October Issue

Gargoyles in Bristol. Money going up may not trickle down again. Photograph Phil Hall                                         At the bathroom door Drying my handsI saw my grandfather’s hands againthe deltas there, the sandbanksspots and blotches in the shallows. I saw them withdrawingto the silent island of himselfand mine still going out to…

by David Yip At home, my younger sister, Diane, is working in Leeds and spends a lot of time there, staying in hotels. She tells me that she will be moving there as it makes more sense, but she needs to sell her houses. She asks if I will buy…