It was a pleasure to give the paper ‘”Complete Impotent Senility”: The Scottish Colourists and the Royal Scottish Academy’ at the Scottish Society of Art History (SSAH) and Royal Scottish Academy’s conference, Scottish Art and…
View PostPlease join the award-winning writer, broadcaster and journalist Damian Barr and me when we are ‘in conversation’ about his new novel, The Two Roberts, at Edinburgh Central Library on Thursday 19 February 2026. The event…
View PostI was pleased to talk about the artist Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976) for BBC Radio Orkney the other day, in an interview with Cameron Stout. Stanley Cursiter Cursiter was born in Kirkwall, Orkney in 1887 and…
View PostI am very grateful to be undertaking a Hugo Burge Foundation Writer’s Residency this Autumn. It is giving me precious time to work on a book about the Scottish Colourists for the National Galleries of…
View PostI am delighted to share the news that I have been commissioned to write a book about the Scottish Colourists by the National Galleries of Scotland, for publication in late 2026. The Scottish Colourists The…
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