Fernweh + Heimweh

Can the Ugly be Beautiful?

Berlinale and Wahlheimat 30MAY KL 1450 ABERDEEN DYCE AMSTERDAM 17:25 ABZ AMS 20:00 30MAY KL 1835 AMSTERDAM BERLIN TEGEL 20:45 AMS TXL 22:00 Never wrote about Berlin in this blog.…

13 May

Glenkindie – Huntly

Slow Marathon 2014 Rinmore, off the bus, Gill, blessings, from the holy waters, up along the coffin route, other folks, Steve pipes, off we go, up, in front, try to…

29 Apr

Huntly – Sahara

A train journey from Huntly to the edge of the Sahara With my daughter Deborah May 17 March Huntly to London Huntly, Insch, Inverurie, Dyce, Aberdeen, Stonehaven, Montrose, Arbroath, Leuchars,…

10 Mar

Riad El Farah, Marrakech

The only bedroom art in the ancient Riad El Farah in the Kasbah area of Marrakech. o

04 Mar

Marrakech biennial and beyond

Marrakech Biennial 2014 A conversation with my travel companion Kate Sargent Kate, what was your first reaction when it was suggested that we could go to the Marrakech Biennale? I…

28 Oct

Whistle Stop tour around the Venice Biennial from my/our memory*

4-7 October 2013, with Louise Scullion Arrival from Edinburgh at Marco Polo, bus, vaporetto, check in Hotel la Meridiana at Lido. Quick espresso, vaporetto, San Marco. Search for Scotland palazzo.…

26 Sep

Kithasamba, or The Great one who does not Climb*

A six day walk in the Rwenzori mountains, the Mountains of the Moon 20/08/2013: Trekkers Hostel, look out of door, lots of people, what are they doing there?, never seen…

17 Jul

Finding Lost Lines

On Wednesday 10 July 2013 I joined artist Stuart McAdam to explore the former route of the Portsoy to Cairnie Junction Railway. It was closed in the late 1960ies as…

20 May

Hotel Bedroom Art

My Bedroom Art page comments on the kind of way that people decorate guest rooms around the world. Ecce Homo Convent in Jerusalem: A great oasis in the bustling, contested…