Stark and Upright: A Vigil at Smailholm Tower
Standing on the crags of Smailholm, I reflect on the tower's brutal history—and how its legacy of power lingers in the landscape today.
The Architecture of Attrition: Mapping Modern Zersetzung and Co-Operational Stigmatisation
Modern Zersetzung doesn't use secret police. It manipulates social architecture, turning communities into self-policing panopticons.
The Architecture of Forced Erasure: Understanding Attrition-Based Stigmatisation and Reclaiming Our Rights
Elimination by attrition: how bad-faith actors weaponise public space, how institutions fail us, and how we fight to reclaim our rights.
Co-opting the Shepherd: The Hidden History Behind the Riddell Monument
There is a distinct shift that happens when you leave the digital rush behind and step into the Scottish Borders.
The Architecture of Absence: Institutional Stewardship and the Reclaiming of the Commons
Craik Forest has erased an entire area of our land, turning the Borthwick valley into a landscape hostile to public access. Discover why.
The Lived Soil: Memory and Resilience in the Borthwick Valley
Old stones, living roots, shared belonging. Explore how the history of the Borthwick Valley helps us connect and build a future together.
The Pending Horizon: A View from the Pews at Roberton Kirk
Aisle 33 is empty. At 52, I’m the youngest here. Roberton Kirk faces a sale, pulling an isolated Border valley 6 miles away to Hawick.
Rooted in the Borders: A Journey of Mindful Growth
From muck to rich compost, a journey of mindful growth. How a kitchen garden resists mass consumerism & uncovers true belonging.
The Alchemy of the Demijohn: Slow Living in a Fast World
A 1960s recipe, a flash of Border rain, and vibrant rhubarb must fizzing atop the piano. Step into our slow-living kitchen.
The Gilded Tenants of the Desk: A Bitter-Sweet Summer with Common Carder Bees
Sharing my desk with carder bees means watching them use my window shelf as a runway to the garden—a beautiful, fleeting summer joy."
A Window in the Weather: Discovering Greenknowe Tower
Dodging the Borders rain to explore the 1581 Greenknowe Tower—where 16th-century history meets a modern climate conservation story.
The Amygdala Prison: Situational Enclosure, Betrayal Trauma, and the Double Binds of the Charity State
Locked in the amygdala? Discover how modern homeless services enforce bureaucratic subjugation and the biopolitical enclosure of the charity state.
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