The Architecture of the Threshold: No Cold Calling Zones, Respectable Insularity, and the Spatial Policing of the Scottish Borders
How No Cold Calling Zones in the Scottish Borders privatise policing, sanitise rural thresholds, and protect corporate supply chains over locals.
The Myth of the Wild Goat: Intervention, Ethics, and the Domestication of Nature
We try to tame nature, but balance belongs to it, not us. True stewardship is stepping back—not playing hero with lives indifferent to our anxiety.
Toxic Village: The Spatial Policing of Belonging and the Digital Kangaroo Court “Watch out, watch out. Elliott’s about!"
Rural Facebook: the digital panopticon where micromobility tracking meets the village kangaroo court, backed by laughing emojis and moral panic.
The Ultimate Halloween Twist: When Guising Goes Slime-Green!
Annual letterbox note, path lights, and toffee apples—until a neighbourly guising visit ended in a squelchy slime prank!
Heart, Heritage, and Hard Work: Celebrating the Spirit of the Roberton Show
Held for over 70 years in the Borthwick Water valley, the Roberton Show at the Snoot Field brings together friendly locals, prize vegetables, and the stirring sound of the Hawick Scout Band.
Stone, Status, and State Power: A Sociology of Dryhope Tower
Behind the poetry of the Yarrow valley lies a harsher history. We explore Dryhope Tower not just as a ruin, but as a blueprint of kinship power, survival economies, and the state's war on local autonomy.
The Architecture of Ascent: Aerial Perspectives on the Monteath Mausoleum
A drone flight over the Monteath Mausoleum reveals the raw geometry of an elite imperial monument left empty to the elements.
St. Abbs: A Portrait of Resilience and Agency
Beyond the scenic cliffs, St. Abbs is a masterclass in community resilience. Discover how this village transformed tragedy into a "doing" culture.
The Stone and the Shadow: A Sociology of Fatlips Tower
Why do Scottish towers still stand while English ones vanish? A look at Fatlips Castle and the enduring shadow of the feudal system.
The Stale Cake and the Ministry: Reclaiming Our Digital Commons
The "Ministry of Truth" is forcing stale legacy media into our feeds. It’s time to reclaim our digital commons. Hands off our YouTube. #RealContent
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.
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