The Collection

  • The Wigtown Trilogy (unofficial)

    The Wigtown Trilogy (unofficial)

    A while ago, I put a little posting up on here about Wigtown – Scotland’s national book town which is only a mere 30-odd miles or so from my home. I mentioned that it is a wonderful, bookish sort of place and that it has a rather fine book festival each year. Although I only

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  • Sea Fever

    Sea Fever

    The other day, I was sitting around doing something or other (as you do) when Glenda sent me a link to a video. At first, I didn’t pay it much attention but when I got around to watching it, I was absolutely entranced. It isn’t very long – only about 8 minutes or so –

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  • A good photograph…

    A good photograph…

    …is knowing where to stand. Or so Ansel Adams is supposed to have said. And I don’t think I can imagine any more apt turn of phrase to introduce another absolutely brilliant photographer whom I have been fortunate enough to meet since moving to Scotland. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr Phil McMenemy. When

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  • The Water Margin

    The Water Margin

    Those of you of a certain age may remember a TV series shown on the BBC back in the 70s called “The Water Margin”. This was a Japanese production of a Chinese tale about bandits living in the marsh regions around Mount Liang (or Liang Shan Po as it was usually named in the series).

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  • Flash! Bang! Wallop!

    Flash! Bang! Wallop!

    What a picture! As some of you may know, I have sometimes been known to strut my stuff as a photographer (of sorts). However, I have never thought of myself as a particularly great photographer. My work is reasonably capable and I’ve been good enough to take a few nice shots in my time, but

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