Seán Costello

Wonderful.

Entrance to a little park dedicated to Audrey Hepburn in Ixelles, Brussels, where she was born in 1929

Jardin Audrey Hepburn #Bxl

I was getting Edgar Allan Poe vibes.

I wasn’t thinking that but I am now…

Memento moggy.

Yes, quite an unnerving encounter. That cat seemed very much at home!

A black cat perched on a grave stone in an overgrown graveyard

Graveyard cat

A bee at work on a sunlit sunflower in the garden

Enjoying the last of summer

This is Alex Bowler. Not a man to mess with as (a) he’s very tall and (b) I’ve seen him unclip a Brompton in 25 seconds flat.

Tall, partially sunlit Edinburgh tenements viewed from Calton Road

High-rise #Edinburgh

‘So you write? Stories, Deirdre told us.’ Her tone was a little uncertain for she had never met a writer before. She had heard that either they hated you to mention their profession or were offended if you didn’t and she could not decide which class Catherine was likely to belong to. ‘Yes, trite little stories for women, generally with happy endings, said Catherine, adopting the rather derogatory tone behind which writers sometimes hide from the scorn and mockery of the world. ‘I manage to earn my living that way.’

Tricky coves, writers (from Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym) #CurrentlyReading

A seated Gruff Rhys playing guitar on stage at the Crescent, York

“There’s no set list tonight; I’ve got a flowchart.” The inimitable Gruff Rhys, in fine form last night at York’s excellent Crescent community venue

View from Calton Road looking up at Regent Bridge

High road/low road #Edinburgh

Thank you!

Thanks, Tim. Yes, it was only briefly dreich for a change but I had to capture the moment!

Streetscape viewed through a rain-spattered bus window

Rainy day on Leith Walk #Edinburgh

Looking up at the open window of an apartment in Brussels, in which a sunlit pair of bare feet can be seen

Lazy Sunday afternoon #Bxl

Treetops and mostly blue sky seen from underneath the Atomium, Brussels

Where I'm calling from #Bxl

A copy of Christ’s Entry into Brussels by Dimitri Verhulst in the Eurostar departure lounge

Brussels-bound, with this excellent black comedy for company

A pair of swans on the pond in the Yorkshire Arboretum today

Swan, swan...

A copy of Le revolver de Maigret with the Inspector in silhouette on the cover smoking his pipe

Front and back...

Not sure, it’s uncredited. Love the design though.

A copy of Simenon’s Le revolver de Maigret featuring the Inspector’s pipe on the cover

Ceci n’est pas un revolver #NowReading

Stand by for the sequel...

Still from wildlife camera footage of a hedgehog on the prowl in the garden

Night of the hunter

Haha, he does now!

Thanks for the recommendation. Don’t know ET’s short stories, have ordered.

Still from wildlife camera footage of a hedgehog going about its business in the garden after dark

They live by night #HedgehogNoir

That's wonderful, David, thanks for sharing.

On a garden bench, a copy of Paul Willetts’s highly readable Fear & Loathing in Fitzrovia: the bizarre life of writer, actor, Soho dandy Julian Maclaren-Ross

“Julian’s vague distrust of publishers rapidly crystallised into a conviction that they exploited and misunderstood writers.” #NowReading