Tried @tapaninaho's rairai bread for lunch. Pretty darn good with butter and with avocado. The acid test will be my partner's mum, who visits Finland regularly and swears by their rye bread. Keeping some in the freezer for her next visit.

RaiRai is a Finnish greeting that urges you to enjoy life. I certainly enjoyed my lunch.

I was late to this but it was well worth the wait. Full of gems about the creative process and the craft of screenwriting.

"I've got quite high-flown and fancy beliefs about art that maybe put it all into perspective. Principally, it is not a democracy. Creating something is not a democracy. The people have no say. The artist does. It doesn't matter what the people witter on about; they and their response come after. They're not there for the creation."

Packed house for the Scottish Documentary Institute screening of four Bridging The Gap films at the Edinburgh International Film Festival this afternoon.

Got to tread the red carpet and see powerful documentaries about the British legacy in Palestine, grief & spiritualism, the personal experience of a Muslim woman in Scotland, and the lifeboat crews of Dungeness who have been ostracised by their mainly anti-immigrant community.

(I am a trustee on the SDI board.)