Fraser Duncan

Island of Silence – Tranquil existence

Image of possible housing for older people, with two men sat at a table in the foreground, within communal gardens

Listen! Nothing! I live in the middle of the city, and I have my windows open on this beautiful day, despite the cold. If I listen harder, it’s still nothing, not even the resident magpies in the trees, for now. Oh there, the vague sound of a train, and now, the hospital helicopter in the […]