I wrote this article for Chanter, the journal of the Bagpipe Society, in February, 2013
One of the pleasures of being an instrument maker is the contact I have with some of my customers.
My letter to the Editor of Chanter (Spring 2009) on the subject of murophobia and the potential damage to bagpipes caused by rats!
I wrote this enthusiastic piece in 2007 in Morocco about Gnaoua- a type of Moroccan trance music.
I wrote this article for the Newsletter of The Portobello Zen Buddhist Priory, which is in Edinburgh, in April 2008. My theme is about acceptance of things as they are.
This is my 'End Drone' article for the Winter 2008 issue of Chanter, the journal of The Bagpipe Society.
Have you ever asked yourself that question? It may seem entirely irrelevant to you to go down this mental path .....
I first heard John on a BBC Radio 4 programme called The Comedy Room Upstairs which featured some of the new wave of ‘alternative’ comedians from London’s new venue The Comedy Store. This must have been in 1984 or 5.
This is a piece on the use of Scottish Hardwoods that I wrote for FLORA CELTICA by William Milleken & Sam Bridgewater- a lavishly produced and illustrated book on Scottish plants and the people who use them. Published by The Scottish Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.2004
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