TOM Russell was recently thrilled to receive a package in the post from his old friend, Bob Dylan. Dylan had his people send his fellow songwriter a case of his new Heaven’s Door whiskey. Wrapped around the bottles were the lyrics to ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’, stylised so that it seemed Dylan had himself scribbled all over the printed words with a pen.

Residents of Ireland’s haunted castles tell Michelle Cooney what it’s like living among spirits and how their ghoulish guests are helping to raise the profile of their historic homes