a new canto
This film is for my daughter Rachel. On the horizon of a new canto: To play this short film please click here or on the image above June 2019: We … Continue reading a new canto
Tag: Walter Scott
notes between the notes
Dandie Dinmont (Rehearsals, June 2019) For Sandy and Tom. Dandie Dinmont – World premiere: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Further short films … Continue reading notes between the notes
wallpaper
I have been part of several generations to consider our latest wallpaper as the “height of fashion”. I have also lived long enough to find later generations to consider ‘our’ … Continue reading wallpaper
the fairm-toun sang
A special person has given me the opportunity to hear a Borders fairm-toun sing. I am going to take my mum with me as the singing begins on the day … Continue reading the fairm-toun sang
In search of lost time
A film about Robert Scott, Robert Scott Moncrieff, and a left-behind gateway that brings them all to auld Fossoway. This film is for my grandfather Rab Scott. In search of … Continue reading In search of lost time
The Auchendrane Yew
The Site of Auchendrane Castle not a vestige of which remains. It was the residence of John Muir mentioned in Sir Walter Scott’s Tragedy of Auchendrane. Patterson in his History … Continue reading The Auchendrane Yew
Antiquary Gardens
Alexander McCall Smith sent me some of his poems earlier this year and this was how the envelope was addressed: Alexander McCall Smith is aware of my fascination with Walter … Continue reading Antiquary Gardens
The Guzebo
A visit to what remains of Invermay Guzebo on the 24th April 2017. “I like it when you call me Mr Scott” refers to my love for my grandfather Rab … Continue reading The Guzebo