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Tag: sodium street lamps

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 10, 2021November 25, 2024

Artificial light [and psychiatry]

At the end of 2019 the sodium street lamps in our street were updated and the light changed from sodium yellow to electric white. As odd as this may sound, … Continue reading Artificial light [and psychiatry]

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Medical humanities, Psychiatry, Two culturesTags: artificial light, British Journal of Psychiatry, NEON, sodium street lamps, yellow
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 15, 2019December 4, 2024

Artificial light

At the end of last year the sodium street lamps in our street were updated and the light changed from sodium yellow to electric white. As odd as this may … Continue reading Artificial light

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Medical humanities, PsychiatryTags: artificial light, Bridge of Allan, British Journal of Psychiatry, sodium street lamps, street lamps, Westerton Drive
By Hole Ousia Posted on March 1, 2018December 5, 2024

LIGHTways

A few days after I wrote this Hole Ousia post based on my reading of Metroland by Julian Barnes this leaflet arrived through our letter box: Metroland begins and ends … Continue reading LIGHTways

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Two culturesTags: artificial light, Julian Barnes, sodium street lamps, street lamps
By Hole Ousia Posted on February 17, 2018December 5, 2024

We were very sensitive about colours at that time

Metroland, a novel by Julian Barnes, is about two school-age boys growing older in the world. The novel begins and ends with sodium street lighting. One of my favourite poems … Continue reading We were very sensitive about colours at that time

Categories: Omphalos films, Two culturesTags: Julian Barnes, sodium street lamps, street lamps, two girls singing
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