On a bright and blustery morning, sheltered in a dappled glade outside Edinburgh, we are standing in front of a classical bust by the Scottish sculptor Ian Hamilton Finlay. Titled X Muse (2008) the bust depicts Sappho, an ancient Greek poetess whose work was to be sung accompanied by music. Atop an 8-foot high Portland stone plinth, gazing wanly into the middle distance up at another Finlay work - the Temple of Apollo (2005) - Sappho is a quietly commanding presence. Standing between the two works, it feels like time is briefly suspended.
