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The Lore And Lure Of Irish Horror Take a darker tour of The Land of Saints and Scholars. By Rich Johnson · April 1, 2021, 2:05 AM EDT The Hallow. Captured so perfectly by Johnny Cash’s “Forty Shades of Green,” the Emerald Isle is a beautiful land ruptured by turmoil, divided by Empire and sullied by the death of a million. Horror is history – the Great Hunger bringing immigrant survivors to the shores of America during the mid-19th century and with them their heritage – a heady mix of myth, folklore and an untainted belief in the Church. It is no surprise they adapted to frontier life – the wilds of the Irish landscape remain as sparse and spread out as the people. Grey giants, the shape of rolling mountains, are shrouded in heavy mist and when the sun finally presents itself, the coves and pristine sands lend perfect respite for smaller feet. All the while, a prominent smell of turf lingers in the air as distan ....
See/Saw, Looking at Photographs, Geoff Dyer, Canongate, 336pp, £25 (hb) The critic Geoff Dyer turns his erudite eye on some of the most important photographers of the past 150 years in his latest collection of essays, being published in April. Dyer follows in the footsteps of John Berger and Susan Sontag with this guide on how to “read a photograph”, decoding and deciphering images by August Sander, Dayanita Singh, William Eggleston and Vivian Maier, among others. In his analysis of Maier, Dyer says that “the discovery-lag [of her works posthumously] means that Maier’s work has not played its part in shaping how we see the world in the way that [Diane] Arbus’s has (even if she seems occasionally to have chanced on Arbusian subjects ....
Lake District sketchbook took modern-day monk five years Published image copyrightColin Hindle image captionSketchbook author Colin Hindle wants tourists to return to the Lake District but only when it is safe Tea shop owner Colin Hindle spent five years roaming beauty spots to create a 180-page wow factor sketch and history book of the Lake District. Known locally as the modern-day monk he was inspired by guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright. Over the last year he has had time to spend on his labour of love because, despite being allowed to open for takeaways, he kept his business shut. He said: I want people to come to the Lakes, but only when it is safe. ....