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By Hole Ousia Posted on December 4, 2020March 6, 2023

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

Categories: Architecture, Family history, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 153 High Street, 1844, 1904, 1908, 44 Scotland Street, A Far Cry from Kensington, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, Abbotsford, ageing, Ageing stone, air-raid shelter, Albyn's Anthology, Alexander McCall Smith, Allan Ramsay, Allan Ramsay's House, Andrew Robert Gordon, Antiquary, Baron Grantley, Baudolino, beautiful summer, Bonaly, Bonaly Tower, Bridge of Allan, bring me sunshine, Bute House, By living we learn, Calcutta Cup, Caledonian Antisyzygy, Calton Old Burial Ground, Cammo, Cammo - I want to be part of history, Canongate, Canonmills, canonmills loch, Carubber's Manse, Castlebank Laundry, Charlotte Square, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Christopher Lloyd, Cities in Evolution, Colinton, Constance Gibson, Constance Scott, Constitution Street, Controlled Fury, cradle of the legitimate drama, Craiglockhart, Craigmillar Laundry, Damon 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By Hole Ousia Posted on December 2, 2020March 6, 2023

Shakespeare Square

Between 1769 and 1860 Edinburgh’s Theatre Royal was the focus of Shakespeare Square [a Square that was removed long ago to make way for the North Bridge and the Victorian … Continue reading Shakespeare Square

Categories: Architecture, Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Antiquary, ARRANGED IN A FANCIFUL MANNER AND IN AN ANCIENT STYLE, Barbara Bell, Beyond Macbeth, Bonaly, Bonaly Tower, Canongate, Dandie Dinmont, Demolished, Dr Peter Gordon, Edinburgh, Films about Edinburgh, Guy Mannering, Henry Cockburn, His last legs, Hole Ousia, John Wilson, Judith Bailey Slagle, Last Legs, mean in architecture and disreputable in character, meet you at the statue, meet you at the statue in an hour, North Bridge, Old Edinburgh, Omphalos, Omphalos films, one the neatest and most elegant theatres in Europe, Peter Gordon, Playbills, post office, rebel antiquary, Rob Roy, ruin, ruins, scenery in a small place, Scott Dramas, Scottish vocalist, Shakespeare collections in Scotland, Shakespeare Square, Social maverick, statue, The Antiquary, THE FIRST SCENIC REALIZATIONS OF SCOTT’S WORK AND THE DESIRE FOR A NEW REALISM ON SCOTTISH STAGES, The Rebel Antiquary, The Rise and Fall of the New Edinburgh Theatre Royal, Theatre, Theatre Royal, trumpery in its decoration and a most miserable audience, Walter Scott, Waterloo Place, William Shakespeare

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 20, 2020March 3, 2023

Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg died on 10th September 2020. A special women with such talent and style. She will be missed by so many. Diana Rigg was married to Archibald Stirling of … Continue reading Diana Rigg

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By Hole Ousia Posted on July 10, 2020March 2, 2023

Apollo’s Temple

25 February 2019: Peter and Sian wandered the grounds of Taymouth Castle. It was the first day of a wonderful short break. We were looking for ‘Apollo’s Temple’. We came … Continue reading Apollo’s Temple

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