eyes glistening

To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit:  Pictures of You – an acoustic cover by Brandon McCulloch

HOPE

Last Sunday, whilst in Edinburgh, I revisited Greyfriars Kirkyard, where sitting on a table-tombstone I ate my sandwich lunch. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and colourful tourists … Continue reading HOPE

This is an amateur film

To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Images: my own or from archives. These images have been altered, through prompts, by AI algorithms. Music … Continue reading This is an amateur film

may come suddenly

Ruichlachrie, Glen Bruar

DEPARTURE[S]

Julian Barnes final book.   To be aired on BBC FOUR, 26 March 2026:  

ALOYSIUS

ALOYSIUS ursine familiar clutched by an effete ‘transitional object’ from the ‘IDEAL TOY COMPANY’. Cut-glass and full of time, meet you at the statue in an hour.      

‘In the last few months of your life’

In what was to be the last few months of your life – you knitted ‘BIG TED’ for me. Our friendship – you were the strong one – was in … Continue reading ‘In the last few months of your life’