AS a child I was rather fond of the Book of Genesis where we were told that lots of things were created and lots of begatting took place; not that I had any idea what begatting actually involved; I just liked the lists of names. In amongst it all was Noah and his Ark. All this remembering was provoked by the article "The Hope Behind the Hype" (Herald Magazine, September 15) about the building of the V&A Museum at Dundee.
The photographs show an exterior reminiscent of Scotland’s craggy sea-cliffs and what rather intrigues me is the fact that craggy cliffs are attractive to gulls, and other birds, as nest sites. As Dundee is reportedly plagued from time to time by gulls will those "ledges" on the V&A be irresistible to them for nest-building? If so, are there schemes afoot whereby the building can be protected from, or cleaned of, the tons of droppings that we see wherever gulls nest?
Incidentally, the photographs of the building show what, to me, looks very like Noah’s Ark having beached itself on the Dundee waterfront.
Thelma Edwards,
Old Comrades Hall,
Hume, Kelso.
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