This evening's moon rising over Ilkley Moor. I was too late to catch it coming over the horizon.

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Published in 1933, this book by William Kirk lists several supernatural and second-sight tales which originally appeared in ‘Cabar Feidh’, the regimental journal of the Seaforth Highlanders. The book collects folklore and paranormal accounts.

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Annals of the trilled R, gently stroked L, Lamenting O of local literature, Open, on this, their one-page book, a still Land-language chattered in a river’s burr… —Douglas Dunn (1942–2026), “The Harp of Renfrewshire” from NEW SELECTED POEMS 1964–2000 (Faber, 2003) www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

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I am terribly sad to hear the great Douglas Dunn has died. I turn to a treasured copy of Terry Street, inscribed by both the author and its previous owner Derek Mahon!

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Only last night I was complaining about class in the UK film industry and the restricted views we get of working class people and then bang! I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning comes along today to explode everything. The first film I’ve been blown away by in a long while. Cannot recommend it enough

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