December 2013


Culture

I am reading...        'Empire Antarctica', Gavin Francis

I am listening to...  'Mozart Piano Concerto, No 9', Scottish Chamber Orchestra

I am watching...      'All is Lost', Directed by J.C. Chandor

I am looking at...    Antarctic ice movement


Nature

                                                   
Bass Rock, Boxing Day                       Water of Leith                           Tyninghame, Boxing Day

Travel

   
          Stirling Castle                        Edinburgh Hogmany              Nespresso launch party        




November 2013


Culture

I am reading...        'Sweet Tooth', Ian McEwan

I am listening to...  'In our Time - Microscope', BBC Radio 4

I am watching...      'Light', Jim Alkhalili, BBC 4

I am looking at...    Fractal branching patterns


Nature

               
The Botanics                               Edinburgh sunset                        The Strathtay Valley

Travel

   
                                        Private View 'Selected' at Dovecot Studios



October 2013


Culture

I am reading...        'Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 5', Smithsonian Institution

I am listening to...  Hans Stofer at the Craft Scotland Conference, 2013 Dundee

I am watching...      'Mars: A Horizon Guide', BBC4

I am looking at...    Laboratory Glassware


Nature

                                    
Water of Leith                                  Apartment view                                The Botanics

Travel

   
V&A at Dundee                           Dundee waterfront                     The Discovery, Dundee



September 2013


Culture

I am reading...        'Terra Antarctica', William Fox

I am listening to...  'The Life Scientific', Martin Rees, BBC Radio 4

I am watching...      'A Single Man', Directed by Tom Ford 

I am looking at...    The Paolozzi doors at The Huntarian, Glasgow



Nature

                                
Beetle, Huntarian                           Tree ferns, The Botanics               Crinoid, Huntarian

Travel

   
Glasgow Botanics                        Hahid's Museum, Glasgow                The Huntarian


August 2013


Culture

I am reading...        'On Growth and Form', D'Arcy Thompson

I am listening to...  'Hero as Riddle', Martin Kershaw

I am watching...      'Page Eight', David Hare

I am looking at...    Stephen Bird's ceramics at The Scottish Gallery



Nature

   
Agapanthus at The Botanics        Glencorse, The Pentlands          Heather on The Pentlands  

Travel

   
Jeremy Deller's Machine                     Steel Harmony                Sarah Barker's Patterns



July 2013


Culture

I am reading...        'White Paradise: Journeys to the North Pole', Francis Latreille

I am listening to...  David Brittain's talk at the Dean Gallery - 'Paolozzi and Science Fiction'

I am watching...      'Imagine: Don McCullin', BBC1

I am looking at...    Tools and apparatus for my new studio (coming soon)



Nature

   
The Lake, Jupiter Artland             Cambo Estate, St Andrews          Tyninghame Beach  

Travel

   
 Crail Harbour                               Walter Scott's house                Pimms at Jupiter Artland



June 2013


Culture

I am reading...        (re-reading) 'Brideshead Revisited', Evelyn Waugh

I am listening to...  'Glastonbury', Nile Rodgers, Two Door Cinema Club, Noah and the Whale

I am watching...      'Chasing Ice', James Balog (thanks Claire for the recommendation)

I am looking at...    'Amazing Amber' and 'Library' at the NMS



Nature and Travel

   
                  
    
Wester Ross  



May 2013

Culture

I am reading...        'Every Contact Leaves a Trace', by Elanor Dymott

I am listening to...  'The Life Scientific - Martin Siegert', BBC Radio 4

I am watching...      'Australia with Simon Reeve', BBC2

I am looking at...    'Construct', Bronwen Sleigh, Edinburgh Printmakers

Nature

  
Woodland at New Lanark  

                                                                               

Travel  
   
The Season Opening Party - Jupiter Artland 



April 2013

Culture

I am reading...        'Blade Runner (BFI)', by Scott Bukatman

I am listening to...  'Random Access Memories' (Pre-release), Daft Punk

I am watching...      'Peter Higgs, Particle Man', BBC4

I am looking at...    Einstein's brain at the Mutter Museum, Philadelphia

Nature

  
Diatom Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences  

                                                                               

Travel  
   
In Philadelphia    

March 2013

Culture

I am reading...        'The Innocent'', Ian McEwan

I am listening to...  'It's All About The Stragglers', Artful Dodger

I am watching...      'Anna Karenina', Directed by Joe Right

I am looking at...    SEM images at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Nature

   
Diatom Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences  

                                                                               

Travel  
  
In Philadelphia     


February 2013

Culture

I am reading...        'Antarctica', by Sebastian Copeland

I am listening to...  'The Life Scientific' (Alan Watson), BBC Radio 4

I am watching...      'Dancing on the Edge', Stephen Poliakov, BBC2

I am looking at...    Prints at The Royal Scottish Academy

Nature

 
Looking at Landscaping  

                                                                               

Travel  
  
Preparing for Philadelphia      




January 2013

Culture

I am reading...        'The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences',
                               Edited by John Smol and Eugene Stoermer

I am listening to...  'Bowie' (complete catalogue)

I am watching...      'Africa', BBC1

I am looking at...    'Spirit, Garden Inspiration', Dan Pearson 

Nature

 
Looking at Diatoms  

                                                                               

Travel  
  
Preparing for Philadelphia      




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