being and becoming in the world
This was ‘Picture of the Day‘ in the Herald, 19 November 2025. Some years ago I made a series of films on the Cabrach including one on Blackwater Shooting Lodge: … Continue reading Blackwater lodge ‘it seems to symbolise’
On a plan of Legbranock, Lanarkshire, dated 1809, I noticed a small cluster of buildings just south of Holytown in Lanarkshire. These buildings were annotated ‘Folly’, a place long since … Continue reading Ramsay’s Folly
Caledonian Mercury, 2 April 1753: The New Statistical Account for Scotland, 1797: 1837: This date has been suggested as the year in which Thirlstane Tower, Yetholm, was “pulled down” [WikiTree] … Continue reading Thirlestane Tower
The words of: A S Byatt, Anne Tyler, Anthony Doerr, Candia McWilliam, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gabriel García Márquez, Janice Galloway, John Macmurray, Julian Barnes, Margaret Drabble, Penelope Fitzgerald, Raymond … Continue reading Some lessons
To play this short film please click here or on the image below: Opening voice: Sir Terry Farrel [architect] Song: Joe – an acoustic version by Tom Hingley Borrowed words: … Continue reading The punctuation is freer
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
I feel fortunate to be the son of Alan Stuart Gordon and Margaret Mary Scott: To play ‘Stamped, addressed but unposted’ please click here. Music credit: Sympathy Magic by Florence … Continue reading stamped, addressed but unposted