Is there a castle in Newcastle? I know the Rugby World Cup is happening here this year, and I’m not a complete stranger to the city. Yet previous visits didn’t provoke the question. Until now, that is. Oh yes, I’ve gazed at the Sage…
and walked through the shopping streets…
visited the Baltic and the Laing, wondered over windows…
…attended work events and interviews…. And on Wednesday I made my way to the Scrumpy Willow and the Singing Kettle and the delights of Newcastle’s literary salon, hosted by Ben Aaron Macleod and artist Juli Watson…
The theme of the evening was Dark and Light to coincide with the week of the solstice. I had no problem coming up with something appropriate to read. It’s a broad notion, and my Fibonnacci Sequence is practically all shadow and sunshine, in a dark way, you understand…
So, emerging after a couple of hours of literary edification, just as the light was beginning to fade, we try for the most direct route back to the car, and lo! Here’s the answer to my question…in all its light and dark…
Silly me! I guess I’ll have to look up the history now…