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Red Rebels and line of police officers

Civil disobedience in the shadow of a radical ancestor

2020 started with death and trauma. Then there was a pandemic. So, clearly civil disobedience was an entirely reasonable reaction. Yet my rebellion never strayed far from the path of a radical ancestor.

December 16, 2020 in History, London, Scotland.
NHS rainbow paintings in a chemist window

Plague and coronavirus: Bring out your dead, then it’s revolution time

The third and final instalment exploring today’s coronavirus crisis and comparing it with the historical documentary fiction of Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year.

May 25, 2020 in Glasgow, History, London, Scotland.
McLennan Arch, Glasgow Green

The hangman’s mementos

A mysterious pair of boots and one of England’s most prolific hangman create an intriguing Glasgow mystery.

May 5, 2020 in Glasgow, History, Scotland.
Positano, Amalfi Coast

Gods, ruins and street life: photos from 2019

From Kolkata streets to the Shropshire hills, from watching gods to warships: a selection of my photos taken during 2019.

December 10, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland, Travel.
Aircraft carrier in docks

Firth of Forth: walking the coast of witches and war

War machines, tav avoiders, climate change. If you want to escape politics, walking along the Firth of Forth is not the place to do it.

July 30, 2019 in History, Psychogeography, Scotland.
Monk crossing a courtyard in front of colourful Bhutanese dzong or monastery decoration

In search of happiness – Bhutan to Glasgow

Do you want to be happy? Are you on a journey? The search for happiness and wellbeing has turned into lifestyle aspiration. But do we really want to be happy in the way we think we do?

July 10, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland, Travel.
Line of rusting abandoned railway engines

Abandoned railways, restored heritage

Exploring abandoned and restored industrial railway heritage in south Scotland and Yorkshire.

March 20, 2019 in History, Scotland.
Display including fake bloodied leg, skull, dusty old books and lace netting

Finding our ghosts: at a Victorian séance

Finding ghosts and spirits at a Victorian séance in one of Britian’s oldest music halls.

November 7, 2018 in Glasgow, History, Scotland.
Douglas Cochrane (left) with Pablo Neruda talk over a dinner table

Lord of the Seas: Pablo Neruda and a Scottish naval hero

How a friendship inspired the great Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, to write a poem about a Scottish naval hero.

October 2, 2018 in History, Scotland.
Shop display - dummies dressed up and sitting at table for dinner

Is this the quirkiest town in Britain?

This town has an abandoned harbour, lost-in-time cafes, a train junkyard, old-world cinema and an astonishing annual fair. You’ve probably never heard of it (unless you live in central Scotland).

September 24, 2018 in History, Scotland, Travel, Uncategorized.

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