineering for the work … Continue reading To find a way to what’s out there
Sian asked me what I might like for my birthday? After a little thought, I suggested a box for my new ink-stamps: On my birthday I opened up a present … Continue reading Tom Gale’s box
Scotsman, 18 November 1966.
a composition: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. As a youth I lacked any confidence in myself. As a result I missed out … Continue reading a composition
In Chapter Two of Part Three of ‘Decline and Fall’ by Evelyn Waugh, the prison Governor asks ‘D.4.12’ [Paul Pennyfeather]: ‘I wonder whether you have narcissistic tendencies? Did you lead … Continue reading Chapter Two of Part Three of ‘Decline and Fall’
Wouldn’t it be a novelty to interview a Teddy Bear! I wonder what such ‘ursine familiars’, known to scientists as ‘transitional objects’, might say about life as viewed? My bears … Continue reading Life as viewed by a teddy bear
To play Might I borrow that suit of red armour? please click here or on the image below. Credits: YouTube archive footage of Mr Benn [BBC]; Moving Image Archive of … Continue reading Might I borrow that suit of red armour?
To play this short film please click here or on the image below. Credits: Jonathan Meades on Scottish places read by Peter Scott-Gordon; opening lines of a poem by Peter … Continue reading door to door