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By Hole Ousia Posted on July 1, 2021January 26, 2022

ALLIANCE

This is a poem written by myself as a ‘human of Scotland’. I am also a retired NHS doctor who worked for over 25 years in Scottish hospitals. As a … Continue reading ALLIANCE

Categories: Architecture, History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical humanities, NHS Scotland, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 1984, a union by treaty or marriage, actively listen, Alliance, alligator, allure, Animal Farm, animals, Antiquary, at the centre, brooding and authoritarian, Calton Hill, Colin McWilliam, courage to care, Dr Peter Gordon, Edinburgh, George Orwell, haracteristics of the secure HQ of an occupying power, Have your say, he object of power is power, Health and Social Care ALLIANCE Scotland., Hole Ousia, HQ, Humans of Scotland, Jail, Memorandum of Understanding, no more harmful than a ride on a merry-go-round, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Orwellian, partnership, poem, poet, poetry, rebel antiquary, sapere aude, Scottish Govenment, SLWG, Social maverick, some humans are mair equal than ithers, spin, St Andrew's House, The Antiquary, The friends of liberty, The Rebel Antiquary, Trusted Neutrals

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 22, 2021May 22, 2021

‘The Future of Scotland’

I have put together this montage from two sources: (1) The graphic image of St Andrew’s House [the headquarters building of the Scottish Government] featured on the cover of ‘The … Continue reading ‘The Future of Scotland’

Categories: Architecture, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1930s, Antiquary, Architecture, brooding authoritarian character, Calton Hill, Colin McWilliam, Edinburgh, Edinburgh: An Illustrated Architectural Guide, headquarters of an occupying power, heavy Art Deco Clock, Hole Ousia, J A Bowie, James A Bowie, Omphalos, Omphalos films, rebel antiquary, Scottish Government, Social maverick, squat, St Andrew's House, The Antiquary, The friends of liberty, The Future of Scotland, the headquarters building of the Scottish Government, The Rebel Antiquary, Thomas Tait

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 4, 2020June 12, 2022

For my mum and dad

Please click on each image to play each short film on Edinburgh. These films are for my mum and dad. Mrs Picken, an elderly widow, who day after day, year … Continue reading For my mum and dad

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wheesht to your omphalos, Wilfred owen, William Henry Playfair, William Skirving, Wrecking Edinburgh, [in its ending] Scotland Street Station

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 11, 2019January 24, 2021

“Good to have a Government that listens!”

Remarked the Chair of the Scottish Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists after being greeted by name by reception staff as he arrived at St Andrew’s House. Unfortunately I … Continue reading “Good to have a Government that listens!”

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Medical Education, Medical humanities, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Omphalos films, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Scotland, Stigma, suicide, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’, Big Pharma, Bring me a sunshine act, Calton Hill, Chair of RCPsych Scotland, DGHSC, Dr John Crichton, Dr Peter Gordon, Edinburgh, fully informed consent, Gathering public views on a register of interests for Scotland, Good to have a Government that listens, Hole Ousia, ignoring fears over drug firm 'bribes', John Crichton, kept in the dark, Let the sunshine in, listening, listens, Narrative Controllers, NHS Scotland, No sunshine for Scotland, PE1493, PE1651, pharma, Prescribed harm, Principal Medical Officer, psychiatrist, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, Registers of Interest, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Council, SNP slammed or ignoring fears over drug firm 'bribes', St Andrew's House, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Sunshine light and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, The friends of liberty, The Narrative Controllers, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, The Scottish Government has missed an opportunity, The Scottish Government has no plans to introduce a sunshine act, Two years of no sunshine, Vice President

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