Hat trick of wins
On Wednesday 27 June, at their 25th Anniversary Dinner in St Andrews, the British Golf Collectors Society Captain, David Kirkwood, presented author Pat Colledge with the 2012 Murdoch Medal for...
Celebrating 250 years!
Bruntsfield Links, Edinburgh, 1761. Amid cheers, the Captain of the then Bruntsfield Links Golfing Club swings his driver and plays the opening shot to ceremonially inaugurate The Bruntsfield Links...
Kissing & …
It's not often I get to collaborate with my son on a design job, but Aaron and I put our heads together a few months ago to create the wedding invitations for my other son, Simon! He and...
Handy book
Hot off the press is this colourful handbook of art and art related terms. Written by the well known and much respected author, Peter McEwan, illustrated by Alison Ewan and designed by moi...
On the Menu
As 2011 drew to a close, the world's 4th oldest golfing society, Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society, completed its 250th Anniversary celebrations with a Dinner at Prestonfield House Hotel. I...
In search of the Madonna …
Well, it's that time again, which means designing the annual Christmas card. Trying to come up with something different every year for the last 30-odd years hasn't been easy. Admittedly...
Pisa Nonsense!
We've all seen the iconic photographs of the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, London Bridge, etc. then, when you actually see them in real life, they fail to amaze. The leaning tower of Pisa is...
Worth a Lucca
We're just back from an excellent week in Lucca, a beautiful town in Tuscany, just north of Pisa, birthplace of Puccini. As usual, Elaine found us an excellent apartment in the middle of the...
Ciao amicos
I had the great pleasure to be invited by Past Captain David Bateman to play for his New Club team against a team of his Italian friends from the Sherwood Golf Club on the Jubilee Course last...
New old pics
Stored safely in our attic for years, I rediscovered an old file of negatives, mostly black and white 35mm, but also many sheets of two-and-a-quarter-inch-square negatives, shot on a waist-held...