Author Archives: Jamie Jauncey

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About Jamie Jauncey

Author, writer, blogger, facilitator, musician, co-founder of Dark Angels and The Stories We Tell

Tycho Brahe

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

On Monday night I had a very strange experience. It had almost the quality of a vision. We had spent the weekend in Wales with my daughter and her family. On Monday morning we had left early to travel back … Continue reading →

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Rhythm and blues

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

How we need rhythm in our lives. For the last four months, John Simmons and I have been batting back and forth chapters of Room 121 on an almost daily basis (a form of exchange, and therefore of book, it … Continue reading →

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Tall trees

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

A twenty-minute walk from my house there’s an eighteenth century pinetum, enfolded in a bend of the River Braan. The Hermitage, as it’s known, was created for the Dukes of Atholl as an extension of the gardens of their second … Continue reading →

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Three friends

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

This week I’ve been in London, putting the finishing touches to the book that John Simmons and I have been writing together. Called Room 121, it’s a conversation that takes the form of alternating blog posts, and it will be … Continue reading →

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Wide knowledge

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

I’ve been talking to my friend Wenbo Xu again, quizzing him about all things Chinese as I lie face down, bristling with acupuncture needles. I love these conversations. They’ve become a quite unexpected bonus of my regular visits to him. … Continue reading →

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The bridge

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

Two weeks ago I learnt that my former next-door neighbour, Ian, had committed suicide. He was 50 and he had fought alcohol all his adult life. Yesterday I went to his funeral. During the seven years we shared a garden … Continue reading →

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The New School

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

There has been a lot of interest in Friday’s post, and the school is happy for me to give details. It is The New School at Butterstone, Perthshire. http://www.thenewschool.co.uk

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Safe haven

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

This week I have been interviewing pupils at a small specialist school for young people who can’t get the support they need from mainstream education. It’s in a large old house, a lovely, comfortable, friendly place on a wooded hillside … Continue reading →

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Just do it

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

In the last twenty-four hours I have spoken to two Dark Angels ‘graduates’ who both, independently of one another and unprompted by me, said in so many words: ‘the main thing that I got out of coming on the course … Continue reading →

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Dark Angels

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Jamie Jauncey

Each new year John Simmons, Stuart Delves and I meet in the Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s comfortable rooms on Edinburgh’s Queen Street, as we did today. It’s our annual Dark Angels partners’ meeting. We have a bar lunch, a bottle … Continue reading →

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