Playfair
In the Scotsman of last week I read that the University of Edinburgh has made it’s archive open to all [as a work in progress]: I have found myself getting … Continue reading Playfair
Tag: University of Edinburgh
REVEL
The Scotsman of last Saturday shared news of an archive. REVEL [Edinburgh College of Art]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above This film … Continue reading REVEL
‘What the world needs now’
From the E D I T 2019 magazine of the University of Edinburgh:
The educated, the curious, the psyche and the heart
Playfair Library, University of Edinburgh
“An atmosphere of calm boredom”
For my birthday my wife bought me the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire edition of the “Buildings of Scotland”. I was interested to come across this description of Carstairs State Hospital:In 1993 … Continue reading “An atmosphere of calm boredom”
Melt the bear
A poem from 1999 about a family visit to the National Museum, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. I trained in Landscape Architecture in the University building opposite the museum. Our drawing boards … Continue reading Melt the bear
S H A D O W S
This post is based on a feature in today’s Scottish Life about Dr Robert Blomfield.
Free Expression Wall (#4)
Richard Flanagan shares here, on the Free Expression Wall, the same worry that the philosopher John MacMurray carefully articulated in his lifetime’s work.