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Helical
A glorious early autumn day, after a walk on Aberdour beach we called in by the Kelpies, got the only free car park space (thank you to Grandma Lil, who exerts her influence from upstairs at times like these). Despite the pylons and power lines, there are an infinite number of photo opportunities, although it…
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Overlooked
After a fascinating tour backstage at the Royal Lyceum Theatre yesterday, we took a short walk to the Scottish National Galleries of Modern Art (One and Two) , there to see the Surrealism exhibition. I think I need to do a lot more research on the Dada movement to be able to understand it better,…
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Beggar’s mantle
If you haven’t already gathered, we live in the Kingdom of Fife, which King James VI described as “beggar’s mantle fringed wi’ gowd”, a reference to the fishing and trading villages of the coast. Whilst it’s a handy and memorable phrase, especially in terms of the economics prevalent at the time, it has been superseded. Not…
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Naming the Day
Some photos from the Naming Day ceremony for Genevieve Louisa Richardson.
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Borders, Without
Visiting Wakefield, we were reminded of so many absent friends during a happy family party. Picture is of Paul’s father in 2011 with his painting of the dreadful Eyemouth fishing disaster, which happened on 14th October 1881.
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Reception on board Britannia
Last night I was honoured to attend the reception hosted by the Consul General of Russia in Scotland, Andrey Pritsepov, on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first Arctic Convoy, Dervish. Surviving veterans and recipients of the Ushakov medal, Russia’s highest naval award, were guests of honour. I have…
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Arctic Convoys
There is to be a reception held by the Consul General of Russia in Edinburgh, tonight on the Royal Yacht Britannia. This is to honour servicemen and merchant seamen who served on the Arctic Convoys. I note below some newspaper articles published in advance of this. Tartan Consul Book Princess Anne
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Days, out
And to start with, this daft as a (paint) brush video from the much missed Kirsty MacColl, I’m assuming any similarity to Mary Poppins is intended. 80s cover of a Kinks number. On Friday after another Fringe show in yet another venue which turned out to be nowhere near its box office, we were upstairs…
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No singularity
I just looked up singularity and it so does not mean what I thought it did, but get this:- Mathematical singularity, a point at which a given mathematical object is not defined or not “well-behaved”, for example infinite or not differentiable. If the thought of a badly behaved mathematical object doesn’t make you smile on…
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Hirondelle
A picture from lunch today. We laid Dad to rest with Mum and Sandy this morning. I hope their spirits are soaring together.