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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 29, 2021

sperò

A film about Balboughty Dairy. Music credit: ‘The Parting Glass’ – Karine Polwart and Dave Milligan Old Cine credit: ‘Ayrshire Dairy Farmer’, 1967,

Categories: Architecture, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1967, abandoned, Antiquary, Ayrshire Dairy Farmer, Balboughty, Balboughty Dairy, Dave Milligan, Earl of Mansfield, Hole Ousia, Karine Polwart, Moving Image Archive, Old Scone, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Perth, rebel antiquary, ruin, ruins, Social maverick, sperò, The Antiquary, The Parting Glass, The Rebel Antiquary

By Hole Ousia Posted on August 12, 2021September 9, 2021

Quality tableware

A short film about the small, inter-tidal, Hebridean island of Vallay. My thanks to Fraser MacDonald for kindly allowing me to use short passages from his wonderful narrative essay: The … Continue reading Quality tableware

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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021

Scotland’s peaks named after him

Lindertis in Angus was the home of Sir Hugh Munro. It was demolished by Charles Brand Ltd.

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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 30, 2021

Told with an evident truth as unflinching as it is tender

I recently read Father and Son by the writer and poet Edmund Gosse. This ‘memoir’ was written in 1907 and subtitled ‘a study of two temperaments.’ I was reminded of … Continue reading Told with an evident truth as unflinching as it is tender

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