Death of The Witness
16 May 1843, Northern Warder: This calotype portrait is of William Robertson, ‘sub-editor of the Witness’. It was taken by Hill & Adamson in Edinburgh. Trove archive states that ‘it … Continue reading Death of The Witness
Tag: suicide
Chemically imbalanced: when marketing masquerades as science
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Nelson Logan
I came across Nelson Logan in the Montrose Review. He was a journalist and wrote poems that were published in the paper. Montrose Review, 8 October 1920: Mearns Leader, 5 … Continue reading Nelson Logan
Brackenridge Moor
Strathaven Evening Telegraph, 6 June 1887:
Tuppie’s Grave
In the Ordnance Survey Book for Yetholm parish, Scottish Borders is the following entry for ‘Tuppie’s Grave‘: Here, as marked on the first edition 25″ to a mile ordnance map: … Continue reading Tuppie’s Grave
Miles in memory of military suicides
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: Time Catches Up – by Dexter Britain [kindly made free to share under common license] … Continue reading Miles in memory of military suicides
Rough proof
It was strange being dead. I died three times [perhaps more] BEN CRUACAN [I was not ‘Rough Proof’] ALDBAR GLEN [Tainted Love] RUICHLACHRIE [‘a little bit of activity’] As an … Continue reading Rough proof
The Lariam Tab
The Lariam Tab. On 29 August army veteran Andrew Marriott will begin a long-distance walk from the Scottish Borders to the Cenotaph in London. The 420-mile hike is in memory … Continue reading The Lariam Tab