The Sandstone Blog

Reading poetry on trains

Posted by RLD on 28th February 2010

The Highland Festival used to have its offices among the topmost reaches of Inverness Castle. For those who have not visited Inverness the Castle is a reddish confection located on…

Malgré tout

Posted by RLD on 19th February 2010

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh left me more or less untouched until that to Theo dated 21st July 1882 from The Hague. Some things arrest you in your career…

Bullet

Posted by RLD on 3rd February 2010

The Imperial War Museum North in Greater Manchester is running a Don McCullin retrospective to mark his 75th birthday. You can read about it here http://bit.ly/crvwPY and admire some…