SPASM
I travelled the ‘Destitution Road’ to visit you: To play this short film please click here. This film is for Robert Savage Reid, who died in January 1861, in Dundonnell … Continue reading SPASM
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Whatever their surroundings
This photograph was on the front page of the Press & Journal, 6 May 1933. I have made a montage using the typeset title. The location is St Nicholas Churchyard, … Continue reading Whatever their surroundings
Aberdeen’s First Motor Car
14 June 1924, Press & Journal: William Jackson (1849-1915), Engineer, Inventor and philanthropist: Ordnance Survey Map, 1905: Ordnance Survey Map, 1905:: 16 June 1915, Press & Journal: Inscription on the … Continue reading Aberdeen’s First Motor Car
Lost on Cairngorms
4 January 1928, Dundee Courier: 4 January 1928, Birmingham Daily Gazette: 4 January 1928, Dundee Evening Telegraph: 5 January 1928, Dundee Telegraph: 8 January 1928, Sunday Post: 8 January 1928, … Continue reading Lost on Cairngorms
Helen Campbell Hughes
On Saturday 20th September 2025, with my friend Callum, we walked some of this path [I can no longer walk beyond 5 miles without the risk of having a seizure]: … Continue reading Helen Campbell Hughes
Spasm of the heart
Dundonnell You died aged sixteen: a ‘spasm’ of the heart. Your bones in a circular place inside an ancient beech plantation. Here, adding to the melody of bird song, I … Continue reading Spasm of the heart
A sculpture on the theme of loss
The Dirlot Angel I travelled far North to finally meet you. Quietly to share my beautiful misunderstood sister. She once dazzled as did you. Today, lichen of Caithness, light-radiant lichen, … Continue reading A sculpture on the theme of loss
Holocombe’s Angels
Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer, 12 July1946: