Simply such a loss....

Glasgow School of Art.

The building stands, the library is gone.

I loved that library.

I am reminded of the fire in York Minster in 1984. I lived in York at the time and I remember the eerie hush in the city in the morning when people realised what had happened (the fire occurred during the night). No one was speaking much and the only sound apart from the poignant sound of the Minster bells striking the hours as usual, was a helicopter circling round.

Rebuidling began very soon after - the will was there, the skills were there and the money was found....