A future for the past
A film about Tullibody House that was demolished in the early 1960s. The largest tree [probably] in Scotland: To play this short film please click here or on the image … Continue reading A future for the past
Tag: River Forth
‘Like the deck of a ship’
Kennetpans, an estate on the river Forth near the Kincardine Bridge, used to belong to my grandfather’s grandfather, Bob Scott (the man standing tall in a hat). Here is my … Continue reading ‘Like the deck of a ship’
offshore
A film-poem-song about the island of Inch (River Forth, Alloa). Alloa Inch [offshore]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Credits: (1) Radio 4 … Continue reading offshore
‘War is little pictures’
Yesterday I visited Braefoot Point battery on the Firth of Forth. It was once “armed to the teeth”. [Quotes are by Robin Hyde, Rupi Kaur and Virginia Woolf.]
And the old brass bed they bought together
Filmed at Borrowmeadow farm, by the river Forth, near Stirling, May 2015 [Features Mark Cousins interviewed by Richard Holloway]: I returned to Borrowmeadow in June 2018. In time in-between it … Continue reading And the old brass bed they bought together
Orchardhead, Bothkennar
This 17th century Laird’s House had its own tower. It sat by the edge of the Forth where the river Carron enters the estuary. In its grounds it had a … Continue reading Orchardhead, Bothkennar
Scotland’s Close
This is a short film about Scotland’s Close in Bo’ness. Scotland’s Close: To play the film please click here or on the above image.
A ‘mytholm’
Ted Hughes described a ‘mytholm’ as meeting of streams. This film is about such a meeting. Where the Allan Water goes Forth. Mytholm: To play this film please click here … Continue reading A ‘mytholm’