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Art, History & Culture

-Denmark

Happy Mural in Christiania

This brightly coloured, possibly hallucinatory, mural decorates a small building at the entrance to Christiania in Copenhagen. Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania is a self-proclaimed autonomous area created in […]

-Denmark

O is for… Once Upon a time

“Once upon a time there lived in Denmark a great storyteller named Hans Christian Andersen” – so starts the 1952 movie about Hans Christian Andersen. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), born […]

-Marseille

Fashion Conscious Fish

“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.” -Malcolm Muggeridge I bet this cute fish rules the roost – excuse the mixed metaphors! Linked to Afloat, Blue Monday, Monday […]

-London

I is for… Invader

There has been an invasion of little, and sometimes not so little, pixellated men across the globe, starting in Paris in 1998. They seem friendly enough so if you want […]

-London

F is for… Face on the Wall

These fun 3D faces pop up all over the world. They are the work of Gregos, a French self-taught artist.  His graffiti paintings first appeared in Paris in the late 1980s, […]

-Milan

Pigeon shocks the King of Italy!

The equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy 1861-1878, holds sway in the centre of the cathedral square. Linked to Blur. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 4 April 2015

Alphabet Challenges

D is for… Drunken Gambler

A message about contrast – the discipline and control of martial arts versus the subjugation of control by various addictions – yet the work itself coordinates nicely with the neighbouring door. Part of April A […]