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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 15, 2022November 15, 2022

A humanising sense of creativity

The following are extracts from an article in the Scotland on Sunday, 13 November 2022, about a new collection of the Edinburgh poems by Wilfred Owen and Seigfried Sassoon: Wilfred … Continue reading A humanising sense of creativity

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By Hole Ousia Posted on October 28, 2022October 29, 2022

Mind that child

Mind that child: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Opening audio: Storytelling – Sunday Morning, Radio Scotland, 23rd Oct 2022 Music credit: Big … Continue reading Mind that child

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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 30, 2022

The Hotel Porter told me

The Hotel Porter told me: To play this film about Croy House please click here or on the image above.

Categories: Architecture, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Antiquary, Banffshire, Big Ted, Born to Cry, branding, Buildings At Risk, By living we learn, Croy House, date forgotten, diversity, Dr Peter Gordon, Durn House, Hole Ousia, If only I thought of the right words, It is by living we learn, label, labels, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Outsider art, Patrick Geddes, Peter and Sian, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, rebel antiquary, River Findhorn, sapere aude, Scotland, September 2022, Sian Fiona Williams, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Cure, The Hotel Porter told me, The Rebel Antiquary, the two cultures, tomorrow unknown, Two Cultures, Vivendo Discimus

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 30, 2022September 30, 2022

pictures of you

For Sian. Pictures of you: Music credits: [1] Jennifer She Said – Lloyd Cole unplugged, 2016 [2] Pictures of You – Brandon McCulloch’s cover of a song by The Cure … Continue reading pictures of you

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