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David Eastwood
Sometimes, in an idle moment, I have looked out at a class of 30 students and wondered if, as a result of some mishap, I were to be stranded on…
Sometimes, in an idle moment, I have looked out at a class of 30 students and wondered if, as a result of some mishap, I were to be stranded on…
It was surprisingly cold in the Holy Land. In Jerusalem, I needed a hat and gloves while London basked in sunshine, and in Hebron, I found myself sheltering from both…
The Carole Compton trial 1983 Part 3 Late in the trial, a psychiatrist told the court that the accused could have deliberately created an aura of witchcraft for her own…
Hardly a week goes by without an advertisement in The Times Educational Supplement offering a revolution in education. For the teacher, maybe it is a computer device that will free…
I have become an absurdly anxious traveller. Every little detail now preoccupies me until my flight has actually left the ground: visas, check-in, reaching the airport and, what I suspect…
On 15 June, Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building was finally completely destroyed by fire. I remember well my first day of work there in March 2000. I was awestruck…
Offices â and especially offices belonging to trendy tech companies â increasingly aspire to be homes-away-from-home. It all started innocuously enough. A ping-pong table would appear in the old photocopier…
I have lately become fascinated by local traditions, the older and weirder the better. Late last month, I witnessed ‘Beating the Bounds’ at the Tower of London, a centuries old…
Last week I saw the musical ‘The Last Ship’ in the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, now an even more beautiful venue following refurbishment. The music and lyrics are by Sting, and…
In days gone by, on the Isle of Skye, the lands were mostly shared between MacLeods and MacDonalds; Gaelic was the language of all work and social life; and the…