David Scott

Feb 8, 2025 | dawn.com | David Scott

Scottish musician Patrick Doyle is an acclaimed composer of over 60 feature film scores, with many attendant accolades, honours and awards. I first met him in 2001 while making a now long-vanished series on movie music called Silverscreen Beats for BBC Radio. I visited him at his office on the Shepperton lot in Surrey.

Sep 12, 2023 | cnhinews.com | David Scott

When someone says “good things come in small packages” it may bring to mind diamonds, emeralds or other valuable gems. For hardcore basketball fans of a certain age it might rekindle an image of 5’6” Spudd Webb, winner of the NBA’s 1984 slam dunk competition. Numerous examples exist of the goodness of small things including favors, debts, jewelry, taxes, and, of course, Peanut M&Ms. We recently experienced some beautifully crafted small items at an unusual museum in Tucson, Arizona.