"And yet on dreich days John is reminded of a concrete ship appearing out of the mist." Really enjoyed this essay by @alisonirvine.bsky.social. Brought to mind what Andrew O'Hagan said about postwar environments being "founded on an idea of the way we might live if we were much better at living".
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Dialectographer (Mitch Miller)
Concrete Dreams is front page of The Herald mag today. Features photos by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social & words by @alisonirvine.bsky.social BUT if you get the book it has added dialectograms (couldn’t fit them in the paper)
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Book: concretedreams.org.uk/book/
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
Book: concretedreams.org.uk/book/
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