“Fine in every last detail”

Mavisbank House has survived against all the odds. Today its future remains in doubt. Peter’s short films about Mavisbank House [please click on each image to play a different film] … Continue reading “Fine in every last detail”

Mavisbank: “On Esca’s Flow’ry Bank”

This is the talk I gave to the Civic Trust Conference on the 29th October 2014. The Conference was entitled “FEELING GOOD: Wellbeing & the built Environment”. The Civic Trust … Continue reading Mavisbank: “On Esca’s Flow’ry Bank”

Mavisbank: Repeats its Love

Mavisbank: Repeats its Love written by Dr Peter J. Gordon Opening Chapter of ‘Repeats its Love’ Ventures into our past may sometimes seem without place – but with Mavisbank, the … Continue reading Mavisbank: Repeats its Love

Gin a body meet a body

Chapter Seven of ‘Repeats its Love’: Gin a body meet a body 1907. This was the year that colour came to Mavisbank Institution for the Nervous. It was the year … Continue reading Gin a body meet a body