Stuart Campbell's Blog

Smoke signals by Stuart Campbell

Posted by RLD on 28th July 2010

Lothian buses are carrying advertisements for the two Edinburgh crematoria. Warriston or Mortonhall? It is a dilemma, they both look nice in the picture. On balance I think Warriston if…

Jhaipur to Phulera Junction

Posted by RLD on 20th July 2010

Jhairpur Station belongs to the insect realm not the human world. Initial bewilderment was compounded by a posse of youths pointing at my bald head and asking, ‘How old you?’…

RLS: football traitor

Posted by RLD on 26th June 2010

When researching RLS in Love I stumbled upon a remarkable fact; Stevenson was a football supporter from a very early age. In a letter to his father the 13 year…

The letter

Posted by RLD on 1st March 2010

I’m still not convinced that I can’t take them with me. When I first started collecting books, and Stevenson in particular, the decades seemed to stretch so far ahead that…

Group confession

Posted by RLD on 22nd February 2010

I’m not certain if a blogspot is the best place for a confession. In this secular age it may have to do as an alternative to kneeling in the dark…