LAU: an unusual Scottish anarcho-folk band

https://rd.io/i/QX06Rzdckz8E/ I was in Fopp this morning and heard this band, Lau. Two Scottish guys and an hon. Scot (from … More

The Unquiet Grave

I love the absolute clarity of this description by Cyril Connolly of life (or at least his life) in the … More

I stumbled on this poem I wrote when I turned 40. First day at forty Looking out and looking back … More

From Alan Spence’s Glasgow Zen, versions of haiku by Issa: wid ye lookit the state ae it – me in … More

[…] I again spent two hours in front of a few pictures today; I sense this is somehow useful for … More

Rough, on the fly notes from Andrew Graham-Dixon’s BBC series. — Andrew Graham Dixon on the Art of Spain 31 … More

On seeing the astrolabe of the muwaqqit (timekeeper) of the Ummayad mosque in Damascus (c. 1334 CE): Spring morning, … More

From November 2011 Last Tuesday, La Belle Femme and I went to the Tate to see the absolutely wonderful Holbein … More

I’m listening to Phillip Glass’s Six Etudes for Piano. It’s beautiful.

Tomas Tranströmer: Allegro After a black day, I play Haydn, and feel a little warmth in my hands. The keys … More