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Art, History & Culture

Painting the Town Pink

Other than protests about big ships, I didn’t see all that much graffiti in Venice.  I’ll show another couple of pieces that caught my eye over the next few weeks, […]

All aboard for a Snog!

Remember the Love Festival I mentioned last week? Well this pink snog bus is all part of the same fun. Snog in this case, for those who haven’t experienced it […]

Disastrous Nose Job

This poor old relic of a Moor is suffering a nasal deficiency. If this guy had been looking for nose perfection these days, he would have know that the ideal nose […]

Bastille Day Preparations

I was enjoying a quiet lunch on  Île de la Cité, when the roar of jets overhead beckoned me outside into the rain. Sheltering, to no avail, under a tree I […]

Is that a Dragon I see above me?

Hanging high above the Northern Quarter, on the corner of Tib Street and Church Street, shines the Tib Street Horn.  This enigmatic, silver sculpture, half dragon and half saxophone, coils around the remains of an […]

It’s Raining Hearts

In her latest (as of June 2014) Tib Street mural, Lispencie brings us a summer shower of colourful hearts. More of her work can be seen here: Fleeing gender violence Pink […]