Graeme Thomson

The foghorn’s haunting hoot is a sad loss

It once saved countless sailors’ lives, but Jennifer Lucy Allan now hears in its melancholy note a Last Post for our industrial past

Jennifer Lucy Allan hears in the foghorn’s melancholy hoot a Last Post for our industrial past. Credit: Getty Images

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