Very sad to hear the news of Seamus Heaney's death. I was fortunate to photograph him on several occassions. Will never forget the day I went to his house in Dublin to photograph him for the Whoseday Book. We recited Patrick Kavanagh's poem 'Epic': "I have lived in important places, times when great events were decided, who owned that half a rood of rock, a no-man's land surrounded by our pitchfork armed claims...." and some of 'The Great Hunger'. As well as being a wonderful poet he was a remarkably kind, generous and modest man. I was always struck by his willingness to give so freely of his time. And when it came to Northern Ireland, many tried to claim him for their own cause, but he always remained his own man.