First
it was King Arthur now it is Kubla Khan. The Berwickshire, obviously short of copy, features on its front page an item headed "
Chinese Junk's film role at Eyemouth". There is a picture of a craft which, to my reasonably tutored eye, is more of an Arab Dhow than any kind of Junk, Chinese or otherwise. The caption claims that this boat has been used recently in a documentary film on "Khubilai"* Khan's failed invasion of Japan. A documentary, note,-so it must be seriously authentic stuff. I hope the point is made somewhere in the film that it was not surprising that KK failed with his invasion of Japan if he tried to go via Eyemouth. Logistically that would have been most unwise and why take on the Borderers as well as the Japanese? I'll look out for the programme when it is aired to find out the answer to this and some other questions which might strike the casual observer-but when? The Berwickshire is silent on this point.
* post modernist revisionist transliteration. Not quite the same ring as 'Kubla' It jars a bit; like finding Mumbai Duck on the menu of your average Chinese Restaurant
