On another quiet weekend this month we spent a pleasant Sunday investigating Ian Hamilton-Findlay’s Little Sparta garden. On a par with Charles Jencks Garden of Cosmic Speculation in terms of influence in the landscape art world it is on a much smaller more intimate scale and while it has intriging moments I found it less [...]

The lack of recent posts has been down to some decidedly summerlike weather (5 days without rain!) which has seen us in the garden and out at the allotment. Our seedlings are getting rather huge in the conservatory, although many of the ones that we planted out have been decimated by slugs! I finally added [...]

photo from GI website. I’ve got a stack of stuff to catch up on after a few weekends away, but for now the next in my lunchtime Glasgow International investigations. Today the CCA with the end result of last year’s highwire event. The footage itself was interesting but not all that powerful, despite the intense [...]

Having missed all the free drinks at the various openings of the Glasgow International on Saturday due to illness, I have decided to scope out a few exhibititions at lunchtimes – the advent of spring sunshine supporting my endeavours for the moment. First stop today was Turner nominated Jim Lambie at the often dissapointing GOMA. [...]