A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: Exhibitions in National Galleries of Scotland: (3) Making Space for a Reason. But what reason? (Part 3 [FINAL PART] of Edinburgh blog). For Part 1: A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: Exhibitions in National Galleries of Scotland: (1) Introduction; use this link. For Part 2: A … More A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: (3) Making Space for a Reason. But what reason?

A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: Exhibitions in National Galleries of Scotland: (2) Hidden ingenuity and affordances to thought and meaning in the Art of Printmaking (Part 2 of Edinburgh blog). For Part 1: A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: Exhibitions in National Galleries of Scotland: (1) Introduction; use this link. For … More A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: (2) Hidden ingenuity and affordances to thought and meaning in the Art of Printmaking.

For Part 2: A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: (2) Hidden ingenuity and affordances to thought and meaning in the Art of Printmaking: use this link. For Part III: A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: Exhibitions in National Galleries of Scotland: (3) Making Space for a Reason. But what reason? (Part 3 of Edinburgh blog).  … More A day in Edinburgh with Prints and Photographs: Exhibitions in National Galleries of Scotland: (1) Introduction

‘Orpheus is as old as storytelling itself. He opened his mouth and all of music and all of poetry fell out. … Two thousand years of passing mentions later, can O and E, released from the weight of their histo-ry, make a new fate? Can the myth be escaped?’[1] So starts Tom de Freston with … More ‘Orpheus is as old as storytelling itself. He opened his mouth and all of music and all of poetry fell out.’ This blog explores Tom de Freston with Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s 2017 book ‘Orpheus and Eurydice: A Graphic-Poetic Exploration’.

A blog written for an Open University Course on Sunday, 17 Jan 2016, 15:35 Reflection, Psychological Theory and Multi-Modal Resources In considering some of the issues raised in the Region 09 Cluster 1 Forum on a Psychology Year 2 undergraduate course, especially a request that some model answer be provided, I decided to write this. … More Reissue (a sample on online teaching – by modelling expectations): ‘Reflection, Psychological Theory and Multi-Modal Resources’.

Describing Lou Reed’s response to an interview in ‘one British magazine’ around the time of the artist’s 60th birthday, Will Hermes say: ‘Reed brusquely parried questions involving his history (“I’ve lied so much about the past I can’t even tell myself what is true anymore”),…’.[1]  This is a blog reflecting on Will Hermes (2023) Lou … More “I’ve lied so much about the past I can’t even tell myself what is true anymore”,…’ (Lou Reed). This is a blog reflecting on Will Hermes (2023) ‘Lou Reed: The King of New York’.

‘Dreams are like angels / They keep bad at bay, bad at bay / Love is the light / Scaring darkness away, yeah!’[1]. A great film sometimes discovers what is great, truly beautiful and scary simultaneously in queer culture. This blog reflects on All of Us Strangers, a film by Andrew Haigh seen at the … More ‘Dreams are like angels / They keep bad at bay, bad at bay / Love is the light / Scaring darkness away, yeah!’ This blog reflects on ‘All of Us Strangers’.